Wumo

We all know it's not going to happen, but a 2025 World championship in Eritrea and Ethiopia would be nice.

The only results from Turkmenian track cyclists I could find were these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_cycling_at_the_2017_Asian_Indoor_and_Martial_Arts_Games Their best result was a 12th place out of 15 riders in Ominum. Their Men's pursuit team. Oh my...

The 2021 Track Cycling World Championships has been awarded to one of track cycling's "big" nations..... Turkmenistan. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070440/uciashgabat-awarded-2021-track-cycling-world-championships-by-uci

This also makes a lot more sense that it is based on the ranking in 2018 Europe/Africa zone group 1

The two unseeded teams will be the 5th and 6th highest ranked nations in Europe/Africa Zone after the ties in October 2018 based on the Davis Cup ranking. These are the teams who still have a chance. Top 2 will take the spots for next year's Davis Cup qualifier : Here comes the complicated part: Isreal don't play anymore matches so their points stand. Ukraine is out beacuse they have no matches left and is not in the top 2 of these 5 teams. Slovakia plays against Belarus at home in October. The Davis Cup ranking is really complicated, but according to my math Slovakia is also out beacuse they can only get a maximum of 175 points, which is just short of Portugal. If Belarus wins against Slovakia, they take a top 2 spot Portugal meets South Africa in October. If Portugal wins, they are secured a spot. So the scenario is: Isreal only qualifies if both Belarus and Portugal lose. Belarus qualfies if they win. Portugal qualifies if they win.

This is how UCI President, David Lappartient, got the idea for mixed team time trial. "I got this idea during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. I was watching the biathlon – the team relay – with my brother, and I thought, 'Why can't we have this in cycling?' This must be the first time biathlon has inspired anything in cycling

It has been announced that Mixed team time trial will feature at 2019 UCI Road Cycling World Championships. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070428/mixed-team-time-trial-to-feature-at-2019-uci-road-cycling-world-championships The race, which will be reserved for national teams, will feature six riders from the under-23 and elite categories. MIxed team time trial will see three male riders complete a lap, then hand over to three female riders to finish. I need to mention @heywoodu 's comment UCI wants to be IOC's best friend

At least German football finally won something this year

[hide] Knockout Round September 26th - September 30th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 28th 2018, h. 11:30 United States 28 Nigeria September 28th 2018, h. 14:00 Australia 15 China September 28th 2018, h. 17:30 Belgium 6 France September 28th 2018, h. 20:00 Canada 5 Spain [/hide]

Here is the draw for the 2019 Davis Cup qualifers: And this is how the 2019 Davis Cup looks like:

Hey! Bjerg isn't just one of those U23 Danes. He is the best of those U23 Dane.

If Turkey wins, I wonder what FIFA must think about UEFA?

The host of EURO 2024 wll be announced today at a round 14:45 CET. Germany and Turkey are the only ones who have submitted a bid to host EURO 2024. These are some of the new bid requirements: "For the first time ever, these bid requirements contain specific criteria relating to the respect of human rights. These criteria are based on the United Nations’ “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” and other UN conventions and were developed in close cooperation with Sport and Rights Alliance. Furthermore, criteria regarding compliance and anticorruption measures have also been included as requirements". https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/newsid=2463164.html?redirectFromOrg=true With these new requirements Turkey must be the huge favourite to win

[hide] First Round September 29th - October 4th, 2018 24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:10 Mexico 3 1 Cameroon September 29th 2018, h. 15:40 Germany 1 3 Netherlands September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 Argentina 0 3 Japan September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 Cameroon 0 3 Germany September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Argentina 3 1 Mexico September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 2 3 Netherlands October 1st 2018, h. 13:40 Germany 3 1 Argentina October 1st 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 0 Cameroon October 1st 2018, h. 19:20 Mexico 1 3 Japan October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Argentina 0 3 Netherlands October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 Mexico 1 3 Germany October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 3 0 Cameroon October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Netherlands 3 0 Mexico October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Cameroon 0 3 Argentina October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Germany 1 3 Japan Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:40 Bulgaria 0 3 Italy September 29th 2018, h. 16:10 Turkey 3 0 Canada September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 0 Cuba September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 Canada 0 3 Italy September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Cuba 1 3 Bulgaria September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Turkey 1 3 China October 2nd 2018, h. 13:40 Italy 3 0 Cuba October 2nd 2018, h. 16:10 Bulgaria 1 3 Turkey October 2nd 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 0 Canada October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Turkey 1 3 Italy October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 Canada 3 1 Cuba October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 0 Bulgaria October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Bulgaria 3 2 Canada October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Cuba 0 3 Turkey October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Italy 1 3 China Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:40 Russia 3 0 Trinidad and Tobago September 29th 2018, h. 16:10 Azerbaijan 0 3 United States September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 South Korea 3 1 Thailand September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 United States 3 0 Trinidad and Tobago September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Azerbaijan 1 3 South Korea September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Thailand 0 3 Russia October 2nd 2018, h. 13:40 Russia 3 0 Azerbaijan October 2nd 2018, h. 16:10 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 Thailand October 2nd 2018, h. 19:20 United States 3 1 South Korea October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Azerbaijan 3 0 Trinidad and Tobago October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 South Korea 1 3 Russia October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 Thailand 0 3 United States October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Trinidad and Tobago 0 3 South Korea October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Thailand 3 2 Azerbaijan October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Russia 1 3 United States Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 29th 2018, h. 13:40 Puerto Rico 0 3 Brazil September 29th 2018, h. 16:10 Dominican Republic 1 3 Serbia September 29th 2018, h. 19:20 Kazakhstan 3 0 Kenya September 30th 2018, h. 13:40 Brazil 3 0 Dominican Republic September 30th 2018, h. 16:10 Kazakhstan 1 3 Puerto Rico September 30th 2018, h. 19:20 Kenya 0 3 Serbia October 1st 2018, h. 13:40 Dominican Republic 3 1 Kazakhstan October 1st 2018, h. 16:10 Puerto Rico 3 0 Kenya October 1st 2018, h. 19:20 Serbia 1 3 Brazil October 3rd 2018, h. 13:40 Puerto Rico 1 3 Dominican Republic October 3rd 2018, h. 16:10 Kazakhstan 0 3 Serbia October 3rd 2018, h. 19:20 Kenya 0 3 Brazil October 4th 2018, h. 13:40 Serbia 3 1 Puerto Rico October 4th 2018, h. 16:10 Dominican Republic 3 0 Kenya October 4th 2018, h. 19:20 Brazil 3 0 Kazakhstan [/hide]

[hide] Third Round September 26th - September 28th, 2018 6 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Semifinals Group I Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 26th 2018, h. 17:00 Brazil 1 3 Russia September 27th 2018, h. 17:00 United States 1 3 Russia September 28th 2018, h. 17:00 Brazil 1 3 United States Group J Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 26th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 1 Serbia September 27th 2018, h. 20:30 Poland 0 3 Serbia September 28th 2018, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 Poland [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round September 26th - September 30th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinal Play-Offs Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 26th 2018, h. 11:30 Spain 10 Senegal September 26th 2018, h. 14:00 China 5 Japan September 26th 2018, h. 17:30 Nigeria 10 Greece September 26th 2018, h. 20:00 France 18 Turkey [/hide]

49ers fans...

Well, Packers' ,Clay Matthews, knows how to get a "roughing the passer" penalty

Well there goes 49ers' season... http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000966222/article/jimmy-garoppolo-suffers-seasonending-torn-acl

Also "fans" of FC Basel threw game controllers and tennis balls on the pitch

Not the best start for the British U-23 time trial champion, Charlie Tanfield

Finally! For the first time Ballon d'Or will also be awarded to the best female football player. https://www.eurosport.com/football/france-football-magazine-announces-ballon-d-or-for-women_sto6945087/story.shtml

Bjerg

Two Danish medals. Gold and Bronze Bjerg is a beast!