Monzanator

Yeah, I can see that happening. You don't expect logic in politics, do you? Except for greed of power

Run of 51 unbeaten games is over!

First time a female judoka in WCh final since Beata Maksymow won gold in 1999

*"Double-the-points" distributed as follow: Each user will have 3 during the Knockout Stage - From Quarterfinals to Finals. Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*". Knockout Stage May 23rd - May 26th, 2024 8 Nations, the Winners of each Quarterfinal will qualify for the Semifinals. Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 23rd 2024 h. 16:20 Canada 2* Slovakia May 23rd 2024 h. 16:20 Switzerland 1 Germany May 23rd 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 3 Finland May 23rd 2024 h. 20:20 United States 1 Czechia

It's a different injury that prevented Kerr from playing much at the last World Cup? At least they don't have to keep it a secret for ticket sales or something.

Jesse Eisenberg said he applied for Polish citizenship 9 months ago and apparently the paperwork only needs the president's signing. He has been given PESEL already (aka our version of a social security number). His family immigrated from Eastern Poland to USA after World War II.

Timberwolves wins Game 7 after a dominant second half. Pacers take out Knicks in Game 7 over in the East.

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

No real drama in the Rome final. Sabalenka won 5 games. Well, Roland Garros and Olympics ahead. If Iga Świątek wins both she might as well skip Wimbledon

U-17 girls team beat France 4-2 in PSO to finish 3rd in the Euro U-17 Champs and have qualified for the U-17 World Cup in Dominicana

Nuggets vs Timberwolves going into Game 7. Wolves won 115-70 in Game 6

Retired former WTA #2 Anett Kontaveit announced she is pregnant.

The Rome final will be a repeat of Madrid final - Świątek vs Sabalenka. Świątek extended her h2h lead over Cori Gauff to 10-1 after beating her in SF. This result also means Sabalenka will be #2 seed at Roland Garros.

Roland Garros annonunced WC. As expected all French plus the usual AO & USO swap. This means Halep, Wozniacki or Thiem (ATP) miss out. Halep would be hard pressed to get one based on her doping ban as FO previously snubbed Sharapova for the same reason.

Well, that was one game Poland needed to win to have any chance of staying up. If we can't beat France it would be improbable to expect beating anyone else here.

Holstein Kiel has been promoted to the 1. Bundesliga for the very first time. I suppose that's the northern-most German city that will ever play in top flight? And for once handball might take a back seat there.

Yeah, this is a totally unexpected point for us

So much for democracy then. USA's veto still makes the ultimate difference however there's a chance US President will be Muslim one day so Palestine might get a chance around 2175?

I would assume a lot of Polish fans would travel to Ostrava given how close it is to the border. Alas I'd be amazed if we lose by less than 3 goals

Robert E. Lee & Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson are back on in high schools in Virginia. I suppose they have a more lasting legacy in US history than George Floyd so it's not a surprise. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68985412

Poland beat Slovakia by 18 goals in a friendly in January and we lose to them in the WCh playoffs

Zermatt has been dropped and apparently they're not happy since they have a 5 year contract. Word is they banned professional skiers from training there in the summer

*"Double-the-points" distributed as follow: Each user will have 5 during the Group stage. Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*". Group Stage May 10th - May 21st, 2024 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2024 h. 16:20 Switzerland 4 Norway May 10th 2024 h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Finland May 11th 2024 h. 12:20 Great Britain 3 Canada May 11th 2024 h. 16:20 Austria 1 Denmark May 11th 2024 h. 20:20 Norway 5 Czechia May 12th 2024 h. 12:20 Finland 6 Great Britain May 12th 2024 h. 16:20 Denmark 2 Canada May 12th 2024 h. 20:20 Austria 2 Switzerland May 13th 2024 h. 16:20 Norway 5 Finland May 13th 2024 h. 20:20 Switzerland 3 Czechia May 14th 2024 h. 16:20 Denmark 2 Norway May 14th 2024 h. 20:20 Canada 2 Austria May 15th 2024 h. 16:20 Czechia 3 Denmark May 15th 2024 h. 20:20 Switzerland 4 Great Britain May 16th 2024 h. 16:20 Finland 3 Austria May 16th 2024 h. 20:20 Canada 5 Norway May 17th 2024 h. 16:20 Great Britain 2 Denmark May 17th 2024 h. 20:20 Czechia 4* Austria May 18th 2024 h. 12:20 Denmark 1 Switzerland May 18th 2024 h. 16:20 Canada 1* Finland May 18th 2024 h. 20:20 Czechia 6 Great Britain May 19th 2024 h. 16:20 Norway 1 Austria May 19th 2024 h. 20:20 Switzerland 1 Canada May 20th 2024 h. 16:20 Great Britain 2 Norway May 20th 2024 h. 20:20 Finland 3 Denmark May 21st 2024 h. 12:20 Austria 1 Great Britain May 21st 2024 h. 16:20 Canada 2 Czechia May 21st 2024 h. 20:20 Finland 2 Switzerland Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2024 h. 16:20 Slovakia 1 Germany May 10th 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 2 United States May 11th 2024 h. 12:20 France 1 Kazakhstan May 11th 2024 h. 16:20 Poland 2 Latvia May 11th 2024 h. 20:20 United States 2 Germany May 12th 2024 h. 12:20 Kazakhstan 4* Slovakia May 12th 2024 h. 16:20 Latvia 2 France May 12th 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 6 Poland May 13th 2024 h. 16:20 United States 1 Slovakia May 13th 2024 h. 20:20 Germany 1 Sweden May 14th 2024 h. 16:20 Kazakhstan 2 Latvia May 14th 2024 h. 20:20 Poland 1 France May 15th 2024 h. 16:20 Germany 3 Latvia May 15th 2024 h. 20:20 Slovakia 5* Poland May 16th 2024 h. 16:20 Kazakhstan 5 Sweden May 16th 2024 h. 20:20 United States 5 France May 17th 2024 h. 16:20 Germany 6 Kazakhstan May 17th 2024 h. 20:20 Poland 5 United States May 18th 2024 h. 12:20 Latvia 2 Sweden May 18th 2024 h. 16:20 Germany 4 Poland May 18th 2024 h. 20:20 France 5 Slovakia May 19th 2024 h. 16:20 United States 6 Kazakhstan May 19th 2024 h. 20:20 Slovakia 3 Latvia May 20th 2024 h. 16:20 Sweden 6 France May 20th 2024 h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 1 Poland May 21st 2024 h. 12:20 France 3 Germany May 21st 2024 h. 16:20 Latvia 2 United States May 21st 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 1* Slovakia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation CZE SWE CAN

@dullardBartunkova was busted for trimetazidine so the same angina drug as Kamila Valieva. Let's see if she gets 4 year ban as well given she also doesn't have TUE exemption.

Imanaga still has the lowest ERA after the first six weeks of the season. Big news is that Pirates called up last year's #1 draft pick RHP Paul Skenes to make his debut vs Cubs on Saturday. Marlins & White Sox "compete" for the worst team of the season honor so far.