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Elena Rybakina won Rome 1000 after Anhelina Kalinina retired injured in the final down 4-6 0-1. Overall a disaster of a tournament in what was the first edition of the expanded draw and two-week format. The weather delays, then long stretches of no actual play, bottom half collapsed early, Świątek injured and there was next to zero buzz from the semi-finals except Ostapenko bitching about the SF not being stopped on her request but then stopped on Rybakina's request. Strasbourg & Rabat 250s are next week and then it's Roland Garros. It can't possibly get any worse than the past two weeks...

Denver Nuggets take a 3-0 lead over LA Lakers in West finals and are on the verge of their first ever appearance in NBA finals Heat lead the Celtics 2-0 in the East finals.

Adrian Meronk made the cut at the PGA Championship +5 in Round 1 and -1 in Round 2.

Horrible logo all around. The 1994 logo was nautical miles better

For the first time since 2004 there will be no Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic in the Rome final as Djokovic lost to Holger Rune in QF

Iga Świątek retired with injury in third set vs Rybakina. Overall a tough second week in Rome with many rain delays. Semi-Finals: Elena Rybakina vs Jelena Ostapenko Anhelina Kalinina vs Veronika Kudermetova The Soviet Union Championships in full swing here

I have a feeling they will move Imola around Spa and therefore shorten the summer break.

Hornets are like the new Grizzlies. #2 in the lottery... And your #1 aka Victor Wembenyama lottery winner is...

Didn't take long... Rivers is fired from 76ers. Monty Williams fired from Suns as well (he could end up with Bucks?). The Victor Wembanyama draft lottery is tonight. I don't think he ends up being that good mainly due to his size (2.19 m) being a recipe for injuries but the hype will carry around for some time. My bet is Hornets actually win the #1 lottery

IBA announced the 2024 Women's World Championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan. Gold medallists will receive 200k US dollars so it's 100% raise from the 100k prize at the last WCh in New Delhi. Money is always one thing that could make athletes reconsider the potential boycott...

Probably because "far right" in Europe is almost always against the immigrants & Islam as a religion Meanwhile in a Muslim country the left/right wings still operate within the Islam itself - even if Turkey is a laicist country in that regard.

Jason Day has won a PGA Tour event again! I almost forgot the guy still existed

Celtics beat Sixers in Game Seven of East SF 112-88 I wonder if Phila has the guts to fire Doc Rivers after his latest trademark playoff bungle...

Nothing to report from Poland. Our judo has been dropped from the pack

Is Toronto Maple Leafs the most overrated NHL franchise ever? Have they won anything since the Original Six days? Like the Yukon Cup or something?

At least you have Deguchi and Klimkait. Meanwhile Poland is light years removed from even having a quarter of what Kubacki & Maksymow looked like

Meanwhile Iga Świątek wasted little time and beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 6-0 in R2

Denver Nuggets advance to West Finals after 4-2 series win over Phoenix Suns. Chris Paul got injured during the series and once again the Suns are not a contender without him. Another playoffs failure for Kevin Durant as well.

And Sabalenka fails to win a match in Rome losing to Sofia Kenin in straight sets in Round 2

received a wild card into the BJK Finals

Antonio Carbajal - the first player who participated in five World Cup finals (1950-66) and the last surviving player from the 1950 World Cup passed away at the age of 93.

[hide] Preliminary Round May 12th - May 23rd, 2023 16 Nations, Top 4 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 12th 2023, h. 16:20 Finland 2 United States May 12th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 3 Germany May 13th 2023, h. 12:20 France 1 Austria May 13th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 5 Denmark May 13th 2023, h. 20:20 Germany 2 Finland May 14th 2023, h. 12:20 United States 7 Hungary May 14th 2023, h. 16:20 France 2 Denmark May 14th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 4 Austria May 15th 2023, h. 16:20 Germany 1 United States May 15th 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 1 Sweden May 16th 2023, h. 16:20 Denmark 2 Austria May 16th 2023, h. 20:20 France 3 Hungary May 17th 2023, h. 16:20 United States 5 Austria May 17th 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 5 France May 18th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 6 Sweden May 18th 2023, h. 20:20 Denmark 1 Germany May 19th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 6 Finland May 19th 2023, h. 20:20 Austria 3 Germany May 20th 2023, h. 12:20 United States 3 Denmark May 20th 2023, h. 16:20 Austria 4 Finland May 20th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 4 France May 21st 2023, h. 16:20 Germany 4 Hungary May 21st 2023, h. 20:20 United States 4 France May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20 Denmark 2 Sweden May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20 Austria 2 Hungary May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20 Germany 2 France May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20 Sweden 1 United States May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 2 Denmark Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 12th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovakia 1 Czechia May 12th 2023, h. 20:20 Latvia 3 Canada May 13th 2023, h. 12:20 Switzerland 3 Slovenia May 13th 2023, h. 16:20 Norway 1 Kazakhstan May 13th 2023, h. 20:20 Slovakia 2 Latvia May 14th 2023, h. 12:20 Slovenia 6 Canada May 14th 2023, h. 16:20 Norway 3 Switzerland May 14th 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 5 Kazakhstan May 15th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovakia 1 Canada May 15th 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Latvia May 16th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovenia 1 Norway May 16th 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 3 Kazakhstan May 17th 2023, h. 16:20 Latvia 3 Norway May 17th 2023, h. 20:20 Canada 5 Kazakhstan May 18th 2023, h. 16:20 Czechia 4 Slovenia May 18th 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 2 Slovakia May 19th 2023, h. 16:20 Latvia 3 Slovenia May 19th 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 5 Slovakia May 20th 2023, h. 12:20 Norway 5 Czechia May 20th 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 1 Switzerland May 20th 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 3 Latvia May 21st 2023, h. 16:20 Slovenia 3 Slovakia May 21st 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Switzerland May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 5 Norway May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 1 Slovenia May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20 Slovakia 2 Norway May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 1 Czechia May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 1 Latvia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Finland Czechia Canada [/hide]

Zuzanna Górecka picked up a knee injury in the second game of the domestic league final and will be out several months

Mets pitching has gone down the drain. Scherzer came back after the suspension, makes one lousy start and he's out with neck spasms now

It's official, FIS decreased the maximum quota for top nations to 6 athletes per competition (it was seven since 07/08 season) in a bid to "help" the minor nations get World Cup points. Obviously this won't solve any problems and will only make the Big 6 (Austria, Norway, Germany, Poland, Slovenia & Japan) angry about the new limit. The likes of Finland, Czech Republic and Italy will field the same second-tier line-up, Switzerland remains the best of the rest (aka Team 7) while USA & Canada are what they are. No way minnows like Kazakhstan, Turkey or Ukraine will make strides filling out the spots vacated by the FIS decision.