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Was it a rooster? I was in high school back then and I remember watching Denmark vs South Africa (the one with 3 red cards IIRC) while in the middle of a heavy drinking party

It's a persinified Arabic headdress as the mascot. It does look like a ghost but at least it's something recognizeable. I can't recall any of the World Cup mascots since the tri-color figure at Italia 1990

The only Qatari player I can pick from the top of my head is Ro-Ro and he's in the starting line-up! Roll on with Ro-Ro! Hopefully he doesn't sink like those cargo boats...

Bring back Jorge Campos and the parrot jersey!

Logan Sargeant finished 4th in the F2 standings so he has enough Super License points to make F1 debut for Williams.

in 6th & 7th with Popovic & Ljutic!

[hide] Group Stage November 20th - December 2nd, 2022 32 Nations, The Top 2 Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 20th 2022, h. 19:00 Qatar 0 2 Ecuador November 21st 2022, h. 19:00 Senegal 0 2 Netherlands November 25th 2022, h. 16:00 Qatar 1 2 Senegal November 25th 2022, h. 19:00 Netherlands 3 0 Ecuador November 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Ecuador 1 1 Senegal November 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Netherlands 4 0 Qatar Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 21st 2022, h. 16:00 England 3 0 Iran November 21st 2022, h. 22:00 United States 1 1 Wales November 25th 2022, h. 13:00 Wales 1 1 Iran November 25th 2022, h. 22:00 England 2 0 United States November 29th 2022, h. 22:00 Wales 1 3 England November 29th 2022, h. 22:00 Iran 2 1 United States Group C Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 22nd 2022, h. 13:00 Argentina 5 0 Saudi Arabia November 22nd 2022, h. 19:00 Mexico 1 0 Poland November 26th 2022, h. 16:00 Poland 2 0 Saudi Arabia November 26th 2022, h. 22:00 Argentina 2 1 Mexico November 30th 2022, h. 22:00 Poland 0 3 Argentina November 30th 2022, h. 22:00 Saudi Arabia 1 3 Mexico Group D Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 22nd 2022, h. 16:00 Denmark 3 1 Tunisia November 22nd 2022, h. 22:00 France 2 1 Australia November 26th 2022, h. 13:00 Tunisia 2 1 Australia November 26th 2022, h. 19:00 France 2 2 Denmark November 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Australia 0 2 Denmark November 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Tunisia 0 2 France Group E Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 23rd 2022, h. 16:00 Germany 3 0 Japan November 23rd 2022, h. 19:00 Spain 3 0 Costa Rica November 27th 2022, h. 13:00 Japan 0 0 Costa Rica November 27th 2022, h. 22:00 Spain 2 2 Germany December 1st 2022, h. 22:00 Japan 1 3 Spain December 1st 2022, h. 22:00 Costa Rica 1 4 Germany Group F Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 23rd 2022, h. 13:00 Morocco 1 2 Croatia November 23rd 2022, h. 22:00 Belgium 1 0 Canada November 27th 2022, h. 16:00 Belgium 3 0 Morocco November 27th 2022, h. 19:00 Croatia 0 0 Canada December 1st 2022, h. 18:00 Croatia 1 1 Belgium December 1st 2022, h. 18:00 Canada 2 1 Morocco Group G Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 24th 2022, h. 13:00 Switzerland 2 0 Cameroon November 24th 2022, h. 22:00 Brazil 3 1 Serbia November 28th 2022, h. 13:00 Cameroon 1 1 Serbia November 28th 2022, h. 19:00 Brazil 3 2 Switzerland December 2nd 2022, h. 22:00 Serbia 1 2 Switzerland December 2nd 2022, h. 22:00 Cameroon 0 3 Brazil Group H Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 24th 2022, h. 16:00 Uruguay 0 0 South Korea November 24th 2022, h. 19:00 Portugal 3 1 Ghana November 28th 2022, h. 16:00 South Korea 2 1 Ghana November 28th 2022, h. 22:00 Portugal 2 1 Uruguay December 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 Ghana 1 1 Uruguay December 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 South Korea 1 2 Portugal Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Brazil France Netherlands [/hide]

Let's don't forget losing 0-1 to so they wouldn't have to be in the semi-final group in 1974

They said he might miss the opening match and now I see he left the training session so maybe it's something more serious?

Nobody in Poland would even consider Budweiser a "beer" though. The who ra-ra stuff will go away sooner rather than later, does anyone remember the protests in 2014 when Brazil was under presssure to "hide" some of the favela poverty? Yeah, does anyone remember that eight years later? Will anyone care about Qatar's Islamic rules in 30 days time? Of course not. So let's don't pretend any uproar here will change anything because it won't.

Daniele Orsato was selected as the opening match vs referee.

Nominations for the Sports Personality of the Year 2022 in Poland (aka 88th Przeglad Sportowy Plebiscite). Fabian Barański, Mirosław Ziętarski, Mateusz Biskup, Dominik Czaja, rowing Paweł Fajdek, athletics Hubert Hurkacz, tennis Natalia Kaczmarek, athletics Kajetan Kajetanowicz, rallying Anna Kiełbasińska, athletics Małgorzata Kołdej, rugby seven Dawid Kubacki, ski jumping Bartosz Kurek, volleyball Robert Lewandowski, association football Aleksandra Lisowska, athletics Adrian Meronk, golf Piotr Michalski, speed skating Aleksandra Mirosław, sport climbing Karolina Naja, Anna Puławska, Adrianna Kąkol, Dominika Putto, K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m, sprint canoe Wojciech Nowicki, athletics Mateusz Ponitka, basketball Kamil Semeniuk, volleyball Pia Skrzyszowska, athletics Magdalena Stysiak, volleyball Adrianna Sułek, athletics Iga Świątek, tennis Katarzyna Wasick, swimming Katarzyna Ździebło, athletics Bartosz Zmarzlik, speedway Final results will be in the first week of January. The winner should be either Świątek or Lewandowski. My money is on Świątek

Old fashioned dunk by Sochan last night...

Mohammed bin Salman granted immunity by the USA So much for Joe Biden trying to play hardball with Saudi Arabia. He's a senile old clown alright. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63671947

Oh yes, the unnamed insider sources What happens if Ecuador wins 3-0? Will those insiders come forward with full names? Obviously not...

More NFL games in Germany coming up...

I wonder what's the thing with Bakken? I assume he has asthma on paper like every Norwegian skier so maybe this is one case where symbicort has side effects

Canada beat Japan 2-1 in friendly played in Dubai.

We literally had 27% ball possession vs Chile Yeah, that was an ideal match for Michniewicz's stupid tactics so I wonder if he gets lucky enough to repeat it vs Mexico. Probably not

As you might suspect, we've had a number of memes showing up in the last few hours

Polish PM called an emergency meeting for 9 pm which is now...

Djokovic will be allowed to play AO next season as the new Australian government overturned the 3-year visa ban. Guess nobody gives a hoot about the COVID and vaccines anymore https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/novak-djokovic-allowed-to-play-australian-open-after-visa-ban-overturned-20221115-p5byk8.html

Team Mexico. Raul Jimenez is in despite not playing since August. Ochoa & Guardado will be in their 5th WC finals in a row which brings that total to four players (Messi & C.Ronaldo are the other two).

Buccaneers beat Seahawks 21-16 in Munich despite this stupid playcalling from Byron Leftwich

Atiba Hutchinson aka FC Copenhagen Champions League heroics from a decade ago and it feels like ages since I saw Junior Hoilett play at St. Pauli. He must be younger than I thought he is