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Elena Rybakina goes into the final 63 63 over Simona Halep. Well, that Wimbledon Russian ban sure worked well. A player born & living in Moscow goes all the way into the final...

Jabeur wins 61 in the decider. She had the easier draw to make a GS final possible - only one Top 50 player (Mertens #31) and three players ranked outside Top 100.

Well, Maria wins the second set... Jabeur will never get an easier draw to make a GS final... I still think she takes this in three.

QB Baker Mayfield has been traded to Carolina Panthers after weeks of speculation where he ends up. If DeShaun Watson will be suspended for the sexual misconduct cases the Browns will ride it out with Jacoby Brissett.

Pressure must be mounting since Johnson had to admit he met alone with some Russian oligarch. They are digging the dirt now: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62068421

Nadal beat Fritz in 5th set TB despite some abdominal injury. Kyrgios beat Garin. Elena Rybakina keeps the Russian-born train alive and she will play Simona Halep in SF.

beats 3-2 in Gdansk (15:7 in tie-break ).

New shitstorm in UK government? Conservative whip was groping men? And now some ministers have resigned? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62054067

The first semi-finals are set: Jabeur (3) vs Maria & Djokovic (1) vs Norrie (9)

Janusz Kupcewicz passed away at the age of 66. He scored a free kick goal in the 3rd place playoff vs France at the 1982 World Cup (for 3:1).

[hide] Group Stage July 6th - July 18th, 2022 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st and 2nd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 6th 2022, h. 20:00 England 3 0 Austria July 7th 2022, h. 20:00 Norway 4 0 Northern Ireland July 11th 2022, h. 17:00 Austria 2 0 Northern Ireland July 11th 2022, h. 20:00 England 1 0 Norway July 15th 2022, h. 2000 Northern Ireland 1 4 England July 15th 2022, h. 20:00 Austria 0 3 Norway Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 8th 2022, h. 17:00 Spain 5 0 Finland July 8th 2022, h. 20:00 Germany 3 2 Denmark July 12th 2022, h. 17:00 Denmark 2 0 Finland July 12th 2022, h. 20:00 Germany 0 2 Spain July 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Finland 1 5 Germany July 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Denmark 1 3 Spain Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Portugal 1 1 Switzerland July 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 2 2 Sweden July 13th 2022, h. 17:00 Sweden 1 0 Switzerland July 13th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 4 0 Portugal July 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Switzerland 1 3 Netherlands July 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Sweden 3 0 Portugal Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Belgium 3 1 Iceland July 10th 2022, h. 20:00 France 2 1 Italy July 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Italy 3 0 Iceland July 10th 2022, h. 20:00 France 4 1 Belgium July 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Iceland 0 4 France July 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Italy 2 0 Belgium Finalists Place 1st 2nd Nation Spain England [/hide]

Poland went from World Cup QF in 2019 to finishing dead last in the 2023 qualifying group Now we'll have to play EuroBasket pre-qualifying Arguments about money, Adam Waczynski being banned by the head of the federation contributed to a swift downfall of hope. Back to irrelevance we go.

The jinx didn't work Kyrgios and Tomljanovic won. Women's QF are set: Tomljanovic vs Rybakina (17) Halep (16) vs Anisimova (20) Bouzkova vs Jabeur (3) Maria vs Niemeier

Elena Rybakina (who switched from Russia to Kazakhstan in 2018) beats Petra Martic 75 63 and advances into QF where she will play the winner of Tomljanovic/Cornet.

Let me guess, all Spaniards bet on Spain winning the men's tournament? Very impressive to sweep the podium in water polo predictions. I'm happy not to have finished last

wins the women's European Championships in Rugby 7 I don't know who schedules rugby matches at 10:00 am on Sunday but the deciding match vs was played around that hour Poland won 14:0.

The wrong Ferrari won but Carlos Sainz takes his first F1 victory so I'm happy for him. Leclerc 4th and Verstappen 7th after running over a debris and struggling with a damaged car for over half of the race.

Adrian Meronk wins the Irish Open! Biggest day in Polish golf ever!

Meronk with eagle on the 71st hole! He might fucking do it!

Multi-car pile-up in Turn 1 at the start, Zhou flipped and ambulance is on the track.

Adrian Meronk leads the Irish Open by one shot after three rounds. Which probably means he will finish 6th at best...

in Group B with and Funny we play Saudi Arabia in both football & handball World Champs six weeks apart. We could have had the African champions (likely ) from Pot 1 but thanks to crazy rules two of the five African teams will be in one group (with ).

Women's R4 line-up. Only two previous GS winners left: Cornet v Tomljanovic Rybakina [17] v Martic [4] Badosa v Halep [16] [20] Anisimova v Tan Bouzkova v Garcia [24] Mertens v Jabeur [3] Maria v Ostapenko [12] Watson v Niemeier

Alize Cornet ends Iga Swiatek's 37 match winning streak. 6-4 6-2! Courtesy of mattypark @ Tennis Forum

Cornet with two breaks in the first three games of the match. If she holds up physically she can totally stop the streak. Swiatek played some bad tennis in the first two matches and got bailed out by the level of opponents (Fett, Kerkhove). Amanda Anisimova takes out Cori Gauff and her terrible FH in three sets to set up the Harmony Tan R4 match.