Monzanator

Yeah, 1-5 from the same nation never happened in ski jumping World Cup before but Slovenians have a good shot today.

fielded a girl born in Poland in pairs? This event is truly going nowhere

Uruguay wins 1-0! Tabarez gone = 3 wins and qualified

If Peru beats Paraguay at home in the last match they will be in the playoffs no matter what Colombia & Chile do.

The key CONMEBOL 4th place match vs has just kicked off. Like 7 minutes after vs

Well, crap. We never play well vs Sweden. Like I said before, last time we beat them was 1977

32 shots and all for nothing! Italy are OUT!

score in stoppage time! The upset is on!

Barty asked to be removed from the WTA rankings so we'll have a new #1 on the April 4th edition. Iga Swiatek only needs to beat Golubic in Miami R2 to be guaranteed of that. If she doesn't then Paula Badosa would have to win the whole tournament to be #1. I'd say there's 98% chance Swiatek will be the next WTA #1.

The extremely long ski jumping season finally ends this weekend in Planica but the quals have been postponed after Jan Hoerl lost his balance on the inrun in training. They have no frozen tracks in Planica and well, the last weekend of March is technically spring even in Slovenia so the tracks began to melt down

FINA has finally banned Russia & Belarus from the Aquatics World Championships in Budapest. I suppose the threat of a boycott from other countries forced their hand.

Linda Fruhvirtova made a great use of her WC and beat Danka Kovinic 64 60 in R1.

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

American sport in general is very strange in that lots of people do alpine, cross-country, mountain biking, canoeing etc etc without being in the least interested in the professional version of those sports.  Even in athletics this year we saw that USATF has to include high school races in the middle of international meets in order to get a stadium  audience 

I assume NCAA supports indoor sports which helps to boost some of these winter events. Practicing half-pipe tricks isn't much different than gymnastics but canoeing or alpine skiing are outdoor sports so a different story. The lack of depth is probably linked to the decline of escaping poverty through sports. The same happens in boxing or combat sports in general. I presume all cycling-related hype died after the Lance Armstrong scandal.

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

Apparently Shiffrin made about three million dollars in sponsorship in 2021, so almost half a million dollars in prize money isn't pocked change for her.

 

Shiffrin isn't very well known in though, alpine skiing is extremely niche outside of regions that have a big ski industry. It's a sport that's relegated to a second rate streaming service the vast majority of the time, so outside of the Olympics alpine skiers are almost unknown to 99% of the country.

Yeah, I'm well aware alpine skiing is a niche sport in USA, they seem to focus on some of these freestyle skiers instead. I bet they are throwing money at Chloe Kim left, right and center even though half-pipe has literally zero genuine competition IMO. Talk about excelling at a low-hanging fruit.

I want to know how much money they make from endorsements? The official FIS prize money is probably pocket change

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 4-0 at Bernabeu

Swiatek wins 6-4 6-1. New WTA #2

Swiatek wins first set 6-4.

For @Belle

Duplantis 6,20!!! WR!!! New era.

Jamaica wins women's 4x400. Bol carries Pays Bas to silver and Poland gets bronze.

Holloway wins 60H ahead of PLM and Eaton.

Braz over 5,95!

Nilsen had the height at 5,95 but just clipped it on the way down.

Ivana Spano... Vuleta wins the long jump!

Tefera beats Ingebrigtsen in 1,500. Gebreselassie's CR is gone.