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is always the team that nobody bets on but they are usually the ones who cause some kind of upset (it's a common theme for Asian teams who play great defense because they have to).

Yeah, it seemed unlikely when he signed with the Cardinals for the sentimental farewell and we don't have to ponder if he wouldn't retire if he was stuck below 700 by one or two HR.

At this rate van Vleuten won't retire until she's 50 As it's usual the case with Niewiadoma, she found a new way not to win a one-day race but it's obvious Polish team doesn't have the depth to control things the way the Dutch always do.

Poland beats Croatia 3-1

The new Polish Biathlon Federation boss has told Daria Dolidovich (17 years old) she can't train with our national team https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/sporty-zimowe/biathlon/justyna-kowalczyk-zaskoczona-to-smutne-i-niesmaczne/m1sxl76 This is fucking bullshit alright. Sergei Dolidovich fled Belarus with his daughter a while back and he's working as assistant coach over here but I fear if this decision won't be reversed they will move on to some other country soon. It's a complete waste but sadly ever since the previous boss Waskiewcz shockingly loss the elections in the summer we're going back to the dark days (Adam Kolodziejczyk will have more to say again as member of the board, the new boss Joanna Badacz seems to be merely a puppet). Justyna Kowalczyk was a huge Waskiewicz supporter so I wonder how long she keeps working within the biathlon federation. I feel she quits or gets booted out before 2026 when the next elections should take place.

Yeah, Group A & D play the entire phase in Arnhem, I don't know why Groups B & C couldn't play their phase in Poland from the first match? Anyway, Croatia wins a set vs Poland

Because I was like 14 years old and I liked those swimsuits

Sounds like something I saw during a lifeguard competition on "Baywatch" 25 years ago

Rowing sprints? Wut? Even a 6 minute rowing race is deemed too long by IOC now?

Aaron Judge hit 60th home run last night so he's only one away from AL record set by Roger Maris in 1961 still viewed as the "real" HR record since the Bonds, McGwire & Sosa marks were achieved in the steroid era.

Team Poland squad (as expected Smarzek-Godek is out and so is Martyna Łukasik through injury): SETTERS: Katarzyna Wenerska, Joanna Wołosz RECEIVERS: Monika Fedusio, Zuzanna Górecka, Olivia Różański, Weronika Szlagowska OUTSIDE HITTERS: Monika Gałkowska, Magdalena Stysiak MIDDLE BLOCKERS: Klaudia Alagierska-Szczepaniak, Agnieszka Korneluk, Anna Obiała, Kamila Witkowska LIBERO: Maria Stenzel, Aleksandra Szczygłowska

Reminds me when Victoria Azarenka was described as "Guest" at the 2013 ESPYs awards alongside her then-boyfriend Redfoo (singer who used to be popular back in the day). It just so happened Azarenka was WTA #1 at the time...

Yeah, it's been said over the summer, the Russian forces aren't strong enough to make a significant push to take more land, their main goal was obviously to take Kiev within the first week of the war, maybe have Zelensky flee the country and then have the war end literally two weeks after it has started. It's all gone in the gutter for the Russians though. The recent Kharkiv offensive shows they don't even want to fight a defensive war and don't have the manpower to occupy those areas when they are the ones under attack. The war will most likely last at least two more years unless EU countries suffer from public protests during the winter due to gas shortages & prices rising. That might force EU to stop with the military supply to Ukraine and help the Russians (it's basically their last chance, they're not winning the war with some ancient USSR weapons found in some warehouse in the Kirgizstan desert).

Hopefully the Russian weapons stored for reserve were advanced in 1965 but maybe not in XXI century anymore

17 year old Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva earns her first WTA main draw victory in Seoul over Chloe Paquet.

I'm fine with the changes

Mayar Sherif saved 12 (as in twelve) match points vs Jessica Maleckova in Budapest WTA 125 R1 match

I still have a feeling we'll drag AJ Slaughter on court in 2025 again

More success today as Katerina Siniakova wins Portoroz title in three sets over Elena Rybakina.

@hckošicewould be happy to know that Linda F. follows ice hockey as I saw her liking Slafkovsky's IG posts

Linda Fruhvirtova wins her maiden WTA title in Chennai! She comes back from one set down and 1-4 in the third set to beat Magda Linette 4-6 6-3 6-4! Her younger sister Brenda won W25 in Italy earlier today and continues her winning ITF streak that is at 25 matches now.

Well, the second SF ended after three games as Katie Swan retired with exhaustion. So it's vs in the final.

Linda Fruhvirtova (age 17 and four months) makes her first WTA final in Chennai. She will also move into Top 100 of the rankings on Monday. The second SF will be Magda Linette vs Katie Swan.

I usually don't notice that either though I'm obviously aware the time outs/fouls are standard procedure in close basketball finishes but since @hckošiceappears to be a new fan of basketball I specifically looked on the clock for that one

[hide] Preliminary Round September 23rd - October 2nd, 2022 24 Nations, The Top 4 Nations from each Pool will qualify for the Second Round. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 0 Kenya September 24th 2022, h. 14:00 Belgium 3 2 Puerto Rico September 24th 2022, h. 15:00 Italy 3 0 Cameroon September 25th 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium 3 0 Kenya September 25th 2022, h. 16:00 Netherlands 3 0 Cameroon September 26th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 3 0 Puerto Rico September 27th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 3 1 Belgium September 27th 2022, h. 20:00 Cameroon 3 2 Kenya September 28th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 1 Puerto Rico September 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Italy 3 0 Kenya September 29th 2022, h. 20:00 Puerto Rico 3 0 Cameroon September 30th 2022, h. 20:00 Netherlands 3 1 Belgium October 1st 2022, h. 16:00 Puerto Rico 3 1 Kenya October 2nd 2022, h. 13:00 Belgium 3 0 Cameroon October 2nd 2022, h. 16:00 Netherlands 1 3 Italy Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 23rd 2022, h. 18:00 Poland 3 0 Croatia September 24th 2022, h. 13:00 Turkey 3 1 Thailand September 24th 2022, h. 18:30 Dominican Republic 3 2 South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 Turkey 3 1 South Korea September 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Dominican Republic 3 1 Croatia September 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 1 Thailand September 28th 2022, h. 14:00 Thailand 3 2 Croatia September 28th 2022, h. 17:30 Turkey 3 2 Dominican Republic September 28th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 1 South Korea September 29th 2022, h. 14:00 South Korea 3 2 Thailand September 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Turkey 3 0 Croatia September 29th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 2 Dominican Republic October 1st 2022, h. 14:00 Dominican Republic 3 1 Thailand October 1st 2022, h. 17:30 South Korea 3 1 Croatia October 1st 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 2 3 Turkey Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 24th 2022, h. 19:30 United States 3 0 Kazakhstan September 25th 2022, h. 19:00 Germany 3 1 Bulgaria September 25th 2022, h. 20:00 Serbia 3 0 Canada September 26th 2022, h. 15:30 Germany 3 1 Kazakhstan September 26th 2022, h. 16:00 Serbia 3 0 Bulgaria September 26th 2022, h. 21:00 United States 3 0 Canada September 29th 2022, h. 13:00 Canada 3 1 Kazakhstan September 29th 2022, h. 16:00 Serbia 3 1 Germany September 29th 2022, h. 19:00 United States 3 0 Bulgaria September 30th 2022, h. 13:00 Serbia 3 0 Kazakhstan September 30th 2022, h. 16:00 Bulgaria 3 2 Canada September 30th 2022, h. 19:00 United States 3 1 Germany October 1st 2022, h. 13:00 Germany 3 2 Canada October 1st 2022, h. 16:00 Bulgaria 3 1 Kazakhstan October 1st 2022, h. 19:00 United States 2 3 Serbia Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 24th 2022, h. 20:30 Brazil 3 0 Czech Republic September 25th 2022, h. 14:00 China 3 0 Argentina September 25th 2022, h. 14:15 Japan 3 1 Colombia September 26th 2022, h. 14:15 Japan 3 2 Czech Republic September 26th 2022, h. 18:30 Brazil 3 1 Argentina September 27th 2022, h. 14:00 China 3 0 Colombia September 28th 2022, h. 14:15 China 3 1 Japan September 28th 2022, h. 15:00 Brazil 3 0 Colombia September 28th 2022, h. 18:00 Argentina 2 3 Czech Republic September 30th 2022, h. 14:00 China 3 0 Czech Republic September 30th 2022, h. 14:15 Brazil 3 1 Japan September 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Colombia 3 2 Argentina October 1st 2022, h. 14:00 Brazil 3 2 China October 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 Colombia 2 3 Czech Republic October 2nd 2022, h. 14:15 Japan 3 1 Argentina Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Italy Serbia USA [/hide]