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Bagnaia doing his trademark mid-season heroics but once again the first few rounds will cost him a shot at the title IMO. Same old story as in 2021. Meanwhile Ducati has picked Bastianini over Martin for the second works seat in 2023.

Linda Fruhvirtova makes her first GS MD appearance and Fernanda Contreras Gomez has made it through qualifying for the third GS in a row!

Fuck 10 year hockey contacts, Julio Rodriguez might sign a 13-, 16- or 18-year contract with Mariners Well, Mariners famously didn't have money to sign Alex Rodriguez or Randy Johnson long-term 20+ years ago so they maybe learned a lesson or two since then. https://www.mlb.com/mariners/news/julio-rodriguez-extension-with-mariners

Sadly multiple hosts for global championships seems to be the new craze and it's not only related to sharing costs. The UEFA 2020 mess being hosted all across Europe (and Baku) was the final nail in the common sense coffin. It's not going to work. There is no aura of a championship event at all. Obviously Poland and Slovenia matches will have full audience but not so sure about the rest. Even TV makes no sense. It was like 5-6 am in Brazil & Cuba when their match was played?

Yup, nobody is taking volleyball seriously it seems. 11 am start on a working day. Insane.

Viktoria Kuzmova has qualified for the Main Draw @hckošice Same thing for probably one qualifier nobody wants to draw in R1 Linda Noskova.

TVP Sport will show these champs so if anyone's up for a Polish commentary that's available

and will play in the Women's U-20 World Cup so a rematch from the previous 2018 edition. vs will be the 3rd place match. got eliminated in the group stage for the second time in a row.

Main Draws are out. As expected Novak Djokovic has withdrawn due to being un-vaccinated and therefore ineligible to enter the country

[hide] Preliminary Round August 26th - August 31st, 2022 24 Nations, The Top 2 Nations in each Pool + The Top 4 best Third-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Tunisia 3 1 Puerto Rico August 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Ukraine 0 3 Serbia August 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Serbia 3 0 Puerto Rico August 29th 2022, h. 20:30 Ukraine 1 3 Tunisia August 31st 2022, h. 17:30 Serbia 3 0 Tunisia August 31st 2022, h. 20:30 Ukraine 2 3 Puerto Rico Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 26th 2022, h. 11:00 Brazil 3 0 Cuba August 26th 2022, h. 14:00 Japan 3 1 Qatar August 28th 2022, h. 11:00 Cuba 3 1 Qatar August 28th 2022, h. 14:00 Brazil 3 0 Japan August 30th 2022, h. 11:00 Brazil 3 0 Qatar August 30th 2022, h. 14:00 Japan 3 2 Cuba Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 26th 2022, h. 17:30 United States 3 0 Mexico August 26th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 0 Bulgaria August 28th 2022, h. 17:30 United States 3 0 Bulgaria August 28th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 0 Mexcio August 30th 2022, h. 17:30 Mexico 1 3 Bulgaria August 30th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland 3 2 United States Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 26th 2022, h. 17:30 France 3 0 Germany August 26th 2022, h. 20:30 Slovenia 3 0 Cameroon August 28th 2022, h. 17:30 Germany 3 0 Cameroon August 28th 2022, h. 20:30 France 3 2 Slovenia August 30th 2022, h. 17:30 France 3 0 Cameroon August 30th 2022, h. 20:30 Slovenia 3 1 Germany Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 11:00 Turkey 3 2 China August 27th 2022, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 Canada August 29th 2022, h. 11:00 Canada 3 2 China August 29th 2022, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 Turkey August 31st 2022, h. 14:00 Canada 3 2 Turkey August 31st 2022, h. 21:15 Italy 3 0 China Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 14:00 Netherlands 3 0 Egypt August 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Argentina 2 3 Iran August 29th 2022, h. 14:00 Argentina 3 1 Netherlands August 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Iran 3 0 Egypt August 31st 2022, h. 11:00 Argentina 3 1 Egypt August 31st 2022, h. 17:30 Iran 3 1 Netherlands Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation [/hide]

The Symbicort Empire lives on after all Then again people stopped caring about cross country skiing as the pinnacle of winter sports as a result

Angelique Kerber is pregnant. She wants to come back and play 2024 Olympics.

[hide] Preliminary Round August 25th - August 30th, 2022 10 Nations, All Nations from Group A + the 3 Top Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 25th 2022, h. 15:00 Japan 11 United States August 25th 2022, h. 19:00 Finland 8 Canada August 26th 2022, h. 18:30 Switzerland 4 Japan August 27th 2022, h. 15:00 United States 4 Finland August 27th 2022, h. 19:00 Canada 7 Switzerland August 28th 2022, h. 15:00 Japan 10 Canada August 29th 2022, h. 15:00 Finland 5 Japan August 29th 2022, h. 19:00 United States 8 Switzerland August 30th 2022, h. 16:00 Switzerland 1 Finland August 30th 2022, h. 20:00 Canada 1 United States Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 25th 2022, h. 15:30 Germany 3 Hungary August 25th 2022, h. 19:30 Denmark 2 Sweden August 26th 2022, h. 19:00 Hungary 4 Czech Republic August 27th 2022, h. 15:30 Sweden 1 Germany August 27th 2022, h. 19:30 Czech Republic 2 Denmark August 28th 2022, h. 17:00 Denmark 1 Hungary August 29th 2022, h. 15:30 Germany 2 Czech Republic August 29th 2022, h. 19:30 Hungary 2 Sweden August 30th 2022, h. 15:30 Sweden 3 Czech Republic August 30th 2022, h. 19:30 Denmark 1 Germany Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation [/hide]

This is the swelling around Adrianna Sułek's hamstring. Thankfully her season is done

Yeah, Garcia is playing Top 10 level tennis for a few weeks. She's not exactly a random opponent. Plus she has most aces served in WTA this season, even more than Rybakina

Kinda good week for sport! Grammatikopolou has basically half of Maria Sakkari's WTA winner trophies now The win over Bronzetti is definitely an upset. In lesser news, Caroline Garcia has won WTA 1000 in Cincinnati - her third WTA title this season (all three on different surfaces). That 2017 season is no longer a fluke.

39 medals for at the combined Champs. Only the four rich "old West" countries won more

Marika Popowicz is so old she was in the previous NR relay 12 years ago

nailed it!!!! Silver medal Skrzyszowska & Kielbasinska with a GOAT change! 42.61 NR!!!

Alright, let's see if Polish women can actually finish the relay.. dropped baton alert...

The first runner seemed to mock the Germans failure

wins bronze in men's 4x100!!! Shock!!! 38.15 NR!! botched the first changeover. with another 4th place. Taking the honors today.

Yeah, two 4th places for Pays Bas in a space of 10 minutes. But you still have Dafne... ahem... Femke Bol

Mahuchikh & Vukovic only two clear at 1.95. Angelina Topic takes bronze on countback

@dcrowanted some knocked hurdles for women and he jinxed Cindy Sember