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Well, the second leg of the final will surely be the worst. D1 checkout.

3x Olympic champion in triple jump Viktor Saneyev passed away at the age of 76.

https://sputnik-georgia.ru/20220103/umer-legendarnyy-viktor-saneev-263340843.html

First WTA MD match of the year for me: Maria Sakkari vs Tamara Zidansek

Wright beats Anderson 6-4.

I seriously doubt someone will sign Antonio Brown after this latest non-sense. The guy has clearly lost it years ago.

Raiders beat Colts 23-20 and still have playoff hopes

Cincinnati Bengals beat KC Chiefs 34-31 and win the AFC North while knocking KC off #1 seed in AFC!

Smith leads 5-3...

Yeah, I immediately recalled Ronaldo's Coke "boycott" at Euro 2021. This is obviously pure hogwash

Good result. Price is very annoying indeed.

Wright wins 5-4.

Rydz leads 3-1 so far...

21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

As far as I'm aware, he has already given up, both in biathlon and cross-country, where he would easily have qualified. It sucks, but it comes to show how much certain countries actually value their athletes as a whole.

Does NZ care about anything other than rugby & maybe cricket? Poland usually tries to enter as many athletes as possible and nobody really cares whether such athlete has a shot of making Top 16 let alone a medal If he/she makes whatever A or B standard they will be selected no matter what (sometimes it completely backfires as evident by our swimming entry mishaps in the last two SOG).

Dobey was 2-0 & 3-1 sets up on Humphries and also 3-2 up in the decider before losing the last three legs in a row.

Camila Giorgi turns 30 years old today!

I have to admit I can't count as fast especially when it comes to setting-up check-outs. At 182 he should have aimed for a triple odd-number or anything but a triple 20? (since the miss at single left him a non-checkout score)?

Michael Smith wins! He escaped with D6 earlier when Clayton had match D12 set up.

Clayton missed 6 darts to be one leg away from QF

Does Callum Rydz have some Polish heritage? It's the Polish name of red pine mushroom. Some athletics fans may remember middle-distance runner Malgorzata Rydz from 20+ years ago.

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Just cannot understand how jumpers from nations with huge support teams can keep getting DQFs.

Because everyone is trying to manipulate the suits. In fact the richer nations are more willing to do so. The days when Ammann caught everyone off guard with new bindings in Vancouver 2010 are kinda over. Back to the suits, now it's even forbidden to clap hands on the thighs while sitting on the gate. It was done to stretch the suits and increase its surface.

Ryoyu Kobayashi wins in Oberstdorf. Only one Polish jumper in the second round (Kubacki 28th). HC Michal Dolezal will not survive this season given how bad we're doing.

It has happened. Fatih Arda Ipcioglu will get World Cup points!

Legendary Oakland Raiders HC and later TV color analyst John Madden passed away at the age of 85.

In case someone missed my pre-season martial update, Burtasova is nee Pavlova

7 hours ago, heywoodu said:

But they were doing it by actual cheating. Shoes might be controversial, but it's not the same as pumping someone up on steroids.

Carl Lewis admitted to using doping and WA won't do anything about it so those DDR records will stand or else WA would also have to address American athletes. This can of worms stays closed.

FIFA annulled some of the Olympic team matches in the 60s and 70s before - even though they were played before the U-21 eligibility era. This infamously cost Kazimierz Deyna his 100 cap milestone (his 100th NT game was the 1978 World Cup game vs Argentina celebrated as such at the time). I see they found new ways to manipulate the "official" statistics even in the era where everyone is a professional football player by design. Well, Algeria can still extend their streak during Afcon next month?

Maryna Gasienica-Daniel also tested positive (no sympthoms) and will miss Lienz.