Monzanator

It's 2021. Italy can't stop winning!

Svitolina sweeps Halep 63 63. That was surprisingly dominant from her.

Van de Zandschulp wins first set vs Schwartzmann Eurosport switches over to Halep vs Svitolina.

No major incidents in the race and Max Verstappen wins ahead of Hamilton and Bottas

I also expect some drama in this race, like two SC at least. The best race at Zandvoort I remember was 1983 which featured probably the least known collision between title rivals - Prost & Piquet. Suzuka 1990 or Adelaide 1994 got way more coverage over the years.

WTA will finally cut the bullshit of keeping 2019 points into the third calendar year. I guess even they finally realized the Beijing & Wuhan events won't be back anytime soon and there's no point in sitting on those ancient points when we had a full season of play in 2021. Just six months of this nonsense and it's finally over.

Tennis players usually don't have many friends on the circuit unless they play juniors together since they were in middle school (like Wozniacki, Radwanska & Azarenka used to). Moreover every friendship can go south like the infamous Laura Robson vs Eugenie Bouchard fall out

Miguel Angel Lopez has withdrawn from 3rd place on the penultimate stage!

No tarmac run offs and suddenly you put a wheel on the gravel and it's game over. Funny how old school tracks bite those youngsters who are not used to being punished for mistakes

She probably won't play again in 2021 allthough there is the big Indian Wells tournament to be played in October. Idk if her sponsors would be fine with her sitting out 2022 unless she wants to play the martyr card or whatever. Due to lack of match practice she's tailed off on hard courts this summer and clay & grass were never her strong suits to begin with. This is a complete shitshow from a sporting pespective and the question is whether Osaka wants to be a tennis player or just a full-time celebrity sitting on all those big endorsements?

Kimi Raikkonen tested positive for COVID and will be replaced by Robert Kubica in the Dutch GP

Osaka needs to get back to playing tennis. Due to her "mental health" stunt she's lost all match practice and seems to be more focused on the off-court marketing stuff. The hard courts' best WTA player of the last couple of years is now losing to opponents she'd blow away in 55 minutes in peak form. If this loss doesn't wake her up I don't know what else will. This season is basically a wash for her anyway. As for Alcaraz, well, that is a huge result for ATP. They have more or less found the next Nadal who now gets that big elite scalp and will milk him together with Sinner like crazy going forward.

Carlos Alcaraz takes the first set vs Tsitsipas. He's well placed to join the Next Gen star club if you follow his rise in recent months.

It would boost the overall reception of the Games. They do it for business, not to elevate the Chinese hockey level.

China must have paid a lot of backstage money to lure NHL into this decision

In the highly-anticipated battle of the minnows beat 2-0!

Well, volleyball is the second most popular team sport in Poland so it better shows up in juniors!

Poland won 4-1. We got lucky with this one

Poland leads Albania 2-1 at half-time. We had two shots on goal and Albania dominated 3/4 of the first half

Poland vs Albania later tonight. Anything other than victory for us would be a disaster

Kimi Raikkonen will retire at the end of the season. It's widely expected Valtteri Bottas takes his place at Alfa Romeo and George Russell can finally be announced at Mercedes. Obviously the delay is to have it all become official at Monza weekend which is the tradition regarding Italian-based teams.

Rain delayed matches even on roofed courts yesterday

Back on the podium! Hockey ain't waterpolo after all

Primoz Roglic spanked the field on Stage 17 and regains the leader's jersey.

Four months later and it looks like Jax will suck major ass again. OL is terrible based on preseason action and Etienne is basically out for the year with a foot injury. New England Patriots have cut QB Cam Newton today which means Mac Jones will be the starter.