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@thepharoahMayar Sherif has made the Rabat final where she will play Peyton Stearns. I'd say she's favorite to win the title

22 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Wait a sec, wait a sec.  Up until now, every single Palestinian refugee in the world has claimed that they are refugees because they do NOT have their own State.  So now, instantly, the moment that the Palestinians DO get their own state, Palestinian refugees are going to claim that they are refugees from their own state because they don't like that Hamas and the PLO are running it?

Yeah, I can see that happening. You don't expect logic in politics, do you? Except for greed of power

Run of 51 unbeaten games is over!

18 hours ago, CCB said:

I enjoyed the judo competition today very much. Especially Joanne van Lieshout, but also the Polish girl Szymanska ... wow!! What a beautiful techniques she used.

Tito Grigalashvili is always nice to watch, a well deserved third world title for him.

First time a female judoka in WCh final since Beata Maksymow won gold in 1999

*"Double-the-points" distributed as follow:

• Each user will have 3 during the Knockout Stage - From Quarterfinals to Finals. 
• Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*".

Quarterfinals

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 23rd 2024 h. 16:20	Canada	2*		Slovakia
May 23rd 2024 h. 16:20	Switzerland	1		Germany
May 23rd 2024 h. 20:20	Sweden	3		Finland
May 23rd 2024 h. 20:20	United States		1	Czechia

It's a different injury that prevented Kerr from playing much at the last World Cup? At least they don't have to keep it a secret for ticket sales or something.

Jesse Eisenberg said he applied for Polish citizenship 9 months ago and apparently the paperwork only needs the president's signing. He has been given PESEL already (aka our version of a social security number).

His family immigrated from Eastern Poland to USA after World War II.

Timberwolves wins Game 7 after a dominant second half.

Pacers take out Knicks in Game 7 over in the East.

4 hours ago, Josh said:

22.07 PB in the women’s 200m for  Sydney McLaughlin 

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

No real drama in the Rome final. Sabalenka won 5 games.

Well, Roland Garros and Olympics ahead. If Iga Świątek wins both she might as well skip Wimbledon

U-17 girls team beat France 4-2 in PSO to finish 3rd in the Euro U-17 Champs and have qualified for the U-17 World Cup in Dominicana

Nuggets vs Timberwolves going into Game 7.

Wolves won 115-70 in Game 6

Retired former WTA #2 Anett Kontaveit announced she is pregnant.

The Rome final will be a repeat of Madrid final - Świątek vs Sabalenka.

Świątek extended her h2h lead over Cori Gauff to 10-1 after beating her in SF. This result also means Sabalenka will be #2 seed at Roland Garros.

Roland Garros annonunced WC. As expected all French plus the usual AO & USO swap. This means Halep, Wozniacki or Thiem (ATP) miss out.

Halep would be hard pressed to get one based on her doping ban as FO previously snubbed Sharapova for the same reason.

Well, that was one game Poland needed to win to have any chance of staying up. If we can't beat France it would be improbable to expect beating anyone else here.

Holstein Kiel has been promoted to the 1. Bundesliga for the very first time.

I suppose that's the northern-most German city that will ever play in top flight?

And for once handball might take a back seat there.

3 hours ago, Belle said:

@rybakPoland did amazing today. Lost 4-5 after overtime. 

Yeah, this is a totally unexpected point for us

So much for democracy then. USA's veto still makes the ultimate difference however there's a chance US President will be Muslim one day so Palestine might get a chance around 2175?

I would assume a lot of Polish fans would travel to Ostrava given how close it is to the border. Alas I'd be amazed if we lose by less than 3 goals

Robert E. Lee & Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson are back on in high schools in Virginia. I suppose they have a more lasting legacy in US history than George Floyd so it's not a surprise.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68985412

Poland beat Slovakia by 18 goals in a friendly in January and we lose to them in the WCh playoffs

Zermatt has been dropped and apparently they're not happy since they have a 5 year contract. Word is they banned professional skiers from training there in the summer

*"Double-the-points" distributed as follow:

• Each user will have 5 during the Group stage. 
• Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*".

Group A

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 10th 2024 h. 16:20	Switzerland	4		Norway
May 10th 2024 h. 20:20	Czechia	2		Finland
May 11th 2024 h. 12:20	Great Britain		3	Canada
May 11th 2024 h. 16:20	Austria		1	Denmark
May 11th 2024 h. 20:20	Norway		5	Czechia
May 12th 2024 h. 12:20	Finland	6		Great Britain
May 12th 2024 h. 16:20	Denmark		2	Canada
May 12th 2024 h. 20:20	Austria		2	Switzerland
May 13th 2024 h. 16:20	Norway		5	Finland
May 13th 2024 h. 20:20	Switzerland		3	Czechia
May 14th 2024 h. 16:20	Denmark	2		Norway
May 14th 2024 h. 20:20	Canada	2		Austria
May 15th 2024 h. 16:20	Czechia	3		Denmark
May 15th 2024 h. 20:20	Switzerland	4		Great Britain
May 16th 2024 h. 16:20	Finland	3		Austria
May 16th 2024 h. 20:20	Canada	5		Norway
May 17th 2024 h. 16:20	Great Britain		2	Denmark
May 17th 2024 h. 20:20	Czechia	4*		Austria
May 18th 2024 h. 12:20	Denmark		1	Switzerland
May 18th 2024 h. 16:20	Canada		1*	Finland
May 18th 2024 h. 20:20	Czechia	6		Great Britain
May 19th 2024 h. 16:20	Norway		1	Austria
May 19th 2024 h. 20:20	Switzerland		1	Canada
May 20th 2024 h. 16:20	Great Britain		2	Norway
May 20th 2024 h. 20:20	Finland	3		Denmark
May 21st 2024 h. 12:20	Austria	1		Great Britain
May 21st 2024 h. 16:20	Canada		2	Czechia
May 21st 2024 h. 20:20	Finland	2		Switzerland

Group B

Date & Time (GMT +2)	Nation 1	T1	T2	Nation 2
May 10th 2024 h. 16:20	Slovakia	1		Germany
May 10th 2024 h. 20:20	Sweden	2		United States
May 11th 2024 h. 12:20	France		1	Kazakhstan
May 11th 2024 h. 16:20	Poland		2	Latvia
May 11th 2024 h. 20:20	United States		2	Germany
May 12th 2024 h. 12:20	Kazakhstan		4*	Slovakia
May 12th 2024 h. 16:20	Latvia	2		France
May 12th 2024 h. 20:20	Sweden	6		Poland
May 13th 2024 h. 16:20	United States	1		Slovakia
May 13th 2024 h. 20:20	Germany		1	Sweden
May 14th 2024 h. 16:20	Kazakhstan		2	Latvia
May 14th 2024 h. 20:20	Poland	1		France
May 15th 2024 h. 16:20	Germany	3		Latvia
May 15th 2024 h. 20:20	Slovakia	5*		Poland
May 16th 2024 h. 16:20	Kazakhstan		5	Sweden
May 16th 2024 h. 20:20	United States	5		France
May 17th 2024 h. 16:20	Germany	6		Kazakhstan
May 17th 2024 h. 20:20	Poland		5	United States
May 18th 2024 h. 12:20	Latvia		2	Sweden
May 18th 2024 h. 16:20	Germany	4		Poland
May 18th 2024 h. 20:20	France		5	Slovakia
May 19th 2024 h. 16:20	United States	6		Kazakhstan
May 19th 2024 h. 20:20	Slovakia	3		Latvia
May 20th 2024 h. 16:20	Sweden	6		France
May 20th 2024 h. 20:20	Kazakhstan		1	Poland
May 21st 2024 h. 12:20	France		3	Germany
May 21st 2024 h. 16:20	Latvia		2	United States
May 21st 2024 h. 20:20	Sweden	1*		Slovakia

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