Monzanator

UEFA and CONMEBOL won't support the biennial World Cup and this makes the whole point moot. Not even worth to talk about it.

And football only grows bigger with more games and more money invested. Nobody will boycott FIFA World Cup, football is basically bigger than Olympic Games (most certainly than the Winter edition where half of the world doesn't even have a shot at any medals).

Most people don't like FIFA either and nobody thinks about boycotting the World Cup

What about the sponsors who bought ads for the TV coverage?

China is triggered enough to run the financial pressure over lack of WTA tournaments even without Taiwan. WTA raised the purse for 1st round GS losers and so on, there is the big push for pay equality too. I wonder how is that possible with the loss of Chinese money? The long-term plans could blow right up now. The only reasonable replacement is Middle East. It would be hilarious if WTA had to stage events in Saudi Arabia to make up for the Chinese losses

I am sure. Tibet, Hong Kong and Taiwan are all lost to the Western world. COVID has allowed China to call people racists whenever someone says "Chinese virus". NBC pays too much money for WOG to be held without Americans for instance. Nobody in USA would tune in to watch Russians and Norwegians win

WTA won't touch Taiwan with a wooden stick after this move. And yeah, the Chinese player market could completely collapse from now on. I suppose WTA thinks it was worth the squeeze for a semi-retired player like Peng Shuai?

No sporting boycotts will happen. I'm amazed how delusional people are. The Tibet situation was much bigger in 2008 and they held the Games there. Money is more important to IOC than people realize. The days when they banned Ingemar Stenmark from taking part in WOG are long over

PR stunt move in the off-season. Due to COVID restrictions there are no tournaments scheduled in China for 2022 anyway. Also worth noticing that Hong Kong is truly lost for the Western world. Get ready for indoor tournaments in Ostrava then! I wonder how long until people start bitching about Eastern Europe profiting from this? Btw, how much this decision will affect the other Chinese players? The ITF Asian swing was wrecked by COVID already so several of these Chinese players had to come to Europe to play. That could be severly affected going forward. ATP won't give a damn since there are 0 relevant Chinese male players overall.

Tiril Eckhoff bib #111 so there is a chance the TV coverage will go all the way

Btw., Spain trashed Scotland 8-0. It seems like Spain is set to become the next best force in women's football, they already played the best game vs USA at the last World Cup and were very unfortunate to lose that one but it could be a different story in the next few years. I won't be surprised if they win the Euros outright.

Yeah, that's why women's football doesn't really move the needle that much. The performance gap is simply too big to call it competitive. Ireland hit 11 past Georgia which seems merciful. Poland lost to Belgium 0-4, we got lucky in some previous games incuding draws vs Norway and Belgium at home but this time we got pantsed.

Apparently BALCO doping scandal villain C.J. Hunter passed away at the age of 52.

[hide] Preliminary Round December 1st - December 7th, 2021 32 Nations, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Nation from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2021, h. 18:00 France 8 Angola December 3rd 2021, h. 20:30 Montenegro 3 Slovenia December 5th 2021, h. 18:00 Slovenia 6 France December 5th 2021, h. 20:30 Montenegro 8 Angola December 7th 2021, h. 18:00 Angola 2 Slovenia December 7th 2021, h. 20:30 France 3 Montenegro Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2021, h. 18:00 RHF 15 Cameroon December 3rd 2021, h. 20:30 Serbia 7 Poland December 5th 2021, h. 18:00 Poland 10 RHF December 5th 2021, h. 20:30 Serbia 12 Cameroon December 7th 2021, h. 18:00 Cameroon 11 Poland December 7th 2021, h. 20:30 RHF 4 Serbia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2021, h. 18:00 Romania 18 Iran December 3rd 2021, h. 20:30 Norway 16 Kazakhstan December 5th 2021, h. 18:00 Romania 10 Kazakhstan December 5th 2021, h. 20:30 Iran 20 Norway December 7th 2021, h. 18:00 Kazakhstan 8 Iran December 7th 2021, h. 20:30 Norway 5 Romania Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2021, h. 18:00 Netherlands 13 Puerto Rico December 3rd 2021, h. 20:30 Sweden 15 Uzbekistan December 5th 2021, h. 18:00 Sweden 11 Puerto Rico December 5th 2021, h. 20:30 Uzbekistan 14 Netherlands December 7th 2021, h. 18:00 Puerto Rico 2 Uzbekistan December 7th 2021, h. 20:30 Netherlands 1 Sweden Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 2nd 2021, h. 18:00 Germany 4 Czech Republic December 2nd 2021, h. 20:30 Hungary 12 Slovakia December 4th 2021, h. 18:00 Slovakia 10 Germany December 4th 2021, h. 20:30 Hungary 6 Czech Republic December 6th 2021, h. 18:00 Czech Republic 5 Slovakia December 6th 2021, h. 20:30 Germany 3 Hungary Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 2nd 2021, h. 18:00 South Korea 13 Congo December 2nd 2021, h. 20:30 Denmark 12 Tunisia December 4th 2021, h. 18:00 South Korea 11 Tunisia December 4th 2021, h. 20:30 Congo 16 Denmark December 6th 2021, h. 18:00 Tunisia 5 Congo December 6th 2021, h. 20:30 Denmark 4 South Korea Group G Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 2nd 2021, h. 18:00 Croatia 2 Brazil December 2nd 2021, h. 20:30 Japan 9 Paraguay December 4th 2021, h. 18:00 Paraguay 10 Croatia December 4th 2021, h. 20:30 Japan 4 Brazil December 6th 2021, h. 18:00 Brazil 12 Paraguay December 6th 2021, h. 20:30 Croatia 3 Japan Group H Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 1st 2021, h. 20:30 Spain 8 Argentina December 2nd 2021, h. 18:00 Austria 1 China December 4th 2021, h. 18:00 Austria 4 Argentina December 4th 2021, h. 20:30 China 11 Spain December 6th 2021, h. 18:00 Argentina 6 China December 6th 2021, h. 20:30 Spain 12 Austria Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation Russia Norway France [/hide]

Blocked extra point returned for 2 points. Happens once every four years or so

According to sources here are the Top 10 points: Leo Messi – 613 Robert Lewandowski – 580 Jorginho – 460 Karim Benzema – 239 N’Golo Kante – 186 Cristiano Ronaldo – 176 Mohamed Salah – 121 Kevin de Bruyne – 73 Kylian Mbappe – 58 Gianluigi Donnarumma – 36

You forgot about Magdalena Gwizdon should be drafted into the Polish team! Meanwhile we get Kinga Zbylut and Andrzej Nedza-Kubiniec back this weekend instead. It's pointless to talk about the Polish men though, Grzegorz Guzik at Oberhof might be the only time they sniff a point

Jets & Giants both won a game yesterday! Washington vs Seahawks later tonight. If Seattle loses they are basically out of the playoffs. Russell Wilson still looked hampered coming off the finger injury the last two weeks but that offense is simply very limited. Cincinnati Bengals pantsed Pittsburgh Steelers 41-10. I don't remember when was the last time Steelers gave up 40+ points in back-to-back games.

Yeah, we've seen worse mistakes before that ended unpunished. Shiffrin and Vlhova are so far ahead of the rest thay can finish on the podium even with mistakes. Alpine skiing is very predictable on the women's side these days.

I assume the combined will be a sure thing given how easy the slalom will be? Gisin, Shiffrin & Vlhova should walk away with the medals there.

I assume Liensberger will hit peak come Beijing. Pretty much four names for three medals in slalom but Shiffrin & Vlhova still have a clear step on the rest. Of course the OG unknown course can favor someone out of nowhere but I don't see it. And Holdener is the most vulnerable mentally as usual.

Shiffrin makes a mistake in 2nd run but Vlhova makes even a bigger mistake and Shiffrin wins.

Panna Udvardy won the W60 in Brasilia and is set to enter WTA Top 100. After Nuria Parrizas Diaz she is the second player this season to crack Top 100 playing mostly ITF events.

Pre-season martial updates: Olena Pidhrushna ---> Olena Bilosiuk Iryna Kryuko ---> Iryna Leshchanka Evgeniya Pavlova ---> Evgeniya Burtasova Uliana Kaisheva ---> Uliana Nigmatullina Marion Deigentesch ---> Marion Wiesensarter

What happened? Been watching some football and I see GS is cancelled?