Monzanator

UEFA and CONMEBOL are the two strongest feds, if they are both against the biennial WC it's all over.

It is BS penalty. It was a 50/50 racing incident IMO. However Sochi is one track where this penalty isn't that severe due to the extremely long run down to Turn 2 braking zone (T1 is a kink).

Daniil Medvedev denies Djokovic the CYGS. 6-4 6-4 6-4!

And the drama continues at Monza. Ricciardo wins ahead of Norris in McLaren 1-2 but we had a collision among two title rivals

One game away...

[hide] Preliminary Round September 12th - September 20th, 2021 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nation from each Group + the 4 best 3rd-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 12th 2021, h. 18:00 Kazakhstan 4 1 Costa Rica September 12th 2021, h. 20:00 Lithuania 1 3 Venezuela September 15th 2021, h. 18:00 Costa Rica 2 1 Venezuela September 15th 2021, h. 20:00 Lithuania 0 4 Kazakhstan September 18th 2021, h. 20:00 Costa Rica 2 2 Lithuania September 18th 2021, h. 20:00 Venezuela 1 4 Kazakhstan Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 12th 2021, h. 16:00 RFU 5 1 Egypt September 12th 2021, h. 18:00 Uzbekistan 2 1 Guatemala September 15th 2021, h. 18:00 Egypt 3 2 Guatemala September 15th 2021, h. 20:00 Uzbekistan 1 4 RFU September 18th 2021, h. 18:00 Egypt 2 3 Uzbekistan September 18th 2021, h. 18:00 Guatemala 0 4 RFU Group C Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 13th 2021, h. 18:00 Morocco 5 3 Solomon Islands September 13th 2021, h. 20:00 Thailand 2 7 Portugal September 16th 2021, h. 18:00 Solomon Islands 0 9 Portugal September 16th 2021, h. 20:00 Thailand 3 3 Morocco September 19th 2021, h. 20:00 Solomon Islands 2 5 Thailand September 19th 2021, h. 20:00 Portugal 7 1 Morocco Group D Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 13th 2021, h. 18:00 Vietnam 0 10 Brazil September 13th 2021, h. 20:00 Panama 3 6 Czech Republic September 16th 2021, h. 18:00 Brazil 7 3 Czech Republic September 16th 2021, h. 20:00 Panama 3 4 Vietnam September 19th 2021, h. 18:00 Brazil 8 1 Panama September 19th 2021, h. 18:00 Czech Republic 8 3 Vietnam Group E Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 14th 2021, h. 18:00 Paraguay 3 7 Spain September 14th 2021, h. 20:00 Angola 0 5 Japan September 17th 2021, h. 18:00 Spain 6 2 Japan September 17th 2021, h. 20:00 Angola 1 7 Paraguay September 20th 2021, h. 18:00 Spain 8 1 Angola September 20th 2021, h. 18:00 Japan 3 2 Paraguay Group F Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 14th 2021, h. 18:00 Serbia 2 3 Iran September 14th 2021, h. 20:00 Argentina 7 0 United States September 17th 2021, h. 18:00 Iran 6 2 United States September 17th 2021, h. 20:00 Argentina 5 4 Serbia September 20th 2021, h. 20:00 Iran 2 4 Argentina September 20th 2021, h. 20:00 United States 2 6 Serbia Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation [/hide]

Seems like Blue Jays got too excited over that Yankees sweep since they lost to the lowly Orioles yesterday. Sigh. Meanwhile Yankees continue to slump as they got beat by Mets 10-3.

Djokovic as the GOAT? He wouldn't sniff a HC Grand Slam in the 90s on the faster surfaces

WTA is a total crapshoot these days. Every Grand Slam has total random names making the final. Might as well bet on Danielle Collins vs Darya Kasatkina in the AO 2022 final.

Buccaneers beat Cowboys 31-29. Some bad turnovers by the Tampa offense made the score closer than it should have been.

It is destiny then, Fernandez vs Raducanu US Open final. Nobody would see this coming two weeks ago. Far & away the most unexpected women's Grand Slam final in my lifetime

Her parents' job was the only thing that tied them to Canada? So that wasn't all that much.

Yankees won 13 straight (their longest winning steak since 1985) and then went 2-10 in the next twelve games

Sakkari getting abused out there. This is heading into all-teenage final (would be first such GS final since Hingis vs V.Williams in 1999 IIRC).

Regular season starts in 4,5 hours with Buccaneers vs Cowboys. Should be a straight-forward TB victory

World Cup every two years is bullshit. And since clubs have a hard time releasing players for international duty UEFA would find it easy to get their support in this case.

Poland only has left to play among CONMEBOL members. We did play and once (1998 & 2018 respectively). We also played twice in 1977.

I didn't see that result coming! Szymanski only came on since Krychowiak (who else?) was on a yellow card again

Poland vs England is about to kick-off. As usual we got the annual repeat of the October 1973 WC qualifier earlier today. I'll be amazed if we keep the score at 0-2 at best

Time for Jo Konta to change nationalities again. Raducanu is the new black in UK for the next 15 years

Things happening fast now, Alexander Albon confirmed at Williams for 2022 (one-year deal).

Oh well, thankfully only one of the Fernandez/Raducanu overhyped teenagers can win it. Sabalenka and Pliskova must really fancy their chances though.

Sakkari has choked some big wins before, she is a fighter because her physical frame prevents her from finding success otherwise. And she's fortunate Andreescu is a physical mess these days, cramping every other tournament or handing walkovers outright.

I was still watching motor racing, tennis and football (soccer) games NFL season kicks off on Thursday too. But yeah, this place was in a small post-Olympics hangover the last couple of weeks. Things should be back to normal soon.

It was NID. Andreescu should have been out of the tournament if only Golubic didn't choke.