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[hide] Knockout Round January 31st, 2021 Third Place Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 31st 2021, 15:30 Spain 3 France Final Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 31st 2021, 18:30 Denmark 2 Sweden [/hide]

Johaug LOST a 10km race? Did she have a fall or something? Ran the wrong route?

Given the widespread Russian bans in biathlon he did a very lousy job of helping them indeed

Next elections in Poland are in 2023 so if Law & Justice ever wanted to play hardball with the anti-abortion law, the perfect timing was last fall especially with COVID still being somewhat relevant. The bill was passed last November, now it's just being made official. Thankfully for L&J teenagers either don't have the right to vote (if someone is 14yo or 15yo today) and this group is usually the least reliable among voters anyway (unlike seniors and elders who simply don't have better things to do than to go and vote). Come 2023 there will be a ton of other topics on the agenda, two years is forever in politics.

[hide] Knockout Round January 29th, 2021 4 Nations, Winners from each Semifinal will qualify for the Final and Losers from each Semifinal will play the Third Place Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 29th 2021, 18:30 Denmark 1 Spain January 29th 2021, 21:30 Sweden 2 France [/hide]

Maria Lasitskiene would strongly disagree with your take Unless the aim changed since 2016 which makes the whole integrity reasoning total BS.

The meaning is simple, IOC, FIS and VADA can't get out of their own way, they can punish Russia but they can't punish Russians. Everyone knows Kuzmina's story and I bet people in Slovakia consider her more Slovakian than the Fialkova sisters

I just wanted to point out the whole integrity part is just cherry pickings. I mean even UEFA banned ALL English teams from taking part in European Cups after the Heysel disaster. Hell, they showed more integrity than FIS and IOC ever did with Russia As for Kuzmina, well, it's not like FIS can prevent Russians from changing nationality either

Not to mention the uniforms can be in national flag colors Let's get real, fans on TV don't pay much attention to emblems to begin with. They're usually too small to be noticed anyway. But hey, integrity! Let's ban the national flag but not the national flag colors? Would be hilarious if FIS told Russians to compete in purple and green or whatever. But they didn't go that far. Why?

But of course Russians can compete under their flag during World Cup and IBU Cup? Yeah, integrity and all that crap It's a shame Kuzmina has retired, I wonder what would they do with her?

Nope. TV signal will only be produced on Saturday & Sunday.

Feller blows it in vintage style. Schwarz wins. Popov 6th.

Another reality check for Joe Biden when it comes to COVID vaccines. He was forced to change his original goal after media pointed out he only mirrors the number of vaccines under Trump so Biden's goal isn't anything special to brag about https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55805428

[hide] Knockout Round January 27th, 2021 8 Nations, Winners from each Quarterfinal will qualify for the Semifinals Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 27th 2021, 18:30 Denmark 5 Egypt January 27th 2021, 21:30 Sweden 7 Qatar January 27th 2021, 21:30 Spain 3 Norway January 27th 2021, 21:30 France 2 Hungary [/hide]

I recall Italy in white athletics uniforms in late 80s and even 90s but that was after Mennea's heyday, that's what got me confused here. I do remember Fiona May or Annarita Sidoti in all-white too but that's like over 20 years ago and my memory could be wrong. Didn't like Stefano Baldini win marathon gold running in all white?

Then I maybe mixed up some history. I seem to recall Pietro Mennea running in all white kit around that time

Italy competed under IOC flag during 1980 Games so let's don't overthink the room here. It wouldn't be the first time multiple nations didn't participate under their own flag. As for IOC being hypocritical, lol, that's old news. If USA wasn't an Olympic power house they'd have their asses banned for the jurisdiction shift applied by the US politicians. But it's easy to play hardball with Nauru or Somalia and show double standards when it comes to USA

Interesting take on Joe Biden potentially starting a war with Facebook. Obviously Biden won't start a war with Wall Street, can he start one vs Silicon Valley's poster child Zuckerberg? Legalised censorship on the way? It was fun for librals to ban Trump's social media accounts, let's see how they spin the potential ban on casual FB users? https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55762104

Yeah, John Elway played in 5 as the next-most. Brady has played in 18% of Super Bowls in history.

Matt LaFleur blew it with the decision to kick a FG while down 8 pts. He trusted defense rather than Aaron Rodgers. Sure enough, Rodgers never got the ball back again! This guy Tom Brady tho... he wins at Lambeau despite throwing 3 INTs that were straight from Jameis Winston days. GOAT gonna GOAT

Two turnovers from Packers and Bucs lead 28-10 early in the third quarter.

@Quaker2001 Stan Kroenke build the SoFi stadium for LA Games. Let's don't pretend it's was Los Angeles money, it was Kroenke's private money. And I know you probably had the Memorial Coliseum in mind but with Coliseum alone LA's bid wouldn't be such a no-brainer. Other than the Gulf oil countries, Russia and China not a single country in the world can afford to host the Olympics without any care for public finances. I'm just waiting for Doha to host the Summer Olympics in 2030s, that is another no-brainer given how Qatar has pretty much raised their game into hosting the football World Cup, the second-biggest sportin event in the world after the OG.

Conference Championship games tonight (Packers vs Buccaneers & Chiefs vs Bills). Meanwhile QB Matthew Stafford has requested a trade after 12 years with the ever-unfortunate Detroit Lions. I'd say Washington FT and Indianapolis Colts are the most likely destinations for him.

Croatia led 18-13 at the half but lost 29-30. It was their first game of the championships. Btw, Croatia was down 8-10 to Saudi Arabia at half-time in the second game as well I can only speculate they totally wanted to sneak thru the two weakest teams in their first two games with minimal effort.

You know these protests are going nowhere. Nobody can remove a former KGB agent from power unless he chooses to do it all by himself