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Spain 3-0 after 27 mins. Costa Rica defending with five players at their own three meter line That's amateur hour and they still look totally out of this league.

Costa Rica with 9 players in their own box but Spain still scores for 2-0. Could get ugly soon...

Own goal for Costa Rica gives Spain the lead after 20 mins.

wins 2-0. Total control, with zero shots on goal, zero corners and 27% ball possession. At least the scoreline wasn't embarrassing for them. Vietnam and Haiti won't have so much luck methinks

Switzerland with three shots from inside six meters and they finally score. 2-0.

Clear penalty. Defender kicked the leg instead of the ball which was gone by that stage. It would have been a foul anywhere on the field.

takes the lead in 45th minute after a VAR penalty. defender wanted to kick the ball but kicked the attacker's leg who tackled the ball away first. Philippines also had a goal ruled out for clear offside before.

Toth is half-Thai which makes it even less probable to qualify as racist but most people probably don't even realize that. Either way, she's too low ranked to be anything but a ITF stalwart and those top players calling to ban her from the tour will probably never play her in their careers Toth did come out and apologize after R2 loss but obviously the damage is done yet tennis tour will swiftly move on anyway. Zhang Shuai should be out of Top 100 after USO since her form is truly dismal this season and this is the biggest news she made in 2023

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Stage July 22nd - July 28th, 2023 8 Nations, the 4 winning Nations will qualify for the Quarterfinals Playoffs Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 14:00 Australia 9 Israel July 22nd 2023, h. 15:30 France 7 Spain July 22nd 2023, h. 17:00 Italy 10 New Zealand July 22nd 2023, h. 18:30 South Africa 13 Canada [/hide]

No surprise if Canada still rides their hopes on 40 year old Sinclair

beats 1-0 after a penalty kick early in the second half. Not much quality in this match, Australia played without injured Sam Kerr and both teams clearly lacked a good striking finish.

wins 1-0, their first ever World Cup finals victory in 16th match. truly looks like a second tier team now, they failed at the last Euro's and it doesn't look like they can do much at this WC either.

New Zealand vs Norway has kicked off in Auckland...

At least there is real snow in Yukon?

Raków Częstochowa got through Flora Tallinn and next up is Karabach Agdam which has been a thorn in Polish teams' side in the last few years. Btw, Stanislav Cherchesov has been duly fired from Ferencvaros after that ass-kicking from the Faroers.

Angels sweep the Yankees in a 3-game series and return above .500 which makes the Ohtani trade somewhat less probable before the deadline IMO.

[hide] Group Stage July 20th - August 3rd, 2023 32 Nations, The 1st and 2nd-Placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 New Zealand 1 1 Norway July 21st 2023, h. 17:00 Philippines 0 3 Switzerland July 25th 2023, h. 17:30 New Zealand 4 0 Philippines July 25th 2023, h. 20:00 Switzerland 1 2 Norway July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Switzerland 1 1 New Zealand July 30th 2023, h. 19:00 Norway 4 0 Philippines Group B Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 20th 2023, h. 20:00 Australia 3 1 Ireland July 21st 2023, h. 12:30 Nigeria 0 2 Canada July 26th 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 3 0 Ireland July 27th 2023, h.20:00 Australia 2 0 Nigeria July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Canada 2 1 Australia July 31st 2023, h. 20:00 Ireland 1 2 Nigeria Group C Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 21st 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 3 0 Costa Rica July 22nd 2023, h. 19:00 Zambia 0 2 Japan July 26th 2023, h. 17:00 Japan 3 1 Costa Rica July 26th 2023, h. 19:30 Spain 3 1 Zambia July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Japan 0 1 Spain July 31st 2023, h. 19:00 Costa Rica 1 2 Zambia Group D Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 19:30 England 7 0 Haiti July 22nd 2023, h. 20:00 Denmark 3 2 China July 28th 2023, h. 18:30 England 3 1 Denmark July 28th 2023, h. 20:30 China 4 0 Haiti August 1st 2023, h. 20:30 China 0 2 England August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Haiti 0 5 Denmark Group E Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 13:00 United States 6 0 Vietnam July 23rd 2023, h. 19:30 Netherlands 2 2 Portugal July 27th 2023, h. 13:00 United States 1 1 Netherlands July 27th 2023, h. 19:30 Portugal 4 1 Vietnam August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Portugal 1 2 United States August 1st 2023, h. 19:00 Vietnam 0 5 Netherlands Group F Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 20:00 France 4 0 Jamaica July 24th 2023, h. 20:30 Brazil 5 1 Panama July 29th 2023, h. 20:00 France 3 2 Brazil July 29th 2023, h. 20:30 Panama 1 2 Jamaica August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Panama 0 4 France August 2nd 2023, h. 20:00 Jamaica 1 4 Brazil Group G Date & Time (GMT +12) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 17:00 Sweden 3 0 South Africa July 24th 2023, h. 18:00 Italy 2 0 Argentina July 28th 2023, h. 12:00 Argentina 2 1 South Africa July 29th 2023, h. 19:30 Sweden 1 0 Italy August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 Argentina 0 2 Sweden August 2nd 2023, h. 19:00 South Africa 1 3 Italy Group H Date & Time (GMT +8-10) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 24th 2023, h. 18:30 Germany 6 0 Morocco July 25th 2023, h. 12:00 Colombia 1 1 South Korea July 30th 2023, h. 14:00 South Korea 3 1 Morocco July 30th 2023, h. 19:30 Germany 5 1 Colombia August 3rd 2023, h. 20:00 South Korea 0 4 Germany August 3rd 2023, h. 18:00 Morocco 0 3 Colombia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation England USA Spain [/hide]

Nope, same old. Mexico wins Gold Cup 1-0 in the final over Panama.

And it's over! Carlos Alcaraz wins in five sets!

Natalia Kaczmarek 49.48 PB in 400 (running behind Klaver usually works, 49.81 PB for her).

Before this Wimbledon Vondrousova has won a grand total of TWO WTA main draw matches on grass in her career (vs Zheng Saisai in 2019 & vs Anett Kontaveit in 2021). I suppose grass is truly the green clay these days

Marketa Vondrousova wins Wimbledon 6-4 6-4 in the final. Jabeur totally screwed the pooch as the pre-match favorite. She won't have a better chance to win a GS IMO. 0-3 in GS finals now.

Vondrousova takes the first set 6-4. Jabeur unable to handle the pressure as pre-match favprite which is old story tbh.

[hide] Women's Tournament Group Stage July 16th - July 28th, 2023 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 09:00 United States 22 China July 16th 2023, h. 10:30 France 8 Australia July 18th 2023, h. 19:00 Australia 6 United States July 18th 2023, h. 20:30 China 15 France July 20th 2023, h. 16:00 China 18 Australia July 20th 2023, h. 17:30 France 10 United States Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 12:00 Netherlands 2 Spain July 16th 2023, h. 13:30 Israel 3 Kazakhstan July 18th 2023, h. 09:00 Kazakhstan 13 Netherlands July 18th 2023, h. 10:30 Spain 12 Israel July 20th 2023, h. 19:00 Spain 17 Kazakhstan July 20th 2023, h. 20:30 Israel 9 Netherlands Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 16:00 Italy 8 Argentina July 16th 2023, h. 17:30 Greece 8 South Africa July 18th 2023, h. 12:00 South Africa 12 Italy July 18th 2023, h. 13:30 Argentina 4 Greece July 20th 2023, h. 09:00 Argentina 3 South Africa July 20th 2023, h. 10:30 Greece 5 Italy Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 16th 2023, h. 19:00 Hungary 5 Canada July 16th 2023, h. 20:30 New Zealand 3 Japan July 18th 2023, h. 16:00 Japan 13 Hungary July 18th 2023, h. 17:30 Canada 2 New Zealand July 20th 2023, h. 12:00 Canada 12 Japan July 20th 2023, h. 13:30 New Zealand 10 Hungary Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation USA Italy Holland Men's Tournament Group Stage July 17th - July 29th, 2023 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st-placed Nation from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The 2nd-and 3rd-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Playoffs. Group A Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 9:00 Kazakhstan 7 United States July 17th 2023, h. 10:30 Australia 8 Greece July 19th 2023, h. 19:00 Greece 9 Kazakhstan July 19th 2023, h. 20:30 United States 2 Australia July 21st 2023, h. 16:00 United States 5 Greece July 21st 2023, h. 17:30 Australia 4 Kazakhstan Group B Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 12:00 Canada 12 China July 17th 2023, h. 13:30 France 6 Italy July 19th 2023, h. 9:00 Italy 7 Canada July 19th 2023, h. 10:30 China 8 France July 21st 2023, h. 19:00 China 14 Italy July 21st 2023, h. 20:30 France 1 Canada Group C Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 16:00 Argentina 11 Croatia July 17th 2023, h. 17:30 Hungary 13 Japan July 19th 2023, h. 12:00 Japan 1 Argentina July 19th 2023, h. 13:30 Croatia 2 Hungary July 21st 2023, h. 09:00 Croatia 9 Japan July 21st 2023, h. 10:30 Hungary 10 Argentina Group D Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 17th 2023, h. 19:00 Montenegro 10 South Africa July 17th 2023, h. 20:30 Serbia 1 Spain July 19th 2023, h. 16:00 Spain 5 Montenegro July 19th 2023, h. 17:30 South Africa 18 Serbia July 21st 2023, h. 12:00 South Africa 17 Spain July 21st 2023, h. 13:30 Serbia 6 Montenegro Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Spain Greece Croatia [/hide]