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IBA announced the 2024 Women's World Championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan. Gold medallists will receive 200k US dollars so it's 100% raise from the 100k prize at the last WCh in New Delhi. Money is always one thing that could make athletes reconsider the potential boycott...

Probably because "far right" in Europe is almost always against the immigrants & Islam as a religion Meanwhile in a Muslim country the left/right wings still operate within the Islam itself - even if Turkey is a laicist country in that regard.

Jason Day has won a PGA Tour event again! I almost forgot the guy still existed

Celtics beat Sixers in Game Seven of East SF 112-88 I wonder if Phila has the guts to fire Doc Rivers after his latest trademark playoff bungle...

Nothing to report from Poland. Our judo has been dropped from the pack

Is Toronto Maple Leafs the most overrated NHL franchise ever? Have they won anything since the Original Six days? Like the Yukon Cup or something?

At least you have Deguchi and Klimkait. Meanwhile Poland is light years removed from even having a quarter of what Kubacki & Maksymow looked like

Meanwhile Iga Świątek wasted little time and beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0 6-0 in R2

Denver Nuggets advance to West Finals after 4-2 series win over Phoenix Suns. Chris Paul got injured during the series and once again the Suns are not a contender without him. Another playoffs failure for Kevin Durant as well.

And Sabalenka fails to win a match in Rome losing to Sofia Kenin in straight sets in Round 2

received a wild card into the BJK Finals

Antonio Carbajal - the first player who participated in five World Cup finals (1950-66) and the last surviving player from the 1950 World Cup passed away at the age of 93.

[hide] Preliminary Round May 12th - May 23rd, 2023 16 Nations, Top 4 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 12th 2023, h. 16:20 Finland 2 United States May 12th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 3 Germany May 13th 2023, h. 12:20 France 1 Austria May 13th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 5 Denmark May 13th 2023, h. 20:20 Germany 2 Finland May 14th 2023, h. 12:20 United States 7 Hungary May 14th 2023, h. 16:20 France 2 Denmark May 14th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 4 Austria May 15th 2023, h. 16:20 Germany 1 United States May 15th 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 1 Sweden May 16th 2023, h. 16:20 Denmark 2 Austria May 16th 2023, h. 20:20 France 3 Hungary May 17th 2023, h. 16:20 United States 5 Austria May 17th 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 5 France May 18th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 6 Sweden May 18th 2023, h. 20:20 Denmark 1 Germany May 19th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 6 Finland May 19th 2023, h. 20:20 Austria 3 Germany May 20th 2023, h. 12:20 United States 3 Denmark May 20th 2023, h. 16:20 Austria 4 Finland May 20th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 4 France May 21st 2023, h. 16:20 Germany 4 Hungary May 21st 2023, h. 20:20 United States 4 France May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20 Denmark 2 Sweden May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20 Austria 2 Hungary May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20 Germany 2 France May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20 Sweden 1 United States May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 2 Denmark Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 12th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovakia 1 Czechia May 12th 2023, h. 20:20 Latvia 3 Canada May 13th 2023, h. 12:20 Switzerland 3 Slovenia May 13th 2023, h. 16:20 Norway 1 Kazakhstan May 13th 2023, h. 20:20 Slovakia 2 Latvia May 14th 2023, h. 12:20 Slovenia 6 Canada May 14th 2023, h. 16:20 Norway 3 Switzerland May 14th 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 5 Kazakhstan May 15th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovakia 1 Canada May 15th 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Latvia May 16th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovenia 1 Norway May 16th 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 3 Kazakhstan May 17th 2023, h. 16:20 Latvia 3 Norway May 17th 2023, h. 20:20 Canada 5 Kazakhstan May 18th 2023, h. 16:20 Czechia 4 Slovenia May 18th 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 2 Slovakia May 19th 2023, h. 16:20 Latvia 3 Slovenia May 19th 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 5 Slovakia May 20th 2023, h. 12:20 Norway 5 Czechia May 20th 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 1 Switzerland May 20th 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 3 Latvia May 21st 2023, h. 16:20 Slovenia 3 Slovakia May 21st 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Switzerland May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 5 Norway May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 1 Slovenia May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20 Slovakia 2 Norway May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 1 Czechia May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 1 Latvia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Finland Czechia Canada [/hide]

Zuzanna Górecka picked up a knee injury in the second game of the domestic league final and will be out several months

Mets pitching has gone down the drain. Scherzer came back after the suspension, makes one lousy start and he's out with neck spasms now

It's official, FIS decreased the maximum quota for top nations to 6 athletes per competition (it was seven since 07/08 season) in a bid to "help" the minor nations get World Cup points. Obviously this won't solve any problems and will only make the Big 6 (Austria, Norway, Germany, Poland, Slovenia & Japan) angry about the new limit. The likes of Finland, Czech Republic and Italy will field the same second-tier line-up, Switzerland remains the best of the rest (aka Team 7) while USA & Canada are what they are. No way minnows like Kazakhstan, Turkey or Ukraine will make strides filling out the spots vacated by the FIS decision.

The Abe siblings sweep and Abe/Maruyama final were probably the easiest medals to predict

Vida Blue - still the youngest AL MVP ever IIRC - passed away at the age of 73. He was a member of the early 1970s Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three World Series in a row.

Well, I got the women's winner right and medals for Scutto & Lee Harim though different colors

Historical achievement in Polish Ekstraklasa where we have a first time champion - Raków Częstochowa is crowned Polish champions with three matches remaining in the season. Raków played four Ekstraklasa seasons in the 90s before being promoted back in 2019 and quickly became a success story rarely seen in Poland. They won domestic Cup in the last two seasons where they finished 2nd in the league and now they are the champions. Head coach Marek Papszun will leave at the end of the season presumably to take some job abroad. @Makedonaswill probably know Giannis Papanikolau and Stratos Svarnas are key member of the squad.

Aryna Sabalenka wins Madrid 1000 in three sets 6-3 3-6 6-3 over Iga Świątek.

Pirates cooled off after a hot start and lost 5 in a row. Meanwhile Athletics and Royals contest the Toilet Bowl. Both teams have a combined winning record of .219 IIRC which must set some kind of record for a series after 30+ games into the season. A's won the first game 12-8 as the Royals pitching remains a total disaster.

Update on the 2023/24 World Cup calendar. FIS Council has to approve it on May 24th. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/summer-2023/main-updates-from-the-dubrovnik-cro-spring-sub-committee-meeting-for-the-alpine-world-cup Men: Kvitfjell & Bansko are back. Gurgl in Austria will host a slalom as a new venue. Women: Val d'Isere, Ga-Pa, Jasna & Val di Fassa are back, Mont Tremblant replaces Lake Louise. Team Combined Event planned for Kitzbuehel.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's -60kg Day 1 May 7 2023 Balabay Aghayev Turan Bayramov Jorre Verstraeten Yang Yung Wei x Luka Mkheidze Giorgi Sardalashvili Naohisa Takato x Magzhan Shamshadin Ariunbold Enkhtaivan x Lee Harim x Francisco Garrigos Dilshot Khalmatov Dilshodbek Baratov Any Other Athlete Women's -48kg Day 1 May 7 2023 Shirine Boukli Blandine Pont Katharina Menz x Shira Rishony x Francesca Milani Assunta Scutto x Wakana Koga Natsumi Tsunoda x Abiba Abuzhakynova Narantsetseg Ganbaatar Catarina Costa Milica Nikolic Any Other Athlete Men's -66kg Day 2 May 8 2023 Orkhan Safarov Willian Lima Walide Khyar Vazha Margvelashvili x Baruch Shmailov Hifumi Abe x Joshiro Maruyama x Denis Vieru Erkhembayar Battogtokh Baskhuu Yondonperenlei An Baul x Bogdan Iadov Any Other Athlete Women's -52kg Day 2 May 8 2023 Larissa Pimenta Amandine Buchard Mascha Ballhaus Chelsie Giles x Reka Pupp Gefen Primo Odette Giuffrida x Uta Abe x Distria Krasniqi x Ana Perez Box Fabienne Kocher Diyora Keldiyorova Any Other Athlete Men's -73kg Day 3 May 9 2023 Hidayat Heydarov x Daniel Cargnin Arthur Margelidon Magdiel Estrada Lasha Shavdatuashvili x Tohar Butbul Manuel Lombardo Soichi Hashimoto x Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir x Salvador Cases Roca Nils Stump Obidkhon Nomonov Murodjon Yuldoshev Any Other Athlete Women's -57kg Day 3 May 9 2023 Rafaela Silva x Christa Deguchi Jessica Klimkait x Sarah Leonie Cysique Eteri Liparteliani x Timna Nelson Levy Haruka Funakubo x Nora Gjakova Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo Telma Monteiro Marica Perisic Huh Mimi Any Other Athlete Men's -81kg Day 4 May 10 2023 Shamil Borchashvili Saeid Mollaei Matthias Casse x Guilherme Schimidt Francois Gauthier Drapeau Alpha Oumar Djalo Tato Grigalashvili x Attila Ungvari x Takanori Nagase x Frank de Wit Lee Joonhwan Vedat Albayrak Sharofiddin Boltaboev Any Other Athlete Women's -63kg Day 4 May 10 2023 Katharina Haecker Ketleyn Quadros Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard x Lucy Renshall Gili Sharir Inbal Shemesh Megumi Horikawa x Miku Takaichi Laura Fazliu Angelika Szymanska x Barbara Timo x Andreja Leski Any Other Athlete Men's -90kg Day 5 May 11 2023 Mammadali Mehdiyev Rafael Macedo x Ivan Felipe Silva Morales Lasha Bekauri Luka Maisuradze x Eduard Trippel Krisztian Toth Christian Parlati x Sanshiro Murao Noel van T'end Nemanja Majdov Davlat Bobonov x Any Other Athlete Women's -70kg Day 5 May 11 2023 Aoife Coughlan Michaela Polleres Lara Cvjetko x Barbara Matic x Eve Marie Gahie Miriam Butkereit Giovanna Scoccimarro Elisavet Teltsidou Saki Niizoe x Sanne van Dijke x Ai Tsunoda Roustant Elvismar Rodriguez Any Other Athlete Men's -100kg Day 6 May 12 2023 Zelym Kotsoiev x Toma Nikiforov Shady Elnahas Kyle Reyes Varlam Liparteliani Ilia Sulamanidze Peter Paltchik Kentaro Iida Simeon Catharina Michael Korrel x Jorge Fonseca Aleksandar Kukolj Muzaffarbek Turoboyev x Any Other Athlete x Women's -78kg Day 6 May 12 2023 Mayra Aguiar Ma Zhenzhao x Audrey Tcheumeo x Alina Boehm x Anna-Maria Wagner Natalie Powell Inbar Lanir Alice Bellandi Shori Hamada Guusje Steenhuis Beata Pacut-Kloczko x Patricia Sampaio Any Other Athlete Men's +100kg Day 7 May 13 2023 Ushangi Kokauri Rafael Silva Andy Granda x Lukas Krpalek Martti Puumalainen Guram Tushishvili x Kokoro Kageura Tatsuru Saito x Tsentsentsengel Odkhuu x Roy Meyer Temur Rakhimov Alisher Yusupov Any Other Athlete Women's +78kg Day 7 May 13 2023 Beatriz Souza x Any Chinese Athlete Idalys Ortiz Romane Dicko x Julia Tolofua x Raz Hershko Akira Sone x Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan Marit Kamps Milica Zabic Kim Hayun Kyra Sayit Any Other Athlete [/hide]

Yeah, he we come! Of course everyone would like to play us and hopefully we actually manage to score a goal this time. Back in 2002 we went 0-7 vs Slovakia, 0-8 vs Finland and 0-3 vs Ukraine in group stage before finally scoring in the relegation group (where we beat Italy & Japan but lost to Slovenia who therefore avoided relegation).