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Poland won 2-0!

Yeah, Karlaftis is very much a Greek name. Since he landed with the Chiefs there's a good chance he'll have a successful career if he lives up to the potential. He was projected a late 1st round pick by a lot of experts.

Bench clearing brawl in Mets v Cardinals.  Seriously impressive effort from one of the Cards pitchers, climbed a wall & must have sprinted 200m from the bullpen way over past outfield to get involved.

Poland comes back to win in PSO.
 
Pas is voted Man of the Match anyway

This level is still to high for our national team. Well deserved wins for Japan and Ukraine in first 2 games. Maybe, but just maybe, we can beat Estonia and stay in this division, Poland is space shutle for us.

Round-up of news stories
 
Austrian Julien Eberhard has officially retired.  The 35 year old only raced twice last season due to an injury sustained in Ostersund.   Swiss Martin Jaeger has retired.    I wonder if his placement on the B-Team impacted this decision?  He was one of the biathletes that I enjoyed following.  One that could, on the right day, make things interesting.  The Swiss men's team next year will be much younger.  No Weger, no Jaeger, not Tamborino (still unsure about this one though). French Junior biathlete Laura Boucaud has retired at age 21.  She won the 2000 World Junior Relay title, and was the Silver medalist in the European Championship Sprint.  She did not race since the Winter of 2020-2021 due to various health issues, mental and physical.  She gave an interview that is very interesting to read. Johannes Dale will marry former biathlete Kristina Skjevdal.

2022 Snooker World Championships has started and Yan Bingtao beats reigning champion Mark Selby 13-10 in Round 2. This match featured a 85 minute frame that was longest in Crucible Threate history.

It is quite annoying (and funny at the same time tbh) to see the same topic over and over again. Algeria will not go to the World Cup and it doesn't matter how much you want to cry about it.
 
Cameron won. Get over it.

UEFA WCL
 

 

Apparently the 2022/23 World Cup calendar will only be approved at the FIS Congress in May. The delay is over major changes to the calendar. With Maribor out it also appears that Ga-Pa will no longer hold the men's DH either. The Zermatt DH will happen one week after Soelden on the last weekend of October (men) and first weekend of November (women).
 
FIS is about to admit failure on the unfair parallel courses crap (yay!) and have only two scheduled in the next season (one in Lech). Instead the previously estranged combined is set for a major comeback however in new format. There will be DH + Super G "speed combined" and GS + SL "technical combined" proposed next season.

Apparently the 2022/23 World Cup calendar will only be approved at the FIS Congress in May. The delay is over major changes to the calendar. With Maribor out it also appears that Ga-Pa will no longer hold the men's DH either. The Zermatt DH will happen one week after Soelden on the last weekend of October (men) and first weekend of November (women).
 
FIS is about to admit failure on the unfair parallel courses crap (yay!) and have only two scheduled in the next season (one in Lech). Instead the previously estranged combined is set for a major comeback however in new format. There will be DH + Super G "speed combined" and GS + SL "technical combined" proposed next season.

Stefanos Tsitsipas defends the Monte Carlo title over Davidovich-Fokina in the final

Valarie Allman 71,46m in San Diego. That's better than Perkovic's PB by 5 cm and the longest throw in women's discus since 1992 (when you consider that was from a Chinese during the tortoise soup heyday the longest before that was Wyludda throwing 72-74 meters in 1989 ).

In 2050 China will be the world's biggest economy anyway. Reducing the labor costs in USA and closing down all human labor factories and de-industrialization of the whole country will only result in higher un-employment rate. China has given the USA what they want in reducing the work cost for years and they will eventually cash in on the long run. It's only a matter of time.

Sweden  and Finland  are getting closer to apply for membership in Nato. 
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61093302

In 2006 Sweden was the first ice hockey team to win both WCH and Olympics in the same year. Now Edin make the history to be the first team to win both WCH and Olympics in curling in the same year. Sweden likes to make history. 

Tunisian sailor Eya Guezguez, who competed in the 49er FX in the Tokyo Olympics last year with her twin sister Sarra, has died during a training incident (which Sarra survived). She had just turned 17 last month  

Dwayne Haskins - backup QB for Pittsburgh Steelers and former starter for Washington Redskins/Football Team was hit by a car.
 
 

Well, I still remember the days when Jobbik was called neo-Nazi & anti-semitic party. And now they are supposed to be the lesser evil to Fidesz? No wonder the opposition failed, this was just a power-grab coalition. Those kind of deals hardly work out.

💪💪💪😉😉😉

Scott Gow is retiring.
 
Selina Gasparin brought out the retro biathlon gear for her last race.  That is her daugher giving her a hug at her final shooting.

4pm

May the Swiatek era be longer and prosper 

Igaaaaa  That was great 

Iga Swiatek blasted Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-0 in the Miami final. Your WTA #1 slaying!