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Here in the US, with DirecTV, we get one free week of MLB Extra Innings (the package where you can watch out-of-market games) at the beginning of the season. I like it because I can listen to other commentators (my desired career) but also to see corny car dealership commercials from across the country.

KBO preseason finished up today and MLB Spring Training will do the same later this evening. One match to keep an eye on, an exhibition between the Houston Astros and Double-A affiliate Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Only for the names. Opening Day Thursday!

Karl-Anthony Towns will play for . https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/news/cool-kat-adds-fire-to-dominican-republic-world-cup-campaign

Draw for Sudirman Cup 2023

Day 3 Results Womenʻs -49kg 1. Pan Hsing-Chen S: 73 C&J: 90 Total: 163 2. Habiba Abdelfattah S: 69 C&J: 83 Total: 152 3. Maria Stratoudaki S: 66 C&J: 86 Total: 152 Menʻs -67kg 1. Seryozha Barseghyan S: 128 C&J: 147 Total: 275 2. Mohammed Al Marzouq S: 121 C&J: 149 Total: 270 3. Bharali Bedabrate S: 119 C&J: 148 Total: 267 Womenʻs -55kg 1. Gelen Torres Gomez S: 82 C&J: 100 Total: 182 2. Rosalinda Faustino S: 78 C&J: 100 Total: 178 3. Emily Ibanez Guerrero S: 79 C&J: 98 Total: 177

Day 2 Results Menʻs -55kg 1. K Duong S: 114 (WR) C&J: 144 (WR) Total: 258 (WR) 2. Metei Tomchou S: 103 C&J: 131 Total: 234 3. Burak Aykun S: 102 C&J: 125 Total: 227 Womenʻs -45kg 1. Ogulshat Amanova S: 71 C&J: 85 Total: 156 2. Angelina Colonia S: 72 C&J: 83 Total: 155 3. Akanksha Vyavahare S: 68 C&J: 82 Total: 150 Menʻs -61kg 1. Albert Delos Santos S: 110 C&J: 149 Total: 259 2. Perhat Bagtyyarov S: 114 C&J: 144 Total: 258 3. K Brum S: 113 C&J: 142 Total: 255

Five matches, five wins for St. Louis CITY. The expansion club destroyed Real Salt Lake on their home turf, 4-0. Next week, St. Louis hosts Minnesota United and you better watch out for those Loons!

Super 300 Swiss Open (Basel ) Results Menʻs Singles 1. Koki Watanabe 2. Chou Tien-Chen 3/4. Viktor Axelsen 3/4. Zii Jia Lee Womenʻs Singles 1. Pornpawee Chochuwong 2. Mia Blichfeldt 3/4. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 3/4. Beiwen Zhang Menʻs Doubles 1. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty 2. Ren Xiangyu / Tan Qiang 3/4. Ben Lane / Sean Vendy 3/4. Yew Sin Ong / Ee Yi Teo Womenʻs Doubles 1. Rena Miyaura / Ayura Sakuramoto 2. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota 3/4. Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee 3/4. Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Fabia Ramadhanti Mixed Doubles 1. Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin 2. Soon Huat Goh / Shevon Jemie Lai 3/4. Robin Tabeling / Selena Piek 3/4. Ye Hong-Wei / Lee Chia-Hsin

Good day for . They win three golds at their home event. Now there is just one Grand Slam event (Antalya 31 Mar - 2 Apr) before the World Championships.

Grand Slam (Tbilisi ) Results - Day 3 Menʻs -90kg 1. Lasha Bekauri 2. Luka Maisuradze 3/4. Goki Tajima 3/4. Ivan Silva Morales Womenʻs -78kg 1. Anna-Maria Wagner 2. Alice Bellandi 3/4. Inbar Lanir 3/4. Yuliia Kurchenko Men's -100kg 1. Ilia Sulamanidze 2. Gonchigsuren Batkhuyag 3/4. Shady Elnahas 3/4. Rafael Buzacarini Womenʻs +78kg 1. Raz Hershko 2. Su Xin 3/4. Xu Shiyan 3/4. Karen Stevenson Menʻs +100kg 1. Gela Zaalashvili 2. Munir Ertug 3/4. Shokhrukhkhon Bakhtiyorov 3/4. Andy Granda

7 teams remain after 9 seed Florida Atlantic University eliminates Kansas State in the East Region final. The Owls can thank Fairleigh Dickinson (who were given "no chance" in the tournament by certain user on the forum) for knocking off Purdue, the second ever 1 seed to lose to a 16. There are also no 1 seeds in the Elite Eight for the first time in the 64-team era.

Day 1 Results Menʻs -49kg 1. Prince K. Delos Santos S: 92 C&J: 113 Total: 205 2. Eron Borres S: 87 C&J: 114 Total: 201 3. Dhanush Loganathan S: 88 C&J: 112 Total: 200 Womenʻs -40kg 1. Ivy Brustello S: 53 C&J: 67 Total: 120 2. Melek Sahin S: 53 C&J: 66 Total: 119 3. Jyoshna Sabar S: 53 C&J: 62 Total: 115

Part 3 Women Singles All teams (see above the above post) will qualify two for the singles event. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Universality Place: ? Could be one of: (WR: 269; Earned Universality Place at Tokyo 2020) (WR: 280) (WR: 281) https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_12_SEN_WS.html

Manami Iijima places 9th out of 16 at the Africa Triathlon Cup event at Swakopmund, Namibia. Earlier this year, she participated at the Oceania Triathlon Cup race at Taupo, New Zealand where she took 12th out of 25 finishers. Iijima has a World Ranking of 263 and is currently on the Start List for the next Africa Cup event in Zimbabwe on Saturday.

Europe Triathlon Cup 2 (Quarteira ) Results Elite Men 1. Vetle Bergsvik Thorn 1:46:36 2. Fabian Meeusen 1:46:38 3. Joao Pereira 1:46:41 Elite Women 1. Cassandre Beaugrand 1:56:29 2. Audrey Merle 1:57:18 3. Jeanne Lehair 1:57:36

Africa Triathlon Cup 3 (Swakopmund ) Results Elite Men 1. Richard Murray 57:00 2. Emil Holm 57:22 3. Matthew Wright 57:31 Elite Women 1. Barbara de Koning 1:05:09 2. Rachel Klamer 1:05:19 3. Romana Gajdosova 1:05:28

Grand Slam (Tbilisi ) Results - Day 2 Women's -63kg 1. Lucy Renshall 2. Laura Fazliu 3/4. Katharina Haecker 3/4. Angelika Szymanska Menʻs -73kg 1. Erdenebayar Batzaya 2. Obidkhon Nomonov 3/4. Lasha Shavdatuashvili 3/4. Salvador Cases Roca Women's -70kg 1. Elisavet Teltsidou 2. Sanne van Dijke 3/4. Giovanna Scoccimarro 3/4. Martina Esposito Men's -81kg 1. Wachid Borchashvili 2. Abylaikhan Zhubanazar 3/4. Timo Cavelius 3/4. Victor Sterpu

Day 4 Results Men Free Skate 1. Shoma Uno 196.51 2. Cha Jun-hwan 196.39 3. Ilia Malinin 188.06 Men Final 1. Shoma Uno 301.14 2. Cha Jun-hwan 296.03 3. Ilia Malinin 288.44

Part 2 Men Singles All teams (see above post) will qualify two for the singles event. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Universality Place: ? Could be one of: (WR: 186) (WR: 260; Earned Universality Place at Tokyo 2020) (WR: 317) https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_12_SEN_MS.html

Despite a Feeder event in starting in a few days, there is a break in the action before the Champions events begin in early April. Couple that with me needed something to do to pass the time today, I decided to go ahead and do a quota sim for Table Tennis. Enjoy Part 1 Men Team https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_March_SEN_MT.html Women Team https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_March_SEN_WT.html Mixed Doubles https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_12_SEN_XD.html Feel free to correct any errors.

Grand Slam (Tbilisi ) Results - Day 1 Women's -48kg 1. Milica Nikolic 2. Andrea Stojadinov 3/4. Narantsetseg Ganbaatar 3/4. Abiba Abuzhakynova Menʻs -60kg 1. Turan Bayramov 2. Giorgi Sardalashvili 3/4. Artem Lesiuk 3/4. Magzhan Shamshadin Women's -52kg 1. Diyora Keldiyorova 2. Distria Krasniqi 3/4. Mascha Ballhaus 3/4. Gultaj Mammadaliyeva Men's -66kg 1. Kubanychbek Aibek Uulu 2. Baskhuu Yondonperenlei 3/4. Matteo Piras 3/4. Bogdan Iadov Womenʻs -57kg 1. Marica Perisic 2. Nora Gjakova 3/4. Veronica Toniolo 3/4. Jessica Klimkait

Sorry for the confusion, it is updated now.

Day 3 Results Ice Dance Rhythm Dance 1. Chock / Bates 91.94 2. Guignard / Fabbri 88.21 3. Gilles / Poirier 87.34 Women Free Skate 1. Lee Hae-in 147.32 2. Kaori Sakamoto 145.37 3. Kim Chae-yeon 139.45 Women Final 1. Kaori Sakamoto 224.61 2. Lee Hae-in 220.94 3. Loena Hendrickx 210.42 Day 4 Schedule Ice Dance Free Dance (Final) Men Free Skate (Final)

Womenʻs -57kg First Repechage Round Bronze Medal Matches TBD X Bronze Medal Match 1 TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X Bronze Medal Match 2 TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X

Womenʻs -57kg Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals TBD X TBD X TBD X Gold Medal Match TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X Repechages to award Bronze Medals TBD X TBD X TBD X TBD X