mrv86

Sure, remove one of only two remaining snowboard discipline that are actually measurable and easy to see in terms of who wins. I guess having clear and easy to understand winners isn't urban enough anymore.
 
Although anyway PGS should go back to the old two-run format, because the current one is inherently unfair, but yeah, we all know that's not gonna happen and fairness is almost never a reason for changes in sports.

This is such an annoying thing at events like this. Like that guy who came on the podium with a speech in Spanish. I mean, no blame at all if you don't speak English, there's no real shame in that and that's fine, but if you don't....then don't go on a global stage and give a speech even if you're asked to, unless someone is there translating sentence by sentence.

still talking

My randomized groups observing all rules
 
Group A -       Europe Path B
Group B -      
Group C -       IC 2
Group D -       Europe Path A
Group E -     . IC 1
Group F -   . . 
Group G -   . .
Group H -        
Group I -    .  .  
Group J - . .   Europe Path D
Group K - .   . Europe Path C
Group L - . .     
 
 
 
 

Dear FIFA,
 
For reference for future draws, please see links below. Thank you!
 
https://randomizer.uk
https://www.randomresult.com
 

As predicted, USA gets a hilariously easy group. 

I think I can live with the draw , not a bad group at all. just a week ago our mafia coach said his dream group is Belgium, Egypt and Haiti, he almost got that !
 
but it's really hard for me (and so many others) to cheer for this team, A mafia boss coach, disgusting group of players. I never had this feeling about any NT in any sport before but still the national team is the national team. you have to like it  coaches and players come and go, the team is what matters.
 
if the team makes it to the competition, I'm sure there will be lots of Iranians in the stadium despite the orange's ban, that will never be a problem. 

Yes I will certainly be extending the deadline into next week. The Grand Final won’t be happening this side of New Year so there is room to extend the voting deadline. Expect an update on Friday but for sure if you need more time to listen then you have my blessing that the deadline will be extended  

Considering the Grand Final will take place in January, I think it would be nice to push the deadline to next week to give more time. I just finished my first round of listening but would be great to have some more time.

Pool B looks to be quite simple for  and  meanwhile Pool C may end up being a blood bath with four Top 8 nations

Not quite in the same league as some of the posts on this thread but Valegro - Charlotte Dujardin's double Olympic gold medal winning horse  - has been put down. 
 
Valegro: Charlotte Dujardin's Olympic-winning horse dies - BBC Sport

Back to the Paris Olympics for this one.
Eleni-Klaoudia Polak got sent home from Paris for a positive dope test.
Ok, the Greek never reached the final of the pole vault so getting sent home wasn't a big punishment.
Then we learnt that the test on July 29 was thrown out because she had a legitimate medical use for the drug.
Now we find out that she also tested positive earlier in July and gets banned for 4 years.

2025 3x3 AmeriCup - Leon
 
Results (November 27-30, 2025)
 
Men's:
1. United States  (Caruso - Forte - Hahn - Travis)
2. Puerto Rico  (Allende - Cuascut - Ralat - Wesley)
3. Brazil  (Branquinho - Da Silva - Mello - Weihermann)
4. Canada  (Audu - Desrosiers - Klassen - Sir)
5. Chile  (Aguayo Ferrada - Arcos - Lauler - Rubio)
6. Mexico  (Calatayud Avila - Olea Jimenez - Soto Pozo - Zesati)
7. Argentina  (Fernandez Chavez - Maggi - Mazzucchelli - Molina Flores)
8. Dominican Republic  (Ballas - Moquete - Reyes - Rojas)
9. Jamaica
9. Cayman Islands
9. Trinidad and Tobago
9. Ecuador  
 
Women's:
1. United States  (Austin - Burton - Gray - Hillmon-Baker)
2. Canada  (Belmore - Crozon - Plouffe - Russell)
3. Brazil  (Guimaraes - Moura Santana - de Freitas Souza de Sant'Anna - de Souza)
4. Dominican Republic  (Capellan Santana - Hernandez - Marte de la Rosa - Polanco Marte)
5. Paraguay  (Britez - Ferrari - Niz Velazquez - Peralta Ibarrola)
6. Mexico  (Esquer Vila - Gil Ramirez - Rodriguez Garcia - Rovira Treviño)
7. Puerto Rico  (Gonzalez - Melendez - Quezada - Torres)
8. Argentina  (Armesto - Perez - Peri - Tondi)
9. Jamaica
9. Cayman Islands
9. Venezuela
9. Chile
 
Results

I see some calculations of quoats here. But they do not look like correct ones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge_at_the_2026_Winter_Olympics_–_Qualification

Final Day Recap, Part #2
 
women's Kumite, -50kg

 
Gold Medal Match: Gulshan Alimardanova b. Shahmalarani Chandran 6-1
Bronze Medal Match #1: Yorgelis Salazar Camacho b. Tsang Yee Ting 6-6*
Bronze Medal Match #2: Sara Bahmanyar b. Lili Alvarado 3-0

Gold: Gulshan Alimardanova
Silver: Shahmalarani Chandran
Bronze: Yorgelis Salazar Camacho & Lili Alvarado

women's Kumite, -55kg

Gold Medal Match: Ahlam Youssef b. Nina Kvasnicova 9-3
Bronze Medal Match #1: Anzhelika Terliuga b. Valentina Toro Meneses 6-4
Bronze Medal Match #2: Louiza Abouriche b. Hana Furumoto-Deshaies 4-1

Gold: Ahlam Youssef 
Silver: Nina Kvasnicova
Bronze: Anzhelika Terliuga & Louiza Abouriche

women's Kumite, -61kg

Gold Medal Match: Atousa Golshadnejad b. Gong Li 4-2
Bronze Medal Match #1: Assel Kanay b. Oleksandra Sholohova 3-2
Bronze Medal Match #2: Wafa Mahjoub b. () Maryia Azarava 7-6

Gold: Atousa Golshadnejad
Silver: Gong Li
Bronze: Assel Kanay & Wafa Mahjoub

women's Kumite, -68kg

Gold Medal Match: Thalya Sombe b. Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero 3-1
Bronze Medal Match #1: Anastasiia Velozo b. Elena Quirici 13-7
Bronze Medal Match #2: Iryna Zaretska b. Silvia Semeraro 9-1

Gold: Thalya Sombe
Silver: Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero
Bronze: Anastasiia Velozo & Iryna Zaretska

women's Kumite, +68kg

Gold Medal Match: Johanna Kneer b. Sofya Berultseva 8-0
Bronze Medal Match #1: Rochelle Walters b. Ingrid Creemers 9-6
Bronze Medal Match #2: Kyriaki Kydonaki b. Guadalupe Quintal Catzin 8-6

Gold: Johanna Kneer
Silver: Sofya Berultseva
Bronze: Rochelle Walters & Kyriaki Kydonaki
 
 
* = Senshu
** = Hantei

the first official track records of the new Olympic Oval in Milan:
 
women's 1000m: Meike Veen, 1.16.61
men's 1000m: Kayo Vos, 1.10.87
women's 3000m: Kristina Shumekova, 4.13.08
men's 3000m: Riccardo Lorello, 3.44.86
 
the Kazah girl is a junior, the other 3 record setters are neo-seniors

Day #3 Recap, Part #3
 
women's Kumite, +68kg, Quarterfinals

Rochelle Walters b. Shaaban Okila Menna 5-2
Sofya Berultseva b. Ingrid Creemers 0-0**
Kyriaki Kydonaki b. Dariia Bulay 4-3
Johanna Kneer b. Guadalupe Quintal Catzin 4-3

women's Kumite, +68kg, Semifinals

Sofya Berultseva b. Rochelle Walters 5-3
Johanna Kneer vs Kyriaki Kydonaki 4-0

Gold Medal Match: Sofya Berultseva vs Johanna Kneer
Bronze Medal Match #1: Rochelle Walters vs Ingrid Creemers
Bronze Medal Match #2: Kyriaki Kydonaki vs Guadalupe Quintal Catzin  @mrv86

men's Kumite, -60kg, Quarterfinals

Eray Samdan b. Tsotne Sordia 3-2
Christos-Stefanos Xenos b. (RUS) Akhmed Akhmedov 1-0
Mekhriddin Turakhonov b. Alì Meskini 3-1
Islam Selmani b. Hiromu Hashimoto 6-3

men's Kumite, -60kg, Semifinals

Eray Samdan b. Christos-Stefanos Xenos 1-1*
Islam Selmani b. Mekhriddin Turakhonov 9-1

Gold Medal Match: Eray Samdan vs Islam Selmani
Bronze Medal Match #1: Christos-Stefanos Xenos vs Tsotne Sordia
Bronze Medal Match #2: Mekhriddin Turakhonov vs Hiromu Hashimoto

men's Kumite, -67kg, Quarterfinals

Afeef Ghaith b. Georgios Baliotis 5-3
Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov b. (RUS) Iurik Ogannisian 3-1
Tomas Freire Fuentes b. Ayoub Anis Helassa 3-2
Said Oubaya b. Didar Amirali 5-5*

men's Kumite, -67kg, Semifinals

Afeef Ghaith b. Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov 6-0
Said Oubaya b. Tomas Freire Fuentes 7-3

Gold Medal Match: Afeef Ghaith vs Said Oubaya
Bronze Medal Match #1: Abdul Vakhkhob Rashidov vs Georgios Baliotis
Bronze Medal Match #2: Tomas Freire Fuentes vs Didar Amirali

men's Kumite, -75kg, Quarterfinals

Andrii Zaplitnyi b. Enzo Berthon 4-1
(RUS) Ernest Sharafutdinov b. Nurkanat Azhikanov 11-3
Suren Harutyunyan b. Hamza Sam 6-1
Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla b. Thomas Scott 6-4

men's Kumite, -75kg, Semifinals

Andrii Zaplitnyi vs (RUS) Ernest Sharafutdinov 6-3
Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla b. Suren Harutyunyan 4-2

Gold Medal Match: Andrii Zaplitnyi vs Mamduh Abdelaziz Abdalla
Bronze Medal Match #1: (RUS) Ernest Sharafutdinov vs Enzo Berthon
Bronze Medal Match #2: Suren Harutyunyan vs Thomas Scott
 
 
* = Senshu
** = Hantei

Stage 1 in Ruka (FIN)
 
Men´s Individual Gundersen Large Hill:
 
1.  Johannes Lamparter    24:04.7
2. Julian Schmid    +32.7  
3. Thomas Rettenegger    +43.9
 
Full Final Result HERE

Stage 1 in Ruka (FIN)
 
Men´s Individual Compact Large Hill:
 
1.  Johannes Lamparter    17:38.2
2. Julian Schmid    +7.7
3. Ilkka Herola    +17.0
 
Full Final Result HERE

Day #2 Recap
 
men's Kata, Quarterfinals
 
Roman Hrcka vs Alessio Ghinami
Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila vs Ariel Torres Gutierrez
Petru Comanescu vs Enes Ozdemir
Mostafa Elghobashy vs Kakeru Nishiyama

women's Kumite, -61kg, Quarterfinals

Assel Kanay vs Gong Li
Sevinch Otaboyeva vs Oleksandra Sholohova
() Maryia Azarava vs Atousa Golshadnejad
Sarara Shimada vs Wafa Mahjoub

women's Kumite, -68kg, Quarterfinals

Janessa Michelle Fonseca Romero vs Anastasiia Velozo
Daiyana Darenskaya vs Elena Quirici
Silvia Semeraro vs Thalya Sombe
Hadir Hendy vs Iryna Zaretska

women's Kumite, +68kg, Quarterfinals

Rochelle Walters vs Shaaban Okila Menna
Ingrid Creemers vs Sofya Berultseva
Dariia Bulay vs Kyriaki Kydonaki
Johanna Kneer vs Guadalupe Quintal Catzin

men's Kumite, -84kg, Quarterfinals

Mohammad Aljafari vs () Eduard Gasparian
Rayen Ghazouani vs Youssef Badawy
Michele Martina vs Hasan Arslan
Mehdi Sriti vs Ivan Kvesic

men's Kumite, +84kg, Quarterfinals

Sanad Sufyani vs Saleh Abazari
Anes Bostandzic vs Rodrigo Rojas
Matteo Avanzini vs () Ivan Kudzinau
Eduard Sagilyan vs Asiman Gurbanli
 

Ecuador and Venezuela have qualified one male athlete each. Both with their first quotas

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footballer-to-fail-drug-test
 
Footballers test positive for the pitch

The German ones 😍
 
Slovak team with blue Tatras 😍

Penny Oleksiak joins the "omg how on earth do you fill in your whereabouts wrongly three times in barely 8 months?!" club and is very lucky to have her 2 year suspension be over in time for LA 2028.