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And Brazil beat Argentina in futsal 9-3!

What kind of multi-sport event is this where only two sports award medals on the first day?

Our women's basketball is a disaster. I know 3x3 is achieved through its strange results, but we can't even beat Singapore?

New update: Apparently there was some kind of error (they didn't specify what it was) and the time wasn't considered valid. That makes sense.

Erik Cardoso breaks the SA record with a time of 9.82. The previous record was 9.93 (Made by himself in 2025). Fantastic.

From what she said, it was more like intimidation and provocation from other players because she was naturalized and was stealing a spot from a "native" Italian, if we can put it that way.

Her interview (in Portuguese): https://ge.globo.com/polo-aquatico/noticia/2023/06/05/izabella-chiappini-vai-do-sonho-da-medalha-olimpica-a-depressao-surtei.ghtml

https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/103/fina-women-s-water-polo-world-league-super-final-2019/results?discipline=&event=0ac2ab92-b579-477b-b877-5cc7033233db She competed for Italy in the World League in 2019; I don't know if she participated in any other competitions. She changed nationality in 2017; she was one of the top players in the world at the time, but then there was the story that she suffered abuse within the Italian team, something like that...

Izabella Chiappini She competed for Brazil until 2016, then went to Italy, but there was a scandal and she returned to compete for Brazil.

What? The naturalizations we did? I'm not a fan of that, but it was the cheapest investment we had. The teams had improved, even our women's team wasn't a complete disaster and sometimes managed to trouble teams like Canada and China, at least until our main star chose to play for Italy. But that's the most we can hope for here. As for the legacy, I think our aquatic sports federation was the one that took the least advantage of it, and due to its incompetence, the level of swimming, diving, and artistic swimming hasn't shown a good future either.

Well, I suppose our federation is going to bet everything on this team, after all we probably won't have a chance for the next 50 years. So it's quite possible they'll improve by the decisive moment. But still, if we qualify, I hope they at least show a decent level of performance, rather than -35 goal difference or worse.

Well, I don't know if I expected anything from Argentina, Brazil, and Canada, but... I think after this tournament, I'm sure that whoever qualifies will be humiliated in Los Angeles.

Well... If not qualifying for the World Cup for the third consecutive time isn't enough to bring about change in Italy, I can't imagine what will be.

Without altitude, this Bolivian team is nothing.

Every World Cup people say Japan will surprise everyone. Let's see if they do this time.

Italy didn't qualify again. Well, now all that's left is for Germany to be eliminated again in the group stage and we'll guarantee another 4 years of "Brazil, the only five-time champion in history, nobody is bigger than Brazil, respect our history and blah blah" that we use on the internet.

A great loss for the Polish national team. Komenda is perhaps the weakest link in this currently superb team.

There is a transgender volleyball player here in Brazil; there was even a recent controversy (this year) when a city banned her from playing in a certain competition, which ended up in court, ultimately in her favor. But the situation is much simpler than that; the reason for this decision is because of the two female boxers who won at Paris 2024 (who apparently are not transgender).

And surely, many will see him as a hero for women. I support the IOC's decision, but honestly, and I'm not speaking exclusively about this particular case, it bothers me how they are handling certain issues.

Certainly, but most people here are disappointed. They think it would be different with Neymar or that the best players weren't called up. Honestly, if we were close to the form we were in 2018, I'd already be satisfied. But I can't judge either; football is a national pride.

I'll never get used to this bipolarity in football: if we win, "we're the best team in the world ", but if we lose: "the 2002 team was much better... " Today, Neymar is likely to be the talk of the country again.

Probably a political decision? But in fact, I don't think there was a better solution.

McGrath

Please, no McGrath losing another title.