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Hey, are you calling into doubt 's glorious history of wushu? Because that is fighting talk, buddy, fighting talk

Will be weird time for most of us.

So how do you think those elections are going, huh?

OK, apparently that is a bust, and in any case I copied the wrong link. Might be here, non-gbed HOME - ZNS BAHAMAS

Seemingly the NACAC Championships from the Bahamas - ie Caribbean & Central American - are live this weekend on World Athletics. Will be overnight European Time & geoblocked for some. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/clyvdl1nll2o

Good news is that BBC are starting their coverage from Poland early tomorrow to take in Keely Hidgkinson's 800m return. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c3v96162zr1o

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I wonder if developing all these different formats weakens rather than strengthens the sport? Would it not be better to concentrate on establishing M&F Classic Kabaddi inter-continentally rather than confusing the issue?

And this from the country that has just given us beach korfball!

were making it hard for themselves against in the softball, too much sloppy play, but finally they get the big Grand Slam in the bottom of the fifth and that will be it over soon.

OK, USA get runners on but can't advance. Still playing like a team that thought it was going to be easy...... Get a tying run scored in the third.

Major upset brewing in the softball as Chine lead the USA 1-0 with just 18 more outs to get.

So Lyon is guilty of two major crimes against humanity. 1. Boule Lyonnaise 2. Restaurants sell win in ,46l carafes, not .50l as all the rest of the world does.

Bah! Flying disk on a weather break! Seems a bit soft to me.

Wait wait wait - what insane mutation of petanque is this? There's no running in petanque! It's supposed to be played by old geezers with cigarettes stuck to the side of their mouths and a glass of pastis on the side. OK, so there are three varieties of petanque being played here Petanque lyonnaise - Not petanque at all Petanque Precision Shooting - The sort of thing people do in training, but too boring for competition Petanque doubles - Actual proper petanque and the only thing worth watching.

Easy and predictable 8-1 win for Little China in the Softball.

Yeah, I'm noticing that some sports allow live replays, for example, and others don't. Flag football does, softball doesn't.

Yeah, there is no skill element at all, just pure muscle. Watching Big China vs Little China in the softball, and Little Chine clearly much better, as you would expect from an actual baseball-playing nation.

How come Argentina are so bad, then?

It seems to involve a lot of talking & shouting, put it that way.

One of this season's long term injured returns to action in this weekend - Keely Hodgkinson. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c3v96162zr1o But no signs of good news for Jakob Ingebritsen.

Auugh and pressure pays off, just cannot find winners at 9-9!!

And Holland take it 3-1! And we also have Sambo starting, which is a combat sport, not to be confused with Samba in Latin Dancing, which is NOT a combat sport.

At last the True World Games starts with Women's Softball! And to mark the occasion, everyone is using their formal names - The People's Republic of China play the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

6.29 WR!!!