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It’s on a weird micro pay per view service, but also on the FTA Olympics Channel in some countries. https://the.recast.app/user/5pYk0?referrer=5pYk0

Sense of humour.

Yeah, but they are the Kings of the Concrete Velodrome. . (Which exists only in Roubaix, Martinique & Tahiti)

Geez, this is pathetic. .

BBC has streaming coverage in : don’t know what coverage is elsewhere. Tissot TV has a Facebook page but expect it to be randomly geo-blocked if some obscure cable channel has the exclusive rights in or .

Oleg Tinkov, well-known in cycling circles, condemns Putin. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61163546

Easter Bunny is on hand to save Joe Biden from awkward questions from small children. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/04/18/white-house-easter-bunny-helps-joe-biden/#more-231917

Oi, Yves Lampaert brought down by an idiot fan with a podium place up for grabs. Looks like INEOS are getting rewarded for all the work they did (Checks watch) six hours ago.

Third overall!

Our annual tribute to the finest traditions of Napoleonic Civil Engineering coming up.

Off we go as we approach the first pavé of the day.

More early season live Athletics tonight from the USA. Boston Marathon on Monday.

Always a busy weekend for fans of US Women’s College Sports with the NCAA Gymnastics Finals going up against the NCAA 10-pin Bowling Finals. Sadly, no chance of the Golden Double.

Opportunities for scrap metal merchants in the northern Black Sea area. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61114843

Four years ban for Joyce Chepkirui (Has been in the pipeline for a while) As a whole still on a special regime for testing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/africa/61098248

Hmm, very suspicious about this story. Sounds to me like one of Britain's best-ever female weightlifters is being banned for defending the integrity of women's sport. I'd like to find out a lot more. British Weight Lifting (BWL) has implemented a sanction, determined by an independent Arbitrator, against Sarah Davies after she admitted she had made comments of a discriminatory nature against a fellow athlete. Ms. Davies admitted that she contravened articles 3c, 3d, 3e of the BWL athlete agreement and the BWL athlete code of conduct. The finding was independently adjudicated by an independent arbitrator appointed by Sport Resolutions, who also determined the sanction. https://britishweightlifting.org/article/british-weight-lifting-sanctions-olympian-sarah-davies

14th Annual British Wife-Carrying Championships held today. Congratulations to winner Alex Bone, who wins first prize - a barrel of ale, which I hope he won’t be sharing with the missus. Has qualified for the Big One - the World Championships held annually in the historic home of wife-carrying, . https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10705125/Swept-feet-Couples-annual-wife-carrying-race-150-barrel-ale-prize.html

Oscar-worthy “Well, that’s the way it goes” reaction from Cosnefroy. Meantime inside

Wow, we now have a Kabbadi League! Seems a bit more…diverse…than the Swiss Cricket Team for example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-9DbaAOJMw

Seemingly Switzerland lost by running down their clock down to 0:00 , doesn’t happen very often

It’s back to the 30s in Russia. One week you’re riding in a chauffeur-driven limousine. Next week, you’re mining coal in Vorkuta, minus most of your teeth. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10702605/Russian-intelligence-official-moved-feared-high-security-Moscow-jail-Putin-steps-purge.html

It’s the same as the transgender issue. Everyone wants someone else to take the decision, so nothing gets done.

More tedious Hollywood agitprop, then.

Probably just a practical decision: these are all amateur players.

4 0 so we’re promoted. Well done everyone!