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Plenty of people in their 40s making a living on the Loppet Tour.

Football in to restart 17 June. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52833725 English cricket not to restart till 1 August! , which is utterly pathetic & cowardly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52833725 European Golf Tour to restart in late July. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/52833174

Football restarts in & this weekend. Then next week.

Competitive angling returns to Britain. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8361325/Angling-Trust-new-plans-given-government-seal-approval-meaning-competitions-resume-TODAY.html This sport actually does get a fair bit of TV coverage in the UK, lots of people take part.

Fans of mediocre players & incompetent tennis are in for a treat with a number of domestic British tournaments being held in July. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52810478 Smart bettors will be following the odds for the number of double-faults per match, which are sure to be record-breaking. More details if anyone fancies having a go. You’ll need to be British & have your own shoes. https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2020/may/lta-unveils-domestic-competition-plans-as-part-of-return-to-tennis/?utm_source=twittter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=domestic-event-announcement&sf123083190=1

Yeah, let’s hope they get all the blood out of the arena after the Gladiatorial Games & Chariot Racing in June. The Eburonian lives!!

Of course it’s probably one of those special Norwegian skier-type suspensions that runs from April-September.

Novak Djokovic & others organising a Balkans closed-door mini tennis tour for mid-June. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52811019

Baseball in Japan begins with pre-season June 2nd, Regular Season June 19th.

4th July, to be precise!

MotoAmerica motor cycle race series starts next weekend - live on Eurosport. https://motoamerica.com/

Live NRL starting again next week, so catching up with last games from March. Eels off to an early lead against the Titans. Usually Eels would be kind of a wimpish name for a sports franchise, but in Australia eels are probably poisonous man-eaters.

Revised calendar for World Badminton. Some domestic events starting in July, but international events will be September to December. https://bwfbadminton.com/calendar/2020/all/

BWF announces revised Tournament schedule for the rest of the year. https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2020/05/22/bwf-announces-revamped-tournament-calendar-for-2020/

Actually at the Marshall Arena. That is, Marshall as in Marshall Guitar Amplifiers.

Snooker returns 1 June with Championship League event in Milton Keynes, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/52763316 Will no doubt fill up many hours on desperate satellite TV channels.

Just a reminder. & football restart this weekend.

No, because the winner

St Vincent & Grenadines - - T10 Vincy Premier League Cricket, starting 22 May! https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/news/vincy_premier_league_cricket_tournament_streaming_betting_time_squads.html All games streaming live, featuring local players & even spectators!

well, now, ahem.....my word was Pjerkali. Don’t remember how it’s spelt, but we sometimes hear biathletes say it when they miss. And also Suomilainnen, but everyone know that.

The best weightlifting I saw at Rio was the Women’s 53kg. Absolute classic Gold Medal showdown, although you’ve got to know the rules to work out just how the winner took gold against all odds.

Estonia - - Premium Liiga Week 2 has restarted & is live on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHE5tCnFd9DTYA12YMUiO1A With commentary! And don’t worry about the language, you will easily pick it up if you speak any other Balto-Finnic language like Finnish, Karelian or Izhorian.

Red Number 6 is King!

New Zealand - Super Rugby (Union) domestic competition - June 13. (Think this is a special competition involving NZ teams who normally play in an international league with & .)

Turkey - SuperLig Football - 12 June.