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Women's Tournament Quota Qualification Event Notes Angola Women's Handball CAHB African Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2019 Brazil Women's Handball Tournament at the Pan American Games 2019 France Women's Handball EHF European Championship 2018 Hungary Women's Handball IHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments 2021 Japan Host Nation Montenegro Women's Handball IHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments 2021 Netherlands Women's Handball IHF World Championship 2019 Norway Women's Handball IHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments 2021 Russia Women's Handball IHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments 2021 South Korea Women's Handball AHF Asian Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2019 Spain Women's Handball IHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments 2021 Sweden Women's Handball IHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournaments 2021

Stephen Hawking died, aged 76 what a dreadful day for science...

TODAY'S RESULTS Play-off 12, 1st Leg Halkbank Ankara 0:3 Sir Safety Perugia SEMIFINALS, 1st LEG Belogorie Belgorod 3:0 Asseco Resovia Rzeszow Calzedonia Verona 1:3 Ziraat Bankasi Ankara

TODAY'S SCHEDULE Play-off 12, 1st Leg Halkbank Ankara - Sir Safety Perugia SEMIFINALS, 1st LEG Beogorie Belgorod - Asseco Resovia Rzeszow Calzedonia Verona - Ziraat Bankasi Ankara Watch games at: https://www.laola1.tv/en-int/channel/volleyball

ROAD TO KAZAN PLAYOFF 12, 1st LEG Halkbank Ankara - Sir Safety Perugia LIVE STREAM /15:30/CEST http://www.laola1.tv/en-int/livestream/halkbank-ankara-sir-safety-sicoma-perugia-len Starting Lineups , Stats & Live Score http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/MatchPage.aspx?ID=1033&mID=31266

I don't feel any of such list to be anywhere near correct, but, ok... I see pretty strong mistakes for Poland - basketball is sadly not even a medium sport here, let alone major one. Ice hockey also should be minor, I think Athletics should be major sport, as should be handball. And I really don't like how cricket and baseball are listed as number 4 and 5. I get for example Cricket is popular in India, but it doesn't mean it's globally popular (Important,as the site is called "biggest GLOBAL sports" - even if we take "medium" as remotely popular, the list itself shows it's only somewhat popular in 5 countries ( and baseball in only 4). Meanwhile later in the list are sports like Formula 1 (popular in 18 countries) Athletics (22countries), Volleyball (13 countries) and Swimming which is popular in 11 countries is... 16th And lastly, we don't know the methodology or how did they count the points. I think to get to the correct order, we should apply our own rules (for example 3 points for every country a sport is "dominant" in it should get 3 points, for being "huge" 2 points , for being "major" 1 point etc.) And then add the points up. Maybe I'll actually do it later

I dont know why, but I feel like Stoch was truly robbee yesterday

Is Water Polo a big sport in Malta? Or is it a sport like for example Basketball, Rugby or Hockey in Poland, where people acknowledge the result but don't pay much credit to it (Something like "Oh, they qualified to World Championship? Cool. So have you seen yesterday's FC Barcelona game?")

As far as Italian league goes, I am a huge Modena and Civitanova fan, so my dream final would be between those two clubs Sadly one of them will be eliminated in semis Also I would not complain if a serious surprise would take place ( like in women's Poland Cup where a team from the II division defeated the winners from last year and advanced to semifinal.)

exit poll - hung parliament probably

Almost 30 point advantage between 1st and 2nd jumper, you don't see that everyday

Gold in ski jumping and silver in Athletics in a matter of what,5 minutes? What a day again!

Kamil Stoch leading after first round with over 13 points more than the 2nd placed Jumper

So close and yet so far

As today is election time in Italy, I wish for all users good luck in voting If you have any second thoughts about voting - please, go, even if your party has zero chance to achieve the result you would like it to see, or even if you don't have any party you support - then go and help prevent what you believe will be the worst solution. Tonight is one of the rare days you can shape the future of your country, so go on and use it Remember - every vote counts !

GROMEE will represent Poland.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS QUARTERFINALS, 2nd LEG ACH Volley Ljubljana 1:3 Belogorie Belgorord QUALIFIED TO NEXT ROUND BELOGORIE BELGOROD QUARTERFINALS, 2nd LEG Olymiacos Piraeus 3:0 Precura Antwerp QUALIFIED TO NEXT ROUND Olympiacos Piraeus

TODAY'S SCHEDULE QUARTERFINALS, 2nd LEG ACH Volley Ljubljana - Belogorie Belgorord QUARTERFINALS, 2nd LEG Olymiacos Piraeus - Precura Antwerp Watch games at : https://www.laola1.tv/en-int/channel/volleyball

@DaniSRBAlso,I just checked the stats and Mijailovic was also the best receiving player in his club

He played really well (although I think he played better in the first game against Belchatow where he scored 4 service aces). Mijailovic definitely was an important player, as he scored 12 points,including some of the key points in the game, especially by the end of the match. He also seemed to have a great understanding with the rest of the team, as I don't recall any errors being made between him and the other Chaumont players

Bunge RAVENNA and Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT move forward to the semis of #CEVChallengeCupM Luxembourg, February 28, 2018. It took two five set games on Wednesday to determine another two teams that made their way to the next round of CEV Challenge Cup. Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT defeated Biogas Volley NÄFELS on home court, while Bunge RAVENNA played an away game in Lisbon, where they made a comeback from losing 1-2 to confirm their place in the next stage of the competition. In the semis RAVENNA will be playing against Maliye Piyango SK ANKARA, while Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT are yet to know their opponent - Olympiacos PIRAEUS or PAR-KY MENEN. Here are the all results of #CEVChallengeCupM on Wednesday: Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT (RUS) vs. Biogas Volley NÄFELS (SUI) 3-2 (25-23, 20-25, 25-13, 22-25, 15-10) Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT took a 19-12 lead in the first set, but missed their chance to maintain the gap, allowing Biogas Volley NÄFELS to level the score at 22-22. The hosts made a lot of mistakes in the middle of the net, but they managed to achieve a minimal advantage, 25-23. In the second set the game continued point by point until 11-11, when Biogas Volley NÄFELS put pressure on the opponent, forcing them to make mistakes. This time Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT couldn’t overcome their errors and NÄFELS used the provided opportunities in a good way, equalising the score in the match. At 20-16 in favour of NÄFELS in the second set, their setter Reto Giger suffered an ankle joint injury and left the court until the end of the game. This fact became the determining point for the further development of the game. In the third set the new setter Kai Yendrik Aebli simplified the game, which allowed Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT to make seven kill blocks. It did not come as a surprise that the hosting club defeated the opponent 25-13. In the fourth and the fifth sets Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT used their reserve squad, with only Bogdan Glivenko remaining on the court. NÄFELS followed with their own replacements. Even though the two sets would not influence the result of this double fixture, NÄFELS tried to get the victory, but Denis Ignatyev, who showed a good performance at the service line, surprised them completely, getting the victory on SURGUT’s side. Dalibor Polak, coach of Biogas Volley NÄFELS: “First of all, I want to congratulate SURGUT who made the step to the next round. We came here to show a good game and win. We showed a good game in the first two sets, but in the first one we made a lot of mistakes in the most important moments. In the second one we lost our first setter, which created problems for us in the decisive third set. We are a small club, we have only five professional players, so Volleyball is just a hobby for the rest of the team. It was a great success for us to make the quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup. It's amazing to play against Russian teams, and I think during the first two sets we were a good opponent for the Surgut team.” Dalibor Polak, coach of Biogas Volley NÄFELS: “First of all, I want to congratulate SURGUT who made the step to the next round. We came here to show a good game and win. We showed a good game in the first two sets, but in the first one we made a lot of mistakes in the important moments. In the second one we lost our first setter, which created problems for us in the decisive third set. We are a small club, we have only five professional players, so volleyball is just a hobby for the rest of the team. It was a great success for us to make the quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup. It's amazing to play against Russian teams, and I think during the first two sets we were a good opponent for the Surgut team.”
 Ruslan Zhbankov, assistant coach of Gazprom-Ugra SURGUT: “NÄFELS showed good Volleyball today, but the opponent plays as they are allowed to play. I think that today we did not show our best game. The players were thinking about the victory, and it is not a difficult task to win two sets at home. But when the opponent comes out and begin to resist, it is very difficult to regroup. It is very hard to turn a negative trend into a positive one. So the game was nervous on our side.” Sport LISBOA e Benfica (POR) vs. Bunge RAVENNA (ITA) 2-3 (21-25, 25-22, 25-18, 22-25, 14-16) Wednesday night brought an upset to Sport LISBOA e Benfica from the CEV Challenge Cup after a 2-3 defeat in the 2nd leg of the quarterfinals. After the previous 3-1 defeat in Italy in the 1st Leg, Benfica needed to get a 3-0 result or, eventually, a 3-1, in order to play the Golden Set and keep their chances to remain in the competition alive. Although the match was quite balanced and emotional until the end, the experience of the Italian club was decisive to determine the final result. José Pereira Jardim, coach of Sport LISBOA e Benfica: “It was a great Volleyball match against one of the best teams we have played with, with a very consistent and decisive service, maintained by their side even when we were responding well. We never stopped believing but in the fourth set Nicolas Marechal made the difference for RAVENNA.” Ivo Casas, libero of Sport LISBOA e Benfica: “We were very close to taking this match at least to the Golden Set. There was a lack of luck because it was a balanced match since the beginning and the result shows it. I am sad but we left a good impression.” Fabio Soli, coach of Bunge RAVENNA: “We are so proud because we fought against a great team, in a great atmosphere. The performance of both teams was very good. We are honoured to reach the semis, mostly because we won against such a good team as Benfica.” Nicolas Marechal, outside hitter of Bunge RAVENNA: “It was a difficult game, because maybe after the first set, we thought that the game was finished in our favour. Sport LISBOA e Benfica came back hungry for a victory and played very well. We are happy that we made it to the semis.”