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Switzerland who landed on Egypt only 4 hours before the game defeated Austria 28-25 , Austria was supposed to face USA , that's quite really interesting and strange 

Kiril Lazarov made his WCH debut in 1999 in Egypt and will participate again in 2021 in Egypt also which can be his last WCH appearance :D

Yes
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNxIzSQ_GOWPmpC_V1oQVIA

France Squad 

Goalkeepers: 
Yann GENTY
Vincent GÉRARD
Wesley PARDIN
 
Left wingers: 
Hugo DESCAT
Michaël GUIGOU
 
Left -backs : 
Jean-Jacques ACQUEVILLO
Romain LAGARDE
Timothey N'GUESSAN
 
Mid-centers: 
Nicolas CLAIRE
Kentin MAHÉ
Melvyn RICHARDSON
 
Pivots: 
Ludovic FABREGAS
Luka KARABATIC
Nicolas TOURNAT
 
Right backs
Adrien DIPANDA
Dika MEM
Nedim REMILI
Valentin PORTE
 
Right wingers : 
Luc ABALO
Yanis LENNE

France strong squads tomorrow with ...
Chevalier A. - Braisaz - Claude F. - Fillion Maillet
Simon - Jacquelin

Champions de champions and Championne des championnes 2020 by L'Équipe:
 
 Top 10 men's :
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Cycling) : 960 points
2. Pierre Gasly (Formula 1) : 419 pts
3. Martin Fourcade (Biathlon) : 312 pts
4. Fabio Quartararo (MotoGP) : 256 pts
5. Antoine Dupont (Rugby) : 212 pts
6. Vincent Luis (Triathlon) : 189 pts
7. Kylian Mbappé (Football) : 167 pts
8. Kingsley Coman (Football) : 156 pts
9. Arnaud Démare (Cycling) : 149 pts
10. Émilien Jacquelin (Biathlon) : 58 pts
 
 Top 10 women's :
1. Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt (VTT) : 908 points
2. Perrine Laffont (Moguls): 580 pts
3. Wendie Renard (Football) : 434 pts
4. Sarah Bouhaddi (Football) : 220 pts
5. Alexandra Tavernier (Athletics) : 216 pts
6. Béryl Gastaldello (Swimming) : 200 pts
7. Kristina Mladenovic (Tennis) : 163 pts
8. Julia Simon (Biathlon) : 68 pts
9. Clarisse Agbegnenou (Judo) : 56 pts
10. Loana Lecomte (VTT) : 48 pts

http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/women/2020/news/experts-make-their-early-picks-can-anybody-challenge-usa-and-who-is-going-to-light-it-up
 
And it's time for women's final tournament. They bilieve that  will be on the podium! What do you think? What is your top 3?

Unbelievable, we WON against Latvia by +11! 

USA just unbeatable, then AUS and ESP clear favourite for the remaining 2 medals (which one depending on the quarterfinals' draw, who's lucky to escape the USA in the semifinal match would eventually get silver)...
 
FRA and maybe BEL outsiders, but with very remote chances to upset the top 3...
 
all the rest of the field, I fear they would be satisfied with simple participation...

IJF announced provisional calendar for 2021, there will be plenty of events between late February and early March. Link to calendar is below
 
https://www.ijf.org/news/show/ijf-confirms-2021-wjt-events

Oh, I hope a lot(how it's always). I think Mayer has biggest chanses. Quiquampoix also as a favourite.
My dark horses are Gicquel/Delrue in mixed doubles in badminton. Their progress is really impressive!

I also hope that your volleyball team will be on the podium. They deserve it. Leon must help!

Thank you for this link, this is very interesting.
 
I personally think Greece, Lithuania, Serbia and Croatia will advance from OQT.

http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/men/2020/news/way-too-early-predictions-for-the-olympics-who-will-qualify-and-who-will-impress-in-tokyo
 
Interesting article about qualification/final tournament. It's interesting that some predictors even don't belive that  will qualify!

Interesting. I hope to see   /   or  on the podium.

French squad for the Olympics:
 
Martin Thomas-Men's C-1
Marie Zélia Lafont-Women's K-1
Marjorie Delassus-Women's K-1
Boris Neveu-Men's K-1
 
Defending Olympic champion (C1) Denis Gargaud will not go to Tokyo.

@heywoodu @Sindo @Werloc you are all famous

Swedish women are back, so no more wins for  & . 

New Zealand and Uzbekistan pulled out from the OQT...
 
therefore, we have new dates and a new schedule...
 
right now, the tournament will be played from January 19th through January 24th
 
the new format and schedule are also out (the schedule is subject to change in case of some requests by the TV Networks*):
 
p.s. all times are Local (CET)
 
Group A
 
 Netherlands
 France
 Italy
 Uzbekistan
 Slovakia
 
Group B
 
 Greece
 Hungary
 Israel
 New Zealand
 Kazakistan
 
 
Day #1 (January 19th)
 
h.14.00, HUN vs ISR
h.16.00, FRA vs ITA
h.18.00, GRE vs KAZ
h.20.00, NED vs SVK

Day #2 (January 20th)
 
h.14.00, NED vs ITA* (almost certainly the start time of this match will be changed because of the Italian TV broadcast)
h.16.00, HUN vs KAZ
h.18.00, FRA vs SVK
h.20.00, GRE vs ISR

Day #3 (January 21st)
 
h.14.00, HUN vs GRE* (start time likely to be changed upon TV Networks request)
h.16.00, FRA vs NED
h.18.00, ISR vs KAZ
h.20.00, ITA vs SVK

Quarterfinals (January 22nd)
 
h.14.00; h.16.00; h.18.00 & h.20.00

(Useless) 5th Place Semifinals (January 23rd)
 
h.14.00 & h.16.00,

Semifinals (January 23rd, the games that will determine the 2 qualified teams)
 
h.18.00 & h.20.00

(Useless) Finals (January 24th)
 
h.14.00, 7th Place Match
h.16.00, 5th Place Match
h.18.00, Bronze Medal Match
h.20.00, Gold Medal Match
 
 

it is the 5th sport to have finished its qualifications after (softball, field hockey, equestrian, volleyball) the next sport to finish its qualifications will be water polo at the end of February.

Men's Decathlon:
 
 Kevin Mayer (8552)

Men's Decathlon:
 
 Kevin Mayer (8552)

Men's Decathlon:
 
 Kevin Mayer (8552)

FINAL!!!! We're back!!!  

i hope for a withdrawal from senegal, argentina china or kazakhstan and hoping that denmark and germany can be picked up again!