Dragon

I wonder what would happen if the IOC allow Russia and Belarus to compete and then, for instance, the next day Russian missiles wipe out a hospital or orphanage in Ukraine. The IOC would have a lot to lose in that situation. Are they brave/foolish enough to risk that?

This is a comment by one of the leading observers of the IOC. "All the indications point to boxing being excluded from Paris 2024; boxing has been a part of the Games continuously since 1920. There is a possibility of a challenger federation being organized, but at this point, the IOC seems ready to simply exclude the sport. If so, it’s unlikely that the IOC’s issues with the IBA would be settled by the fall and boxing would then be likely to be skipped in 2028 as well. Maybe that’s what Kremlev has in mind anyway, as he recently made an agreement with the World Boxing Association (WBA) to create a joint pathway to professional boxing. In that case, a new Olympic-focused boxing federation could emerge, despite Kremlev’s insistence that the IBA is the owner of worldwide amateur boxing."

Not really the way to keep a happy team, is it?

This story continues to get worse. There are 24 Chinese players who play on the World Tour, 10 are now suspended on suspicion of fixing matches including their two best players.

Actually number of athletes banned by World Athletics at this exact moment

Centralized sewage treatment plants?

Not a hard job. You can empty a septic tank with a slurry tanker in a matter of minutes. The hardest bit would be the design of buildings to allow access quickly.

How many marathon runners qualified at the Valencia Marathon last month?

No we don't... The other Welshman in the quarter final is hugely popular, Price definitely isn't

What an idiot...

Well, unless he's appealed to CAS and we don't know about it yet, I think the case might be over

https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/Latest-Sanctions-DEC-22.pdf https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/krzewina-suspended-by-cas-for-15-months-for-whereabouts-failure-poland-news/article66030785.ece

It is, he lost all his results since March 2021 so I assume Poland also lose their 5th place in the Olympics because he ran in the heats

replace the men's team award with an "open team" award?

I think the Polish men's 4 x 400 relay team in athletics have now been disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics?

Dupont is not hugely known outside Britain, Ireland, France and Italy although personally I think he's a massive talent and one of the best sportsmen to emerge in Europe for a couple of decades

Happy New Year everyone when it comes. Also, especially, for all for you in Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal and West Africa, remember that part of the deal of living close to the Greenwich Meridian is that the rest of the world can't celebrate a new year until we say it's time to do so...

My moment of the year. The Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup Final and the French assistant referee makes it clear that he does not agree with the main referee's decision to award a try to England

Currently watching International Under 14s Potato Painting from the Hilton Hotel in Rangoon followed by Strip Sumo Wrestling from the Budokan in Tokyo then Exxxtreme Monster Truck chicken farming from Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. I should warn you, I may have waited until the last day of the year to make myself sound more exciting than I am

Actually that reminds me, it was a very flat highway wasn't it? I withdraw the prediction for the women's race