Dragon

Let's see if I can be controversial... Aquatics Can't think of a reason to drop or add anything Archery Same - although the thought of an indoor compound archery event is intriguing Athletics OUT - Women's heptathlon, Mixed 4 x 400, walking mixed relay thing IN - Women's decathlon, M & F pentathlon, M & F 50k walk Wild Idea - an Athletics version of cycling's Madison race (The mixed 4 x 4 has got boring since the teams worked out which order to run the men and women to maximum effect and it affected the quality of the other relays) Basketball Not a fan of 3x3 but prepared to give it another chance in Paris Boxing Add 1 more weight for men and 2 more for women, or if the IBA are still going to be useless the drop the sport completely Canoeing Add M C1 200m , F C1 1000m, Slalom Mixed team event Cycling Add M & F Individual Pursuit, M & F Kilo TT, M & F MTB downhill Equestrian No Change Fencing OUT- M & F Epee, sabre, foil team events IN - M & F Combined weapons team event Football OUT - M U23 tournament IN - M Open age tournament (OK, FIFA and the big clubs would block it but you can dream...) Gymnastics IN - M & F Tumbling Golf IN - M & F Team match play Handball No Change Hockey No Change Judo OUT - Team Event Modern Pentathlon Tempted by a relay event but, for now, no change Rowing In - M & F Lightweight Single Sculls Rugby No Change Sailing OUT - Mixed 470 In - M & W 470 Shooting In - M & W Double Trap Taekwondo No Change Tennis No Change Triathlon No Change Volleyball No Change Weightlifting Either add 3 more weights for both M & F or drop the sport completely Wrestling OUT - Greco-Roman IN - 3 more Freestyle weight categories for M & F Climbing I found the speed event interesting in Tokyo but the other two disciplines quite dull. But if you're going to include it you might as well had all three events separately Skateboarding No Change Surfing No Change Breaking OUT - If the judges don't know what the rules are, then why should we care?, "Dude"

North Carolina South Carolina West Carolina East Carolina Christmas Carolina Some Dakotas, at least seven Virginias and a Hawaii. Have I got them all?

You know Brazil's national cricket team played their first international match 25 years before Brazil's national football team's first game?

Even more strange is that preceding the B-Boys we have a live game of Shinty from Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/scotland/61938099

Togo and Gabon was part of the French Empire for a long time and the King of England owned big parts of France in the 13th century. Simple

"B-Boy world championship finals" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/61312586

Athletics trials Athletics trials And the BBC website are showing the World Breaking Championship on Saturday

I'll be brave and predict a German victory

The one that nobody ever wants to host? To be serious, isn't it about time the European Games are abandoned?

Thomas knows best...

Really? From what I've seen, they are shocked at how well they have done this year

Of course in many women do have penises. They usually borrow them from other people

No, the IBA have offended the IOC. If you do that the IOC will not forgive you

We'll know more when the IOC meets next week https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/11/olympic-boxing-at-risk-ioc-warns-iba-chief-amid-fresh-governance-worries

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123055/endorsements-iba-presidential-election The IOC will definitely be very angry at this.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10681435/Trans-cyclist-Emily-Bridges-set-MISS-qualification-2022-Commonwealth-Games.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-related

If any sport will be removed from 2024 it will happen at the IOC Executive Board meeting / IOC Session in Lausanne next month

Nijat Rahimov has been stripped of his gold medal from the Rio Olympics. China, Egypt and Thailand move up a place in the medals.

Sorry, I missed this before. The IOC counted them as official medals at the time they were awarded, their status has never officially been changed but the IOC just doesn't include them in their records anymore.

67th in the medal table in Tokyo means they're not buying the right people...

Problem with is that half their Summer Olympians are imported too. Boxers from , wrestlers from , gymnasts from ,fencers and gymnasts from , badminton from ....

Is @bestmen checking when the semi-finals of the World Indoor Bowls Championships is live on YouTube yet?

Apparently the campaign was started by the British conservative politician Baron Hayward. I hadn't heard of him either....