Dragon

Out of interest, Would there have been a problem if I entered a song by an Northern Irish artist to represent the UK? I had considered it.

"In the immediate term, the Nord Stream pipeline leaks have little impact on European energy security. Nord Stream 2 never opened; Germany finally killed the project in the lead-up to the Ukraine invasion. Russia reduced and then entirely cut off Nord Stream 1, with Gazprom, the Russian state-owned gas company, claiming technical issues prevented the delivery of gas, which no one really believes." Not the cleverest piece of American sabotage then.

GREAT BRITAIN ENTRY The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland nominates as its entry a song that is nearly 50 years old. From the English Midlands, the group that ruined the hairdressing industry for decades to come. SLADE - FAR FAR AWAY Lyrics I've seen the yellow lights go down the Mississippi I've seen the bridges of the world and they're for real I've had a red light of the wrist Without me even gettin' kissed It still seems so unreal I've seen the morning in the mountains of Alaska I've seen the sunset in the east and in the west I've sang the glory that was Rome And passed the hound-dog singer's home It still seems for the best And I'm far, far away With my head up in the clouds And I'm far, far away With my feet down in the crowds Lettin' loose around the world But the call of home is loud Still is loud I've seen the Paris lights from high upon Montmartre And felt the silence hanging low in No-Man's-Land And all those Spanish nights were fine It wasn't only from the wine It still seems all in hand And I'm far, far away With my head up in the clouds And I'm far, far away With my feet down in the crowds Lettin' loose around the world But the call of home is loud Still is loud I've seen the yellow lights go down the Mississippi The grand Bahama island stories carry on And all those arigato smiles Stay in your memory for a while There still seems more to come And I'm far, far away With my head up in the clouds And I'm far, far away With my feet down in the crowds Lettin' loose around the world But the call of home is loud Still is loud And I'm far, far away With my head up in the clouds And I'm far, far away With my feet down in the crowds And I'm far, far away But the sound of home is loud Still is loud

I'm sure that should be Slavonia?

Yes

Today the Russia media are hinting that the FIS may allow Russians and Belarussians back into international skiing and snowboarding at an FIS meeting to be held in December

Happy to represent if no one else wants to.

You can argue that winning the Baseball World Cup but beating the USA in 1938 might be bigger, but that was a tiny tournament compared to this

I was asked about this because the Russian media now are saying their athletes won't be allowed at judo worlds

Are there any sports where Russians can still compete using the Russian flag? And also which sports are still allowing them to compete as neutrals (apart from tennis)?

Was he doing the commentary overnight?

The breeding policy is working well. You take a winner of the Paris Roubaix and a British road race champion, look them in a room together and a world champion is the result...

The answer is yes. They changed this rule but not the webpage

https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/combined-events/heptathlon "Should athletes end the competition tied on points, then the athlete with the most points in the majority of the events wins. If the tie remains, the athlete with the most points in any one of the events is awarded the win." Or have they changed this rule and not updated the webpage?

Champion!!!

Bad luck for Mark Cavendish, he's not going to win the Isle Of Man's sportsperson of the year this year.

Apparently the guy who gave gold to the USA was an idiot...

Looking good for the USA now...

Somebody please explain the difference between "wokeism", "political correctness" "not insulting someone" and "trying not to be an arsehole" ?

But in 2022, are leading 6-1 in the 7th innings...

If this was 140 years ago GB might have a chance of losing badly to the USA in the final...

Think he had 2 at the Athens Olympics. Maybe I looked it up...

Are there enough slower, easier, alternative routes for the less talented riders and horses?