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Sivert Guttorm Bakken  R.I.P.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year
 
Lifetime achievement award - Thierry Henry  Football
World Sportsman on the Year - Mondo DuPlantis  pole vault
 
 
Coach of the Year - Serena Weigman  England women's football team
Young sportperson of the year - Michelle Agyemang  football
Team of the Year - European Ryder Cup team
 
BBC Sports Personality of the Year podium.
1 Rory McIlroy  golf
2 Ellie Kildunne  rugby
3 Lando Norris  F1

GB votes are in

GB votes are in

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footballer-to-fail-drug-test
 
Footballers test positive for the pitch

Back to the Paris Olympics for this one.
Eleni-Klaoudia Polak got sent home from Paris for a positive dope test.
Ok, the Greek never reached the final of the pole vault so getting sent home wasn't a big punishment.
Then we learnt that the test on July 29 was thrown out because she had a legitimate medical use for the drug.
Now we find out that she also tested positive earlier in July and gets banned for 4 years.

http://www.olympedia.org/
Now being updated again

Olympedia update.
The IOC did pull out of the deal because of "budget reasons" but we compromised by accepting less money and just updating 2024 and not Milan-Cortina for the time being.
The result is that the contract was signed this week and we just need to transfer our private data to Olympedia and then it will be back up to date.
Unfortunately not all our members were happy with the IOC's behavior and some may leave us because of this.

Olympedia update.
The IOC did pull out of the deal because of "budget reasons" but we compromised by accepting less money and just updating 2024 and not Milan-Cortina for the time being.
The result is that the contract was signed this week and we just need to transfer our private data to Olympedia and then it will be back up to date.
Unfortunately not all our members were happy with the IOC's behavior and some may leave us because of this.

http://www.olympedia.org/
Now being updated again

Hockey player Imran Sherwani died today aged just 57 after developing Alzheimer's disease very young.
Most famous for scoring two goals for GBR in the 1988 Olympic Final and inspiring one of the great lines in commentary with GB's third goal.
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footballer-to-fail-drug-test
 
Footballers test positive for the pitch

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footballer-to-fail-drug-test
 
Footballers test positive for the pitch

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/26/valerenga-anti-doping-changes-artificial-pitch-causes-footballer-to-fail-drug-test
 
Footballers test positive for the pitch

Olympedia update.
The IOC did pull out of the deal because of "budget reasons" but we compromised by accepting less money and just updating 2024 and not Milan-Cortina for the time being.
The result is that the contract was signed this week and we just need to transfer our private data to Olympedia and then it will be back up to date.
Unfortunately not all our members were happy with the IOC's behavior and some may leave us because of this.

Olympedia update.
The IOC did pull out of the deal because of "budget reasons" but we compromised by accepting less money and just updating 2024 and not Milan-Cortina for the time being.
The result is that the contract was signed this week and we just need to transfer our private data to Olympedia and then it will be back up to date.
Unfortunately not all our members were happy with the IOC's behavior and some may leave us because of this.

(as Dutch East Indies) qualified in 1938, 13 years before it became a member of the IOC and when it was still part of the Dutch Empire
Admittedly they qualified because of walkover wins over Japan and the USA.

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons

Or possibly not...
The IOC may pull out of the deal because of budget reasons