Dmitry

Bottle kicking returns, starting off the Traditional British Sports season. Characterised by drunkeness, high laundry bills and regular visits to hospital.
 
Leicestershire villages compete in annual Easter Monday... | Daily Mail Online

Yes,that's correct

And I've just found that Men's Team Event in Ski Jumping is with 2-person format now — Super Team.
 
https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/Milano-Cortina-2026-Event-Programme.pdf#_ga=2.187834024.1637782579.1709071719-1860462306.1709071688

Well there it is, the easiest to predict death of the year....Alexei Navalny has been murdered in Russian prison. Well, you know, he died after 'feeling unwell' and 'losing consciousness'. Totally out of nowhere, I guess.

Denis Taradin who already won Olympic license in kiteboarding competes for

Kyrgyz Republic is in the process of changing its flag.
 
https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-flag-change-sunflowers-lawmakers-approve-japarov/32740275.html

Might be one of the most predictable events in the entire (Winter) Olympic program, with a super-small list of countries with any remote sort of medal chance, but still sad to see it go  

So it looks like relay in Nordic Combined was excluded from the programme, Team sprint instead

So it looks like relay in Nordic Combined was excluded from the programme, Team sprint instead

So it looks like relay in Nordic Combined was excluded from the programme, Team sprint instead

Just bought tickets for POL vs LAT hockey game here in Poland on Nov 10th.
 
this will be first time for me to watch hockey live
 
@hckošice @phelps if it’s not that good as you both keep saying, i want my money back 

I actually think it's a great idea. First, it encourages countries to host a bit more since they can include sports that are locally popular and will win them some extra medals. It also (should) ensure the host has the proper infrastructure to have these sports instead of placing more burden on them to create white elephants. Third, it adds a bit of cultural flair for each host city - Karate in Japan, Breaking (sigh) in Paris, Baseball in the USA. And then to your point about encouraging participation, it allows smaller sports that aren't ready to be permanent additions to get the attention that might help them grow enough to become permanent in the future.  
 
When I've talked to casual sports/Olympic fans about this they tend to really like the idea. As long as the core sports stay I think they're happy. My issue is when really niche or...questionable sports like breaking are included. There are so many other worthy sports that have been trying forever to get in, it just feels like an old man trying to be hip.  
 
Edit: I forgot my last point, which was the host city is the one investing the money and the one who needs to recoup it. By hosting locally popular sports using existing infrastructure, they can potentially sell more tickets and get more interest which helps their bottom line.  Again, this encourages future bids.  

I think this topic is the best for this news.

Members of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) have approved the final steps in the liquidation of the organisation 

https://gaisf.sport/extraordinary-general-assembly-approves-the-final-liquidation-of-gaisf/

I think this topic is the best for this news.

Members of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) have approved the final steps in the liquidation of the organisation 

https://gaisf.sport/extraordinary-general-assembly-approves-the-final-liquidation-of-gaisf/

Not just more. A lot more.

I thought LA 2028 prefers baseball-softball, flag-football and maybe lacrosse because they are more popular than cricket in the USA. But if they take cricket than lacrosse that means additional sport concept works more from what the IOC wants than the home country.

Never seen anything like this in my long life of Hockey fan
 
Czech Liberec goalie after the puck get stuck in his mask
 

 

 
 
 
 

Some more notes to this topic.
 
Runner Alsu Lenneman (Bogdanova) represents  since 28 Jun 2023 https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/alsu-bogdanova-14450398

Runner Sardana Trofimova represents  since 22 Nov 2022 https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/sardana-trofimova-14408066
She was 2nd at the Belgrade marathon this year.

2012 Paralympic Games bronze medalist in time trial (H3) Svetlana Moshkovich now represents  
 
 
 

Some more notes to this topic.
 
Runner Alsu Lenneman (Bogdanova) represents  since 28 Jun 2023 https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/alsu-bogdanova-14450398

Runner Sardana Trofimova represents  since 22 Nov 2022 https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/sardana-trofimova-14408066
She was 2nd at the Belgrade marathon this year.

2012 Paralympic Games bronze medalist in time trial (H3) Svetlana Moshkovich now represents  
 
 
 

That was surely one of the best women's 100 m ever. 

Italian government official give the Italian citizenship to Ekaterina Antropova (volleyball) 

60th in the FIDE ranking chess grandmaster Vladimir Fedoseev will play for 

55-years old Tony Hawk have competed at the X Games 2023 in Very Best Trick competition. He was 9th from 10 competitors.

Countdown clock looks nice