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[hide] Main Round February 3rd - February 8th, 2022 10 Nations, Every Nation from Group A and the the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 3rd 2022, h. 12:10 Switzerland 6 Canada February 3rd 2022, h. 21:10 Finland 3 United States February 4th 2022, h. 12:10 ROC 2 Switzerland February 5th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 2 Finland February 5th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 5 ROC February 6th 2022, h. 21:10 Switzerland 4 United States February 7th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 4 ROC February 7th 2022, h. 21:10 Finland 6 Switzerland February 8th 2022, h. 12:10 United States 2 Canada February 8th 2022, h. 21:10 ROC 3 Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 3rd 2022, h. 12:10 China 7 Czech Republic February 3rd 2022, h. 16:40 Japan 1 Sweden February 4th 2022, h. 12:10 Denmark 2 China February 5th 2022, h. 16:40 Denmark 1 Japan February 5th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 2 Sweden February 6th 2022, h. 16:40 China 3 Japan February 7th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 5 Denmark February 7th 2022, h. 21:10 Sweden 4 China February 8th 2022, h. 16:40 Japan 2 Czech Republic February 8th 2022, h. 21:10 Sweden 1 Denmark Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation Canada United States Finland [/hide]

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[hide] Knockout Round January 23rd - February 6th, 2022 16 Nations, the Winners of each Round of 16-matches qualify for the Quarterfinals Round of 16 Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 23rd 2022, h. 17:00 Burkina Faso 1 1 Gabon January 23rd 2022, h. 20:00 Nigeria 2 0 Tunisia January 24th 2022, h. 17:00 Guinea 1 0 Gambia January 24th 2022, h. 20:00 Cameroon 2 0 Comoros January 25th 2022, h. 17:00 Senegal 0 0 Cape Verde January 25th 2022, h. 20:00 Morocco 1 0 Malawi January 26th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast 1 0 Egypt January 26th 2022, h. 20:00 Mali 0 0 Equatorial Guinea [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 20th, 2022 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nation from each Group + the 4 best 3rd-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon 3 0 Burkina Faso January 9th 2022, h. 20:00 Ethiopia Cape Verde January 13th 2022, h. 17:00 Cameroon 2 0 Ethiopia January 13th 2022, h. 20:00 Cape Verde Burkina Faso January 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Cape Verde 1 3 Cameroon January 17th 2022, h. 17:00 Burkina Faso Ethiopia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2022, h. 14:00 Senegal Zimbabwe January 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Guinea Malawi January 14th 2022, h. 14:00 Senegal Guinea January 14th 2022, h. 17:00 Malawi Zimbabwe January 18th 2022, h. 17:00 Malawi Senegal January 18th 2022, h. 17:00 Zimbabwe Guinea Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2022, h. 17:00 Morocco 2 1 Ghana January 10th 2022, h. 20:00 Comoros Gabon January 14th 2022, h. 17:00 Morocco 4 0 Comoros January 14th 2022, h. 20:00 Gabon Ghana January 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Gabon 0 3 Morocco January 18th 2022, h. 20:00 Ghana Comoros Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2022, h. 17:00 Nigeria 2 1 Egypt January 11th 2022, h. 20:00 Sudan 0 1 Guinea-Bissau January 15th 2022, h. 17:00 Nigeria 3 0 Sudan January 15th 2022, h. 20:00 Guinea-Bissau 0 2 Egypt January 19th 2022, h. 20:00 Guinea-Bissau 1 3 Nigeria January 19th 2022, h. 20:00 Egypt 2 0 Sudan Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2022, h. 14:00 Algeria 2 0 Sierra Leone January 12th 2022, h. 20:00 Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast January 16th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast Sierra Leone January 16th 2022, h. 20:00 Algeria 3 0 Equatorial Guinea January 20th 2022, h. 17:00 Ivory Coast 1 1 Algeria January 20th 2022, h. 17:00 Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2022, h. 14:00 Tunisia Mali January 12th 2022, h. 17:00 Mauritania Gambia January 16th 2022, h. 14:00 Gambia Mali January 16th 2022, h. 17:00 Tunisia Mauritania January 20th 2022, h. 20:00 Gambia Tunisia January 20th 2022, h. 20:00 Mali Mauritania [/hide]

medals table is sorted by number of golds not by total medals

btw FIBA doesnt agree with baskeball preliminaries at Paris Expo Hall-6

"Cathedral" design selected to replace San Siro in 2026 Olympic host Milan Wednesday, 22 December 2021 A design called "The Cathedral" has been selected to replace the existing San Siro stadium in Milan - the planned venue for the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. The project has been unveiled by football giants AC Milan and Inter Milan - who both call the stadium home. La Gazzetta dello Sport said that both clubs were aiming to play home matches at the new stadium by 2027, after the current San Siro is partially demolished following the curtain-raiser of Milan Cortina 2026. Organisers of the Winter Olympics confirmed to insidethegames that the Opening Ceremony would take place at the existing San Siro. The new stadium has been designed by global firm Populous ©Populous The Cathedral has been designed by global design firm Populous, which has previously overseen projects such as Wembley Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Populous also worked on the Olympic Stadiums for Sydney 2000 and London 2012, and Yankee Stadium in New York. It has based The Cathedral's design on two of Milan's most famous buildings - the Duomo di Milano and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. Populous has promised the "greatest stadium in Europe" with a "bespoke seating bowl" bringing fans closer to the action. A "sunlit galleria" will circle the stadium which will feature a glass façade. The identities of both clubs will be incorporated into the stadium as the outer colour scheme will flick between the red of AC Milan and the blue of Inter, depending on who is playing. Twenty-two acres of green space will surround the stadium, which Populous said would be the most sustainable venue in Europe. The Cathedral, which has been tipped to have a capacity of around 60,000, has been chosen over another project called "The Rings of Milano". In March, the new stadium hit a stumbling block due to a dispute between Inter and Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala. Sala said the project would not go ahead until Inter "clarified their corporate position" but the club hit back at his "offensive" and "disrespectful" comments. "The new San Siro will be the most beautiful stadium in the world for its strong identity and recognisability," said AC Milan President Paolo Scaroni. "An attractive arena, accessible and sustainable for the city of Milan that will facilitate the growth of the clubs and their global competitiveness." The existing San Siro stadium is due to be demolished ©Getty Images Alessandro Antonello, the corporate chief executive at Inter, added: "The new stadium of Milan will be in an extra-contemporary green area that can be lived all year round. "The new district for sport and leisure and its 50,000 square metre park will make San Siro the go-to neighbourhood for sport and entertainment." Both clubs are expected to share the costs of the project. "The Cathedral is set to become one of the most iconic stadiums in the world," said Christopher Lee, the managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Populous. "It will be a modern home to legendary clubs and will become the heart of a new neighbourhood. "It will celebrate the cultural heritage of Milan and it will be enjoyed by the Milanese population for many generations to come. "A stadium of Milan and for Milan." https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117154/milan-stadium-design-cathedral

OG 2030-2034: USOPC suggests that the 2030 edition could be privileged by Kevin BernardiPublished on December 17, 2021 Announced in 2018 as an official candidate for the organization of the next edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City (Utah) has yet to position itself on the most appropriate deadline. Today, the leaders of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) made it clear that option 2030 might be preferred. View of Rice Eccles Stadium, Olympic Stadium for the 2002 Olympics and leading figure in Salt Lake City's bid for future Winter Games (Credits - Utah Athletics) ATsummer 2028, Los Angeles (California) will host an edition of the Summer Games for the third time in its history. Less than two years later, in 2030, Salt Lake City could host the Winter Games for the second time, after the 2002 edition. If the timing between these two deadlines can logically challenge with regard to the complexity of stringing together the implementation of such events, both in the preparations and in the installation of a marketing strategy likely not to harm one or the other. the other of the two aforementioned American cities , the USOPC has been working for several months to bring all the parties together around the table. Because if the institution of Colorado Springs (Colorado) remains the decision maker of the choice of candidates and the opportunity to target a particular edition, the association between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City has always been a priority for American leaders . Also, after the exchange conducted between representatives of Salt Lake City and the Future Host Commission over the fall, and then the video conference with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this month , the USOPC held the last meeting of the year of its Board of Directors, this Friday, December 17. Specially relocated to Salt Lake City, the said meeting made it possible to take stock of the application process, once again underlining the cooperation sought between the participants. As Suzanne Lyons, President of the USOPC, said: We are probably in contact with Salt Lake City and LA 2028 every day if not even several times a day. I would say LA 2028 is very willing to work very closely with all of us to see if we can find a way, so that we can be able to host these two editions of the Games and make it work financially and logistically. It would be the first time that a country has tried to organize two editions of the Games in a row. It's quite complicated from a business and logistical point of view, but if we can do it for 2030, I think we would be the happiest . View of the renovated Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Games cauldron (Credits - University of Utah) Although not yet official, this positioning of the USOPC confirms more than ever the status of favorite of Salt Lake City in the quest for the 2030 Olympics . For further proof of the interest probably more focused on 2030 than on 2034 at this stage, those responsible for the American candidacy unveiled, Monday, December 13, a provisional budget with a calculation taking into account inflation by 2030. The Salt Lake City project would thus require some 2.2 billion dollars (1.96 billion euros), with operational expenditure projected at 1.75 billion dollars (1.56 billion euros), and a fund dedicated to the legacy of the Games in Utah to the tune of $ 250 million (222.4 million euros). To complete this package , an envelope of 200 million dollars (177.92 million euros) is also advanced by the project leaders to compensate for any cost overruns, knowing that the concept is still largely based on on sites already used during the 2002 Olympic Games. On this last point, it should nevertheless be noted that the investments relating to the renovation, upgrading or development of infrastructures were not specified and therefore do not enter into the costing presented at the beginning of the week. https://sportetsociete.org/2021/12/17/jo-2030-2034-lusopc-laisse-entendre-que-ledition-2030-pourrait-etre-privilegiee/

Olympic Games 2030: A historic Memorandum of Understanding in Vancouver by Kevin BernardiPublished on 12 December 2021 This Friday, the prospect of a new Olympic and Paralympic bid in Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) took a new turn, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the representatives of the Indigenous peoples of the four First Nations and the Locally elected. Aerial view of Vancouver and its surroundings (Credits - VANOC / IOC) Lhe health crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic had until now seriously hampered the establishment of a possible candidacy of Vancouver for the organization of the Winter Games of 2030. In recent months, and despite discussions within the Municipal Council of the main city of British Columbia, in Western Canada, the status quo prevailed , even if the association with the four First Nations had was mentioned as a prerequisite for setting up a project around the Host City of the 2010 Olympics. However, things accelerated with this week, the crossing of a decisive milestone for the rest of the Olympic and Paralympic adventure. This Friday, December 10, the Indigenous representatives of the four First Nations - Lilwat, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish - signed a Memorandum of Understanding with elected officials from Vancouver and Whistler to establish an Exploratory Committee for a candidacy. . The said Committee will be directly steered by the Indigenous representatives, a sign of the parties' desire to achieve the best possible success in setting up a project designed around the sustainability and optimal reuse of the 2010 Olympic venues with increased participation of the First Nations in preparations. As the Mayor of Vancouver, and supporter of a new candidacy, Kennedy Stewart, pointed out in this regard: This historic partnership is the first step in exploring something unprecedented, creating the first-ever Indigenous-led Olympic and Paralympic bid. As a City of Reconciliation, Vancouver is honored to be invited with Whistler to support the Four Host Nations in this process and to demonstrate what true reconciliation with Indigenous peoples can look like . In the same state of mind, Dean Wilson, Chief of the Lilwat Nation, considered that the process initiated already represented an evolution compared to the candidacy and the organization of the Winter Games in 2010 for which representatives of indigenous peoples had been invited. As he said: The participation of Nations in the 2010 Games as a bid partner had been revolutionary. With this announcement and our desire for this to be the first Indigenous-led bid for an Olympic Games, we continue to lead the way in Indigenous participation in major events . Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the representatives of the Indigenous peoples of the four First Nations, and the local elected officials of Vancouver and Whistler, around the bid for the 2030 Winter Games, Friday December 10, 2021 (Credits - City of Vancouver ) At present, discussions will continue, with the integration of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) around substantive work. The conclusions of the feasibility study, which will have to consider the advantages and weaknesses of a project for 2030, could then be released by July 2022 according to the Mayor of Vancouver. It will also be necessary to bring together in the same spirit of cohesion, the provincial authorities of British Columbia and the federal authorities of Canada. The sustainability of such a project can indeed only be ensured by fruitful multi-party negotiations, unlike the Calgary 2026 candidacy which revealed some pitfalls in this area before being rejected by public opinion through a citizen consultation . Popular support will also be another challenge for supporters of a Canadian candidacy when doubts have arisen. In a recent survey , only 43% of the inhabitants of the Western Province of the country declared themselves in favor of such an enterprise, even though they were 60% to share this opinion in January 2020. Beyond that, Vancouver will also have to manage to catch up with cities like Salt Lake City (Utah, United States) or Sapporo (Japan) , which are already at an advanced stage of exchanges with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). , one being officially in the race for the Games since 2018, the other being eager to take up the torch of the Games in Japanese territory after the organization of the summer edition of Tokyo 2020 . https://sportetsociete.org/2021/12/12/jo-2030-un-protocole-dentente-historique-a-vancouver/

well not an orthodox communist/marxist..

The venues of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Russia 2022!

R.I.P.

Exclusive: Former Russian head coach says 90 per cent of those in modern pentathlon oppose plan to drop riding https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115993/uipm-congress-riding-russian-coach

Weightlifting heads for trouble again as IWF calls off elections https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115994/iwf-calls-off-elections

no surprise for the win of GB. Since the best players of some countries arent able to play because of their teams euroleague obligations (not to mention NBA as well) , this system favors the theoritically "weak" countries. We saw some countries like Latvia with great players to stay out of big competitions (world cup)

does anyone know any page similar to Europeana about music? i mean a page with collections of music cultural items

Russian Federation suspension extended by World Athletics Congress Following presentations from RusAF Acting President Irina Privalova and Chair of the Russia Taskforce, Rune Anderson, the World Athletics Congress has today approved the World Athletics Council’s recommendation that the Russian Federation continues to be suspended while the Council oversees completion of the Russian reinstatement plan. Andersen presented the Taskforce’s latest report before the Congress vote. All other documents and decisions will be published at the conclusion of the Congress tomorrow. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/russian-federation-suspension-extended-congress-2021

IOC approves Russian uniform for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115494/ioc-beijing-2022-russia-athletes

Congratulations for Serbia's qualification to Qatar! i am very happy for serbian friends

what i can say for Italy is that you cant always win for sure when you start with 4-6-0 or with forwards like belloti or immobile. Just remember what Italy had in attacker's position a few years before, Vieri, Inzaghi, Del Piero..

Kosovo's first Olympic gold medallist Majlinda Kelmendi retires from judo

Lets be realistic. I doubt that the spanish public has any considerable interest in winter sports