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The Stoevi sisters are just amazing. It's a shame their accomplishments will always be in the shadows here, just because they are in a sport without much coverage, tradition, interest. 
 
This is their 7th European title (5 ECH + 2 European Games) which is just one shy of Carolina Marin's all time record of 8th titles in a specific event. Plus it was their 6th consecutive final with only one loss in 2024 in this streak. 

Yes, PP is the most pro-European party there currently is. Before Radev stepped down as President and joined the running, PP was leading the polls after the big protests last December, as they were seen as the only real alternative to the corrupt status quo. 
 
After Radev joined, PP lost around 10-15% of the votes, as those people were never true PP voters, but more anti GERB / DPS ones, so they gladly jumped ship to Radev. 
 
The thing which led to the downfall of PP was that they thought they could rule with a strong European policy on the budget and wanted to reform many sectors, which people of course were against, because they wouldn't be able to leech off the system anymore. Plus they started ruling in the worst possible time, as it coincided with 2 major crises, the second year of Covid and the start of the Ukraine war. 
 
There are many reasons why PP unfortunately lost support, but it is hard to explain it for non-Bulgarians. 

GERB actually aren't pro-Russian. They have always been pro-EU and Europe oriented and joining Shengen and the Eurozone happened in part because of them, though with a huge delay. They however have very well used the pro-EU stance to hide the rampant stealing of public funds and corruption surrounding their 10+ year ruling, which is the main reason people protested against them so many times. A bit Orban-esq they have also pretty much filled all institutions with their people, so it's hard to clean their mess.
 
Radev on the other hand has always been a pro-Russian proxy, though unlike Orban he is much more calculated with his words and actions. He is taking the "diplomatic" and "national" approach, though if you listen to his comments they are clearly favouring Russia. 
 
Even though this guy was President for many years, that position is without much power here, so he hasn't had the chance to do much trouble. But he did manage to plant his seeds in many people's heads, as he always blamed whichever party was ruling for all the troubles in the country and many believe he is our new "saviour". 
 
Compared to Hungary, the situation here is much more complex, as there isn't anyone as popular are Magyar and there are several strong parties, which always get practically the same number of votes.
 
Radev is surely winning, though the hopes are for the sane people to do damage control. But the truth is there aren't any many good choices, so it's going to be a lose-lose situation. 
 
I don't expect a coalition to be formed, but it will depend on the number of parties passing the 4% threshold. So yeah, we are once again hitting the never-ending elections cycle, which the country has spun into since 2021. 
 
 

I thought our former football President was greedy, selfish, power hungry and delusional, but apparently he has an equal counterpart in Gravina. Some people just lack common decency. 

Jennifer Jones and Johnny Mo did 
 
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Now this feels like a proper ending to the season. Lots of fans, atmosphere, looks like a big deal. Slovenia doesn't disappoint. 

One of the few good things done by the IOC in the last 10-15 years... Now we are inevitably waiting for their bad decisions to even the scale.

First do or die for  . Another WC without them would be a nightmare. 

First do or die for  . Another WC without them would be a nightmare. 

Call me mad, but it feels very strange to have made it all the way through a major championships without hearing how the results were going to lead to a slashing of funding for  sport.  

What a BS event  Either run a proper 400 m or don't run it at all. Indoor athletics has been going downhill, but you can't expect anything else with Coe at the top.

Great end of the season for Italia  Two wins and a Globe today.

Great end of the season for Italia  Two wins and a Globe today.

Great end of the season for Italia  Two wins and a Globe today.

Lol, there is going to be two finals in the 400 m  Which genius thought this to be a good idea..

There will be a change for next year with 18 teams in two groups and introduction of WCH - B and C Divisions
 
Two pools of nine teams Pool winners progressing directly to the semi-finals Second and third placed teams from each pool will play crossover qualification games for the remaining semi-final spots

Very nice to see many of the snowboarders showing support for Malena today and competing with painted lines on their faces, a trademark of Malena. I'm still so angry of this whole incident.

Malena Zamfirova was hit by a drunk tourist today (not with a car), while she was preparing for the next World Cup in Czechia.  It happened in the so called "safe zone" near the lift, where there were a lot of people and this drunk just uncontrollably ran her. She had many fractures and had to be flown by helicopter. Tomorrow she is moving to Austria with a special transport, where on Friday she is having a surgery. I am fuming  

Malena Zamfirova was hit by a drunk tourist today (not with a car), while she was preparing for the next World Cup in Czechia.  It happened in the so called "safe zone" near the lift, where there were a lot of people and this drunk just uncontrollably ran her. She had many fractures and had to be flown by helicopter. Tomorrow she is moving to Austria with a special transport, where on Friday she is having a surgery. I am fuming  

Malena Zamfirova was hit by a drunk tourist today (not with a car), while she was preparing for the next World Cup in Czechia.  It happened in the so called "safe zone" near the lift, where there were a lot of people and this drunk just uncontrollably ran her. She had many fractures and had to be flown by helicopter. Tomorrow she is moving to Austria with a special transport, where on Friday she is having a surgery. I am fuming  

Malena Zamfirova was hit by a drunk tourist today (not with a car), while she was preparing for the next World Cup in Czechia.  It happened in the so called "safe zone" near the lift, where there were a lot of people and this drunk just uncontrollably ran her. She had many fractures and had to be flown by helicopter. Tomorrow she is moving to Austria with a special transport, where on Friday she is having a surgery. I am fuming  

Malena Zamfirova was hit by a drunk tourist today (not with a car), while she was preparing for the next World Cup in Czechia.  It happened in the so called "safe zone" near the lift, where there were a lot of people and this drunk just uncontrollably ran her. She had many fractures and had to be flown by helicopter. Tomorrow she is moving to Austria with a special transport, where on Friday she is having a surgery. I am fuming  

Seems a bit stupid to cancel them. If you can't go, then the tournament continues without you, just like it would in other cases. Realistically how many teams won't be able to go to Italy or Greece? 

Apparently not included in the official World Boxing calendar, but yesterday finished the 77th edition of the traditional "Strandja" Tournament, the oldest Boxing tournament in Europe.
 
Women:
 
W48 kg -  Sabina Bobokulova def.  Hanna Okhota - 5:0
W51 kg -  Zlatislava Chukanova def.  Feruza Kazakova - W/O
W54 kg -  Elina Bazarova def.  Lauren Mackie - 5:0
W57 kg -  Nigina Uktamova def.  Michaela Walsh - 3:2
W60 kg -  Donjeta Sadiku def.  Rebeca de Lima Santos - 3:2
 
W65 kg -  Navbakhor Khamidova def.  Laura Yessenkeldi - 5:0
W70 kg -  Chantelle Reid def.  Viviane dos Santos Pereira - 5:0
W75 kg -  Aziza Zokirova def.  Emma Sue Greentree - 5:0
W80 kg -  Nadezhda Ryabets def.  Yaren Duztas - 5:0
W80+ kg -  Valeriya Axenova def.  Oltinoy Sotimboeva - 5:0
 
Men:
 
M50 kg -  Daniyal Sabit def.  Bilalhabashi Nazarov - 3:2
M55 kg -  Maksym Zymenko def.  Lorenzo Patricio - 3:2
M60 kg -  Radoslav Rosenov def.  Gabriel Oliveira - 5:0
M65 kg -  Elvin Aliiev def.  Yuri Falcao Reis - 4:1
M70 kg -  Lavant Brownlee def.  Farukh Tokhtassunov - 4:1
 
M75 kg -  Fazliddin Erkinboev def.  Rami Kiwan - 5:0
M80 kg -  Pavlo Illiusha def.  Javokhir Ummataliev - 3:2
M85 kg -  Akmaljon Isroilov def.  Matvii Razhba - 5:0
M90 kg -  Turabek Khabibullaev def.  Bogdan Tolmachov - 5:0
M90+ kg -  Damar Thomas def.  Ozodbek Aliev - 5:0
 
Final Standings:
 
1.  Uzbekistan - 7-4-6
2.  Kazakhstan - 4-2-3
3.  Ukraine - 3-3-4
4.  Bulgaria - 2-1-4
5.  England - 2-1-3
 
6.  USA - 1-1-5
7.  Kosovo - 1-0-0
8.  Brazil - 0-4-1
9.  Ireland - 0-1-3
10.  Australia - 0-1-1
10.  Azerbaijan - 0-1-1
 
12.  Turkey - 0-1-0
13.  Mongolia - 0-0-3
14.  Italy - 0-0-1
14.  Germany - 0-0-1
14.  Egypt - 0-0-1
14.  Romania - 0-0-1
14.  Armenia - 0-0-1
 
 

Seems a bit stupid to cancel them. If you can't go, then the tournament continues without you, just like it would in other cases. Realistically how many teams won't be able to go to Italy or Greece?