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Mabel Bocchi, basketball legend the woman that put women's basketball on the Italian sports chart 1975 world best female player for FIBA, leader of the legendary team GEAS Sesto San Giovanni (in the outskirt of Milan), which in 1978 was the first team from Western Europe to win the glorious Champions Cup and also the first ever Italian women's team to win a European competition (in any sport) https://www.oasport.it/2025/12/basket-femminile-e-morta-mabel-bocchi-leggenda-senza-tempo/

this tournament is also the official opening of the secondary Hockey venue for the Olympic Games, where most of the women's games will be played

yeah but in field hockey you almost don't even need qualifiers...there are always the same teams 😈😬🤦

Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 2nd Leg Tuesday 16.12.2025 - Schedule* 17:30 Ilves Tampere (FIN) - Luleå (SWE) 17:30 KalPa Kuopio (FIN) - Brynäs IF (SWE) 18:00 Frölunda Gothemburg (SWE) - ERC Ingolstadt (GER) 19:45 EV Zug (SUI) - Lukko Rauma (FIN) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch

Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 2 Wednesday 03.12.2025 - Highlights Lukko Rauma (FIN) - EV Zug (SUI)

Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 2 Wednesday 03.12.2025 - Results Lukko Rauma (FIN) - EV Zug (SUI) 3-1 (1-0, 1-0, 1-1)

according to the Olympic website, both the winners of 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 seasons will earn direct berths to the Olympic Games in LA

tbh, are quite on a downward trajectory in the last few years, I'd be surprised if they can win games vs or they're still in the top part of the world ranking because of the past and the youth tournaments rather than thanks their senior team performing well in the global champs recently in pool B I wouldn't underestimate (in such kind of tournament they can manage the use of Corrick in the circle better than how they did in the last Euro Champs and be very dangerous in a in-or-out match vs ) and even on paper could field a very good team (provided that they can overcome the current political situation) the most balanced pool might prove to be the A one, with and battling out for only 2 spots (even if have the parachute of the wild card because they host the Finals in 2027) and might also be very dangerous on a given day, not to mention , which you never know what kind of team they field nowadays (but they have tradition and know the game)

almost all team sports have their season running across 2 years

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Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 2 Wednesday 03.12.2025 - Schedule* 17:30 Lukko Rauma (FIN) - EV Zug (SUI) *All times CET Watch live Check here for details of live TV broadcasts: https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/fans/where-to-watch

Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 02.12.2025 - Highlights Luleå (SWE) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) Brynäs IF (SWE) - KalPa Kuopio (FIN) ERC Ingolstadt (GER) - Frölunda Gothemburg (SWE)

Knockout Stage, Quarterfinals 1st Leg, Part 1 Tuesday 02.12.2025 - Results Luleå (SWE) - Ilves Tampere (FIN) 3-2 (2-0, 0-0, 1-2) Brynäs IF (SWE) - KalPa Kuopio (FIN) 5-1 (1-1, 3-0, 1-0) ERC Ingolstadt (GER) - Frölunda Gothemburg (SWE) 1-3 (1-0, 0-2, 0-1)

the pools of the preliminary stage of the 2026/2027 World Cup have been determined by WBSC the Pool A will be played in Prague between June 16th through 20th, 2026 and will feature the pool B will be played in Lima from July 14th through July 18th, 2026 and will feature the Pool C will be staged in Oklahoma City from September 12th through 16th, 2026 featuring the Top 2 in each pool and 2 wild card teams (1 necesarily being if they don't qualify on the field) will advance to the World Cup Finals (Talobilla Park in Redcliffe, Brisbane, April 5th through April 11th, 2027)

day 1 according to plan for the team 1 gold (the men's 4*50m free relay) and a couple of silver medals (Simona Quadarella over the women's 400m free -beating the old NR held by Federica Pellegrini- in a race where Isabel Gose improved the ER, previously held by Mireia Belmonte and the wpmen's 4*50m free, where we were on pace for the WR for 3 legs and then Cocconcelli blew everything out with an awful dive, losing a 3m advantage over Van Roon, who went on to easily win the race for their team in the end) in the other events, the usual Thomas Ceccon didn't even bother to enter the 200m back (likely an easy gold), a good Simone Cerasuolo in the men's 100m breast (but the race for gold is closed by the unbeatable Caspar Corbeau), a great Silvia Di Pietro, who set a new NR in the 1st leg of the women's relay and earned herself a good place in the final of the women's 50m fly and a few disappointing performances by the other guys (expected, but still)