phelps

in this case, it's not about the travel ban...it's about the 4 years without a single doping test for the North Korean athletes all the National Federations have been lobbying hard for what basically is a hidden doping ban against (because it's obvious that the lifters that are destroying record after record, in the past 4 years have been built with God knows what kind of practice)

women's -45kg (non-Olympic event) Gold: Won Hyon Sim (total: 196kg WR*) Silver: Siriwimon Pramonghkhol (total: 176kg) Bronze: Khong My Phong (total: 160kg) *WR also in Snatch and C&J

no, they didn't take part in the last World Champs (nor in the events of the 1st stint of the OQP), so they can't be in Paris (luckily)

NLA Playoffs Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series) ZSC Lions Zürich (1) b. EHC Biel-Bienne (9) 4-0 (4-3; 3-1; 3-2 2OT; 4-0) Fribourg-Gottèron (2) b. HC Lugano (7) 4-3 (6-2; 4-1; 1-2 OT; 2-3 OT; 1-0; 2-4; 4-2) Lausanne HC (3) b. HC Davos (6) 4-3 (2-3 2OT; 3-2; 3-2; 2-5; 0-1; 5-2; 3-0) EV Zug (4) b. SC Bern (5) 4-3 (3-4; 4-1; 6-1; 2-3; 6-2; 0-3; 3-0) Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) ZSC Lions Zürich (1) vs EV Zug (4) Fribourg-Gottèron (2) vs Lausanne HC (3)

() KHL Playoffs Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series) Traktor Chelyabinsk (6E) b. Dynamo Moscow (1W) 4-0 (4-2; 5-4 OT; 3-2; 5-4) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (3W) b. Avangard Omsk (2E) 4-3 (2-1 OT; 7-0; 1-2 OT; 3-1; 2-4; 2-3; 2-0) Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1E) b. Spartak Moscow (4W) 4-2 (4-0; 1-0; 2-5; 0-1; 5-3; 3-0) Avtomobilist Ekaterinenburg (5E) b. SKA St. Petersburg (2W) 4-1 (3-2; 3-1; 2-1 OT; 2-5; 5-4) Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) Traktor Chelyabinsk (6E) vs Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (3W) Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1E) vs Avtomobilist Ekaterinenburg (5E)

Extraliga Playoffs Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series) HC Dynamo Pardubice (1) b. Mountfield HK (8) 4-1 (5-4 OT; 3-2; 1-2 PSO; 1-0; 3-2) HC Sparta Prague (2) b. Bílí Tygři Liberec (7) 4-0 (3-2 PSO; 3-2 OT; 5-3; 5-2) HC Oceláři Třinec (3) b. Banes Motor Českè Budějovice (6) 4-3 (2-0; 2-0; 4-3; 1-4; 2-3; 0-3; 2-0) HC VERVA Litvínov (5) b. HC Kometa Brno (4) 4-2 (2-1 PSO; 5-1; 3-4; 1-5; 2-1 OT; 4-1) Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) HC Dynamo Pardubice (1) vs HC VERVA Litvínov (5) HC Sparta Prague (2) vs HC Oceláři Třinec (3)

DEL Playoffs Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series) Pinguins Bremerhaven (1) b. ERC Ingolstadt (9) 4-0 (6-4; 4-3 OT; 4-3 OT; 3-1) Eisbären Berlin (2) b. Adler Mannheim (7) 4-1 (1-7; 4-2; 3-2; 3-1; 3-2) Straubing Tigers (3) b. Schwenninger Wild Wings (6) 4-3 (5-2; 1-5; 3-4 OT; 5-1; 3-2; 0-4; 3-2) EHC Red Bull München (5) b. Grizzlys Wolfsburg (4) 4-0 (6-3; 7-3; 4-3; 2-1) Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) Pinguins Bremerhaven (1) vs EHC Red Bull München (5) Eisbären Berlin (2) vs Straubing Tigers (3)

my personal takes... team overperforming compared to the pre-season expectations (and the past years results): Vancouver Canucks, definitely the biggest surprise of the year teams doing better than expected, but nothing special: Winnipeg and Nashville teams heavily underperforming (and basically out of the playoff race): Pittsburgh above all, then New Jersey at a lesser extent, also Minnesota, Seattle and Calgary also didn't match the early predictions the defending champions Vegas are also having a modest season, but they had been injury plagued and however they're still going to the PO, where they might be very difficult to beat the Chicago Blackhawks showing how difficult is to rebuild a team from scratch, even after drafting a generational talent like Connor Bedard (also because of a mangement not doing well with the other tech choices and too many injuries to some key players, tbh) individual efforts: Auston Matthews chasing the highest goal scoring performance since many, many years; the race for the scoring title between Kucherov, McDavid and McKinnon, all 3 reaching numbers rarely seen in the 21st Century but above all, the year in Canada has been dominated by the scandals surrounding the game of Hockey, both among the professionals (5 players charged with sex assault accusations) and the youth system (so many allegations to the so-called coaches and educators, lots of attempts to hide all the dirty stuff at the top level of Hockey Canada followed by resignations and dismissals of many propminent officials)... all in all, not a great year for Hockey in Canada

the recent world championship's Gold Medal match revenge between and at noon

women men

Women's Olympic Tournament Schedule Day #1 - Saturday, July 27th 14.00 NED vs HUN 15.35 GRE vs USA 18.30 ESP vs FRA 20.05 AUS vs CHN Day #2 - Monday, July 29th 14.00 FRA vs ITA 15.35 USA vs ESP 18.30 CHN vs NED 20.05 HUN vs CAN Day #3 - Wednesday, July 31st 14.00 NED vs AUS 15.35 CAN vs CHN 18.30 ITA vs USA 20.05 ESP vs GRE Day #4 - Friday, August 2nd 14.00 AUS vs CAN 15.35 GRE vs ITA 18.30 USA vs FRA 20.05 CHN vs HUN Day #5 - Sunday, August 4th 14.00 HUN vs AUS 15.35 ITA vs ESP 18.30 CAN vs NED 20.05 FRA vs GRE

Olympic Tournament Schedule Day #1 - Sunday, July 28th 10.30 AUS vs ESP 12.05 SRB vs JPN 15.00 ITA vs USA 16.35 CRO vs MNE 19.30 FRA vs HUN 21.05 ROU vs GRE Day #2 - Tuesday, July 30th 10.30 AUS vs SRB 12.05 CRO vs ITA 15.00 JPN vs FRA 16.35 USA vs ROU 19.30 MNE vs GRE 21.05 ESP vs HUN Day #3 - Thursday, August 1st 10.30 GRE vs USA 12.05 SRB vs ESP 15.00 FRA vs AUS 16.35 ITA vs MNE 19.30 ROU vs CRO 21.05 HUN vs JPN Day #4 - Saturday, August 3rd 10.30 ESP vs JPN 12.05 CRO vs GRE 15.00 AUS vs HUN 16.35 MNE vs USA 19.30 SRB vs FRA 21.05 ITA vs ROU Day #5 - Monday, August 5th 12.00 HUN vs SRB 13.35 AUS vs JPN 15.10 GRE vs ITA 18.30 CRO vs USA 20.05 FRA vs ESP 21.40 ROU vs MNE

no, AIN fencers won't get wild cards, but some of them will qualify through the Continental qualifiers I mean, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they get 4 places out of 6 at that tournament (still, we have to see who's gonna compete for them)

it might happen... and it's not even the first time it actually happens in Rio, Italy didn't qualify the women's epee team despite having Fiamingo (undisputed no.1 in the world at that time, world champion and world cup champion in 2014 and 2015) and Navarria (who in 2016 was the no.2 in the world behind Fiamingo and had to miss those Olympic Games because of that same rule) p.s. to qualify the team, it's not enough being a "reasonable" team, in Europe you generally need to be among the 5 best teams in the world to qualify (look at Germany in the men's team sabre...they're no.6 in the world and despite that, they're out) fencing is one of the sports with the hardest qualifying pathways, it's easier to win a medal when you're in than qualifying for the Games

surely the new kickoff rule will help him...he'll be more familiar than ever with the new formations that will be developed by the new rule

Elite Hockey League Playoffs Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series) Storhamar (1) b. Lørenskog (8) 4-0 (6-3; 3-2; 5-2; 10-1) Stavanger Oilers (2) b. Lillehammer (7) 4-0 (5-1; 3-1; 4-1; 3-2) Vålerenga (3) b. Stjernen (6) 4-1 (7-1; 5-4; 7-1; 1-5; 5-1) Frisk Asker (5) b. Sparta (4) 4-1 (1-2; 4-3; 3-0; 4-1; 3-2 OT) Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series) Storhamar (1) vs Frisk Asker (5) Stavanger Oilers (2) vs Vålerenga (3)

Serious injury for Olympic champion Anders Mol. Ankle fracture and Paris at risk https://news.italy24.press/sports/1401615.html

yeah, I read all the stuff on a Czech site (parabola.cz) I'm spent...I have to find out if I can buy another subscription with Czech registration (not a fan of switching to online only services like Telly.cz, even if it looks top class)

@hckošice I'm furious! and heavily depressed, too why those idiots of CT decided to close CT Sport down for all the Slovak providers? and now, how can I watch the Czech Extraliga (and many more events I used to watch on that channel)???

here's a list of all the Fencers from Countries eligible for the Tripartite Committee invitation currently ranked in the top 250 places of the World Ranking: women's Epee Susana Fornaris (WR = 66) Tufaha Uwihoreye (WR = 125) Maryam Malikova (WR = 186) men's Epee Keletigui Diabate (WR = 78) Abdulrahman Almane (WR = 126) Abdulaziz Alshatti (WR = 175) Hasan Alfudari (WR = 183) Sanil Sharma (WR = 199) Kruz Schembri (WR = 205) Abubaker Reda Algadi (WR = 206) Abdussalam Abujtela (WR = 208) Mohamed Eljballi (WR = 209) Alexis Mauricio Molina Ceron (WR = 249) women's Foil Maryam Malikova (WR = 115) men's Foil Mathieu Cheickh Jacques Prats (WR = 102) Philippe Wakim (WR = 145) Scott Lao (WR = 174) Alì Nasaar (WR = 177) Mihail Alejandro Salmeron Jimenez (WR = 215) Kruz Schembri* women's Sabre Odalis Judith Maldonado Delgado (WR = 168) Fatima Tobar (WR = 198) men's Sabre** Evann Jean Abba Girault (WR = 37) Andri Nikolaysson Mateev (WR = 157) Oscar Andres Anaya Ramirez (WR = 230) Ernest Douglas Hunter Doradea (WR = 231) * he has no ranking in Foil, but he's young and very talented...I wouldn't be shocked if he does qualify at the Pan-Am Continental tournament ** NOT counting the guys from , as they already qualified a man in this weapon

don't give those idiots such "great" ideas Fencing is good as it is (and the team events are the best in every individual sport)...they only have to recognize that now it has become one of the most well spread sports around the world, with a lot of Countries from every Continent capable of winning medals in any International competition and therefore give more space to it no changes, just more athletes!

they should just enlarge the field to 12 teams (and get rid of those non-sports like breakdance, artistic swimming & co. to make space for that, if they simply can't do it straight forward)

I'm sure it's gonna be a wonderful experience! enjoy! (I'm a bit envious...the NHL "in place" is the one of the two big Hockey events I'm still missing in my life -the other, of course, are the Olympics, but I hope to make up for that in less than 2 years ) p.s. or maybe not go Kings, go!

the NFL is taking seriously the LA 2028 challenge... to help their players practicing for that event, in fact, they just banned also the hip-drop tackles https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-owners-vote-to-ban-hip-drop-tackle-at-annual-league-meeting after all the banned defensive plays of the past years, with this one now they're as close as it gets to a true flag football league