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Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Hungary 5 4(1) 1(0) 18 9 +9 11 Estonia 5 3(1) 2(1) 18 14 +4 9 Lithuania 5 3(0) 2(0) 10 11 -1 9 Poland 5 2(0) 3(2) 13 13 0 8 Japan 5 2(1) 3(0) 12 16 -4 5 Italy 5 1(0) 4(0) 11 19 -8 3  
The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2027
Hungary  
The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group B World Championship 2027
Estonia Japan Lithuania Poland  
The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division II Group A World Championship 2027
Italy

Junior world cups ended this week. 
 
The Men's competition, hosted by India, was won by Germany (shoot-out win over Spain after 1-1 draw). Second title in a row for them. Bronze for India (4-2 over Argentina).
 
 
The Women's competition, hosted by Chile, was won by Netherlands (2-1 win over Argentina). Third title in a row for them and 5th of the last six in dispute. Bronze for Belgium (5-1 over China).

you must watch it! it's one of the most spectacular sports you can find
 
sure, it might happen that some shitty judges ruin the competition sometimes, but the show on the ice is guaranteed 
 
Slovak TV covering Hockey H24 is pretty obvious, though 

Don't give the IOC ideas 

snow swimming immediately an Olympic sport! love it! 

Not until the second week, it's anything worth watching at the beginning of the games.
 
 

I guess, it´s normal. If you look at it from the international federation view
Relay quotas goes usually to powerhouses of the sport, countries where the sport is popular, followed by TV viewers etc... means money back, while a bunch of single quotas given for countries which will not even notice the athlete and almost majority of inhabitants do not even know there such sport at the Olympics may be a waste at the end
 
Not saying I am in favor of it obviously. But I can understand the point, me personally, I will be surprised if I will have time to catch a minute of live watching Shorttrack in Milano for example, quite sure our TV will not make it in its main channel live screen. I guarantee you that already 

OMG!!!!! 
Lindsay is baaack!
the season is over, the Olympic Gold is already gone

Se vinciamo 2 medaglie d'oro a Cortina, per me sarà un successo. Purtroppo, negli sport invernali non abbiamo grandi campioni o discipline di punta. E nello sci alpino, stiamo vivendo la nostra stagione peggiore da anni: un solo podio per Vinatzer finora. Non so se otterremo nemmeno una vittoria.

4 in global events, up to 8 (10 when hosting) in the world cup events

Unexpected boost for Team .  They are at least going to have a credible excuse if anyone fails any drug tests.  
 
American rapper Snoop Dogg has been named an 'honorary coach' for Team USA at next year's Winter Olympics.
 
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced on Thursday the 54-year-old will take on "a volunteer role celebrating and supporting America's athletes off the field of play".
 
Snoop Dogg named 'honorary coach' for Team US at Winter Olympics - BBC Sport

final report: injuries to her right wrist, left knee and, above all, the cervical area
 
she's already had an operation to stabilize the cervical area, in the following days wrist and knee will be evaluated more precisely
 
however, she's moving arms and legs, so the worst prognosis is no longer a threat

the more and more ludicrous  news toilet paper "Gazzetta dello Sport" just announced their yearly Sports Awards
 
Female Athlete of the Year: Paola Egonu (Volleyball)
 
Male Athlete of the Year: Lorenzo Musetti (Tennis)     
 
Newcomer / most Surprising Athlete of the Year: Simone Cerasuolo (Swimming)
 
Paralympic Athlete of the Year: Simone Barlaam (para-Swimming)
 
Team of the Year: SC Napoli (Soccer)   
 
Performance of the Year: Tennis National Team winning the Davis Cup without Sinner and Musetti

poor Michelle 
she was taken to the hospital by helicopter, most likely she destroyed her knee and her Olympic season is over before it started
 
 

QF
 
 30-23 
 26-31 
 28-23 
 32-23 
 
SF
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BBC Sports Personality of Year shortlist announced
 
Hannah Hampton (Football)
Chloe Kelly (Football)
Ellie Kildunne (Rugby)
Luke Littler (Darts)
Rory McIlroy (Golf)
Lando Norris (Motor Racing)
 
Sports Personality of the Year 2025 nominees: Hampton, Kelly, Kildunne, Littler, McIlroy, Norris - BBC Sport

Saw that one.  Would love for them to get Skubal, but I'm worried that his situation with the Tigers where they might trade him (but probably not) would prevent that from happening.

option no.2 for sure, as it's been all this shitstorm organized by the nhl owners through their embedded reporters
 
ps not that the north american audience looks really aware of the hockey rules and habits outside the nhl (and around their game, too, since they look not to know that just a couple of weeks ago they played 2 nhl matches on an ice sheet of the exact same size of Milan's olympic arena)

women's Trap
 
Gold:  Silvana Maria Stanco
Silver:  Alessandra Perilli
Bronze:  Rumeysa Pelin Kaya
 
Full Results & Rankings
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/3393/results
 
men's Trap
 
Gold:  William Hinton
Silver:  Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas
Bronze:  Walton Eller
 
Full Results & Rankings
https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/3393/results

for those who are interested (especially in the Western World), the OTT service MeWatch from  has 3 live channels and full ondemand content available (with English commentary)
 
Free registration is necessary, as also a  VPN

dubito che in federazione qualcuno sia davvero interessato allo skimo, altrimenti avrebbero lottato molto di più per mettere nel programma olimpico delle gare vere, invece di quelle stupidate delle sprint

very poor championship...we only won the medal table with 20 medals (9 golds) and the points ranking with almost 200 points advantage over the second ranked team () 
 
try again, and you'll be luckier 

Nel disagio generale a Solitude, l'Italia non conquista il secondo pass nello skimo maschile. Due tra Canclini, Boscacci e Baldini guarderanno i giochi dal divano.
Qualcuno in federazione dovrebbe assumersi le responsabilità di non aver mandato la squadra in Azerbaijan nella scorsa stagione

women's Epee ( Vancouver)
 
Gold:  Giulia Rizzi
Silver:  Marie-Florence Candassamy
Bronze:  Eszter Muhari &  Lim Tae Hee
 
Full Rankings & Results
https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/308FA406A2FD4E8D9FCC5EA03F41E7C3