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Sandgren lost to Ferrer in 2nd Rd 

new WR for 4x400 m in NCAA last night also by USC team 

Celtic won 3-2 , despite playing with 1o men since 55th minute

Serena vs. Venus in IW 3rd Rd 

Celtic with Rangers now in Classico of Scottish football , 2-2 after 1st half what a match 

 Hussain ALHIZAM set a new NR yesterday in NCAA D1 in men's pole vault with 5.70 m , which's 10 cm more than his previous one set last year 

much bigger upset also took place yesterday at Indian when  Vickery defeated Muguruza 2-1 , looks like Muguruza will keep her rhythm on doing only a big tournament per year and then 

 17-year-old Félix Auger-Aliassime claims his first ATP victory with an upset of Vasek Pospisil at Indian Wells , he'll face another Canadian Raonic in next round 

Just now, Werloc said:

But the amazing 10th edition and the record

sorry for this , but i didn't follow much music this year , i'm concentrating on sport 

2 minutes ago, Werloc said:

or @thepharoah for EGYPT

I'm sorry i won't take part in this year contest 

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah, Bertens and her three wins this year are a force to be reckoned with  

Serena isn't in a good form yet , so even Bertens with her 3 wins this season can defeat her  let's see , personally i want Serena to win as much as possible here 

Sad to miss Opening ceremony  

also Azarenka in her 1st match since Wimbledon i think won against Heather Watson , she'll face Sloane Stephens next round 

25 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

And has a good chance of playing Venus in round 3  

but she won't have easy times against bertens whom won't surprise me if she won 

Serena won her 1st match since returning to tennis courts this year , as she defeated Carina Diaz in IW 1st round , she'll play kiki bertens in 2nd Rd

Which channel will broadcast the tournament ?

Despite their bad results recently , Arsenal managed to defeat Milan at San Siro 2-0 , looks like Milan fans will have to wait more for UCL return 

Juventus won 2-1 , what a match sad for Tottenham they were the better side , but didn't respect juventus , overall the best match by far in R16

Real Madrid delivered their biggest game this season and repeated the victory over PSG 2-1 in France , very big upset for PSG managament and ofc fans after spending 400 m euros this summer , the team also didn't manage to pass R16 in CL , now it's almost 100 % that Emeri will not continue his job after the end of the season , PSG needs much more experienced coach in UCL 

not optimistic at all , with our results after Rio , many sports aren't participating in international tournaments as before , thanks God we have Karate where we used to be good at , so i can say 5 medals would be great for us , Karate and Weightlifting should be our biggest hopes + an athlete or two in MP , shooting , taekwondo , Swimming , for sorry right now we don't have a big name in fighting sports just like before except Taekwondo which also i'm not really optimistic at , Hedaya Malak our bronze medalist in Rio changed her weight category and went to -67 kg , Seif Essa in men's -84 kg isn't a guaranteed athlete and hasn't proven yet to be a big contender in his weight category , let's see what will happen at the end of the year 

3 hours ago, bestmen said:

England could pull out of 2018 World Cup over suspected poison attempt in Salisbury, claims Boris Johnson

It seems that he meant official presentation,  not the team itself 

3 hours ago, dcro said:

Yvonne Losos de Muniz received a wild card for the dressage WC final in Paris next month. Very well deserved, as 2018 started incredibly well for her.

 

From being stuck at low to mid 60s, including disappointing 61% from Rio, she is now hitting 70% competition after competition.

 

All qualifiers for the dressage and jumping WC finals in Paris will be known after this weekend.

Do u have current list of qualifiers ? 

1 minute ago, MHSN said:

 

the problem is mostly the management , for 2016 qualifiers, we couldn't use our best players (3 key players of our senior team at the time) because of that. U23 competitions in Asia usually don't fit with FIFA days and clubs here don't release their players for the training etc.

 

and we usually pick terrible coaches for this team last time our stupid coach benched his best player against Qatar (probably saving him for the next match), we lost to Qatar , finished 2nd in the group and got Japan in decisive quarterfinal match. (which we lost in extra time)

 

if you check the history, there is always a funny reason behind their failure, back in 2012 they used a non-eligible player (with two yellow cards) and got eliminated easily.

 

I lost hope in Olympic qualification in football, this is just not going to happen. we didn't even qualify for the 2018 AFC U23 championship losing to Oman (mostly because clubs didn't release their players for the qualifiers) but with that result, we won't be seeded for the next tournament which is the Olympic qualifier that makes thing even worse.

do u know who'll host the qualification tournament in Asia ? i think this can also play a rule , from Wikipedia  they say 4 countries are interested Australia and Vietnam are among the list , well apart from Korea and Japan  it's always hard to find the 3rd team in Asia who'll join them now we have 2 other spots so it'll be a great battle for other 2 quotas , Iraq always delivers very good U23 teams , i always believe in Iran in Asia , KSA has some good talents at this age category and they proved it in U20 , Qatar always buying players and they're much focusing now on bringing young talents especially from Africa in Aspire Academy , they have been the best team by far at the last U23 tournament , they only had some hard luck against Vietnam IMO , Uzbekistan always has a shot , the host especially if it's awarded to Australia or Vietnam , well u can't predict clearly in football when it comes to olympics , but i think Korea , Iran and Qatar will qualify this time  

17 minutes ago, LDOG said:

 

We won't have the same format, there will only one final OQT this time and it will have teams from all continents.

So ofc there won't be Mexico  so 4 teams will qualify from WQT plus Asian best team ?

edit : i just checked the qualification process and i have to edit my predictions especially for Mexico 

1 hour ago, MHSN said:

 

 

Iran qualifying in football sounds impossible to me, we always find a way to screw up our U23 team.

I think u should make it this time , especially in the absence of Japan , right now u have one of the best U20 team in Asia who will play qualifications so it should be your time