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And I know some people who can't stand some Polish commentators and watch sport events on Rai Sport which is available in some TV networks

In Poland we have quite a few sport channels. 1. TVP Sport is a channel of Polish national broadcaster. Because it's national the whole TVP is rather politically ruled and thus highly criticized, especially lately, but the sport team looks quite OK. Of course it is said that they use sport as part of the propaganda, which is wrong, but quite useful. TVP Sport has a wide range of rights - WTA (bought because of Radwańska's good years in the time when the rights were available to buy in Poland), some good football (like Italian Cup, all the matches of first national team), NHL, some major judo events, lately they invested much money in professional boxing, even opening the weekly magazine, and many more. What is not included in the TV channel is to find in the internet and mobile app. Last year before FIFA World Cup the channel became widely accessible with no additional payment, which is the big step for it. 2. Eurosport - I think many of you know it very well. Their biggest "power" is snooker and winter sports (in Poland curling has quite good publicity, though it's not very popular), but Polish Eurosport has also, in my opinion, very strong cycling team with a great duo that makes even 200 km boring stages really interesting because of their funny but also professional style of commentating (this duo commentates also biathlon). 3. Polsat Sport - the biggest not-public Polish broadcaster has three sport channels+one fight channel+six premium channels for UEFA Champions League only. Highly criticised for making almost all big events in PPV. Important partner of Polish volleyball (mostly men), but this year they lost the rights to CEV Champions League. They have also MotoGP, a little bit of football (with Polish 1. Liga, which is second level league and also mentioned Champions League) and lately some badminton. 4. Canal+ - first premium TV in Poland with two sport channels (sometimes sport is also on the other ones)+one after taking over the other station. Main partner of Polish football Ekstraklasa, which is weak sport product, but the broadcasting is really top level, also they have English Premiership. Last year they bought Italian Women's Volleyball Serie A1, which became the preludium to buying the CEV Champions League (both men and women). They have rights for Polish Speedway Ekstraliga and Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway of Nations, Polish male handball league, some EHF Champions League. Also some golf events. 5. Eleven Sports - the newest station, started with two channels, now they have four. As the name says, they have mostly football - Spanish and German league in cooperation with Canal+ and Italian and French league (instead of German, all of them were taken from Canal+ after Eleven came into Polish market). But they have also some ATP tennis, EHF Champions League (I don't know the rules between them and Canal+, they sometimes give the same game in both stations) and Formula 1. The style of commentators is very easy and they try to interact with public on Twitter with dedicated hashtags like #włoskarobota (italian work) or #modanafrancję (fashion for France) etc. 6. Sportklub - last and least, because they are really minor channel. They have for example Austrian and Brazilian league and Copa Libertadores, some foreign basketball (Spanish and Turkish) and handball (SEHA and Bundesliga), and modern pentathlon (World Cup Final and World Champs LIVE laser-run from individual and mixed relays+summary of the other World Cups), though the commentators are taken from other sports and know very little about the sport. They also have the Fightklub channel for some combat sports (they used to have many judo events).

[hide] Preliminary Round January 10th - January 17th, 2018 24 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany 9 Korea January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Serbia 4 Russia January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Brazil 8 France January 12th 2019, h. 15:30 Russia 6 Korea January 12th 2019, h. 18:15 Germany 7 Brazil January 12th 2019, h. 20:30 France 2 Serbia January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Serbia 5 Brazil January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Russia 4 Germany January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 France 11 Korea January 15th 2019, h. 15:30 Russia 3 Brazil January 15th 2019, h. 18:00 Korea 4 Serbia January 15th 2019, h. 20:30 Germany 0 0 France January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Brazil 3 Korea January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Germany 3 Serbia January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 France 5 Russia Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2019, h. 15:00 Japan 4 Macedonia January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Iceland 2 Croatia January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Bahrain 15 Spain January 13th 2019, h. 14:00 Macedonia 10 Bahrain January 13th 2019, h. 16:30 Croatia 6 Japan January 13th 2019, h. 19:00 Spain 3 Iceland January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Iceland 8 Bahrain January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Croatia 3 Macedonia January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 7 Japan January 16th 2019, h. 15:30 Japan 6 Iceland January 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Croatia 13 Bahrain January 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Macedonia 5 Spain January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Bahrain 6 Japan January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Macedonia 2 Iceland January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 1 Croatia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2019, h. 20:15 Chile 12 Denmark January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Saudi Arabia 8 Austria January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Tunisia 9 Norway January 12th 2019, h. 15:00 Austria 6 Chile January 12th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway 11 Saudi Arabia January 12th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark 10 Tunisia January 14th 2019, h. 15:00 Tunisia 3 Chile January 14th 2019, h. 17:30 Norway 7 Austria January 14th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark 9 Saudi Arabia January 15th 2019, h. 16:15 Saudi Arabia 4 Tunisia January 15th 2019, h. 18:30 Norway 8 Chile January 15th 2019, h. 20:45 Austria 6 Denmark January 17th 2019, h. 15:00 Chile 5 Saudi Arabia January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Austria 5 Tunisia January 17th 2019, h. 20:15 Denmark 2 Norway Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola 5 Qatar January 11th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina 5 Hungary January 11th 2019, h. 20:30 Egypt 9 Sweden January 13th 2019, h. 15:30 Qatar 3 Egypt January 13th 2019, h. 18:00 Hungary 6 Angola January 13th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden 7 Argentina January 14th 2019, h. 15:30 Hungary 4 Qatar January 14th 2019, h. 18:00 Argentina 2 Egypt January 14th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden 11 Angola January 16th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola 4 Argentina January 16th 2019, h. 18:00 Hungary 6 Egypt January 16th 2019, h. 20:30 Qatar 8 Sweden January 17th 2019, h. 15:30 Egypt 3 Angola January 17th 2019, h. 18:00 Qatar 3 Argentina January 17th 2019, h. 20:30 Sweden 5 Hungary [/hide]

No Thailand, no one is interested in hosting this group so FIVB asked Poland. We'd rather like men's tournament but if we negotiate good we might get both, maybe even for a lower price for women's.

I don't think we will choose Russia. Though it is our national way of thinking to look for an easier way, in sports we have usually less money than needed, which might be crucial.

Polish Team will be the Sopot one - they promoted Poland to division A of Europeans. If they will start - of course our federation wants them to start on their own costs (which is, if I count correctly, about 9000 €).

On 26th Decembe some new discussion threads have been opened in summer sports subforums I follow but I didn't get notifications (including the one that I opened though I don't remember doing it).

Aaaa, yes, I forgot about the place for Grand Slam. Thanks! (BTW, I thought I saw that Grand Slam qualifications are counted).

I can add Modern Pentathlon today. EDIT: Some kind of template would be useful.

Am I getting this right - Wuxi Grand Slam Final isn't counted to the Olympic Ranking?

this time it's Brazil instead

I think it's usually first Monday or Tuesday of the month, but this time Tuesday was on New Year, so we need to wait until next week.

[hide] Preliminary Round January 5th - January 17th, 2019 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 6 best 3rd ranked Teams among all Groups will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 5th 2019, h. 20:00 United Arab Emirates 1 2 Bahrain January 6th 2019, h. 17:30 Thailand 0 2 India January 10th 2019, h. 15:00 Bahrain 1 1 Thailand January 10th 2019, h. 20:00 India 1 0 United Arab Emirates January 14th 2019, h. 20:00 United Arab Emirates 0 0 Thailand January 14th 2019, h. 20:00 India 0 1 Bahrain Group B  Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 6th 2019, h. 15:00 Australia 3 0 Jordan January 6th 2019, h. 20:00 Syria 1 2 Palestine January 10th 2019, h. 17:30 Jordan 0 2 Syria January 11th 2019, h. 15:00 Palestine 0 5 Australia January 15th 2019, h. 17:30 Australia 3 1 Syria January 15th 2019, h. 17:30 Palestine 1 0 Jordan Group C Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 7th 2019, h. 15:00 China 2 0 Kyrgyzstan January 7th 2019, h. 17:30 South Korea 4 1 Philippines January 11th 2019, h. 17:30 Philippines 1 3 China January 11th 2019, h. 20:00 Kyrgyzstan 0 3 South Korea January 16th 2019, h. 17:30 South Korea 2 0 China January 16th 2019, h. 17:30 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 Philippines Group D Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 7th 2019, h. 20:00 Iran 2 0 Yemen January 8th 2019, h. 17:30 Iraq 2 1 Vietnam January 12th 2019, h. 15:00 Vietnam 1 3 Iran January 12th 2019, h. 17:30 Yemen 2 0 Iraq January 16th 2019, h. 20:00 Vietnam 1 0 Yemen January 16th 2019, h. 20:00 Iran 2 0 Iraq Group E Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 8th 2019, h. 20:00 Saudi Arabia 2 2 North Korea January 9th 2019, h. 20:00 Qatar 1 1 Lebanon January 12th 2019, h. 20:00 Lebanon 0 2 Saudi Arabia January 13th 2019, h. 15:00 North Korea 1 0 Qatar January 17th 2019, h. 20:00 Saudi Arabia 1 0 Qatar January 17th 2019, h. 20:00 Lebanon 0 2 North Korea Group F Date & Time (GMT+4) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2019, h. 15:00 Japan 3 0 Turkmenistan January 9th 2019, h. 17:30 Uzbekistan 2 1 Oman January 13th 2019, h. 17:30 Oman 0 2 Japan January 13th 2019, h. 20:00 Turkmenistan 0 2 Uzbekistan January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Oman 0 0 Turkmenistan January 17th 2019, h. 17:30 Japan 2 1 Uzbekistan [/hide]

2. I do, it's my favourite one Still it doesn't change the thing you wrote that sentence, so somebody could miss or misunderstand the emoji and from my response would know the rule.

1. Not in this one (Hockey Series) - the additional place is for qualification event (home-away match) and the places for it will be given by the ranking. 2. Asian Games are taken to cosideration as Continental Championships in meaning of the qualification system.

Japan is no longer considered as Host Country, as it has won the Asian Games. But it doesn't change anything, just the wrong part is in bold.

Male sportsman of the year - Kamil Stoch Female sportsman of the year - Ester Ledecka. Team of the year - Polish W4x Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018) - Ahmed El Gendy Junior sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018) - Iga Świątek Greatest moment of the year - Double gold for Justyna Święty-Ersetic at Europeans in 400 and 4x400 during just 1,5 hour Biggest idiot of the year - Tamara Alekszejev and Valentin Prades for celebrating medals (Tamara bronze at Europeans, Prades gold at Worlds) before reaching the finish line and eventually losing it to Sarolta Kovács and James Cooke respectively.

Mexico is for road, I don't know about the other two.

For me: - first waterpolo National Team game in my home city (unfortunately big loss against Germany - when I watched their game against Italy with my friends in Budapest they said that Germans are really weak - then I told them whom the Germans have beaten in the qualification...) - my first journey for my beloved modern pentathlon to Hungary (as the reporter of Polish Modern Pentathlon Association) - finally satisfactory competition by women's volleyball team and I had the opportunity to see it from the tribune in Bydgoszcz (unfortunately I didn't get the accreditation as there was very limited place for journalists there) - great Christmas gift from Cuban women volleyball team that gave up the Olympic qualification giving the spot to our girls - and a bitter sweet story about the death of our First Lady of Sport - Irena Szewińska. Just three weeks before her death I met her at the Olympic Picnic in Warsaw and took a photo with her. Probably I'm one of the last people to get photo with her.

Don't drink so much at Christmas time You've posted a link to the URL of your computer, not the internet one.

Curling, because I play it. Biathlon, because we have great commentators of it in Polish Eurosport. Ski jumping, because I'm

Samorin?

No, wrestling wasn't voted a core sport then - the 25 core sports for Tokyo 2020 were voted en bloc, as the Olympic Charter said, thus the EB proposal of voting wrestling as an additional sport together with squash and baseball/softball, with the happy end for wrestling for 2020 and 2024, as well as rugby 7 and golf were voted additional for 2016 and 2020, so they weren't proposed to core sports nor the additional sports. I checked the Olympic Charter archive - in Buenos Aires in 2013, when the Charter from 2011 was in force, there was this term of "sports core" consisting of 25 sports, this wasn't changed during Session in Buenos Aires, but the next version, from the 2015, already hasn't the term "sports core" (it was BLR 45.2 for summer and BLR 45.3 for winter). So this discussion is in fact all about history.

Wasn't "core sports" term deleted from the Olympic Charter as well as "discipline" due to Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation about focusing on event programme?

[hide] Main Round December 6th - December 12th, 2018 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Group I Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 6th 2018, h. 18:00 Denmark for- -got France December 6th 2018, h. 21:00 Sweden 7 Montenegro December 8th 2018, h. 15:00 Sweden 3 France December 8th 2018, h. 18:00 Serbia 5 Russia December 10th 2018, h. 18:00 Denmark 3 Russia December 10th 2018, h. 21:00 Serbia 2 Montenegro December 12th 2018, h. 15:45 Denmark 6 Montenegro December 12th 2018, h. 18:00 Sweden 4 Russia December 12th 2018, h. 21:00 Serbia 7 France Group II Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 7th 2018, h. 18:00 Spain 4 Germany December 7th 2018, h. 21:00 Hungary 6 Norway December 9th 2018, h. 15:00 Hungary 1 Germany December 9th 2018, h. 18:00 Netherlands 7 Romania December 11th 2018, h. 18:00 Spain 3 Romania December 11th 2018, h. 21:00 Netherlands 2 Norway December 12th 2018, h. 15:45 Spain 5 Norway December 12th 2018, h. 18:00 Hungary 4 Romania December 12th 2018, h. 21:00 Netherlands 3 Germany [/hide]