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At 2:39.40 hours into the video, that really is a Slovak MiG-29 taking off to start the show

Why do idiot media call these kind of criminals "football fans"? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/10/euro-2016-england-fans-clash-with-marseille-riot-police-for-seco/ When you're beating up other people, you are not a fan of your own team. Fans don't bring trouble to their own team. I hope the police will arrest each and every one of those f*cking criminals and let them rot in a cell for a good while.

I hope the real Albania wins but only if Lenjani or Roshi scores a goal (because of a bet, apart from that I don't care a lot)

It's definitely not going to the Netherlands Or well, maybe it does, but then it will go on to the next nation.

100% sure I also saw a Slovak flag at one of the stands in the "static display", probably of the team around that MiG-29 Russians

Today I went to the "open days" of the Dutch air force, which always has a rather big air show. Guess what, one of the demo's/shows was done by a Slovak air force MiG-29 and it was an awesome one

France - Romania now somewhat and that's it for today

[hide] Preliminary Round June 10th - June 22nd, 2016 24 Nations, 6 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 4 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Round of 16 Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 10th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade de France, Saint-Denis France 2 0 Romania June 11th 2016, h. 15:00, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Albania 0 2 Switzerland June 15th 2016, h. 18:00, Parc des Princes, Paris Romania 1 1 Switzerland June 15th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Velodrome, Marseille France 3 0 Albania June 19th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Switzerland 1 2 France June 19th 2016, h. 21:00, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon Romania 2 0 Albania Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 11th 2016, h. 18:00, Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Wales 1 1 Slovakia June 11th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Velodrome, Marseille England 2 1 Russia June 15th 2016, h. 15:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Russia 1 3 Slovakia June 16th 2016, h. 15:00, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens England 2 2 Wales June 20th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Slovakia 0 2 England June 20th 2016, h. 21:00, Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Russia 2 1 Wales Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 12th 2016, h. 18:00, Allianz Riviera, Nice Poland 3 0 Northern Ireland June 12th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Germany 3 0 Ukraine June 16th 2016, h. 18:00, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon Ukraine 2 0 Northern Ireland June 16th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade de France, Saint-Denis Germany 2 0 Poland June 21st 2016, h. 18:00, Parc des Princes, Paris Northern Ireland 0 4 Germany June 21st 2016, h. 18:00, Stade Velodrome, Marseille Ukraine 1 1 Poland Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 12th 2016, h. 15:00, Parc des Princes, Paris Turkey 2 1 Croatia June 13th 2016, h. 15:00, Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Spain 1 0 Czech Republic June 17th 2016, h. 18:00, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Czech Republic 1 0 Croatia June 17th 2016, h. 21:00, Allianz Riviera, Nice Spain 2 0 Turkey June 21st 2016, h. 21:00, Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Croatia 1 2 Spain June 21st 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Czech Republic 2 2 Turkey Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 13th 2016, h. 18:00, Stade de France, Saint-Denis Ireland 0 1 Sweden June 13th 2016, h. 21:00, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon Belgium 1 1 Italy June 17th 2016, h. 15:00, Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Italy 1 0 Sweden June 18th 2016, h. 15:00, Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Belgium 3 0 Ireland June 22nd 2016, h. 21:00, Allianz Riviera, Nice Sweden 2 2 Belgium June 22nd 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Italy 1 0 Ireland Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 14th 2016, h. 18:00, Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Austria 2 0 Hungary June 14th 2016, h. 21:00, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Portugal 3 0 Iceland June 18th 2016, h. 18:00, Stade Velodrome, Marseille Iceland 1 1 Hungary June 18th 2016, h. 21:00, Parc des Princes, Paris Portugal 2 0 Austria June 22nd 2016, h. 18:00, Stade de France, Saint-Denis Iceland 1 0 Austria June 22nd 2016, h. 18:00, Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon Hungary 0 4 Portugal [/hide]

Out of those, Spanovic would definitely be in my top-3 anyway given her usual shape at major champs

That strawberry in Oslo

That's gonna be an awesome fight in Rio with several potential 7m+ jumpers all at once

AO, RG, all the same (kidding obviously, just so that's clear)

And that's an injury and potentially the end for Kim Collins, at least as far as Rio is concerned

Exactly the reason why I was sad Federer had to withdraw from the AO and we had the first GS in the entire millenium (!) without Federer.

Talay disqualified, such a sad sight Talay

I see Storl only had 2 competitions so far this year, is he injured or something? I really hope not, shot put can be one of the best fights in Rio.

89.30m for Röhler

Nope, I am not trolling, which is of course obvious. He keeps improving and improving and now already thew over 21 meters again. If he keeps improving in the next months and has the championship genes of Majewski, he is definitely capable of throwing 21.50m and that's always a distance that puts you right up in the medal fight. Read careful: if he has Majewski's "championship genes". Majewski always and everywhere is at his very best at major championships and throws by far his best distances. If Bukowiecki can do that too (again, if) and actually already reach the 21.50m, he simply will be in the medal fight. Normally I'd say Storl (is he fit?) could be considered the favourite together with Kovacs, a fight which if both are fit in my opinion is somewhat 50/50. Obviously there are quite a number of athletes who are able to fight for the medals and Bukowiecki simply is one of them.

And that's 21.14m and a new world junior record (again) for Bukowiecki If that guy has any of the "championship genes" of Majewski, he's gonna be hard to beat in Rio.

20.77m opening attempt for Bukowiecki at the shot put in Oslo, that guy is going to do big things in Rio this summer

Yuri van Gelder (NED) has announced he is now certain of a spot in the Dutch team Great news, after missing out in 2008 because he only finished in a terrible 2nd place at the world championships (horribly stupid rule) and in 2012 because he finished only 5th at the world championships.

Yeah, my problem really is not with Asemani herself. Indeed, she was apparently good enough to qualify. The problem is with Belgium not having a quota place and Belgium apparently having "two" athletes at the OQT where one was allowed.

Belgium Women Raheleh Asemani (-57kg) Men Si Mohamed Ketbi (-58kg) Jaouad Achab (-68kg) Yep, Asemani. We all know the story I guess and I think we all have the same opinion on this. The other big thing is Ketbi is selected after all, after a whole lot of problems with staying under the weight limit. Meaning Mourad Laachraoui isn't going to Rio and the Dutch headlines of a while back ("Brother of Brussels terrorist going to Rio") were indeed bullshit, as expected.

Alright, without the obviously best and second-best teams in the world Wait, Denmark didn't qualify? I thought with this new format basically everyone qualifies apart from the "dwarves" like Andorra, San Marino and Liechtenstein

Plans for the weekend: F1 IndyCar (?) NASCAR Euro 2016 without the obviously best team in the world Probably more but I'll have to check the tv channel's schedule