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he wasn't impressive in his first match, just stole a lucky 1-1 win (I hate it whenever a match ends with the scoreline)
but none of the guys in his half is better than him, probably not the favorite but he has a chance

Yeah. Hadn't seen who the UAE-rider was when writing. 
Absolutely agree. They even spent time putting some semi-dramatic music on the crash. 

I understand that it's hard to be a TV director in the situation. The race was neutralized for what, almost half an hour and of course something needs to be on the screen, but it was wrong. Give us boring pictures and not this. 
 
It seems like Vine was injured the worst, while the Tour dream should be alive for all 3 favourites in the crash.

For safety reasons, Paris - Roubaix organizers have decided to let a full peloton of riders fight massively for a super tight and sharp 'chicane' right before the famous Arenberg cobbled section. Can't go wrong!
 
 
 

Renzo Tjon-A-Joe has received a Dutch passport and will most likely represent the Netherlands (if he qualifies of course) in Paris, instead of Suriname  

"Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Jamaica sprint legend to retire after Paris 2024 Olympics"
 
Both unexpected (because it felt like she'd go on forever) and expected (because of her age and winning everything one can win) at the same time  

Tomorrow in the prologue in the Basque Country, all favourites start before the TV broadcasts begins  
 
 

It is the day of days, Tour of Flanders  
 
Although in Belgium it's the end of a week of national mourning, it has had a general vibe - and I swear I am not exaggerating - as if Van Aert died last Wednesday (he got injured and broke a few things but he most certainly is still alive). Flanders is....weird  
 
All week long, all the cycling talk shows have been about it, there were live blogs about his wife and kids arriving in the hospital and so on.

My Vancouver Canucks have just clinched a spot in the playoffs! 

Scottish football, aye!
 
 

Especially a 13-year old, I'd even say
 
But since I assume he wants to eventually be a pro player, he does need to learn that you can't do this, no matter how clear the umpire mistake was. At least controlling your temper to some basic extent is part of being a professional as well.
 
And yes, I know Nick Kyrgios will not give this post a 'Like'  

Top commentatory on the BBC - “I think Cambridge are either going to run away with it or Oxford are going to come back in.”

Yeah, you don’t want someone taking your water?  Don’t give up a one length lead. 

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

I just received Slovak citizenship  so they are my team now, not Czechs.
But imagine my surprise when I looked at the roster and… no Lopusanova?

With gold for a guy born in 2010. Fantastic, that's two years after I left school....now I am really starting to feel old as well.

Eurovision Sport, ugh. Why is everything on their broken platform  

Ah yeah, cross-country here as well, and I'll keep an eye on the judo Grand Slam in Antalya (mostly that will consist of skipping through the medal matches to see if anything interesting happens, I can't bring myself to watch 7 hours of judo in a weekend ).
 

Here it's going to be one of the quietest sports weekends of the year, since it's the switch from winter to summer sports basically   (in November there's usually a weekend like that too, the other way around)
 
All winter sports I can or want to watch have finishes, there's no F1, MotoGP, WSBK or IndyCar. Main things are problably Formula E in Tokyo (which is finished by the time Saturday gets underway) and of course Sunday is the number one sit on the sofa and shut up day of the year, the High Mass, Flander's Most Beautiful, Tour of Flanders  
 
Some small stuff around it, like a bit of darts and some junior racing, but that's about it. Oh, and of course rowing on Sunday, The Boat Race
 
Perfect weekend to catch up with lots of stuff, with Saturday and Sunday being fairly quiet (or easy '1 at a time' days) and Monday being a free day because of someone dying 2000 years ago  

Somewhat risky Austrian regional championships on the schedule, apparently.
 

 
https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?disciplineId=2

Spain,Malta,Ireland,Slovenia are ready to recognize the stat of Palestine 
 

Wout Van Aert broke his collar bone and sustained multiple fractured ribs in the fall today knocking him out of the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Amstel Gold Race. 

With gold for a guy born in 2010. Fantastic, that's two years after I left school....now I am really starting to feel old as well.

With gold for a guy born in 2010. Fantastic, that's two years after I left school....now I am really starting to feel old as well.

With gold for a guy born in 2010. Fantastic, that's two years after I left school....now I am really starting to feel old as well.

New things? I don't want new things