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I know everyone's clowning on Canada here and rightfully so but I can't complain too much. Croatia definitely outclassed us today. However, if you told me a few years ago that we would be able to go head to head with Belgium and take a lead against Croatia, there's no way I would have believed you. Almost 10 years ago, we literally lost 8-1 to Honduras. Now at this tournament, we were able to gain a lot of people's respect during the Belgium game and scored a historical first goal against Croatia. Now hoping for a point against Morocco but it looks like it won't be easy. Our core is still very young so I'm hopeful for 2026

GOOOAAAALL!!!

Lukaku is in!

Lol, production audio just came on randomly during the game on the Canadian broadcast. Suddenly heard "Mic 1 mic1 mic1"

I think the lesson here is to not post about your perfect score predictions before the match ends

Goal for Senegal!

Dang, that was close

This panda did too!

Well, the loss was expected but I was hoping for a goal at least. Oh well, still proud of the team regardless

Wow, Japan!!!

The day has come

Well I just woke up, what the heck happened to Argentina?!!

What great timing

[hide] Group Stage November 20th - December 2nd, 2022 32 Nations, The Top 2 Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 20th 2022, h. 19:00 Qatar 0 1 Ecuador November 21st 2022, h. 19:00 Senegal 0 2 Netherlands November 25th 2022, h. 16:00 Qatar 0 1 Senegal November 25th 2022, h. 19:00 Netherlands 1 1 Ecuador November 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Ecuador 1 0 Senegal November 29th 2022, h. 18:00 Netherlands 4 1 Qatar Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 21st 2022, h. 16:00 England 2 0 Iran November 21st 2022, h. 22:00 United States 2 1 Wales November 25th 2022, h. 13:00 Wales 1 0 Iran November 25th 2022, h. 22:00 England 1 1 United States November 29th 2022, h. 22:00 Wales 1 1 England November 29th 2022, h. 22:00 Iran 0 1 United States Group C Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 22nd 2022, h. 13:00 Argentina 5 0 Saudi Arabia November 22nd 2022, h. 19:00 Mexico 1 1 Poland November 26th 2022, h. 16:00 Poland 2 1 Saudi Arabia November 26th 2022, h. 22:00 Argentina 3 1 Mexico November 30th 2022, h. 22:00 Poland 1 3 Argentina November 30th 2022, h. 22:00 Saudi Arabia 1 1 Mexico Group D Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 22nd 2022, h. 16:00 Denmark 2 1 Tunisia November 22nd 2022, h. 22:00 France 3 0 Australia November 26th 2022, h. 13:00 Tunisia 1 0 Australia November 26th 2022, h. 19:00 France 0 1 Denmark November 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Australia 0 2 Denmark November 30th 2022, h. 18:00 Tunisia 0 2 France Group E Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 23rd 2022, h. 16:00 Germany 2 1 Japan November 23rd 2022, h. 19:00 Spain 3 0 Costa Rica November 27th 2022, h. 13:00 Japan 1 0 Costa Rica November 27th 2022, h. 22:00 Spain 2 2 Germany December 1st 2022, h. 22:00 Japan 0 2 Spain December 1st 2022, h. 22:00 Costa Rica 0 1 Germany Group F Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 23rd 2022, h. 13:00 Morocco 0 2 Croatia November 23rd 2022, h. 22:00 Belgium 2 1 Canada November 27th 2022, h. 16:00 Belgium 2 1 Morocco November 27th 2022, h. 19:00 Croatia 1 0 Canada December 1st 2022, h. 18:00 Croatia 1 1 Belgium December 1st 2022, h. 18:00 Canada 1 1 Morocco Group G Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 24th 2022, h. 13:00 Switzerland 1 0 Cameroon November 24th 2022, h. 22:00 Brazil 2 0 Serbia November 28th 2022, h. 13:00 Cameroon 0 2 Serbia November 28th 2022, h. 19:00 Brazil 2 0 Switzerland December 2nd 2022, h. 22:00 Serbia 2 2 Switzerland December 2nd 2022, h. 22:00 Cameroon 0 3 Brazil Group H Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 November 24th 2022, h. 16:00 Uruguay 1 0 South Korea November 24th 2022, h. 19:00 Portugal 2 0 Ghana November 28th 2022, h. 16:00 South Korea 1 1 Ghana November 28th 2022, h. 22:00 Portugal 2 2 Uruguay December 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 Ghana 0 2 Uruguay December 2nd 2022, h. 18:00 South Korea 1 1 Portugal Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation Argentina France Brazil [/hide]

Huge news from the international baseball world! It seems like Cuban defectors will be allowed to play for the national team for the first time ever.

Jordan Stolz just dominated the field in the 1500m

Updated List of known committed players so Far (stolen from r/InternationalBaseBall): Australia: Liam Hendriks (Chicago White Sox), Curtis Mead (Tampa Bay Rays minors) Canada: Freddie Freeman (Los Angeles Dodgers), Charles Leblanc (Miami Marlins), Josh Naylor (Cleveland Guardians), Cal Quantrill (Cleveland Guardians), Abraham Toro (Seattle Mariners) Colombia: Jorge Alfaro (San Diego Padres), Nabil Crismatt (San Diego Padres), Jeter Downs (Boston Red Sox), Sandy Leon (Free Agent), Reiver Sanmartin (Cincinnati Reds), Donovan Solano (Free Agent), Jose Quintana (Free Agent), Harold Ramirez (Tampa Bay Rays), Julio Teheran (Sultanes de Monterrey, LMB), Gio Urshela (Minnesota Twins) Dominican Republic: Sandy Alcantara (Miami Marlins), Genesis Cabrera (St. Louis Cardinals), Emmanuel Clase (Cleveland Guardians), Rafael Devers (Boston Red Sox), Wander Franco (Tampa Bay Rays), Yimi Garcia (Toronto Blue Jays), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays), Cristian Javier (Houston Astros), Manny Machado (San Diego Padres), Starling Marte (New York Mets), Christopher Morel (Chicago Cubs), Jose Ramirez (Cleveland Guardians), Gary Sanchez (Free Agent), Juan Soto (San Diego Padres) Great Britain: Jazz Chisholm (Miami Marlins), Harry Ford (Seattle Mariners), D'Shawn Knowles (Los Angeles Angels minors), Ian Lewis (Miami Marlins minors), Vance Worley (Kane County Cougars, AA) Israel: Harrison Bader (St. Louis Cardinals), Jake Bird (Colorado Rockies), Richard Bleier (Miami Marlins), Jake Fishman (Free Agent), Dean Kremer (Baltimore Orioles), Ryan Lavarnway (Miami Marlins), Eli Morgan (Cleveland Guardians), Joc Pederson (Free Agent), Kevin Pillar (Free Agent), Robert Stock (Doosan Bears, KBO), Zack Weiss (Los Angeles Angels) Italy: Daniel Castano (Miami Marlins), Ben DeLuzio (St. Louis Cardinals), Matt Festa (Seattle Mariners), David Fletcher (Los Angeles Angels), Dominic Fletcher (Arizona Diamondbacks minors), Vito Friscia (Philadelphia Phillies minors), Sam Haggerty (Seattle Mariners), Nicky Lopez (Kansas City Royals), Trey Mancini (Free Agent), Joey Marciano (San Francisco Giants minors), Miles Mastrobuoni (Tampa Bay Rays), Adam Ottavino (Free Agent), Andre Pallante (St. Louis Cardinals), Vinnie Pasquantino (Kansas City Royals), Jordan Romano (Toronto Blue Jays), Mitchell Stumpo (Arizona Diamondbacks minors), Brett Sullivan (San Diego Padres minors) Japan: Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Angels), Seiya Suzuki (Chicago Cubs) Mexico: Randy Arozarena (Tampa Bay Rays), Javier Assad (Chicago Cubs), Andres Munoz (Seattle Mariners), Isaac Paredes (Tampa Bay Rays), Manuel Rodriguez (Chicago Cubs), Rowdy Tellez (Milwaukee Brewers), Julio Urias (Los Angeles Dodgers), Jose Urquidy (Houston Astros), Alex Verdugo (Boston Red Sox) Netherlands: Wladimir Balentien (Free Agent) Nicaragua: Jonathan Loaisiga (New York Yankees), Erasmo Ramirez (Free Agent), Mark Vientos (New York Mets) Puerto Rico: Javier Baez (Detroit Tigers), Jose Berrios (Toronto Blue Jays), Carlos Correa (Free Agent), Alexis Diaz (Cincinnati Reds), Edwin Diaz (New York Mets), Mychal Givens (Free Agent), Kike Hernandez (Boston Red Sox), Joe Jimenez (Detroit Tigers), Alex Lange (Detroit Tigers), Francisco Lindor (New York Mets), Jorge Lopez (Minnesota Twins), Seth Lugo (Free Agent), Martin Maldonado (Houston Astros), MJ Melendez (Kansas City Royals), Jose Miranda (Minnesota Twins), Jovani Moran (Minnesota Twins), Emilio Pagan (Minnesota Twins), Roberto Perez (Free Agent), Edwin Rios (Los Angeles Dodgers), Emmanuel Rivera (Arizona Diamondbacks), Eddie Rosario (Atlanta Braves), Neftali Soto (Yokohoma DeNA BayStars, NPB), Marcus Stroman (Chicago Cubs), Christian Vazquez (Free Agent) United States: Pete Alonso (New York Mets), Tim Anderson (Chicago White Sox), Nolan Arenado (St. Louis Cardinals), David Bednar (Pittsburgh Pirates), Mookie Betts (Los Angeles Dodgers), Paul Goldschmidt (St. Louis Cardinals), Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies), Merrill Kelly (Arizona Diamondbacks), Cedric Mullins (Baltimore Orioles), Ryan Pressly (Houston Astros), J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia Phillies), Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers), Trevor Story (Boston Red Sox), Dillon Tate (Baltimore Orioles), Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels), Kyle Tucker (Houston Astros), Trea Turner (Free Agent), Devin Williams (Milwaukee Brewers), Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals) Venezuela: Ronald Acuna Jr. (Atlanta Braves), Jose Altuve (Houston Astros), Jose Alvarado (Philadelphia Phillies), Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers), Andres Gimenez (Cleveland Guardians), Pablo Lopez (Miami Marlins), Jesus Luzardo (Miami Marlins), German Marquez (Colorado Rockies), Salvador Perez (Kansas City Royals), Anthony Santander (Baltimore Orioles), Ranger Suarez (Philadelphia Phillies)

Europe is definitely not dominant in short track. Traditionally, Korea, China and Canada have been the most successful countries. Only in the last decade have European countries like the Netherlands and Italy been on the rise. For this event, looks like Canada, Korea and the US have most of their A team here minus one or two skaters. China and Kazakhstan looks like they don't.

QUALIFIED Source: @gymcan1/Twitter Artistic Gymnastics: +5 athletes (Women's Team All-Around) Team Canada Updated Artistic Gymnastics Team Size: 5 (0 M, 5 W) Updated Total Team Size: 5 (0 M, 5 W)

Apologies, I should've worded that better.

The pool's have officially been confirmed! Biggest surprise is that Panama was placed in the Taiwan group while Great Britain is playing in one of the US groups. Pool A Taichung Pool B Tokyo Pool C Phoenix Pool D Miami Cuba Australia Canada Dominican Republic Italy China Colombia Israel Netherlands Czech Republic Great Britain Nicaragua Panama Japan Mexico Puerto Rico Taiwan South Korea United States Venezuela Panama is definitely the biggest winner here as it seems like any of the 5 teams in Pool A can advance out of the pool. Czech Republic gets a decent pool as well. They'll basically have no chance against Japan and Korea but are capable of beating China to avoid having to go through the qualification phase in 2026. Originally thought to be in Pool A, Great Britain now finds itself in Pool C with the other 4 teams being unfavourable matchups. Of course, watch them end up beating Canada just because that's how baseball works. Nicaragua is definitely the biggest losers here. Their WBC debut will see them play in the group of death and they'll have to face off against the powerhouses of the DR, Puerto Rico, Venezuela along with Israel will be mostly the Jewish American team.

What a day of baseball! First the Philadelphia Phillies complete their upset of the defending World Series Champions, Atlanta Braves, by beating them 3 games to one. Then, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners battle in an 18 INNING game that Houston ultimately came out on top in a pitching duel 1-0. Then, the Cleveland Guardians complete a miracle comeback scoring 3 runs in the 9th inning to beat the New York Yankees 6-5. Then, the San Diego Padres eliminate the best team in the regular season, the Los Angeles Dodgers, in 4 games. This is why I love the sport.

With the season finally under way, it's always fun to take a look at the nationalities of players that made the final rosters. Here's a breakdown for this year's rosters (including injured players). 18 nations from 3 continents are represented. Canada: 334 (1 player per 116,557 people) United States: 217 (1 player per 1,529,464 people) Sweden: 79 (1 player per 132,683 people) Russia: 44 (1 player per 3,251,242 people) Finland: 39 (1 player per 142,385 people) Czech Republic: 30 (1 player per 350,557 people) Switzerland: 10 (1 player per 863,690 people) Slovakia: 8 (1 player per 682,523 people) Germany: 7 (1 player per 11,956,490 people) Latvia: 4 (1 player per 460,557 people) Denmark: 4 (1 player per 1,480,132 people) Belarus: 3 (1 player per 3,137,835 people) Norway: 2 (1 player per 2,712,635 people) Slovenia: 1 (1 player per 2,108,708 people) Austria: 1 (1 player per 9,027,999 people) Netherlands: 1 (1 player per 17,751,900 people) Australia: 1 (1 player per 25,980,700 people) France: 1 (1 player per 67,897,000 people) Canadian Players by Birth Province/Territory: Ontario: 154 (1 player per 92,363 people) Quebec: 41 (1 player per 207,362 people) British Columbia: 39 (1 player per 128,228 people) Alberta: 32 (1 player per 133,207 people) Manitoba: 23 (1 player per 58,354 people) Saskatchewan: 17 (1 player per 66,618 people) Nova Scotia: 7 (1 player per 138,483 people) New Brunswick: 3 (1 player per 258,537 people) Prince Edward Island: 2 (1 player per 77,166 people) Newfoundland & Labrador: 2 (1 player per 255,275 people) Yukon: 1 (1 player per 40,232 people) Outside of Canada: 13 American Players by Birth State: Minnesota: 42 (1 player per 135,890 people) Michigan: 27 (1 player per 373,234 people) Massachusetts: 24 (1 player per 291,030 people) New York: 18 (1 player per 1,123,097 people) Illinois: 11 (1 player per 1,164,773 people) New Jersey: 10 (1 player per 928,899 people) Wisconsin: 9 (1 player per 654,858 people) Florida: 8 (1 player per 2,692,273 people) California: 7 (1 player per 5,597,944 people) Connecticut: 6 (1 player per 600,991 people) Missouri: 6 (1 player per 1,026,714 people) Washington: 5 (1 player per 1,577,593 people) Ohio: 5 (1 player per 2,356,003 people) Arizona: 4 (1 player per 1,787,876 people) Pennsylvania: 4 (1 player per 3,252,961 people) Texas: 4 (1 player per 7,286,376 people) Colorado: 3 (1 player per 1,924,571 people) Maine: 2 (1 player per 681,180 people) Nebraska: 2 (1 player per 980,752 people) Iowa: 2 (1 player per 1,595,185 people) Virginia: 2 (1 player per 4,327,271 people) Alaska: 1 (1 player per 736,081 people) Montana: 1 (1 player per 1,085,407 people) Rhode Island: 1 (1 player per 1,098,163 people) New Hampshire: 1 (1 player per 1,377,529 people) Utah: 1 (1 player per 3,271,616 people) Oklahoma: 1 (1 player per 3,986,639 people) Oregon: 1 (1 player per 4,246,155 people) Alabama: 1 (1 player per 5,039,877 people) South Carolina: 1 (1 player per 5,190,705 people) Indiana: 1 (1 player per 6,785,528 people) North Carolina: 1 (1 player per 10,551,162 people) Outside of the US: 5

Jokes on you, I happen to be a fan of both!!! At least the Raptors won in 2019.