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Qualification gets underway in just under six hours! First up, we have Taiwan, Nicaragua, Spain and South Africa battling it out for two qualification places in Taipei. Qualification is round robin format. 2026 World Baseball Classic Schedule

Lineups for the championship game tonight. Canada Forwards Brayden Point -- Connor McDavid -- Mark Stone Sidney Crosby -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Sam Reinhart Brandon Hagel -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mitch Marner Brad Marchand -- Sam Bennett -- Seth Jarvis Defenseman Devon Toews -- Cale Makar Josh Morrissey -- Colton Parayko Travis Sanheim -- Drew Doughty Goalies Jordan Binnington Adin Hill Scratched: Sam Montembeault, Thomas Harley, Travis Konecny Injured: Shea Theodore (upper body) United States Forwards Brady Tkachuk -- Jack Eichel -- Matthew Tkachuk Jake Guentzel -- Auston Matthews -- Jack Hughes J.T. Miller -- Dylan Larkin -- Matt Boldy Brock Nelson -- Vincent Trocheck -- Chris Kreider Defenseman Noah Hanifin -- Adam Fox Jaccob Slavin -- Brock Faber Zach Werenski -- Jake Sanderson Goalies Connor Hellebuyck Jake Oettinger Scratched: Jeremy Swayman, Kyle Connor Injured: Charlie McAvoy (upper body)

Had some time to check the work of whoever's been updating the alpine skiing olympic qualification page on wikipedia and I can confirm that the list is fully accurate. So we officially have the following nations that have earned basic quotas. Remember that the basic quota is earned by an athlete who has an average result <= 80 points over the skier's best 2 downhill or super-g races during the qualification period an average result <= 120 points over the skier's best 5 giant slalom or slalom races during the qualification period Basic quota for both men and women (50 nations): Basic quota for men only (17 nations): Basic quota for women only (4 nations):

Canada vs. Finland Highlights: Canada vs. Finland | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 17, 2025 Sweden vs. United States Highlights: Sweden vs. United States | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 17, 2025 Final Round Robin Standings:

Well that got a bit closer than I would've liked at the end but Canada beats Finland 5-3. vs. in the final on Thursday

Nice 4th place finish for Aurelie Moisan in the parallel giant slalom today

Finland vs. Sweden Highlights: Finland vs. Sweden | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 15, 2025 United States vs. Canada Highlights: United States vs. Canada | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 15, 2025 Updated Standings

Finally a bobsleigh medal in this year's world cup. Cynthia Appiah won silver today in the women's monobob

Absolutely awful day for us, lol

Rivalry Saturday is just around the corner. First up is Finland vs. Sweden at 13:00 EST (19:00 CEST) Then the night game is USA vs. Canada at 20:00 EST (2:00 CEST on Sunday)

That's a mistake. Thanks for catching that.

Cross-Country Skiing NOC Quota Standings after Junior and U23 World Championships Updated to include the results from the World Juniors and the U23 World Championships along with the overal tour de ski results that I missed last time. Please let me know if anything doesn't look right. 4 quotas 3 quotas 2 quotas 1 quota Men Rank NOC Points 1 Norway 15541 2 Sweden 10817 3 France 10371 4 Finland 9054 5 United States 8420 6 Italy 8252 7 Germany 7883 8 Switzerland 7270 9 (+1) Canada 5170 10 (-1) Czechia 4843 11 Austria 4751 12 Great Britain 3828 13 (+1) Estonia 3488 14 (-1) Slovenia 3441 15 Australia 2344 16 Japan 2233 17 (+1) Poland 2020 18 (-1) Latvia 1717 19 Kazakhstan 1696 20 (+1) Spain 1336 20 (-1) Andorra 1265 22 Ireland 1237 23 (+1) Ukraine 993 23 (-1) Hungary 861 25 China 671 26 (+2) Romania 383 27 (+2) Slovakia 363 28 (-2) Thailand 336 29 (-2) Armenia 276 30 Bulgaria 247 31 (+2) Argentina 184 32 (+3) Croatia 143 33 (-2) Mongolia 137 34 (-2) Serbia 131 35 (+1) Chile 130 36 (-2) Korea 115 37 (+2) Lithuania 96 38 (new) Greece 87 39 (+2) Liechtenstein 83 40 (-3) Colombia 76 41 (new) Brazil 70 42 (-2) Belgium 59 43 (new) Iceland 51 44 (-6) North Macedonia 50 45 (new) Montenegro 11 46 (new) Moldova 8 47 (new) Türkiye 5 48 (new) Chinese Taipei 2 49 (new) Bolivia 1 Women Rank NOC Points 1 Norway 14645 2 Sweden 12294 3 Finland 11107 4 Germany 11023 5 United States 10031 6 Switzerland 7345 7 France 6439 8 Italy 6235 9 Canada 5905 10 Czechia 4951 11 Austria 4216 12 Estonia 2310 13 Slovenia 2096 14 Kazakhstan 2005 15 Ukraine 1531 16 Australia 1449 17 (+1) Japan 998 18 (-1) Poland 969 19 Latvia 517 20 (+1) Andorra 386 21 (new) Great Britain 207 22 (-2) Chinese Taipei 194 23 (new) Argentina 136 24 (-2) Armenia 131 25 (new) Romania 123 26 (-3) Korea 122 27 (new) Greece 115 28 (new) Lithuania 100 29 (new) Croatia 89 30 (new) Brazil 60 31 (new) Chile 49 32 (new) Hungary 37 33 (new) Slovakia 28 34 (new) Türkiye 18 35 (new) Moldova 9 36 (new) Kenya 3 37 (new) Bulgaria 2 38 (new) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1

Highlights: United States vs. Finland | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 13, 2025

Nice 10th place finish at world championships for Britt Richardson in the giant slalom

Summer McIntosh swam a time of 8:09.86. That's almost two seconds faster than the time she swam last year and checks in as the 10th fastest performance of all time. All the top 9 times are from Ledecky.

It's this one. There's now one discussion thread for every olympic cycle instead of every year and it's merged together with olympic qualification

Projected Lineups for Game 2: United States Forwards: Connor - Eichel - M. Tkachuk Guentzel - Matthews - Hughes B. Tkachuk - Miller - Boldy Nelson - Trocheck - Larkin Defensemen: Werenski - McAvoy Slavin - Fox Hanifin - Faber Goalies: Hellebuyck (Starter) Oettinger Scratches: Kreider, Sanderson, Swayman Finland Forwards: Lehkonen - Barkov - Rantanen Hintz - Aho - Laine Luostarinen - Lundell - Granlund Teravainen - Haula - Armia Defensemen: Mikkola - Lindell Vaakanainen - Matinpalo Maatta - Jokiharju Goalies: Saros (Starter) Luukkonen Scratches: Valimaki, Kakko, Lankinen

Highlights: Canada vs. Sweden | 4 Nations Face-Off Highlights | February 12, 2025

What a game to start the tournament!

We've been waiting almost 9 years for a best on best ice hockey tournament and that 1st period delivered. Canada with a dominant period over Sweden and they lead 2-0 after the 1st period

Projected Lineups for Game 1: Canada Forwards: Reinhart - McDavid - Marner Crosby - MacKinnon - Stone Marchand - Point - Jarvis Hagel - Cirelli - Konecny Defensemen: Toews - Makar Theodore - Doughty Morrissey - Parayko Goalies: Binnington (Starter) Hill Scratches: Bennett, Sanheim, Montembeault Sweden Forwards: Nylander - Zibanejad - Rakell Forsberg - Pettersson - Kempe Bratt - Eriksson Ek - Raymond Nyquist - Lindholm - Arvidsson Defensemen: Hedman - Brodin Ekholm - Karlsson Dahlin - Forsling Goalies: Gustavsson (Starter) Ullmark Scratches: Carlsson, Andersson, Ersson

The Czechs winning a medal without Davidova is very impressive. Very happy for them!

Exciting race for 2nd between . could also get in there

Now a penalty loop for Sweden

Based on their practice today, Canada will be rolling out a powerplay unit of Crosby, MacKinnon, Makar, McDavid and Reinhart @Josh