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The Monaco Grand Prix is supposedly the most prestigious race. But few people remember the winners, unlike the Indy 500 whose winners are revered. Also the race itself is often boring. The Daytona 500 is the msot viewed race in the United States. But it has very random winners, unlike the Indy 500 where only the top drivers win. The problem with the Indy 500 is that drivers are little known. Dixon and Power aren't nearly as popular as the Andrettis and Unsers two decades ago. The other IndyCar races have very few viewers.

The tournament's organization is less than ideal. There's no ice, cold water or air conditioning at the hotel or training facilities. https://www.tycsports.com/polideportivo/el-centro-sur-en-maringa-un-retroceso-para-el-handball-sudamericano-20200121.html

Smallest field ever.

The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is next week at Dübendorf, Switzerland.

World Rugby wants to fit a 16-team men's tournament and a 12-team women's tournament in 2 days. Therefore, there are no quarter-finals, just Cup semis and place matches for the rest. Absoultely insane.

https://twitter.com/SebLoebMLDC/status/1220634796482793472

The 2020 NBA All-Star starters were nominated. There are three rookies: Doncic, Siakam and Trae Young.

Back to Olympic qualifiers, I think that world rankings should never replace qualifier tournaments. In a qualifier, any team has the chance to win. Meanwhile, many world rankings are rigged so the top teams get invited to tournaments and get more ranking points (I'm looking at you, volleyball). The world championship can be used to qualify teams at large, but regional quotas should be compulsory.

International baseball isn't a big thing because the Major League Baseball refuses to release players. Imagine if Panama hosted the United States national team... it would be a national holiday.

Mathematically we have a chance!

Hosting an Olympics is very expensive. I understand that many politicians oppose them.

The South American Rugby Super League (yes it's rugby union) will debut in late February. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Súper_Liga_Americana_de_Rugby_2020 The 6 teams will be Ceibos (Argentina), Corinhians (Brazil), Selknam (Chile), Cafeteros (Colombia), Olimpia (Paraguay), and Peñarol (Uruguay). Ceibos is based in Córdoba. Selknam and Cafeteros are basically national teams. The other three are football clubs. All teams but Cafeteros will play a double round robin. The top four teams will play semis and final, whereas the bottom ranked team will play Cafeteros.

The three windows will be February 20-24, November 26-30, and February 18-22.

There was a severe conflict between the AFA and the major clubs because of the clashing schedules.

Stages in Argentina had massive crowds, even in the middle of nowhere.

Concacaf Women's Olympic qualifier squads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CONCACAF_Women's_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship_squads

There are five players from Los Angeles FC, that's very curious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CONMEBOL_Pre-Olympic_Tournament

3 weeks until the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifiers.

Laureus World Sports Awards nominees: https://www.laureus.com/world-sports-awards/2020 The ceremony will be on Monday 17 February in Berlin.

Rally Dakar crashes: https://www.reddit.com/r/rally/comments/ep3g9u/fernando_alonso_crash_in_dakar_rally/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rally/comments/ep3l4n/r_starikovich_crash_in_dakar_rally/

What's the point of the Olympic qualifier? Didn't they just finished playing the FIBA AmeriCup?

Roman gladiators fought on sand... :D

As for the real Olympics, I think that individual sports should be held under team formats. The most obvious case is all types of circuit racing, which can be held as relays. The badminton tournament should have a similar format to the Sudirman Cup. Same for the Olympic tennis tournament. Also I think that combined events like decathlon, heptathlon, triathlon and biathlon should be prioritary.

I'd like a tournament where a single team of 12 players practices a different sport discipline every day. Say volleyball on Monday, roller hockey on Tuesday, futsal on Wednesday, box lacrosse on Friday, handball on Saturday, basketball on Sunday. Also I would like a unicycle games.