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I'm afraid I have little time to vote.

I'm afraid I have little time to vote.

That is real ROFL )))))
 
Russia has a "Friendship cup" in Perm these days.
 
They announced 4 team: 3 national teams - russia, Venezuela, Colombia and "Parma" (local basketball club).
Propaganda described it as an international tournament to show that russian sport is not totally blocked.
Kirilenko was happy to see national teeams from South America.
 
And...
 
"Parma" won the first quarter against Colombia  - 41:2
Total score - 155:53.
 
And... Colombian basketball federation stated that they did not send national team there )))
Furthermore - they even  did not receive invitation ))))
 
P.S. It looks like none of that players played for Colombia ever ))
 
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And here you have a quick summary of rugby rules if you needed to explain it to your non-sport-fans-friends before Saturday's finals;)
 
 

Carlos Alcaraz found the Dutch hockey ladies and is.....busy  
 
 

Try button at the bottom right of the screen. It allows to switch language of commentary if available on Max

And that’ll do it!
 
 WIN THE COPA AMERICA!!! 

But as the old Irish saying goes, we must live in hope, should we die in despair.
 
We never win a large number of medals - our sporting landscape historically has been almost anti-Olympic - horseracing, GAA, pre-Olympic golf, Men's soccer, Rugby (15s), and the one or two times we did well, Our swimmer ended up pissing pure Jamesons, and our horse was a junkie. We had the odd excellent boxer, it's true, and a history in middle distance athletics that had seemed to be just that, history.
 
And we were understandbly uncomfortable with the pretty benign but still there jingoism of our big and frankly rather successful Olympic neighbour (hell, I'm part of that too with my odd split Olympic loyalties). It's easy to love the Olympics when you're good at 'em
 
Suddenly, on a much smaller (obviously) scale, with some basic state funding along the GB model, we've discovered we can do some of this stuff. We can row a rowboat, we can sail a sailboat, we can paddle a ... paddleboat, so long as its downhill, we can swing around a horse as well as ride them, we're no' bad at the oul 7's, or with a hockey stick (give some of our lads a hurling stick and watch the mayhem!), we're still good at punching people, our girls even more so than our boys (like we didn't secretly know that for decades!), but we have a lad who is not bad at kicking them too, and we've found a number of good swimmers, none of whom so far are burning the arse out of the test tubes they have to pee in.
 
It's wonderful, and some of them are going to break our hearts, and we need to embrace that.
 
We must live in hope, should we die in despair.

Oh we want the gossip now 

We just got eliminated from the Copa América with serious controversy. And nobody watches Claro Sports. So nobody knows that the Olympics are upcoming.

The Olympic delegation is set with 25 competitors in nine sports.
 
Gold medal winners will get US$ 25 k, 15 for silver, 10 k for bronze, and 8 k for a diploma (top 8). The rugby team would get triple to be split between players.

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Juegos-Olimpicos-de-Paris-Uruguay-participara-con-25-deportistas-en-nueve-deportes-uc893360

I can't believe that Bielsa went full Bilardo in telling players to play dirty against its rivals. It isn't just unfair play, but also a bad strategy. Now everybody hates us, and several players will be suspended for months.

I can't believe that Bielsa went full Bilardo in telling players to play dirty against its rivals. It isn't just unfair play, but also a bad strategy. Now everybody hates us, and several players will be suspended for months.

A fight broke out on the stands after the game.
 
 

Lukaku offside Goal 

Uruguay has just 10 Olympic medals, so there's not much to choose.
 
The top two are the 1924 and 1928 gold medals in football, of course.
 
The latest medal was a silver by cyclist Milton Wynants in 2000.

The plena is not my style. But as long as it's not cumbia villera I'm fine.

It's stupid that the 12 playoffs teams are selected with results of the UNL instead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers, which were played later.

Tournament results are public records, they should never be copyrightable.

So the 2025 men's and women's world championships will have 32 teams: the defending champions, the top 3 teams from the 5 continental championships held in 2023, and the 15 next teams in the world rankings.
 
As I've mentioned many times, I think that world rankings should be used for seeding, never for qualifying.
 
But the big problem is that most teams won't play a single match next year, so they can't climb up...

It's stupid that the 12 playoffs teams are selected with results of the UNL instead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers, which were played later.

It's stupid that the 12 playoffs teams are selected with results of the UNL instead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers, which were played later.

Uruguay claimed 2 golds, 5 silvers and 3 bronzes at the Pan American Games. This our second best performance ever (the best was 1963 with 4 golds).
 
Gold:
 
Rowing - men's quadruple sculls (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Leandro Salvagno & Marcos Sarraute). Rowing - men's double pair (Eric Seawright / Martín Zócalo).  
Silver
 
Athletics - 800 m (Deborah Rodríguez). Basque pelota - Frontball (Leonella Acosta). Sailing - 49er (Fernando Diz / Hernán Umpierre). Rowing - men's coxless pair (Leandro Rodas y Esteban Sosa). Rowing - men's eight (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Mauricio López, Leandro Salvagno, Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Rodas, Eric Seawright, Martín Zócalo & Romina Cetraro).  
Bronze
 
Basque pelota - double trinquete (Agustina Cuestas & Sofía Vicente). Cycling - men's road race (Eric Fagúndez). Rowing - men's coxless four (Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Salvagno, Eric Seawright & Martín Zócalo).  
4th place
 
Athletics - men's long jump (Emiliano Lasa). Athletics - men's 5,000 m (Santiago Catrofe). Canoeing - men's K-2 500 m (Matías Otero / Julián Cabrera). Cycling - men's road time trial (Eric Fagúndez). Rowing - men's single sculls (Bruno Cetraro). Sailing - ILCA 6 (Dolores Moreira). Sailing - snipe (Pablo Defazio / Dominique Knuppel).  
In addition, Manuela Rotundo got a new national record in women's discus throw with 58.35 m.
 
Sailor Fernando Diz and Basque pelotari Leonella Acosta were the closing ceremony flagbearers.

I started uploading my photos.
 
Women's sevens: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rugby_sevens_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_-_Women's_tournament
 
Field hockey: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Field_hockey_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games

I started uploading my photos.
 
Women's sevens: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rugby_sevens_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_-_Women's_tournament
 
Field hockey: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Field_hockey_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games