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Czech Republic - Japan 3-2 (GWS)

Bosnia and Herzegovina with first ever historic win

Interesting thread, just discovered it here well, for Slovakia it´s hard to post football fans video, in our league there something around attendance 350-500 peoples per match no one care about our domestic football.. so ofc I have to post only hockey hockey, slovak religion

Slovakia relegated.. well done girls !!! congrats to making peoples in your country proud..

Olympic Stadium Sports: Athletics (track and field events), Football Zone MARACANA Location: Engenho de dentro Zone Constructed for the 2007 Pan-American Games and currently the home of Botafogo Football Club, the capacity of the stadium known also as dr. Joao havelange Stadium will be temporarily increased from 45,000 to 60,000 for the Olympic. The Stadium will stage some preliminary round matches of Football tournaments during the first week and also will host all the Athletics track and field program of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games during the whole second week. After the games the venue will remain the premier Athletics Stadium in Brazil for major competitions. The stadium has a permanent tenant in the Botafogo Football Club, ensuring full use and sustainability. The planned urban renewal projects are part of a combined long-term effort by the City and Federal Governments to revitalize the wider zone of Engenho de Dentro surrounding the venue.

Updated as of March 31st, 2016

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Men’s Div. III begins Six teams, free live stream The Turkish team in front of its fans at last year’s IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III in Izmir. The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III begins today in Istanbul with six teams competing for promotion to the next level. South Africa, host Turkey, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Georgia and Bosnia & Herzegovina will play in the six-team round-robin event from 31 March until 6 April. The schedule was adjusted due to the late withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates. One year ago DPR Korea won the tournament thanks to a 4-3 overtime win against host Turkey, then in Izmir, in front of 2,135 fans and earned promotion. They are replaced by South Africa, which was relegated from the Division II Group B. Last year Turkey won silver and Luxembourg the bronze medals. All games will be streamed live and for free. Games of the Turkish national team will also be televised by NTV Spor and Sports TV respectively. It’s the first men’s senior tournament of this year’s IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program. The Division II groups will start on 9 April in Jaca (Spain) and Mexico City (Mexico) followed by the Division I Group B in Zagreb (Croatia) 17-23 April and the Division I Group A in Katowice (Poland) 23-29 April. The top division will start on 6 May with the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship taking place in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Free Livestream Here

The Figure Skating World Championships started yesterday in Boston (USA) and the top favorite Yuzuru Hanju of Japan is already far ahead of the next field with 110.56 after his short program, followed by Javier Fernandez of Spain with a provisional score 98.52 and the Canadian Patrick Chan third with 94.84. the top 24 athletes advance to the finals (Free Routine) here the standings http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG001.HTM In the Ice Dance event, Another top favorites are performing very well, The French pair Gabriela Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron won the short dance with an amount of score 76.29 in front of the home pairs Maia and Alex Shibutani (74.70) and Madison Chock/Evan Bates (72.46). The top 20 pairs advance to the final round. Very nice perf also from our pair Federica Testa/Lukáš Csolley currently in very solid 12th place, They personal best at WCH is still 15th rank, so let´s hope they will improve it this year here the standings afte the short dance http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG007.HTM

Maracana Stadium Sports: Football, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony Zone MARACANA Location: Maracana Station Probably the most famous and known sport venue of Brazil and Rio. hardly you can find someone who don´t know about or has never heard about the fabled maracana. Definitely one of the most epic temples of the world football. So it´s surely not a surprise that the legendary Maracana has been chosen as one of the venues of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games. The Maracana Stadium will host during the games some matches of both Football tournaments, including the decisive games. But the organizing committee also selected this time this famous landmark as the venue, which will stage both Ceremonies, The Opening and Closing. Originally constructed in 1950 for the FIFA World Cup, Before the recently finished renovation the world’s largest football stadium offered comfortable space for 100’000 people. In the year 1954 183513 people assisted a game between Brazil and Paraguay! For the Olympic games 2016 the Maracana stadium was completely renovated. The total capacity is now reduced to 73531 visitors.

István Lévai caught on meldonium... what a idiot

Football +18

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Trieste (ITA) - 03.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Group A: Canada France Hungary Romania Russia Slovakia Group B: Germany Italy Kazakhstan Netherlands South Africa Spain Preliminary Round 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations will Qualify to Quarterfinals Group A Russia 6 - 7 Canada (Score by Period: 1-1, 2-2, 2-1, 1-3) 3rd April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste France 7 - 13 Hungary (Score by Period : 0-6, 4-2, 0-3, 3-2) 3rd April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Slovakia 11 - 13 Romania (Score by Period : 4-3, 2-5, 3-2, 2-3) 3rd April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Canada 14 - 14 Hungary (Score by Period: 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 3-1) 4th April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Romania 11 - 12 France (Score by Period : 4-3, 3-3, 3-4, 1-2) 4th April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 7 - 4 Slovakia (Score by Period : 2-0, 3-3, 0-1, 2-0) 4th April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Hungary 12 - 8 Romania (Score by Period: 4-2, 2-3, 4-1, 2-2) 5th April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Slovakia 9 - 11 Canada (Score by Period : 2-2, 1-5, 3-2, 3-2) 5th April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste France 12 - 11 Russia (Score by Period : 3-3, 5-4, 2-2, 2-2) 5h April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Canada 10 - 10 Romania (Score by Period: 2-2, 5-3, 3-4, 0-1) 6h April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 8 - 18 Hungary (Score by Period : 2-6, 3-5, 1-4, 2-3) 6h April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Slovakia 8 - 10 France (Score by Period : 2-0, 2-4, 3-4, 1-2) 6h April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste France 5 - 13 Canada (Score by Period: 0-1, 1-2, 2-4, 2-6) 7h April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Hungary 16 - 7 Slovakia (Score by Period : 5-4, 5-1, 2-1, 4-1) 7h April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 8 - 8 Romania (Score by Period : 3-1, 1-3, 3-3, 1-1) 7h April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Group A Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOST GF GR GD POINTS 1 Hungary 5 4 1 0 73 44 +29 9 2 Canada 5 3 2 0 55 44 +11 8 3 France 5 3 0 2 46 56 -10 6 4 Romania 5 1 2 2 50 53 -3 4 5 Russia 5 1 1 3 40 49 -9 3 6 Slovakia 5 0 0 5 39 57 -18 0 Group B Spain 5 - 7 Netherlands (Score by Period: 3-2, 0-2, 0-2, 2-1) 3rd April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste South Africa 4 - 23 Germany (Score by Period : 0-6, 2-4, 1-8, 1-5) 3rd April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 14 - 3 Kazakhstan (Score by Period : 4-1, 3-0, 4-1, 3-1) 3rd April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Kazakhstan 5 - 8 Netherlands (Score by Period: 0-3, 2-2, 2-2, 1-1) 4th April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Germany 5 - 10 Spain (Score by Period : 1-1, 1-0, 2-4, 1-5) 4th April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 22 - 3 South Africa (Score by Period : 5-1, 6-0, 7-1, 4-1) 4th April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Netherlands 9 - 8 Germany (Score by Period: 2-1, 2-2, 3-3, 2-2) 5th April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste South Africa 6 - 11 Kazakhstan (Score by Period : 3-3, 2-3, 1-3, 0-2) 5th April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Spain 9 - 8 Italy (Score by Period : 4-1, 2-2, 1-3, 2-2) 5h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Kazakhstan 11 - 11 Germany (Score by Period: 2-2, 3-3, 4-2, 2-4) 6h April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste South Africa 1 - 15 Spain (Score by Period : 1-3, 0-6, 0-4, 0-2) 6h April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 11 - 5 Netherlands (Score by Period : 3-1, 5-3, 2-0, 1-1) 6h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Spain 16 - 4 Kazakhstan (Score by Period: 3-2, 3-1, 7-0, 3-1) 7h April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Netherlands 17 - 7 South Africa (Score by Period : 4-2, 3-3, 4-0, 6-2) 7h April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 12 - 6 Germany (Score by Period : 1-1, 4-1, 4-1, 3-3) 7h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Group B Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOST GF GR GD POINTS 1 Italy 5 4 0 1 67 26 +41 8 2 Spain 5 4 0 1 55 25 +30 8 3 Netherlands 5 4 0 1 46 36 +10 8 4 Germany 5 1 1 3 53 46 +7 3 5 Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 34 55 -21 3 6 South Africa 5 0 0 5 21 88 -67 0 Qualified Nations for Quarterfinals Canada France Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Romania Spain

Škrteľ, absolutely out of shape, hope he´ll start to search his selfconfidence, because France 2016 is comming and he is our second most important player and team leader..

as usual. video of SVK National team Ireland - Slovakia 2-2 (2 penalties for IRL in 1 minute , the first one was a joke, the second was clear)

Well, I would have preferred if they wanted to add the team competitions to the olympics.

Maybe we will have 2 new events in the olympic program for Tokyo 2020 http://www.sportscene.tv/whitewater/canoe-slalom/news/canoe-slalom-cross-boater-cross-presented-at-icf-board-meeting-in-march

yes disaster, really embarassing results.. This is just shamefull. the situation in our womens hockey last few months is just unacceptable. the future looks very very bad..

Rio X-Park Whitewater Stadium Sports: Canoeing Slalom Zone DEODORO Location: Deodoro Rio Olympic X-Park The Whitewater Stadium is located within the X-Park section of Deodoro Olympic Park and will host the canoe slalom events. A permanent 250m long course with temporary support facilities and seating for 8,000. will leave a legacy for the sport in Brazil. Though the Rio course doesn’t boast the same gradient or steep drops as recent Olympic venues, the whitewater is nonstop from start to finish. Utilizing the same adjustable Rapidbloc system as the Lee Valley White Water Centre in London, the designers have configured the obstacles to create consistent, hole-laden whitewater. The main flow is quite powerful and punishing as it bounces off the blocks creating eddies. As a result, if a athlete mistime one stroke, it becomes extremely difficult to get the boat back on top of the water without exerting enormous amounts of energy.

Crushin' the Russians Johnston, Mikkelson, Krzyzaniak shine in romp Canada's Meaghan Mikkelson #12 celebrates with Tara Watchorn #27, Brianne Jenner #19, Rebecca Johnston #6 and Jennifer Wakefield #9 after a second period goal against Russia during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Host Canada exploded for six unanswered second-period goals and went on to thump Russia 8-1 for its first win of the 2016 tournament on Tuesday. Coach Laura Schuler's squad trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes, marking the first time Russia has ever held a lead over Canada at the Women's Worlds. But that'll be a historical footnote. Rebecca Johnston set the tone with a goal and three assists. Defenders Meaghan Mikkelson and Halli Krzyzaniak both scored twice. Jennifer Wakefield had a goal and a helper, and captain Marie-Philip Poulin and Emily Clark each added goals. Brianne Jenner chipped in four assists. "We just needed to get that first goal," said Johnston. "We had a lot of good chances in the first period. Going into the second period, we weren’t down on ourselves. We knew we just had to keep getting shots on net." Iya Gavrilova, a longtime star for the University of Calgary Dinos, tallied for Russia, which remains pointless. "The second period was the turning point," Gavrilova said. "I think when they scored on us, we tried to score again. And you can’t do that against teams like Canada and the U.S. You have to be patient. You have to play the same way we did in the first period. I think we just weren’t patient enough." Although Canada clearly outplayed Russia in the early going, Gavrilova silenced the home crowd when she stickhandled into the slot and whipped a shot past goalie Charline Labonte to make it 1-0 Russia at 13:29. It was her third goal so far in Kamloops. Just 40 seconds into the second period, Johnston notched the shorthanded equalizer. The Canadians raced into the Russian zone and Jenner found Johnston in the right faceoff circle, where she fired it past Russian starter Anna Prugova. At 3:07, Canada went up 2-1 thanks to Krzyzaniak. The Russians failed to clear it out of their zone, and the blueliner’s drive from the right point floated in. Only 35 seconds later, Wakefield powered to the net on a partial breakaway and pushed the puck through the goalie’s legs while crashing to the ice. "I think they just started to pour in after the first goal," Johnston said. Trailing 3-1, the Russians tried to switch up the momentum by switching goalies. Prugova -- who also played for the 2013 bronze medal team -- came out in favour of Maria Sorokina. But it wasn’t the magic bullet they desired. Mikkelson scored the next two Canadian goals, one at even-strength at 4:42 and the next on a 5-on-3 power play 38 seconds later. The roof had fallen in on Russia, and there was no way to disguise it. Five goals in under five minutes is a statement. "In the first period, we saw they were playing a bit of a trap," said Mikkelson. "So we just talked in the dressing room as a D-corps and said we needed to skate the puck a little bit more. Obviously, putting a couple in the net is always a plus." Mikkelson, returning to Canada's lineup after taking time off to become a mother, nearly completed the natural hat trick on a penalty shot after the Russians were whistled for illegally covering up the puck in the goal crease. However, Sorokina denied her deke. With 2:05 left in the second period, Krzyzaniak made it 6-1 on the power play, pinching into the faceoff circle and zinging it over Sorokina's left shoulder. "I think I just have a little bit more confidence shooting," said Krzynaziak. "We’ve had a lot of great screens in front and a lot of people creating chances for me." Russia failed to capitalize with an extended 5-on-3 advantage that overlapped the end of the second period and the start of the third. At this point, it was largely academic -- although Canada might be concerned about its lack of discipline. In fact, the red-and-white team totalled seven consecutive minors during this stretch. "I think that’s something we need to be better at moving forward: discipline," Mikkelson said. "We know kind of what the refs are going to call now, the little hooks and interference and sticks and all that. It’s good that this is happening early on in the tournament so that we know that it’s something we can’t do moving forward." At 13:19 of the third, Poulin made it 7-1 shorthanded on a beautiful give-and-go with Jenner. Clark rounded out the scoring on a nice flip shot with 2:08 left. Mikkelson raved about the Sandman Centre crowd and Canadian fans in general: "Whenever we play in Canada, we have such an incredible crowd that comes out and so much support. Our fans have been amazing so far. You hear from them on social media and everything. I think it’s important for them to know that we really feel their support." Canada improved its all-time Women's Worlds record versus Russia to eight wins and zero losses, dating back to 1997. It was the third time in tournament history Canada has beaten Russia 8-1. The host nation can clinch a semi-final berth on Thursday by defeating Finland. Also on Thursday, the Russians will hope for a better fate against the United States compared to last year's tournament. In Malmo, the U.S. hammered Russia 9-2 in round-robin play and 13-1 in the semi-finals. "We just gotta play all 60 minutes against them," Gavrilova said. "Teams like that, you have to stay patient, follow the system, and stay out of the box."

Canada - Russia 8-1

Japan gets blanked Swedes take revenge for last year Sweden's Pernilla Winberg #16 skates with the puck while Japan's Nana Fujimoto #1 defends her net during preliminary round - 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship. Swedish goalie Sara Grahn needed just 16 saves to record a 2-0 shutout over Japan on Tuesday night. It was Sweden’s second straight win in Group B. The Swedes were happy to beat the Japanese after falling 4-3 to them in a shootout in Malmo to kick off the 2015 Women’s Worlds. Even more importantly, this results puts Sweden in a great position for the quarter-finals. It was a tense, scoreless game through two periods. Pernilla Winberg, who led Sweden at the 2014 Olympics with seven points, got her team on the board unassisted just 59 seconds into the third. Emma Eliasson added a power play marker at 5:33 to make it 2-0. That was all the Damkronorna needed. Final shots favoured Sweden 35-16. Japan pulled goalie Nana Fujimoto with under two minutes to play, but couldn’t cash in with the extra attacker. The Japanese are winless through two games. Sweden will finish its preliminary round schedule against Switzerland on Thursday and the Japanese will face the Czechs.

Japan - Sweden 0-2

U.S. gets past Finland Raisanen busy, Lamoureux-Davidson scores winner USA's Hilary Knight #21 celebrates after scoring a first period goal against Finland's Meeri Raisanen #18 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Hilary Knight and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored for the defending champion Americans, who maintained their perfect record after beating host Canada in the opener on Monday. "Obviously, we got off to a slow start, but to come out with a W is huge," said Knight. Michelle Karvinen scored for Finland, who relied on overworked star goalie Meeri Raisanen to keep it close. "There were a lot of shots," said Raisanen. "It’s always like that. I think we played maybe the best game ever against the USA." The U.S. could have scored more, but seemed a little sluggish after yesterday's barn-burner. It wasn't a highlight-reel peformance, but it was another three points for coach Ken Klee's crew. The Finns, who won bronze last year, drew first blood on a nice 2-on-1 rush at 5:03. Riikka Valila slipped a sweet, short feed over to Karvinen, who beat U.S. goalie Jessie Vetter with a backhand deke. "Me and Riikka have a great chemistry," said Karvinen. "I knew I was going to get the puck back, and I went backhand over the pad. It felt good to get a one-goal lead." Despite being outplayed by the stronger, more skilled Americans, Finland looked set to head to the dressing room with the lead. But Knight spoiled those plans. Standing in front of the net, she tipped in her third goal of the tournament off Lee Stecklein’s wrister from the left point to make it 1-1 at 19:02. Raisanen, a tournament all-star in 2015, had to stay sharp as the U.S. fired away from all angles in the first. She made a great save on NCAA scoring ace Kendall Coyne's breakaway. The bombardment continued in the second period, with the Americans outshooting Finland 20-1. At 15:09, Lamoureux-Davidson scored from the low slot to put the U.S. up 2-1. Raisanen did her best to keep her team in it, stopping Dana Trivigno’s in-close deke with 1:34 left before the second buzzer. But it wasn't enough in the end. The Finns had a golden opportunity to tie it with about six minutes left, as Karvinen set up Petra Nieminen, but Vetter made her best save of the night. Rosa Lindstedt took an interference penalty with just over a minute remaining, killing Finnish hopes of an equalizer. The main concern for the Americans thus far might be that they're not filling the net at their usual rate. Last year, they had 37 goals in just five games. Still, given that they've just faced the two other teams who medaled last year in Canada and Finland, there's likely more scoring to come. "We had a great, hard, physical camp and came here and had two hard games," said Knight. "We just need to make sure our minds are set the right way and our bodies are healed up and ready to go." The Americans entered this game with a record of 13 wins, one tie, and one loss against Finland. The only Finnish win was a 1-0 overtime victory at the 2008 Women’s Worlds in Harbin, China on April 8, 2008. Heidi Pelttari scored there in sudden-death. On Thursday, the U.S. will take on Russia, while Finland faces Canada to round out the Group A slate. "We have a chance to go straight to the semi-final," said Karvinen. "We know we’re really good as a team. We have a really great system, which makes it hard for the top teams to play against us. We need to continue like this, but keep the puck within the team and not give it away. Otherwise, we’re not going to get any goals. But we’ll see. Anything canhappen."

Finland - United States 1-2