slikmar Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 I have to say, and not against anything else, glad Spain won and the player from England who intentionally stepped on the one from the Nigerian team wasn't, in effect, rewarded. I know would never be done, but I wanted so much to see the coach or someone basically tell her, when you get to the hotel, pack your bags. There is rough play, a lot of uncalled penalties in the WWC, but that was over the top. But as my brother pointed out from the men's side, it took a lot for a guy who was actually biting players to finally be removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 42 minutes ago, slikmar said: I have to say, and not against anything else, glad Spain won and the player from England who intentionally stepped on the one from the Nigerian team wasn't, in effect, rewarded. I know would never be done, but I wanted so much to see the coach or someone basically tell her, when you get to the hotel, pack your bags. There is rough play, a lot of uncalled penalties in the WWC, but that was over the top. But as my brother pointed out from the men's side, it took a lot for a guy who was actually biting players to finally be removed. It's fairly rare that actions like that draw much in the way of suspensions, even when deliberate. Also, note that the clubs have largely ceded ALL disciplinary power to the overseeing bodies...league, or FIFA in this case. That way they can avoid the wrath of fans and the player. "It was taken out of our hands!" The cases where really, truly egregious actions drew MAJOR suspensions? I didn't think it was this long ago, so I might be thinking of another one, but this is really bad. McSorley got less than 1/3 of a season for it. The one I can't find right now was more recent, I think...and there was talk of *criminal* charges. But...yeah, for a stomp, I'd have no problem imposing a 2nd game at least. World Cup elimination rounds? Tough noogies. Control yourself. Of course, that's not applied any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 She actually got 2 games, was in the round of 16. So she became eligible for the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 Ah...thank you. I sit corrected. Which is very uncomfortable, so I try to avoid it. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 24, 2023 Report Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) The World Athletic Championships are on. Here are some results. America and Australia agree to share Women's Pole Vault Gold https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66600733 Josh Kerr of Britain wins the Men's 1500m https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66595352 Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins second heptathlon title, four years after first and after recovering from injury https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66560986 America's Sha'Carri Richardson wins Women's 100m title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66569249 Edited August 24, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 26, 2023 Report Share Posted August 26, 2023 FIFA Suspends Spain Soccer Federation President After Nonconsensual World Cup Final Kiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 26, 2023 Report Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) Team DSM-Firmenich won the team time trail at the Vuelta with Lorenzo Milesi as the first leader https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66629350 Edited August 27, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) Andreas Kron wins stage 2 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66634748 Edited August 27, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 Max Verstappen wins the Dutch Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/66633708 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 I am amazed the race was resumed after that downpour that resulted in the first Red Flag I've seen watching Formula 1. It also marred the fact that before his crash Zhou Guanyu was having one of the best races of his career, especially early. Admittedly it's nearly impossible to win races if one of the opposing drivers is as utterly dominant as Max Verstappen, but how a mid-level to low-level F1 driver keeps their rides season after season is a question I've often wondered about. The driver is, if nothing else, the face of your team, and there are no bad drivers in F1 -- only unsuccessful ones. I wonder if Liam Lawson's respectable run as a backup driver in his first F1 race will net him a ride in 2024, and at whose expense. The sport really needs rivalry, though. You can only go so far if Verstappen wins easily pretty much three out of every four races. He needs to have someone rise up to challenge him the way he rose up to challenge Lewis Hamilton to bring out the best, both in himself and in his sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 Verstappen didn't rise up to challenge Hamilton. Red Bull rose up to challenge and surpass Mercedes. As structured, F1 racing is prone to these streaks of dominance. While the drivers are the public face of the sport, the constructors and their engineering teams are its true stars. It's 90% the cars provided and 10% on the drivers and race day crew. Red Bull currently has the best car and the only ones in shouting distance of them are Ferrari, McLaren and Merecedes. The situation is volatile because the construction regulations and parameters in F1 are much looser than NASCAR or Indy car racing so their cars have greater variation from the norm. But they place strict limits on how much money can be spent within any given racing season. If one team makes a better adjustment to the offseason changes, they can count on being at the top for that year unless their advantage is very slim. I'd love to see the F1 drivers do something like the old International Race of Champions series. The top 8-12 drivers and their crews would compete in a series of races with identical cars from one manufacturer and would have to rotate cars and crews from race to race so they never drove the same one twice. That way we could have a points system for both drivers and crews and a fairer gague of each's skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 Simone Biles wins record eighth US all round title in gymnastics https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/66636944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 28, 2023 Report Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) Remco Evenepoel wins stage 3 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66640897 Edited August 28, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 (edited) Kaden Groves won stage 4 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66650677 Edited August 30, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Venus Williams.....please retire. US Open first round, she had to get a wild card, which was strictly based on her record. First round, playing a qualifier. First set was a 6-1 blitz. Second set? I switched away when it was 4-0, 40-love...Venus had won only 5 points in the entire set. She earned massive credit for all she did, but she's 43. Her rank is 400...that won't even get you invited to the qualifying rounds. There comes a point when enough is enough. EDIT: match over. Madden wins, 6-1, 6-1. Total points, 62-36. EDIT 2: my bad. She went through qualifying, she didn't get a wild card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) Kaden Groves wins stage 5 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66662226 Edited August 30, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) Sepp Kuss wins stage 6 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66675713 Edited August 31, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) Geoffrey Soupe wins stage 7 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66689033 Edited September 1, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 Novak Djokovic gets through the third round after losing the first two sets. I think he went into Super Saiyan Mode in the third set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) Primoz Roglic wins stage 8 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66696519 Edited September 2, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 3, 2023 Report Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) Leonard Kamna wins stage 9 of the Vuelta. He now has the set of wins at the Giro, Tour de France and Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66703239 Olav Kooij wins stage 1 of the Tour of Britain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66702518 Max Verstappen wins Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix for 10th consecutive win https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/66701564 Edited September 3, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) Olav Kooij wins stage 2 of the Tour of Britain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66709878 Edited September 4, 2023 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 Novak Djokovic is through to the quarterfinals in the US Open. On the women's side, Iga Swiatek lost to Jelena Ostapenko, which also means Swiatek will lose her #1 rank after the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 Women's tennis routinely sees major upsets and shifts in the rankings. #3 Pegula lost today, dropping her to #4 currently...both Gauff and Vondrousova can pass Pegula. Upsets hit the men early...Rune lost first round, Tsitsipas and Ruud 2nd round. They started the event at 4, 5, and 7 in the rankings. On the up side, Ben Shelton's a 20 year old American who started the year just inside the top 100; he only turned pro last year. QF at the Aussie Open took him from 89 to 44. Bits and pieces here and there, kind of a mixed bag for the summer...but another run to the QF of the US Open has jumped him again, from 47 to 27. It also means he sits 4th in the ATP Next Generation standings, the season-ending 'championship' event for players 21 and under. Which is effectively #2...because #1 is Alcaraz and #2 is Rune. They'll skip that, to play the ATP Finals the next week. And, if he can stay in the top 32 going into and through the Aussie...the Sunshine Double, Indian Wells and Miami, both expanded to 96 entries (rather than 64) and thus 32 seeds. So, he gets a seed, and is guaranteed to play a non-seed in the 2nd round, after the bye. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Filippo Ganna wins stage 10 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66723066 Kooij wins stag 3 of the Tour of Britain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66713755 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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