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LOL They should wait until the end of the first round of the real World Cup that way England could join them just like the teams losing in Champions League playing for the Europa Cup.

Yes, the goal Buffon conceded against Sweden in the 1st leg was a deflection he could do absolutely nothing about. He's always struck me as a good guy who is quick to shake the hands of opponents even after tough losses. I can't quite say the same about Daniele De Rossi, who also announced his...

Ireland 1 Denmark 4 with 15 minutes to go in Dublin. The fans are singing 'The Fields of Athenry" - ie. dwelling in the loserdom they seem to cherish as a part of their identity. Christian Eriksen has been fantastic scoring a hat-trick. The Danish team started with 9 whites, one black (Sisto...

Swiss players with names like Admir Mehmedi, Breel Embolo, Ricardo Rodríguez, and Haris Seferovic will be at next year's World Cup. They beat NI 1-0 over two legs thanks to a disputed penalty. I don't think they'll go far in Russia.

The Croats look to be on their way to Russia. Northern Ireland lost 0-1 to Switzerland, thanks to a dodgy penalty, but the Swiss team were much better. I expect them to get at least a draw, probably a win, in the 2nd leg at home. The big story though for the playoffs thus far was today's...

Watching Red Star Belgrade hosting Arsenal (Europa League) I think The "Serbian" team are as black as the "English" team. Red Star have three black Africans. It's not deterring their infamous Ultra fans though as they are cheering more wildly for their boys than any American football stadium...

Croatia usually wait to the actual tournament (Euro, World Cup) itself before they underachieve! Greece have a history of, as you say, bunkering down, and it's certainly worked for them a few times but I still expect Croatia to go through. I'm also hoping Denmark beat Ireland. (As an aside, I...

Playoffs set: Northern Ireland v Switzerland The somewhat Swiss team will be favourites but they were really lame in their last match. It's possible that because they just needed a draw in that match against Portugal that Switzerland were caught in two minds between defending and getting a goal...

Wasn't sure where to put this but Germans gonna German: https://www.yahoo.com/news/knee-comes-germany-hertha-solidarity-150935939--spt.html Hertha Berlin nodded to social struggles in the United States by kneeling before its Bundesliga home game on Saturday. Hertha's starting lineup linked...

Bit harsh on Slovakia, especially as they conceded a late goal against Scotland that ended up costing them big time. They'd be a better team to have in Russia than Australians who struggle with Syria. Way too many non-European teams get in. Maybe the two Irelands will end up playing each other...

I saw the German players celebrating after their first match of the U17 World Cup. Their star was a mustachioed Asian and their goalie seemed to be praying to Mecca. Of course, just because they are in the U17, or even U19, side doesn't mean they'll end up being stars but still it's not...

She's a graceless boorish loudmouth. She has been for a while but her recent success has made her worse. For example, the other day during her post-match on-court interview she kind of disparaged her mixed doubles partner's performance in the previous round saying to a TV audience and packed...

To make it even worse the white girl, Coco Vandeweghe, is the most unlikeable of the four of them! Keyes is clearly mixed race - according to one website black father, mother of German & Irish background. She says she doesn't identify as either black or white. Sloane Stephens disappeared for...

He's not doing them much good at present as they are losing 2-0 to Northern Ireland. I know you mean Norway as you mentioned Sweden likely qualifying with France in Group A. I don't know what happened to Norwegian football but they have stunk up this group. They already lost to Azerbaijan...

France 0 Luxembourg 0.:D Coming off a victory against the Dutch France had 76% possession but failed against a team from a country with only 500k people. Although Luxembourg now have a vibrant or two of their own this was a victory of sorts for the European minnows against the Africanised...

Not exactly. It went five sets. Tiafoe played well for a ball-basher but clearly Federer is not 100%. Numerous times he didn't go for shots he wasn't that far from. Two weeks ago in the Masters final in Canada against Zverev he suddenly lost his motion and lots of mph on his serve, then faded...

Roland Garros and Wimbledon refused to give Sharapova a wild card. Bouchard - who is already looking like a never-was has-been - and several other players called her a cheater who should've been banned for life. It'll be interesting to hear the reception Sharapova gets: Will they boo her or...

Since there isn't a new Champions League thread I'll comment here about today's draw. A team I'd never heard of until this week, Qarabag, is in the 2017-18 CL. They come from Shia Muslim Azerbaijan - a country that always comes to my mind when I think of Europe - and they look like they will...

Some of you may know of the Mises Istitute. Here is an article from that site published but a day ago. Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Some of us have been familiar with the Mises spergs since the the early 90s. In the case of Ryan McMaken he is some kind of Hispanic...

ESPN sends this guy to Wimbledon and the US Open tennis tournaments. He sticks out like a sore thumb because he contributes absolutely nothing of value. I get the impression he only knows a couple of the players.

I watched the documentary last night, minus the first ten minutes or so. It was good but there weren't enough clips of him playing, though I guess there is a shortage of those because not all matches were filmed back then. I actually saw him playing for N Ireland against Holland in a WC...

The NHL players will not be at the next Olympics which are in Korea and therefore bad for North America TV. The owners also don't like the risk of injury to players going to a separate tournament which they don't benefit from. However, Bettman is speaking to Chinese government officials about...

The fact that the Left don't push for an end to sex segregation in sport just shows they don't actually believe their own race/gender/whatever-is-a-social construct rhetoric. It's about naked power and bullying others not principle. Ironic though that it is a lifelong lefty like McEnroe who is...

Those are decent ratings for relatively small cities without much national 'reach' (ie influence). After a slow start hockey actually seems to be working in Nashville, unlike so many other places in the south. I'm quite surprised by that. Even the Titans NFL team doesn't seem all that big in...

It doesn't seem that long ago when teams like Ajax Amsterdam or FC Porto (ie teams from smaller countries) could make it to the final rounds of the European Cup. I'm not a total stick in the mud; I understand that times change. But the whole structure of European football is now just a sporting...