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5 votes
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Top-flight match in Norway abandoned when fans staged protest against the use of video assistant referees by throwing fishcakes, tennis balls and smoke bombs on the pitch
7 votes -
Ghanaian authorities are investigating after several individuals claiming to be para-athletes and their support staff reportedly absconded during a trip to Norway
3 votes -
Kalle Rovanperä won his second World Rally Championship event in succession at Rally Latvia – late heartbreak for home hero Mārtiņš Sesks
9 votes -
Celtic have signed Denmark captain Kasper Schmeichel on a one-year deal after the goalkeeper led his country to the last sixteen of Euro 2024
3 votes -
US-based Haas team have decided to drop Kevin Magnussen for the 2025 Formula 1 season
16 votes -
Enzo Fernandez
I am assuming all of you have seen the latest issue with Enzo's chant made in 2022 - it's not ok! I've read and have been told all sort of defense that range from different sensibilities to a more...
I am assuming all of you have seen the latest issue with Enzo's chant made in 2022 - it's not ok! I've read and have been told all sort of defense that range from different sensibilities to a more crass approach but no foul was meant etc., Nope, sorry, no excuse. True, Argentina has perhaps a population that is a homogeneous society like some have said, how true, I don't know, however they are not indigenous to the area. In the year 2024 to have a myopic view speaks more to the ignorance of the person or group defending it let alone those who chant it than anything else. I've found a video that has the chant itself and at least the presenter had the good sense to pull back from it.
Hinchada Argentina vs. Francia (Qatar 2022) Escuchen, corran la bola
4 votes -
Hundreds of fans breach security before COPA America final
What happened yesterday has no place in any sport! I hope that those that created the mayhem and the stadium managers are held accountable. Scenes like what we saw yesterday has happened before in...
What happened yesterday has no place in any sport! I hope that those that created the mayhem and the stadium managers are held accountable. Scenes like what we saw yesterday has happened before in other parts of the world in big football events like yesterday's game. I am surprised more people didn't get hurt. What a disgrace! I don't know if this stadium has a general manager and a security manager but both should be fired. What I saw from social media posts and TV was a complete lack of crowd control and unpreparedness by this stadium. Loved the game, could have gone either way if it wasn't for an incredible play by Argentina. Quite frankly I am surprised that the game was played at all but I suppose the mighty dollar comes first among all.
6 votes -
Sting Ray Robb goes airborne in wild last-lap incident at IndyCar Iowa 250
12 votes -
British F4 race in Zandvoort abandoned after massive start-line crash
This is an absolute clusterfuck. Nobody was injured, which is good. article video
12 votes -
US Soccer fires men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter
13 votes -
After a near eight-month search for a new national team manager, the Republic of Ireland have made the surprise appointment of Icelander Heimir Hallgrímsson
4 votes -
Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
What a race -- Silverstone delivers, again!
Due to the bouts of rain, it was definitely a race centered around tire and pit stategy. Friends and I were constantly analyzing the tires changes.
Congrats to Lewis Hamilton for P1! 9th victory at Silverstone, and first win in like 2.5yrs. He's not "my" driver, but it's hard to not be happy for him for him! I thought McLaren was going to get the 1-2, but McLaren strategy shit the bed, hard. Just goes to show that speed isn't always everything (unless the team is Mercedes pre-2021).
Checo did not get his amazing performance, which was expected starting from the pitlane, but I imagine he was still valuable by providing data to the team for Max. So that's something. Though I was a little perplexed with Ferrari and Leclerc. At one point Leclerc was right next to Sainz in the Top 10. Then Leclerc pitted too early and never recovered. Maybe just poor strategy. As usual.
Anyway, triple header is over -- Two weeks til Hungary.
Off-topic, but there's an IndyCar race today as well. First showing of their new hybrid engines.
Also, thank you to @EmperorPenguin for posting the Austrian post-race discussion last week.
Next race:
Hungarian Grand Prix
Hungaroring
Sunday, July 21Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 52 1:22:27.059 25 2 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 52 +1.465s 18 3 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 52 +7.547s 15 4 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 52 +12.429s 12 5 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 52 +47.318s 11 6 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 52 +55.722s 8 7 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 52 +56.569s 6 8 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 52 +63.577s 4 9 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 52 +68.387s 2 10 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 52 +79.303s 1 11 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 52 +88.960s 0 12 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 52 +90.153s 0 13 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 51 +1 lap 0 14 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 51 +1 lap 0 15 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 51 +1 lap 0 16 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 50 +2 laps 0 17 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 +2 laps 0 18 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 50 +2 laps 0 NC 63 George Russell MERCEDES 33 DNF 0 NC 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 0 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Carlos Sainz
Source: F1.com
Since we're halfway through the season -- though still not at the summer break -- I'll post the WCC and WDC as well.
World Drivers Championship Standings -- SPOILER
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY CAR PTS 1 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 255 2 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN MERCEDES 171 3 Charles Leclerc MON FERRARI 150 4 Carlos Sainz ESP FERRARI 146 5 Oscar Piastri AUS MCLAREN MERCEDES 124 6 Sergio Perez MEX RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 118 7 George Russell GBR MERCEDES 111 8 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 110 9 Fernando Alonso ESP ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 45 10 Lance Stroll CAN ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 23 11 Nico Hulkenberg GER HAAS FERRARI 22 12 Yuki Tsunoda JPN RB HONDA RBPT 20 13 Daniel Ricciardo AUS RB HONDA RBPT 11 14 Oliver Bearman GBR FERRARI 6 15 Pierre Gasly FRA ALPINE RENAULT 6 16 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 5 17 Alexander Albon THA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 4 18 Esteban Ocon FRA ALPINE RENAULT 3 19 Zhou Guanyu CHN KICK SAUBER FERRARI 0 20 Logan Sargeant USA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0 21 Valtteri Bottas FIN KICK SAUBER FERRARI 0 Source: F1.com
World Constructors Championship Standings -- SPOILER
POS TEAM PTS 1 RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 373 2 FERRARI 302 3 MCLAREN MERCEDES 295 4 MERCEDES 221 5 ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 68 6 RB HONDA RBPT 31 7 HAAS FERRARI 27 8 ALPINE RENAULT 9 9 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 4 10 KICK SAUBER FERRARI 0 Source: F1.com
24 votes -
Tab Ramos speaks!
3 votes -
What if we can? The incredible comeback of legendary boxer/mixed martial artist, Butterbean.
8 votes -
Novak Djokovic says he expects "fireworks on court" when he takes on Holger Rune for a place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals
5 votes -
Only locals should be allowed to attend the Olympics
11 votes -
Argentina vs Canada handicap
Great moment in time What a surprise Canada has been, congratz to the Canadian fans. Odds are against them winning on their next game but here I am thinking. IMO if the game develops like that of...
Great moment in time
What a surprise Canada has been, congratz to the Canadian fans. Odds are against them winning on their next game but here I am thinking. IMO if the game develops like that of Germany vs Spain, I think Canada has a chance. The biggest thing that is controversial is if Messi is not in the lineup. If Messi is in the lines up I see Argentina not playing as well and Canada having the upper hand. I love watching Messsi but he is not playing well, playing hurt etc., I was lucky to go to the stadium, in the Chile vs Argentina game and it's very noticeable his participation is not great though arguably one would want him in vs out. Alright Canucks let's see what you got!4 votes -
US Soccer fails to deliver
Carli Lloyd & Alexi Lalas react I've can't with the USMNT anymore. I have been so invested with the team over the years but US Soccer has one consistent failure after another. Yesterday after the...
Carli Lloyd & Alexi Lalas react
I've can't with the USMNT anymore. I have been so invested with the team over the years but US Soccer has one consistent failure after another. Yesterday after the failed Copa America campaign to tune back into what others are saying and once again I hear the same thing: US Soccer isn't going to change and stay the course! So there you have it everyone! Wondering what folks outside the USA think about our situation, what do you recommend or change if you could?17 votes -
Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
JCPhoenix is out today, so I went ahead and filled in!
Bad day for Red Bull on their own track. Max messed up, and Checo is a bit of a Haas sandwich!
Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 63 George Russell Mercedes 71 1:24:22.798 25 2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes 71 +1.906s 18 3 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 71 +4.533s 15 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 +23.142s 12 5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 71 +37.253s 10 6 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 71 +54.088s 8 7 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 71 +54.672s 6 8 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 71 +60.355s 4 9 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB Honda RBPT 71 +61.169s 2 10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 71 +61.766s 1 11 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 71 +67.056s 0 12 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 71 +68.325s 0 13 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 70 +1 lap 0 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB Honda RBPT 70 +1 lap 0 15 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 70 +1 lap 0 16 77 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber Ferrari 70 +1 lap 0 17 24 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber Ferrari 70 +1 lap 0 18 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 70 +1 lap 0 19 2 Logan Sargeant Williams Mercedes 69 +2 laps 0 20 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 64 +7 laps 0 Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Source: F1.com
15 votes -
Germany's Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala shrug off storm delay to sink furious Denmark and head through to the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-finals
10 votes -
Ballkids? No thanks, we’ll stick to boys and girls says Wimbledon. – Change comes slowly at the All England Club, which will not follow the other Grand Slams by scrapping the gender-specific titles
7 votes -
Why Copa America is being played on small fields – and what it means
9 votes -
The Lakers select Bronny James in the second round of the NBA draft
10 votes -
Kalle Rovanperä has pulled off a remarkable victory in Rally Poland, despite only entering the rally five days earlier as a last-minute stand-in for eight-time WRC champion Sébastien Ogier
4 votes -
Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a marvel of physics
6 votes -
Detroit Pistons have taken Swedish forward Bobi Klintman in the 2024 NBA Draft after trading with the Minnesota Timberwolves
2 votes -
Newcastle will do everything in their power to keep Alexander Isak on Tyneside – valued at more than £115m to deter Arsenal and Chelsea
6 votes -
Denmark finished second in UEFA Euro 2024 Group C by virtue of having a better disciplinary record than Slovenia after a dull draw with Serbia
13 votes -
Rising talent Sami Pajari's maiden World Rally Championship outing pushed back to Rally Finland as Toyota look to chase down Hyundai in the upcoming Rally Latvia
3 votes -
Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Busy today so can't do a write-up -- Sorry!
Next race:
Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring
Sunday, June 30Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 66 1:28:20.227 25 2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 66 +2.219s 19 3 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 66 +17.790s 15 4 63 George Russell MERCEDES 66 +22.320s 12 5 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 66 +22.709s 10 6 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 66 +31.028s 8 7 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 66 +33.760s 6 8 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 66 +59.524s 4 9 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 66 +62.025s 2 10 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 66 +71.889s 1 11 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 66 +79.215s 0 12 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 65 +1 lap 0 13 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 65 +1 lap 0 14 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 65 +1 lap 0 15 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 65 +1 lap 0 16 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 65 +1 lap 0 17 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 65 +1 lap 0 18 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 65 +1 lap 0 19 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 65 +1 lap 0 20 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 64 +2 laps 0 Fastest Lap: Lando Norris
Source: F1.com
12 votes -
Two-time World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanperä admits his performances during his part-time WRC schedule this year haven't matched up to his own high standard
7 votes -
Denmark's male footballers have decided to refuse a pay rise for playing for the national team in order to ensure their female counterparts get equal basic pay
34 votes -
Anyone watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend?
I watch it every year, though it's not ideal to follow from the Pacific time zone of the United States. My daughter and I always get up super early on Sunday morning (6 AM) to watch the last hour...
I watch it every year, though it's not ideal to follow from the Pacific time zone of the United States.
My daughter and I always get up super early on Sunday morning (6 AM) to watch the last hour of the race. My dad has started coming over to our house to watch the last hour with us, too.
14 votes -
Christian Eriksen marked his return at UEFA Euro 2024 with a special goal – but Slovenia responded to draw with Denmark in Stuttgart
8 votes -
Christian Eriksen's presence at UEFA Euro 2024 is less about creative inspiration than an affirmation of the game's greatest values
4 votes -
Kasper Hjulmand's Danish team reached the semis three years ago but UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers showed that some of the problems from the 2022 World Cup remain
3 votes -
Swedish golf sensation Ludvig Åberg leads US Open by one shot after a fine display on a challenging second day at Pinehurst, North Carolina
6 votes -
Pickleball: America’s new favourite sport
6 votes -
28yo football player beaten to death in three-on-one after defending/stepping in to help weaker person
13 votes -
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen made another chapter of history at the European Athletics Championships as he became the first man to win six individual golds
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Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Oh hey, I'm back! Sorry for not doing a post-race report for Monaco. I straight-up forgot about the report. Was hardly a race, anyway.
But Canada, Oh, Canada...Now that was a race! All weekend, the rain (and even hail) had been causing chaos, and the rain delivered even more on Sunday. Around Lap 32, I realized that we still we had half a race to go! At one point early in the race, KMag had cut his way through the field to P4/P5 on Wets while everyone else was on Inters, but as the track dried, he wasn't able to keep it. Still ended up P11, 7 places up from where he started.
Unfortunately, not a great weekend for Ferrari, both starting just outside of the top 10, and then both cars retiring during the race. And I don't quite understand what Leclerc and the strategists were doing switching to Hards right as the rain was coming back to the track.
But otherwise, a great weekend for Mercedes and McLaren, though they had to work for it. But in the end, we return back to the Dutch and Austrian national anthems.
Next race:
Spanish Grand Prix
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Sunday, June 23Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 70 1:45:47.927 25 2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 70 +3.879s 18 3 63 George Russell MERCEDES 70 +4.317s 15 4 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 70 +4.915s 13 5 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 70 +10.199s 10 6 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 70 +17.510s 8 7 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 70 +23.625s 6 8 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 70 +28.672s 4 9 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 70 +30.021s 2 10 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 70 +30.313s 1 11 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 70 +30.824s 0 12 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 70 +31.253s 0 13 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 70 +40.487s 0 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 70 +52.694s 0 15 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 69 +1 lap 0 NC 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 52 DNF 0 NC 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 52 DNF 0 NC 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 51 DNF 0 NC 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 40 DNF 0 NC 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 23 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
Source: F1.com
19 votes -
England concluded preparations for UEFA Euro 2024 with a dismal performance in friendly defeat by Iceland at Wembley
8 votes -
Alexander Zverev powers past out-of-sorts Casper Ruud to set up Carlos Alcaraz showdown in French Open final
6 votes -
Potentially world's hardest trad route - Bon Voyage E12 (9a)
3 votes -
Alexander Zverev came through a five-setter against Holger Rune to book his spot in the quarter-finals of the French Open for the fourth year in a row
3 votes -
Thousands of homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics ‘social cleansing’
16 votes -
Champions League final post-match discussion: Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid
10 votes -
Bo Nickal eager for Craig Jones Invitational: ‘Get me in there’
4 votes -
Nürburgring 24 Hours (May 30th - June 2nd)
Friday Qualifying 3: 13:30 - 14:45 CEST Top Qualifying: 17:30 - 19:15 CEST Saturday: Green Flag: 17:30 CEST, 11:30 EST, 15:30 GMT, 01:30 (Saturday) AEST Track Information: 25.378 km (15.770 miles)...
Friday
Qualifying 3: 13:30 - 14:45 CEST
Top Qualifying: 17:30 - 19:15 CESTSaturday:
Green Flag: 17:30 CEST, 11:30 EST, 15:30 GMT, 01:30 (Saturday) AEST
Track Information: 25.378 km (15.770 miles) located in Nürburg, Germany
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Streaming/TV/Radio
ADAC TotalEnergies 24hNürburgring (YT Channel) - Official race streams and many on-board streams available.
Radio LeMans Commentary (English)
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Live Timing
Official 24h Rennen Live Timing
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Social Media
Use the hashtags #24hNurburgring and #adacn242024 to get involved!
/r/WEC for official race discussion threads
9 votes