Sports balls

[Potato]

Nice goal. Why did Watkins have to wait so long to get a run? Kane has done fuck all this tournament.

[Nintex]

Take note, you win with Schlog ball  

Kill momentum
Get penalties
Strike at the last minute

[Propagandhim]

Ref will probably lose his job after today but anyway...

GO INGERLAND!!

[Potato]

I have a problem. I hate England, but I also hate Spain. 

There are two current Newcastle players in the England squad (not that the wanker Southgate has given Gordon any respect) and three former Newcastle players in the Spain squad.

Who do I support?

[Propagandhim]

I redact my 'he's getting fired' claim.  Apparently UEFA has no standards.    300 Euros...

[Nintex]

Saka playing handball


Lets give everyone what they deserve, Ingerland winning 1 - 0 with a penalty kick from Harry Kane 119 minutes in and the Hooligans trashing Berlin

I like that the guy fixes matches for 300 Euro. Just doing it for sport and not for the money.

Anyway I think this whole thing was rigged or certainly some matches were(?), just weird ref calls throughout. Top players fumbling right before the goal, teams just stopping to move for no reason after hitting 1 - 0, all these goals in the final few minutes with very close outcomes and "technology" to judge everything and the proof is seldom the actual footage but always a fancy 3D render.

That 'off side' call for the earlier 1-2 for England looked suspicious too. They never actually showed why it was off side.

[Besticus Maximus]

The ref didn't give it, VAR did 

[Nintex]

The ref didn't give it, VAR did 

Penalty was the ref. The VAR didn't call it, so he walked to the screen to watch the footage.

Everyone pretty much agreed the ball had already been played by Kane and they hit eachother by accident.
By that time the handball had also been noted.

But he gave them a penalty.

[Potato]

Big couple of days coming up in the Tour de France.

[Potato]

Tour is over.

Time to watch England arse this final against Spain.

[Nintex]

Watch ingerland win this

[Nintex]

I think they bought the ref again

They're literally wrapping their arms around the Spanish players

[Snoopy]

Pickford’s face

[Potato]

Kane is such a liability

[Propagandhim]

LETS GO INGERLAND

[Snoopy]

Oh look. Remove the pensioner and suddenly England start playing better

[Propagandhim]

I was starting to believe....

[Potato]

4 more years! 4 more years! 

Southgate | Bruce 2024

[Nintex]

What a boring tournament.

Iconic moments? Those goals from Yamal and Gakpo, any others.

Each big team insisted on fielding retirees that kept fumbling. 

[Potato]

Bellingham waking from his stupor to overhead kick England to life against the might of Slovakia...

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Edit: That's his real name.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

[benji]

[Potato]

Sports that should be removed from the Olympics: 

• Football (keep futsal) 
  
• Surfing
  
• Skateboarding
  
• Basketball (keep 3x3)
  
• Breakdancing
  
• Rock climbing 
  
• Tennis 
  
• Road cycling (leave track cycling)
  
• BMX 
  
• Mountain biking 
  
• Golf 
  

Agree? 

What's your list?

[HardcoreRetro]

Get rid of all of the sports. Introduce naked yoga.

Have all the athletes compete. Also the folks from the special olympics. Finally an all inclusive show that everyone can enjoy.

[Potato]

Get rid of all of the sports. Introduce naked yoga.

Have all the athletes compete. Also the folks from the special olympics. Finally an all inclusive show that everyone can enjoy.

There's pornhub channels for that you know...

[Potato]

Protip: Cross country equestrian is pretty fucking cool.

[Nintex]

I rarely watch the olympics, are there any interesting sports to watch?

Most of the highlights end up on X anyway

[killamajig]

Yo, this sounds fresh!

https://olympics.com/en/news/breaking-paris-2024-faq

What is breaking?
Breaking is more commonly known as breakdancing, whose roots can be traced to Bronx, New York, in the 1970s as part of hip-hop culture, characterised by a combination of athletic moves including spins, flips and other complex techniques. International competitiions began in the 1990s.

The word "breaking" refers to the instrumental breaks in music usually accompanied beats.

Is it a sport?
Yes, you bet.

Breaking is recognised as an urban sport just like skateboarding and sport climbing, inspired by various dance styles demanding athleticism and coordination.

A breaking game or match is called a "battle". The athletes are referred to as B-Boys and B-Girls.

Dancers face off in one-on-one battles navigated by a master of ceremonies to music randomly played by a DJ.

How will breaking be organised at Paris 2024?
The inaugural Olympic competition will take place on 9 and 10 August at Place de la Concorde where 16 B-Boys and B-Girls each are entered. The women compete on the first day, the men on the second.

Each day starts with a round-robin phase consisting of four groups of four. The top two in each group advances to the quarter-finals followed by the semi-finals and battles for medals.

All that in about five hours. Did we mention breaking is a sport?

How did the 32 athletes qualify for Paris 2024?
France was granted two host quotas (one per gender) while four Universality places (two per gender) were on offer.

The remaining 26 were selected through last year’s world championships, the respective continental Games (Africa, Asia, Europe, Pan Am and Oceania) and the Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) held in Shanghai and Budapest in May and June, respectively.

To be eligible for a Universality place, athletes needed to compete in OQS and finish in the top 24 of the final rankings.

How will breaking be scored at the Olympic Games? Who wins a battle?
Judges score the breakers based on five categories - musicality, vocabulary, originality, technique and execution. Each category makes up 20 per cent of the score.

Battles are best-of-three rounds, also known as throwdowns. Each breaker has 60 seconds to complete a routine in a throwdown.

Athletes can be penalised for misbehaviour.

Remember B-Boys and Girls competition will take place on 9 and 10 August.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

I won't be watching until there's a non-binary catagory.

[HardcoreRetro]

Get rid of all of the sports. Introduce naked yoga.

Have all the athletes compete. Also the folks from the special olympics. Finally an all inclusive show that everyone can enjoy.

There's pornhub channels for that you know...

This is the only part of the olympics I cared about.