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So no discussions on the Qataris bribing the Ecuadorians to lose 1-0 in the opener? I mean it worked so well to bribe the Latinos for 4 votes during the campaign.

IT'S DEMOCRACY TIME! Yes, don't panic, this is just the preview of our latest Olympic logo competition. Traditionally, you get a winter & summer city dumped on you by me, but this time, the competition's most important aspect is up & down to YOU! For the first time ever, the cities we use will be determined by vote, in the closest thing the Olympics have had to a normal bidding process since 2013. It's not a free-for-all, there's a shortlist, and the rest of this post is their names, a picture, and a Wikipedia link to each city. The summer shortlist is at the top, the winter cities are below. They are separate polls. Because democracy only ever goes so far in global sport, this will run as a British election - one vote per person, most votes wins, simples. It's not the comp, just selecting the cities. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY LOGOS HERE. But do feel free to support your favourite. Like all the best IOC shortlists, we got 5 candidates for each one, Here they are, the summer cities: ----------------------- AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham NAIROBI, KENYA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul --------------------------------------- And here are our 5 candidates for the winter title: BARCELONA, SPAIN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra REYKJAVIK, ICELAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjavík SANTIAGO, CHILE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago TROJENA, SAUDI ARABIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom ------------------------------------------- The votes will close at 12pm UK time on THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, when whichever city has most votes in each poll will win. HAPPY VOTING

Is Gianni staying in the fan village?

May Qatar and FIFA experience nothing but complete humiliation for the next 30 days.

Its hilarious how FIFA is in complete panic/damage control seeing how Qatar, despite all the money and built stadiums, are still managing to make this one of the most disastrous editions ever. Thousands of sweltering World Cup fans are forced to queue for TWO HOURS in searing 90F afternoon heat - with no water fountains nearby - as fan parks are LATE to open in FIFA's latest Qatar shambles https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11447123/Supporters-World-Cup-Fan-Park-Doha-left-waiting-ONE-HOUR-scorching-temperatures.html

Yeah, same thing the world over when it comes to religious conservative leaders... https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/iranian-minister-rostam-qasemi-called-out-over-holiday-images-with-unveiled-girlified-in-malaysia/ar-AA13zRdl?ocid=weather-verthp-feeds

All the rage because he and his gang have been exposed and he knows it. The same vibe as during Putin‘s pseudohistorical teachings these days, actually.

World Cup: FIFA president Infantino slams Europe's hypocrisy in astonishing speech (espn.com) Well it finally happened. Infantino had a full blown meltdown at his latest press conference. The alcohol issue, LGBTI concerns, and Qatar1s human rights criticisms all came to a head. This tops Thomas Bach`s meltdown after Oslo pulled out of the 2022 WOGs race. On the alcohol issue, several news outlets (NBC, CNN, ESPN) reported that other FIFA sponsors were concerned about potential u-turns by the Qataris and both CNN and NBC commented that FIFA has effectively lost control of the World Cup. Yesterday`s announcement confirms this. Infantino reacted by saying fans should be able to go 3 hours without a beer and tries to compare the alcohol rules in stadiums to Europe (he fails to note that you can buy beer on concourses at stadiums like Wembley and Aviva but you just cannot take it to your seat). He rants about European human rights violations over thousands of years (???) He said that no decision regarding the World Cup is taken unilaterally (another falsehood) as media reports clearly stated Sheikh Jassim, the brother of the emir, told FIFA that no alcohol in the stadiums was a non-negotiable issue.

Yes children like them And yes of course there has been test with children focus groups.

Ipswich Stadium which will be hosting Modern Pentathlon at the 2032 Olympics is almost complete. It will host it's first event next Sunday for the AFLW Grand Final between the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne Demons. The turf was layed recently however it has been all ticked off and ready to go for Sundays game which is expected to sell out. https://www.lions.com.au/news/1249132/lions-roaring-to-show-off-their-world-class-new-home

Stands going up at MSAC. https://imgur.com/a/UYxXWvZ

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