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Why not? It's pretty cool that someone compile these broadcaster reports from all over the world, actually.

OH BOY, if you knew how messy was this cycle before we got Ancelotti... Hell, even a bit after with these hellish qualifying campaign hellish end in El Alto vs Bolivia. (The less we say about that game, the better.) We would go to the playoff if we had still 32 teams, actually, which is indeed strange fot the talent we had. Our players just didn't cliked together. And well, we have no fullbacks... We were in low places to our standards. But guess what, we were in these low places in the 2002 cycle too and we won it! And now that the players begged for an injured and washed Neymar to be called up, alongside half of the entire country for reasons that make my head spin, the players actually decided to play now!! If our yesterday send-off 6x2 vs Panama is any indication. The reserves at that game were especially good, holy moly, that Rayan goal, Vini finally performing well at the Seleção! All it was needed was to give the man the right number on the jersey! Yeah, we might be in the low end of the favorites, but we will not be written off too easily. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZCMGWXTNE-/ https://www.areavip.com.br/televisao/veja-quais-jogos-da-copa-do-mundo-o-sbt-transmitira-ao-vivo/ This is how you commit ratings suicide in Brasil: Be a free to air broadcaster that broadcast the same thing as Globo, the one channel that people just refuse to pick up their remote controls to change from. They might have Galvão Bueno now, but come on. FTA is about habits, and they die hard. That's also why no one dares to pick up the free to air rights to the Olympics, they are non exclusive but no one wants to suefire lose to the only channel that matters, apparently.

We shouldn't ignore the kidnappings, they are not to be forgotten as well. But it is kinda hard to forget what the state of Israel, not the people, the state, did right after, killing 73770 palestinians, most of them having nothing to do with Hamas and leveling Gaza to ruins. If that state wanted sympathy, they wouldn't turn to genocide. I don't think this matters this much. Russia actually was a last straw situation after all the dopping stuff, and they aren't the best friends of Europe and the United States. Israel is. Even if they violated olympic truce, they would go on unpunished. And the war was going on strong in 2024, isn't it? They should have stopped because of the truce, then. I actually compared both situations because of both being unjustified wars of agression, the latter despite the first agressor being Hamas with their attacks; invading and destroying the entire Gaza strip isn't exactly defense. And since we can draw the line at one war, why not the other? That's the other problem of banning a country due to external politics: now we have a precedent. But as i said...

Yeah, the war went long enough that they started to lose any semblance of care. To be fair, they likely just caved to the pressure to their closest constituents, the european member associations; if it depended on these international federations, Russia wouldn't have been banned in first place, just like Israel. "Politics and sports doesn't mix" is shorthand to "We're on the same side as the powerful", it seems. Next step, see if FIFA unbans Russia. Then we will se a global s***show... The IOC will wait until all the big ones do their job first, i think. The right thing would keep the ban while the war is on, but let's be honest, unless Europe get's more involved, the stalemate will remain.

Phew, that voting was a Bangaranga.

I like it!

It's because the Opening Ceremony has to fall on the Friday so everyone can watch it.

AAAAAND, IT'S OVER. Pretty fun ceremony, better than the opening imo. These games were pretty good. Now, let's see, what we have next to look forward before the next olympic games... THE WORLD CUP!!! ...Oh, the house is on fire. And there is a giant orange elephant in the room. The next years are going to be something, considering the next olympics are also there too.

Speeches are over, and now it's flame time...

How the hell does sport officials make 6 minutes feel like an eternity, geez...

If that's short, imagine his long speech...

@JMarkSnow2012Start your stopwatch NOW

Beacuse, it's time for the IPC athletes comission members to take their posts!

Paralympic Update: Cristian Ribeira silver at Cross Country Sitting Sprint feels good!

And there you have it.