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NZ v Ireland & France v SA were just fantastic. Some of the best sports entertainment I've seen this decade. Unfortunately, the semi-finals are likely to be one-sided as neither Argentina nor England look good enough to seriously challenge NZ & SA respectively. (OK, maybe England have an outside...

Djokovic has looked heavy-legged throughout the match but it looks like he's going to win #24.

I remember both Namibian and Zimbabwean teams in the past were mostly white, just like their cricket teams. I just looked up the Namibian players and as expected they're pretty much all Afrikaner-sounding names. Even in Canada the best rugby player of recent years was a South African-born guy...

The same tennis journalists who welcomed Shelton's irreverence and spunk are crying that it was unbecoming of a 36 year old man (Djokovic) to humiliate the 20 year old Shelton. When I was growing up it was common to say "if you are going to dish it out you better learn how to take it".

Djokovic defeats arrogant mixed race Ben Shelton in straight sets then mocks his telephone celebration to the seething anger of the hostile New York crowd - and Shelton himself who was surly during the hand shake. I love it!

They just ejected some guy from the stadium during the Zverev v Sinner match because Zverev claimed he heard someone yell 'Hitler's most famous" words. Who knows if he actually heard that or if the wrong guy was ejected. Of course, alcohol during long matches can lead to all kinds of fan...

Total Boomer victory?

In today's NY Times: "Francis Tiafoe Is Ready To Win the US Open and Make Tennis Cool" I guess tennis won't be cool because he's not winning this tournament.

Djokovic plays Carlos Alcaraz in the Masters (Cincinnati) final this afternoon. Given Novak's age (36) this rivalry between the best of the last era (of all time really) and Alcaraz, the man to beat for the next decade, will not be a long term rivalry like with Nadal/Federer/Djokovic/Murray. So...

this is the best play i've ever seen. if you've seen a better one, please post it. Glad they didn't determine that to be offside. I've seen some really questionable offside (& penalty) calls since VAR was introduced, such as part of a player's arm not being level with the last defender. I...

Historically, Indycar was big in the US MidWest but split in two in the mid-1990s into the US-focussed Indy Racing League (IRL) and the more international, but US-based, Champ Car series (CART). The latter had considerable appeal in other parts of North America in the early 2000s and was also...

Great match. I was hoping Djokovic would win if for no other reason than to rub MSM noses in it, as they've been particularly hateful of late. Apparently the British commentator Andrew Castle - a former very minor player from the 80s - was so negative towards everything Djokovic did several...

Watching the Toronto race - first Indycar race I've seen in years - and I must say the aesthetic quality of the cars has deteriorated. Those 'windshields' are terrible looking. I can't believe Castroneves is still driving. For a second I thought Bryan Herta was too, but it turns out to be his...

Another day at Wimbledon, another day of the crowd slobbering over a black American (Eubanks) and a North African (Ons Jabeur). Wimbledon now giving the NYC-based US Open competition for worst fans in tennis. The malleable masses take their cues from the media, and from there we see the results...

Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka just got booed by the Wimbledon crowd because they thought she was a bad sport for not shaking hands with Svitolina after losing. In reality it is the Ukrainian Svitolina who refuses to shake hands with Russian or Belarusian. Anyone who follows the sport would know...