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    so eSports is an Olympic sport from 2025. In Saudi Arabia of all places. Bet they won't feature Prince of Persia.
    https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/07/23/ioc-approves-olympics-esports-games-saudi-arabia

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    @nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

    so eSports is an Olympic sport from 2025. In Saudi Arabia of all places. Bet they won't feature Prince of Persia.
    https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/07/23/ioc-approves-olympics-esports-games-saudi-arabia

    Slowly alienating their core audience

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    NZ with a goal against Canada.

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    Japs leading the Spaniards 1-0 with a cracking free kick

    Check that

    1-1
    22 mins

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    Canada equalised against NZ. 1-1 at half time.

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    Canada now 2-1 up.

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    Someone's been vandalising France's high speed rail network ahead of the Opening Ceremony.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gd9pqwlxo

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    The last three minutes of the Argentina and Morocco game are being played in front an empty stadium four hours have the match began.

    Morocco win 2-1

    What did you think of the offside call?

    Sections of the Moroccan fans throwing stuff on the pitch including fire crackers. Pretty appalling.

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    @ACT-Crusader said in Olympics Thread:

    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    The last three minutes of the Argentina and Morocco game are being played in front an empty stadium four hours have the match began.

    Morocco win 2-1

    What did you think of the offside call?

    Sections of the Moroccan fans throwing stuff on the pitch including fire crackers. Pretty appalling.

    Call was correct IMHO

    Fans were bang out of order

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    @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

    Call was correct IMHO
    Fans were bang out of order

    They have no excouscous...

    I'll go get my fez.

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    Experienced sports journalists who have been covering big events for 20-30 years are saying they've never seen a security presence like the one in Paris today.

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    Central Paris is basically on lock down.

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    In other news, Mayor Sadiq Khan wants London to bid to host the 2040 Games.

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    @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

    Central Paris is basically on lock down.

    Isn’t that normal?

    Secured

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    Opening ceremony has been good

    Poor bastards with the downpour

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    The joys of weather.

    One of the smaller nations looked like they'd been floated in on a more modern Scuffy the Tugboat.

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    I'm watching some dance show featuring a huge woman with a TV aerial on her head acting as DJ.

    Seriously weird.

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    I lasted about 25 minutes. I thought it was incredibly dull.

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