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Olympics / Skiing / Summer Olympics / Winter Olympics / Winter Sports

Olympic scandals and incidents

The Olympics are so dope.

15th February 202615th February 2026 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

FA Cup holders Crystal Palace knocked out by non-league Macclesfield

Palace in Blunderland

12th January 202612th January 2026 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

BBC Sport on the last ever Christmas Day football match in England

There’s snow more Christmas Day matches now!

30th December 202530th December 2025 by lukealexdavis
Basketball

Nikola Jokić's record-breaking 56-pt Christmas triple-double

Making it rain on Christmas Day.

30th December 202530th December 2025 by lukealexdavis
Sport

Boxing on Boxing Day

Perhaps a punch to the face isn’t the best present.

26th December 202526th December 2025 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

José Luis Chilavert's 17 free kick goals

GOALIEAZO!

15th December 202515th December 2025 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

Cape Verde has qualified for 2026 FIFA World Cup

Parabéns!

14th October 202514th October 2025 by lukealexdavis
Snooker

Ng On-yee makes highest-ever break by a professional women's snooker player (137)

Ng On-yee made a record-breaking 137 break against Liam Highfield in the English Open on Thursday, 33 years after Allison Fisher’s 133 against Joe Swail in the 1992 Dubai Classic qualifiers. The Hongkonger took her time as she made history to draw the match level at 1–1.

15th September 202515th September 2025 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

The complicated history of "non-FIFA" World Cups

For when you can’t beat ’em or join ’em.

11th September 202511th September 2025 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

Football and dictatorships: a collection of links

The tin-pot dictator to tin-pot pipeline.

20th August 202515th September 2025 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

‘Maradona: The Fall’ explores his controversial exit from the 1994 World Cup

Conspiracies, illegalities, and wasted talent.

8th June 20259th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Soccer

Is the Arena Civica the oldest stadium in modern football?

Milan’s other great stadium is centuries old.

11th November 20249th July 2025 by lukealexdavis

Danny Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in same game. And we have rain and a trade to thank for this unusual milestone.

This Cool Link was published 2 years ago. (#)
Soccer

A Tale of Two Halves: a book about the history of football video games

Great half-time reading.

17th August 20249th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Athletics / Olympics / Summer Olympics

Some links about the Olympic Games

Time to dig into the history of one of the the greatest quadrennial sporting events.

25th July 20249th July 2025 by lukealexdavis

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