With any luck John Delaney is dusting off his CV and dancing round the office to The Girl from Ipanema...
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Some juicier reporting on the arrest from the BBC...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450
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Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
That is juicier, certainly.
But what are you saying? That the judges were got at? A few Poles living in Ireland say that there is no way there judge would favour Russia over Ireland. Therefore you must be saying that all three were either bribed or were instructed to vote for the Russian (all three mind). We're sort of going in to the realms of conspiracy theories here because then there would have to be others involved. I am just not sure.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/36773039
The AIBA - who run world amateur boxing - have admitted that there have been problems with the officiating and judging at some bouts at the Games.
"Less than a handful of the decisions were not at the level expected and consequently it has been decided that the concerned referees and judges will no longer officiate at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
"In accordance with AIBA Rules the result of all the bouts will stand."
It wasn't really there for the taking. She led, very briefly, around the windward mark on lap 2. She then had five boats attack her hard on the downwind, which is very difficult to defend against, as they can sit between you and the breeze and completely kill your speed.
To me, she didn't show any signs of backing off. If anything, she did very well not to get rolled by van Acker, who is normally a far quicker light weather sailor. There wasn't really too much she could do from the position she ended up in, as she was forced to the outside at the mark. She was completely safe against Rindom, Bouwmeester and Tenkanen, and van Acker would have had to put several boats between her and Annalise to beat her overall. Annalise had nothing to gain by being conservative, it wouldn't have improved her chances of hanging onto silver much at all.
I see Shane Ross is getting out of Rio asap in case he also ends up in the clink
"Minister for Sport Shane Ross is leaving Rio de Janeiro tonight. Speaking to RTÉ News he said given the seriousness of the matter and in the interest of taking swift and decisive action, he will return to Dublin as soon as possible".
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Its no conspiracy to think that a lot of the judges are on the take, some of the scoring is farcical. Just because he is from Poland doesn't mean he doesn't like greenbacks, ffs
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...on-allegations
Video of our Olympic Chief answering the door in the nude to the police http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450
It gets more bizarre by the minute.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Suspension of the judges raises serious questions about how Olympic boxing is being run. Who trained these people in the rules?
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
This guy won in a unanimous decision but royally got pumelled by Conlan... I mean you couldn't make it up...
http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/201...10065-nikitin/Originally Posted by RTÉ
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Thomas Barr, what a race.
Less than a quarter of a second between 4th place and the Gold Medal.
What bet he will win that medal in time, Id nearly bet on that if i could, what with a Kenyan and Turk in the medals.....
QED
They have 4 years to set this up. They have worlds and god knows how many continental, commonwealth, pan american competitions etc. The organisation lives and dies by the countries that finance it. You go around the world with the judges and explain that good relations with this or that country who put a lot of the money up are very important to the sport. Then a few days later you suggest that one of their boxers won a fight. If the judge takes the bait they get brought back the next time. If they won't do it you thank them and never call them again.
Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.
Neymar should retake that.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Olympic football (mens) is a poor spectacle.
It's the Volleyball, Basketball and Handball are the cream of the team competitions, even the bronze medal games are fierce matches fought to the last.
I thought those mountain bikers were getting raised fist salutes from the thousands lining the route, but on closer inspection I see it's a raised phone salute.
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