Olympics

Only one point separates the top 4 in Group A in the Men's hockey with one match to play. Australia and GB are on 8 points, Pakistan & Spain on 7.

Australia play Pakistan and GB play Spain so Oz and GB only need a point to qualify but defeat would put either out. Likewise, only a win is good enough for Pakistan and Spain.

Unless there is some strange mathematical upset in the other group, the group winners will play Germany in the semis, the runners up will play The Netherlands.

The GB Women need a draw against The Netherlands (who have already qualified) in their last game, but defeat would probably eliminate them and let China through.

The other women's group is wide open with Argentina, NZ and Australia all on 9 points but Germany on 6 could also still qualify.

One interesting point is that unlike in the football tournaments the final games in the hockey do not kick off at the same time, so the teams in the later games will know exactly what they need to do.

In the Men's tournament it won't matter, as only a win is good enough for Spain no matter what happens elsewhere, but in the Women's if Germany beat New Zealand, Australia & Argentina will go into the last game against each other knowing that a draw would put them both of them through but a win for either will put the other out.

Women's last games today, Men's tomorrow.

(05-08-2012 21:22 )mr williams Wrote:  And to think that as recently as 1996 we only won ONE Gold at the entire games! (Pinsent & Redgrave in the rowing)

Time to give a nod to John Major who started the lottery funding for sports in the first place (and let's not forget Tony Blair as without his personal contribution to the bid London would never have got the Olympics).

CW never mentioned he was running the 800m (Michael Rimmer)

Got two videos here from the Daily Mail about the bottle thrower.

First video appears to show the drunk man taunting Bolt before the start of the race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvIqv23Mi...r_embedded

Second video shows the bottle being thrown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQPIe0ztd...r_embedded

(05-08-2012 22:13 )malicious fan Wrote:  after winning the tour de france and time trial last wednesday, wiggo was about 10/1 on to win sports personality of the year and no1 else was anywhere near him! he is now only 2/1 on, murrays cum in to 4/1 against and jess is 9/4 against! it originally looked like wiggo was hands down to win it but now its not a sure thing! i think he will still win it thou and well deserved!

the top 3 wiggo, ennis, kath grainger or pendelton or tweddle. team sky or the rowing female pair that won gb's first ever female rowing gold for the team of the year. minichiello (ennis coach), paul thompson (gb womens rowing coach) or brailsford for the coach of the year

(05-08-2012 22:38 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  It appears Dutch judo bronze medallist Edith Bosch - part of a posse of Netherlands athletes in the crowd - punched the drunk spectator who threw the bottle. The culprit was then arrested.
Haha!

was he carried off on a stretcher?

loved the reaction okoye in the mens dicus this morning after he threw 65.23 to qualify the finals.

come on young murphy!!!

fuckin fuck!

(06-08-2012 12:31 )terence Wrote:  fuckin fuck!

calm down u still got that boxer whos gonna win!

i think i hate rob walker!

i now know i hate rob walker