The Non-Footy Sports Discussion Thread

[Hatchy1992]

I tried to give the Super Bowl a go, I really tried, but turned it off within 15 minutes. Just can't get into it.

 

[Makeshift Park]

I tried to give the Super Bowl a go, I really tried, but turned it off within 15 minutes. Just can't get into it.

The first half was pretty ordinary viewing.

The second half has been a fair bit more engaging.

Into O/T we go...

 

[Hatchy1992]

The first half was pretty ordinary viewing.

The second half has been a fair bit more engaging.

Into O/T we go...

It was just too stop start for mine. I've still been tuning in here and there though.

 

[Makeshift Park]

It was just too stop start for mine. I've still been tuning in here and there though.

Yeah its almost more like watching cricket than footy.

 

[Harris 10]

Winners win and Patrick Mahomes is a winner.

 

[muttley45]

Old mate Mahomes is pretty clutch, Usher and co pretty underwhelming.

 

[Twinkletoes]

It was just too stop start for mine. I've still been tuning in here and there though.

That’s the sport. As for the stop start nature of it with frequent lengthy breaks it’s far worse when you’re at the game without commentators analysing etc. Just noise and hoopla filling the time. BUT, as I said, that’s the game.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Who’s everyone tips for UFC 298?

Volk by stoppage round 4
Whittaker by Decision
Ian Garry by TKO round 3
Cejudo by TKO round 3.

 

[Val Keating]

Volk is so funny. Love him. That clip he posted about his daughter trolling him is hilarious

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Volk is so funny. Love him. That clip he posted about his daughter trolling him is hilarious

His performance in the presser was hilarious. The old man outfit, the one liners towards Topuria. Bloke is an absolute legend.

 

[Val Keating]

Sucks that Volk lost, but man what a humble man.

 

[bengrina]

I noticed Valentino Rossi was driving in the Bathurst 12 hour today (was second at one stage , not sure where he finished). I would have thought the transition between bike and car would require significantly different skills? Pretty impressive

 

[bengrina]

I noticed Valentino Rossi was driving in the Bathurst 12 hour today (was second at one stage , not sure where he finished). I would have thought the transition between bike and car would require significantly different skills? Pretty impressive

 

[Nate7]

I noticed Valentino Rossi was driving in the Bathurst 12 hour today (was second at one stage , not sure where he finished). I would have thought the transition between bike and car would require significantly different skills? Pretty impressive

Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan both did it.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Sucks that Volk lost, but man what a humble man.

I thought he looked real good in the first round too. Ilia has an incredible combination of speed and power. I reckon his boxing is world class.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

That’s the sport. As for the stop start nature of it with frequent lengthy breaks it’s far worse when you’re at the game without commentators analysing etc. Just noise and hoopla filling the time. BUT, as I said, that’s the game.

I gave it another try (Swift effect) and now a) understand the basic rules and b) appreciate the level of skill involved much more than I did. The quarterbacks are freaks, to be calmly picking out passing options while massive opponents are barrelling towards them. Also that match was extraordinary with the clutch plays that took it into overtime and then the victory.

Having said that, footy is a much better game to watch. And I couldn’t get past the guys strutting around like they just won the game because they took an intercept or laid a tackle.

 

[Ligma]

Lolololol western united lololol

 

[Ligma]

This guy complaining about 7 mins of added time when he is the one that extended it he jumped on the sponsors board and when he jumped off he rolled his ankle and continue to complain for a good 5 mins rolling on the floor

 

[giantroo]

 

[Passmore]

Sent from my SM-A908B using Tapatalk

 

[Ligma]

Polish ultras>

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

One of Ross Kemp’s finest ‘gangs’ episodes was the up close and personal time he spent with a polish third division soccer club’s supporters

campaigners are insane.

 

[rickety]

Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan both did it.

Didn't the boy K. Schwantz roll into the sepos car racing as well?

 

[Nate7]

Didn't the boy K. Schwantz roll into the sepos car racing as well?

Can't recall.

 

[rickety]

Footballers hey .....

QPR ace Ilias Chair has been sentenced to a year in jail - after being found guilty of breaking a truck driver's skull with a rock.

The Morocco midfielder has shone since joining the Championship club from Belgians Lierse in 2017.


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Ilias Chair has been sentenced to 12 months in prisonCredit: Rex

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Chair represented Morocco at the Qatar World CupCredit: Getty
But a court in his home town Antwerp sentenced him to a year in jail, with a further 12 months suspended, on Friday morning.

Chair, 26, was also ordered to pay his victim £13,400 compensation for his injuries.

The news is a huge blow to QPR, who are battling against relegation to League One.

The trial heard Chair, his brother Jaber and friends got into an argument with the trucker in Bazeilles, northern France, in summer 2020.
They and the driver, named as Niels T, had been waiting for a bus back to Belgium after a kayaking trip.

Antwerp's public prosecutor told a January hearing: "According to many people involved, Ilias Chair lashed out at Niels T with a stone and knocked him unconscious.

"The consequences were dramatic for Niels T. He suffered a severe skull fracture, two centimetres long, and was taken to hospital at Reims in critical condition.

"Afterwards he had to recover for a long time in a Belgian hospital, and could not do his job as a lorry driver for a long time.

FORMER Everton star Li Tie has been sentenced to life in prison after confessing to paying bribes and match-fixing, according to reports in China.

The bribing charges relate to Li's reign as China manager between 2019-21.


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Lie Tie has been sentenced to life in prisonCredit: Getty
The Chinese public prosecutor accused Li of "accepting and offering bribes" during their crackdown on corruption in football.

And he has now been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the scandal, reports China-based author Mark Dreyer.

Li, 46, confessed to paying £330,000 in bribes to become manager of the Chinese national team.

He also admitted to playing a role in a match-fixing scandal to win promotions while in charge of Hebei China Fortuna and Wuhan Zall.

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