the mad sports man

Beijing China. they were just awarded the 2022 winter games at the 128th IOC session in Malaysia. the announcement was made just moments ago, beating out Almaty Kazakhstan. the votes will be unveiled later. Beijing will be the first city to host a winter and a summer games (2008 for the summer). congrats

its the last day of the pan am games in Toronto and Canada did pretty well. the U.S. finished first in the medal standings with 265, then Canada in second. with one event remaining and Canada not in it, they will finish with 217 medals (78 gold - a national record, 69 silvers - a national record and 70 bronze - 4th best) the 217 medals are also a national record. pretty good results.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels pitched a no hitter as the Phillies shut out the Chicago Cubs 5-0. he walked two and struck out 13. the no hitter is his first one. first time the Cubs were no hit was Sept. 9 1965 when Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game. last time Wrigley Field saw a no hitter when Cubs Milt Pappas did the feat in Sept 2, 1972.

the official Tokyo 2020 logo that was unveiled earlier today. thoughts anyone? UPDATE: the logo has been dropped and will be looking for a new one http://cbc.sh/KPziFCP

this wasn't even close. the United States scored 4 goals in the first 16 minutes en route to a 5-2 win over Japan. Carli Lloyd scored three of the four goals within those 16 minutes. they have their redemption over Japan from when they lost to them in 2011. congrats to the U.S.

this one went into 30 minutes of extra time. England got the only goal of the game on a penalty kick and will finish third defeating Germany 1-0. a bit of redemtion after losing in the semi final on a heartbreaker of an own goal on the last possible minute. hopefully Laura Bassett feels a little better.

unveiled today. whaddaya think?

Japan ended up winning 2-1 over England to advance to Sunday's championship game against the United States in Vancouver. with the loss, England will face Germany for third place on Saturday at Edmonton. the last two games of the tournament are upon us.

happy 148th birthday Canada day. it was Dominion day until the early 1980s, when it was changed to Canada day. there will be celebrations all over Canada. so wear your red and white and enjoy the day

the United Stated capped of another clean sheet, beating Germany 2-0 in the first semi final game. they haven't been scored on since the first game of the tournament. they will face the winner of the Japan vs England game, while Germany plays the loser. Japan vs England is tomorrow

in the early game Japan beat Australia 1-0 to advance to the semi finals. they will be playing England, who just knocked out host Canada 2-1. Japan vs England is Canada day Wednesday, while the U.S. plays Germany on Tuesday. should make for a good semi final.

Carli Lloyd got the only goal in the 51st minute as the U.S beats China 1-0 and will face Germany in the semi finals on June 30th tomorrow has Australia vs Japan at 2pm and Canada vs England at 5:30pm. winners play in the other semi final on July 1st.

this went the distance and needed some extra time. e.t. solved nothing. Germany and France settled their quarter final game by penalty kicks. germany won it 5-4. Germany is now in the semi final. they will be playing China or the United States. they are on now.

this turned out to be a heck of a game. Ottawa just beat Montreal 20-16 to earn their first ever road win in franchise history (winless all of last year). Montreal lost their starting quarterback, then the back up. ouch. tomorrow has Hamilton at Calgary and the 2014 grey cup rematch.

the last round of 16 game is done and Japan has defeated Netherlands 2-1 and is now in the quarter finals and will face Australia on Saturday at 2pm Edmonton time. Canada vs England is Saturday at 5:30pm. on Friday, Germany plays France at 2pm and the U.S. plays China at 5:30pm. there are the quarter final match ups.

the United States just knocked out Columbia 2-0 at Commonwealth Stadium. they will be facing China in the quarter finals on Friday.

i worked through this one, but England beat Norway 2-1 to advance to the quarter finals. they will be playing Canada on Saturday in Vancouver. next up has the U.S. facing Columbia starting in an hour.

a goal in the 52nd minute by Josie Belanger gave Canada a 1-0 win over a pesky Switzerland team. they will play the winner of the Norway vs England game. the quarter final game is Saturday.

France is moving on to the quarter finals after beating South Korea 3-0. France had the whole match under control. France will play Germany in the quarters on June 26th. next up at 5:30pm, its Canada vs Switzerland

i would call this an upset. Australia knocks out Brazil 1-0 to move on to the quarterfinals and will await the winner of the Japan vs Netherlands game for their opponent. Brazil is one of the top nations in womens soccer and Australia knocked them out. next up is France vs South Korea.