the mad sports man

Uruguay just beat Portugal 2-1 and will now play France in the quarters on July 6th. Pretty tight one. Tomorrow has Spain vs Russia and Croatia vs Denmark.

France survived a late goal and beat Argentina 4-3 in the first round of 16 game.  They await the winner of the Uruguay vs Portugal game.  That game is at noon Edmonton time.

Rich Walker of the Edmonton Prospects has thrown a perfect game in Fort MacMurray against the Giants.  He threw 95 pitches in a 4-0 win.  Wow.  Congrats.

Group G games done.  Belgium beat England 1-0 to win the group while England still makes the round of 16 finishing second. Belgium faces Japan on Monday while England faces Colombia on Tuesday.  The other games had Tunisia beat Panama 2-1.  Round of 16 starts Saturday with Uruguay vs Portugal and France vs Argentina.

Both games ended 1-0.  Poland beat Japan while Colombia beat Senegal.  Colombia takes Group H while Japan ends up taking second over Senegal. They both had 4 pts, they had the same goal differential (0), they both scored the same amount of goals  (4), same pts in head to head  (1 they tied each other), goals differential in head to head  (0), amount of goals scored in game  (2 each). It came to fair play points. Japan had 4 yellow cards while Senegal had 6.  That is how Japan got in.  Group g later will decide the last round of 16 matchups.

Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 and will win Group E.  Swizterland and Costa Rica ended up tying at two ib a pretty good game. Swizterland finishez second and will face Sweden in tge round of 16 on Tuesday, while Brazil will face Mexico on Monday.  The last two round of 16 matchups will be decided tomorrow.

Sweden beats Mexico 3-0 and i believe will finish first in Group F and Mexico finishes 2nd. South Korea beats Germany 1-0 eliminating Germany from the tournament.  Big surprise. We will have new champions.

Argentina saved their tournament beating Nigeria 2-1.  Argentina finishes 2nd in the group while Nigeria is out.  Also Croatia beating Iceland 2-1 and will win group D.   France will face Argentina on Saturday in the round of 16 while Croatia plays Denmark on Sunday.

Group C is done.  France and Denmark tied 0-0 and finished first and second.  France plays in the round of 16 on Saturday (with Uruguay vs Portugal) while Denmark plays Sunday (with Spain vs Russia)  their round of 16 opponents will be decided when Group d is done.

In group A, Uruguay beat Russia 3-0 to win the group, while Russia takes second.  Saudi Arabia beat Egypt 2-1 to finish group play.  Group B had all the drana.  Portugal carried the lead most of the game. Iran ties it late.  Meanwhile Spain and Morocco each traded goals in stoppage time.  End results had Iran and Spain tie at one while Portugal and Morocco play to A 2-2 tie Spain and Portugal End up with 5 points, but Spain takes group based  on goals scored  (6 to Portugal's 5).  Iran finishes  third and Morocco 4th.  Stay tuned tomorrow for more potential drama. Game has: Denmark vs France and Australia vs Peru in group C and Nigeria vs Argentina and Iceland vs Croatia.

With England beating Panama 6-1, they and Belgium will be into the round of 16. Panama and Tunisia are out.  In group h, Colombia beat Poland 3-0 and Japan and Senegal tied at 2.  Tomorrow has Uruguay vs Russia and Saudi Arabia to finish group A, while Iran vs Portugal and Spain vs Morroco will finish group B.  Time to decide the round of 16.

Germany absolutely saved their tournament with a late goal in stoppage time to beat Sweden 2-1.  Had they lost,  it would have been the first time they would have they missed the knockout round since 1938.  Wow.  Earlier Mexico beat South Korea 2-1 and Belgium beat Tunisia 5-2.  Tomorrow has England vs Panama, Japan vs Senegal and Poland vs Colombia.

Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 and reall improved their chances getting to the round of 16.  In group E, Brazil beat Costa Rica 2-0 and Switzerland beat Serbia 2-1.  Costa Rica is eliminated.  Tomorrow has Germany vs Sweden, Mexico vs South Korea and Belgium vs Tunisia.

Group c had France beat Peru 1-0 and Denmark and Australia played to a 1-1 tie.  France is in the round of 16 while Peru is out.  One group d game and it had Croatia beat Argentina 3-0.  Croatia is into the round of 16. Tomorrow has Nigeria vs Iceland, Brazil vs Costa Rica and Serbia vs Switzerland.

Summer here began at 4:07am this morning.  Its been here for a few days already. Supposed to get close to 30c again today.  It also put most of Alberta under a heat warning.  Try to stay cool.

It was a 1-0 kind of day.  Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia, Portugal beat Morocco and Spain beat Iran, all by 1-0. Russia an Uruguay are into the round of 16 out of group A.  Morocco is eliminated from group B.  Tomorrow has France vs Peru, Denmark vs Australia,  and Argentina vs Croatia.

Day 6 is done.  Senegal beat Poland 2-1 (which surprised my chapelin), Japan beat Colombia 2-1 and Russia beat Egypt 3-1.  That last result pretty much got Russia into the round of 16.  Tomorrow has Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay, Portugal vs Morocco and Spain vs Iran.

What a day here.  Brazil and Switzerland just finished playing to a 1-1 draw.  Huge for Switzerland. Earlier Mexico beat Germany 1-0.  Huge for Mexico. And Serbia beat Costa Rica 1-0.  Tomorro has Sweden vs South Korea, Belgium vs Panama and Tunisia vs England.

Portugal and Spain played to a 3-3 draw.  Pretty good game.  Earlier Iran scored a dramatic 1-0 win over Morocco after an own goal.   And Uruguay beat Egypt 1-0.  Tomorrow has France vs Australia, Argentina vs Iceland, Peru vs Denmark and Croatia vs Nigeria.

The 2018 World cup has begun with Russia beating Saudi Arabia 5-0.   Not much of a surprise.  Tomorrow has Egypt vs Uruguay, Morocco vs Iran and Portugal vs Spain (my pick for game of the day).

The united bid of Canada, U.S., and Mexico has been chosen to host the 2026 world cup. It will be the first time Canada has hosted, second time for the U.S., and the third time for Mexico.  134 votes went to the united bid, 65 votes to Morocco and one for neither.  It will be the first tournament to have 48 nations competing.  It will also be the first time three nations will host. Congrats to the united bid.

Justify has just  won the Belmont Stakes and is the 13th horse to win the triple crown.  He won the Belmont in 2:28.18.  Mike E. Smith is winning jockey and Bob Baffert is winning trainer.

The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup champions after winning game 5 4-3 and the series four games to one. First Stanley Cup in team history. Lars Ellar with the series clincher. Alexander Ovechkin was bamed Conn Smythe trophy winner as playoff MVP.  That is it for another hockey season.  At least until the fall.