the mad sports man

Where did July go?  It took off.  So, what happened?  End of the World Cup, which France won.  My sisters birthday,  MLB all star game, CFL football and some car racing.  Canada turned 151, I went to some Prospects games and got a sunburn at one game, and It got toast warm.  Wont be long before August gets here.

A hot one at Re/Max Field.  Prospects beat the Fort MacMurray Giants 12-7 AND it got to 31c.  Yikes.  Got A bit of A burn on my arms.  Good thing for cold drinks and  ice to put on my heaf to cool off.  Nice way to end the last weekend of July.

Boy has Edmonton had some fun weather lately.  From 32c on Tuesday to some decent storms.  Had a doozy yesterday that had some hail.  Good thing i was on a bus going to work when it happened.  Had one go through a couple of hours ago and might be in for another one later by the looks of the clouds in the west.   Should be fun.

This was a game.  An own goal, a gift goal, a penalty kick and three good goal.  France beats Croatia 4-2 to win the world cup.  They earned it This year.   Next tournament is in Qatar in 2022.  Until then......

Belgium has just beaten England 2-0 and will finish Third in the tournament.  The championship game is tomorrow at 9am Edmonton time.

Croatia continues its cinderella run as they beat England 2-1 in extra time.   Got the winner in the 109th minute. They will play France on Sunday for the championship while England plays Belgium for third on Saturday.

France has beaten Belgium 1-0 and will play for the championship on Sunday.  Belgium will play for third place on Saturday.  Tomorrow has England vs Croatia.

On July 9, 1918, the first airmail delivery was made.  Katherine Stinson made the delivery from Calgary to Edmonton.  Her Curtiss Special plane had some engine trouble on her first attempt.  The engine got fixed.  Her and the plane went back to Calgary for another attempt and made it.  Made it after 8pm.

This went  to penalties.  Croatia wins 4-3 ib penalties and will face England in the semis on Wednesday.  France vs Belgium is on Tuesday.

England is into the semis after beating Sweden 2-0.  They will face either Croatia or Russia on Wednesday.  Stay tuned.

Belgium hung onto beat Brazil 2-1 and will face France in one semi final game.  The other semi final game will be decided tomorrow as Russia vs Croatia and Sweden vs England will play in The final two Quarter final games.

France has beaten Uruguay 2-0 and is into the semis where they face either Brazil or Belgium.  That game starts  in a couple of hours.

England is moving on after beating Colombia 4-3 in penalty kicks.  Ended a penalty kicks curse at the same time.  They will face Sweden in the quarters on Saturday, along with Russia vs Croatia.  Friday has Uruguay vs France and Brazil vs Belgium.

Sweden is into the quarters after beating Switzerland 1-0.  They will face the winner of the Colombia vs England game.  That game starts at noon Edmonton time.

Craziest finish ever.  Japan was up 2-0.  Belgium came back, tied it, then scored in the last possible second ever to win 3-2 to move on to the quarter finals.  They will face Brazil on July 6th.

Brazil is moving on after beating Mexico 2-0.  They will be facing either Belgium or Japan in the quarters.

And yet amother shoot out.  11 shots, 6 stops.  In the end Croatia beats Denmark 3-2 In penalty kick And goez to the quarters where they face Ruszia on the 7th. Wow.  Tomorrow has Brazil vs Mexico And Belgium vs Japan.

This one went to penalty kicks.  Spain gets stopped on their last shot and Russia scored on theirs. Russia is into the quarters where they play either Croatia or Demmark.

Happy 151st birthday to the best nstion on the planet.  And one in which i wear proudly (even if it is the team Canada logo).