Track Cycling World Championships

Wed	13:00-16:30	_	M Team Pursuit Qualification W Ind Pursuit Qualification W Team Sprint Qualification M Team Sprint Qualification
Wed	19:30-21:30 19:00-21:00	BBC Red Button Eurosport 1	M Scratch Final W Ind Pursuit Final W Team Sprint Final M Team Sprint Final
Thu	13:00-17:00	_	W Team Pursuit Qualification W Keirin Round 1 W Keirin Repechages M 1km TT Final M Team Pursuit Round 1
Thu	19:00-21:00 19:00-21:05	BBC Two Eurosport 1	W Keirin Round 2 W Scratch Final W Keirin Final M Team Pursuit Final
Fri	09:00-13:00	_	M 200m TT Final M Omnium Scratch M Sprint 1/16 M Sprint 1/8 M Sprint Repechages M Ind Pursuit Qualifying
Fri	14:30-17:20	_	W 500m TT Final W Team Pursuit Round 1 M Omnium Pursuit
Fri	19:00-20:30 19:00-21:35	BBC Two & BBC Red Button Eurosport 1	M Point Race Final M Ind Pursuit Final W Team Pursuit Final
Fri	20:30-21:30	BBC Red Button	M Omnium Elimination
Sat	10:00-12:45		W 200m TT Final W Omnium Scratch W Sprint 1/16 W Sprint 1/8 W Sprint Repechages M Omnium 1km TT
Sat	14:45-17:00	Eurosport 1	M Sprint Quarter-finals M Sprint 5th-8th M Omnium Flying Lap W Omnium Pursuit
Sat	19:00-21:00	BBC Red Button	M Sprint Semi-finals M Sprint Finals W Points Race Final
Sat	21:00-22:20	Eurosport 1	M Omnium Points Final W Omnium Elimination
Sun	10:00-12:10	Eurosport 1	W Sprint Quarter-finals W Sprint 5th-8th W Omnium 500m TT M Keirin Round 1 M Keirin Repechages W Omnium Flying Lap
Sun	14:00-18:00	BBC Two	W Sprint Semi-finals W Spring Final M Keirin Round 2 M Keirin Final W Omnium Points Final M Madison Final

Tour of Britain '16 Route Unveiled

 (image credit 'SweetSpot')

Of interest is: Stage 5, which runs from Wales, through Gloucester, via Dursley and into Bath; and Stage 7, split into a time-trial and a closed circuit multi-lap race in the centre of Bristol.

Crashed Ice Final Weekend

link here

World Record Three Dart Average

Hopefully there will be a clip of this somewhere soon. MVG has just recorded a 6-1 win over the Bully with a record three-dart average. It could've been more but he says he now still has a target to beat himself.

IBU Open European Championships (Biathlon)

The last couple of days I have been enjoying the mid-Russian hosted Biathlon championships. This is a sport I've loosely watched in the past, Olympics and the odd event when nothing else is on, but the biathlon has now become my favourite winter sport.

A combination of cross-country and shooting the skill comes down to being the most efficient you can be. They say the fittest athletes have the fastest pulse recovery rate and in biathlon that is exactly what makes the difference. You can sprint flat out and take your oxygenating heart beat to the highest it can but if you cannot bring that back under control to shoot with an accuracy and speed required for this sport then you will pay the price, and tumble down the positions.

And this comes before including any tactics. The course in Tyumen, Russia is unusually profiled with the final run into the shooting range being most of the downhill in the course. This means the early cross-country sector is uphill and those who struggle to reduce their heart beat get an advantage with a long run into shoot.

Today, after some exciting relays yesterday, I am watching the men's 10km sprint. A time-trial of biathlon, each athlete leaves in intervals onto a 3.3km track with 5 heavy uphill climbs but still with the long downhill into the range.

For those who have it, it's on Eurosport 1 now.

Try your hand at Roller Derby £5 if your in the Glamorgan area

F1 Testing Day One

YWO - 21st Feb (Final) - Ice Hockey

(UK Time)

08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Semi-finals
10:00 - 13:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Gold Medal Match
11:00 - 12:30 Biathlon - Mixed Relay
12:00 - 14:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Finals
14:00 - 17:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Gold Medal Match

YWO - 20th Feb - Mixed Team Alpine Skiing

(UK Time)

08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Round of 16
09:00 - 09:45 Nordic Combined - Mixed Team Trial Jumps
09:00 - 10:40 Slopestyle - Women's Snowboard Finals
09:00 - 11:00 Bobsleigh - Women's Monobob
10:00 - 11:00 Nordic Combined - Mixed Team Competition Jumps
10:00 - 11:30 Alpine - Mixed Team Parallel Event
11:00 - 11:30 Short Track - Mixed NOC Team Relay Semi-finals
12:00 - 12:30 Short Track - Mixed NOC Team Relay Finals
12:00 - 13:40 Slopestyle - Men's Ski Finals
12:30 - 13:20 Nordic Combined - Mixed Team Cross Country
13:00 - 14:15 Figure Skating - Mixed NOC Team Ice Dance
13:00 - 15:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Round of 16
13:00 - 15:00 Bobsleigh - Men's Monobob
14:35 - 15:50 Figure Skating - Mixed NOC Team Pairs
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Bronze Medal Match
16:00 - 18:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
16:10 - 17:20 Figure Skating - Mixed NOC Team Women's
17:40 - 18:55 Figure Skating - Mixed NOC Team Men's
19:00 - 21:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Bronze Medal Match

BUCS Nationals from Sheffield

Is there live streaming of this anywhere? Here's what is going on. Free entry at all events:

Friday 19th February
10:30 - 21:00 Badminton
11:00 - 19:00 Fencing
13:00 - 19:10 Indoor Athletics
14:00 - 21:00 Boxing
18:00 - 20:00 Swimming

Saturday 20th February
08:00 - 21:00 Climbing
08:30 - 17:30 Trampolining
08:45 - 21:00 Badminton
09:00 - 18:00 Judo
09:00 - 19:00 Fencing
09:00 - 20:00 Swimming
10:00 - 16:00 Rifle
10:00 - 18:25 Indoor Athletics
10:00 - 20:00 Karate

Sunday 21st February
09:00 - 16:30 Swimming
09:00 - 17:00 Judo
09:00 - 18:00 Trampolining
09:00 - 19:00 Badminton
09:00 - 19:00 Fencing
09:30 - 17:10 Indoor Athletics
09:30 - 19:00 Karate
10:00 - 14:30 Rifle

YWO - 19th Feb - ME Slopestyle

(UK Time)

08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Round of 32
08:00 - 11:10 Skeleton - Men's & Women's
09:00 - 09:50 Alpine - Men's Slalom First Run
09:00 - 10:40 Slopestyle - Women's Ski Finals
09:30 - 10:15 Speed Skating - Men's & Women's Mass Start
11:30 - 12:05 Alpine - Men's Slalom Second Run
11:30 - 13:30 Curling - Mixed Doubles Round of 32
12:00 - 13:40 Slopestyle - Men's Snowboard Finals
13:00 - 15:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Semi-final 1 & 2
15:00 - 17:00 Curling - Mixed Doubles Round of 32
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Semi-final 1
18:30 - 20:30 Curling - Mixed Doubles Round of 32
19:00 - 21:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Semi-final 2

Road to Rio BBC Radio Show Episode 1 Tonight

YWO - 18th Feb - ME Ice Hockey Skills Challenge

(UK Time)

09:00 - 09:50 Alpine - Women's Slalom First Run
09:00 - 09:50 Cross Country - Women's 5km Free
09:00 - 10:00 Ski Jumping - Mixed Team Trial Jump
10:00 - 11:15 Ski Jumping - Mixed Team First Round
11:00 - 11:50 Cross Country - Men's 10km Free
11:15 - 12:30 Ski Jumping - Mixed Team Second Round
11:30 - 12:10 Alpine - Women's Slalom Second Run
13:00 - 15:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Norway vs Sweden; Switzerland vs Czech Republic
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Norway vs Canada; Russia vs USA
19:00 - 22:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Skills Challenge Final

YWO - 17th Feb - ME Biathlon Relay

(UK Time)

08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Finals
09:00 - 10:00 Alpine - Men's Giant Slalom First Run
09:30 - 10:15 Speed Skating - Mixed NOC Team Sprint
10:00 - 10:45 Biathlon - Single Mixed Relay
11:30 - 12:20 Alpine - Men's Giant Slalom Second Run

YWO - 16th Feb - ME Ice Dance

(UK Time)

08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Tie-Breakers
08:30 - 09:05 Cross Country - Sprint Classic Qualification
08:30 - 09:30 Luge - Team Relay
09:00 - 09:30 Short Track - Men's & Women's 500m Heats
09:00 - 09:45 Alpine - Women's Giant Slalom Run 1
09:00 - 10:20 Team Ski-Snowboard Cross Qualifications
09:00 - 10:20 Nordic Combined - Men's HS 100m
09:45 - 11:25 Cross Country - Sprint Classic Finals
09:50 - 10:15 Short Track - Men's & Women's 500m Semi-finals
10:40 - 11:05 Short Track - Men's & Women's 500m Finals
11:00 - 11:25 Ski Jumping - Women's Trial Jump
11:00 - 12:00 Team Ski-Snowboard Cross Finals
11:25 - 11:50 Ski Jumping - Men's Trial Jump
11:30 - 12:15 Alpine - Women's Giant Slalom Run 2
11:30 - 13:30 Figure Skating - Ice Dance
11:50 - 12:15 Ski Jumping - Women's First Round
12:15 - 12:40 Ski Jumping - Men's First Round
12:30 - 13:00 Nordic Combined - Men's CC 5km
12:30 - 14:30 Curling - Quarter-finals
12:40 - 13:05 Ski Jumping - Women's Second Round
13:00 - 15:00 Ice Hockey - Men's USA vs Canada; Women's Czech Republic vs Sweden
13:05 - 13:30 Ski Jumping - Men's Second Round
14:00 - 16:35 Figure Skating - Women's
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Finland vs Russia; Women's Slovakia vs Switzerland
17:00 - 19:00 Curling - Semi-finals
19:00 - 22:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Skills Challenge Final

YWO - 15th Feb - ME Ski Cross

+ Freestyle Snowboard Snow Cross from this morning

(UK Time)

08:00 - 08:55 Snowboard Cross - Qualification
08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Four Matches
09:00 - 11:00 Luge - Women's Singles
09:10 - 10:25 Snowboard Cross - Heats
09:30 - 11:20 Speed Skating - Men's & Women's 1500m
10:00 - 10:45 Biathlon - Men's 10km Pursuit
10:35 - 10:55 Snowboard Cross - Finals
11:00 - 13:00 Figure Skating - Pairs
11:30 - 13:30 Curling - Four Matches inc GB vs Estonia
12:00 - 13:30 Luge - Doubles
12:00 - 15:00 Ice Hockey - Skills Challenge 3
12:15 - 13:00 Biathlon - Women's 7.5km Pursuit
12:20 - 12:50 Ski Cross - Qualification
13:00 - 14:15 Ski Cross - Heats
13:20 - 16:00 Figure Skating - Men
14:25 - 14:45 Ski Cross - Finals
15:00 - 17:00 Curling - Four Matches
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Canada vs Finland; Women's Sweden vs Slovakia
18:30 - 20:30 Curling - Four Matches inc GB vs Czech Republic
19:00 - 21:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Russia vs Norway; Women's Switzerland vs Norway

YWO - 14th Feb - ME Short Track Skating

(UK Time)

08:00 - 09:00 Halfpipe - Women's Snowboard
08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches
09:00 - 11:00 Luge - Men's Singles
09:20 - 10:20 Alpine - Women's Combined Super-G
09:50 - 10:50 Halfpipe - Men's Snowboard
10:30 - 11:30 Alpine - Men's Combined Super-G
11:00 - 11:40 Short Track - Men's & Women's 1000m Heats
11:15 - 12:00 Biathlon - Men's 7.5km Sprint
11:30 - 13:30 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches inc GB vs Norway
12:00 - 12:40 Short Track - Men's & Women's 1000m Semi-finals
12:00 - 15:00 Ice Hockey - Skills Challenge Qualification
12:10 - 13:10 Halfpipe - Women's Ski
12:45 - 13:20 Alpine - Women's Combined Slalom
13:00 - 13:40 Short Track - Men's & Women's 1000m Finals
13:00 - 14:40 Figure Skating - Ice Dance Short Program
13:30 - 14:10 Alpine - Men's Combined Slalom
13:45 - 14:30 Biathlon - Women's 6km Sprint
14:00 - 15:00 Halfpipe - Men's Ski
15:00 - 17:00 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches
15:10 - 17:35 Figure Skating - Women's Short Program
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Norway vs Czech Republic
18:30 - 20:30 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches inc Sweden vs GB
19:00 - 21:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Norway vs USA

YWO - 13th Feb - ME Cross-Country Skiing

(UK Time)

08:00 - 10:00 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches
08:30 - 09:25 Cross-Country - Men's & Women's Cross Qualification
09:30 - 12:30 Speed Skating - Men's 500m and Women's 500m
09:30 - 10:40 Alpine - Women's Super-G
10:10 - 11:05 Cross-Country - Men's & Women's Cross Finals
11:00 - 12:20 Alpine - Men's Super-G
11:30 - 13:30 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches inc Canada vs GB
12:00 - 15:00 Ice Hockey - Skills Challenge Qualification
13:00 - 14:30 Figure Skating - Pairs Short Program
15:00 - 17:25 Figure Skating - Men's Short Program
15:00 - 17:00 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Czech Republic vs Slovakia
16:00 - 18:00 Ice Hockey - Men's Canada vs Russia
18:30 - 20:30 Curling - Four Round Robin Matches inc Brazil vs GB
19:00 - 21:00 Ice Hockey - Men's USA vs Finland
19:00 - 21:00 Ice Hockey - Women's Sweden vs Switzerland

Opening Ceremony | Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games

The live stream means the ceremony starts about 5 minutes in

Youth Winter Olympics in LIllehammer Kicks Off

 

Photo: Jon Buckle for YIS/IOC Handout image supplied by YIS/IOC

Gravitational Waves

GB judoka Sally Conway 'presents' to an empty mat during Paris Grand Slam to win Bronze

Rio 2016 Olympics Games here we come

Yes, got the approval. This blog is now officially part of the press for Rio 2016.
[As in, it's not part of Rio 2016 but it's been allowed into the press room and we can talk, talk, talk about it]

Nestle and the IAAF split ways.

Surely the two are better off without each other. I wouldn't want to be associated with Nestle

Robot Wars: "Coming Soon" Official Teaser #2

UCLA Gymnast Stuns Crowd With Incredible Dance Moves During Floor Routine

The NFL's magic yellow line, explained

My First Kabaddi

So the likelihood of you knowing what this is relies on you either being of Indian descent or being bored on a weekday afternoon flicking around Sky Sports. I came across it in such a way and after watching the first half of a match I wondered if I had understood the game and the rules at this point.

Surprisingly I had.

I would maybe call it Indian Bulldog. A raider enters the opponents half to try and tag the opposite team and make it back into their half before being caught. There are bonus points and various other rules in play but imagine a team game of tag played in an extremely tight space.

My First Kabaddi

Eddie The Eagle - UK & IRL Official Trailer - In Cinemas 1st April 2016

TNA Archive Avaliable

Other episodes also available on YouTube:
TNA Asylum Years Episode 7
TNA Asylum Years Episode 6
TNA Asylum Years Episode 5
TNA Asylum Years Episode 4
TNA Asylum Years Episode 3
TNA Asylum Years Episode 2
TNA Asylum Years Episode 1

Sunday 22nd February - WWE presents FastLane

This secondary PPV held as a replacement for the Elimination Chamber isn't focussed and the name is generic. However it should be: The FastLane to WrestleMania.

Alike Night of Champions however this night should consist solely of #1 Contender matches. All titles (except the World title which should be decided at the Rumble) should have their WrestleMania line-ups confirmed at this point.

The Jump on C4 Tonight - Snow Cross

The Big Rio Event

This blog is currently awaiting approval to talk about Rio 2016.

Wrestling

Where to Watch:

6th February 2016: 22:00: Challenge: TNA For One Night Only: Rivals II:
Eddie Edwards vs Davey Richards
Rockstar Spud vs Tigre Uno
Eric Young vs Chris Melendez
Jesse Godderz vs Robbie E
Drew Galloway vs Eli Drake
Lashley vs Mahabali Shera
Jade & Marti Belle vs Velvet Sky & Madison Rayne

Plus:
No DQ: Bram vs Mr. Anderson
and the Main Event:
EC III vs Matt Hardy

Link List W/C 06/02/16

2018 Jeongseon, South Korea Skiing Course tested by the BBCs Graham Bell

Rio 2016 Day One - MaxiSchedule

Stream 1

12:30 - 13:30 Rowing - Heats
13:30 - 15:00 Cycling - Road Race Start
15.00 - 17.00 Rugby 7's - Pool Matches
17:00 - 19:00 Swimming - Part Session
19:00 - 20:10 Cycling - Road Race Climax
20:10 - 23:00 Rugby 7's - Pool Matches
23:00 - 23:45 Boxing - Preliminaries
23:50 - 02:00 Handball - Preliminary Match
02:00 - 03:55 Swimming - Full Session
03:55 - 04:00 Football - Final Whistle
04:00 - 04:15 Basketball - Final Whistle
04:15 - 04:20 Volleyball - Final Whistle
04:20 - 04:50 Beach Volleyball - Final Whistle

Stream 2

13:00 - 13:30 Archery - Elimination
13:30 - 15:00 Rowing - Heats
15:00 - 19:00 Cycling - Road Race
19:00 - 19:30 Swimming - Races
19:30 - 23:00 Archery - Finals
23:00 - 01:00 Gymnastics - Artistic Qualification
01:00 - 02:30 Handball
02:30 - 04:15 Basketball