Author Topic: Sporting excellence (Read 6482 times)

Potato · « **on:** February 09, 2021, 05:03:58 AM »

This thread is to celebrate sporting excellence of all types.

Eugenie Bouchard - Canadian tennis player.

Carly Booth -Scottish golfer

Ellie Carpenter - Australian footballer

Sabrina Frederick - Aussie rules footballer

Charlotte Caslick - Australian Rugby Union player

Please add your favourites.

Transhuman · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2021, 05:47:30 AM »

I'm more of an athletics fan tbh. In sports you're competing against a person or a team, but in athletics you're aiming for a record so you're competeing against everyone who has ever lived and everyone who will ever live, which is way cooler.

Potato · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2021, 05:57:47 AM »

Athletics is just training for real sports

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2021, 06:26:41 AM »

https://twitter.com/RealRondale/status/1358964996076675074

samir · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2021, 06:59:15 AM »

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2021, 07:10:43 AM »

blocked

Tasty · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2021, 09:46:12 AM »

Patrice Bergeron - Boston Bruins captain

ATHLETICS CHOICE

Michael Phelps - Most decorated athlete in Olympics history, American swimmer

Potato · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2021, 03:01:21 PM »

Quote from: Tasty on February 09, 2021, 09:46:12 AM

Patrice Bergeron - Boston Bruins captain

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That's a good lookin dude.

Phelps, not so much.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2021, 03:02:18 PM »

Insane excellence

team filler · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2021, 06:07:30 PM »

https://twitter.com/RasclartRico/status/1363076159282503682

https://twitter.com/JamelTheCreator/status/1363257688671596546

Transhuman · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2021, 01:18:00 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2021, 06:23:44 PM »

https://twitter.com/UnkleSilk/status/751895048355057664

team filler · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2021, 02:59:36 PM »

https://twitter.com/NotNotDubs408/status/1368435651176067074

team filler · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:04:47 PM »

https://twitter.com/SamMich13838997/status/1373005053930397698

Potato · « **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:29:33 AM »

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #15 on:** March 20, 2021, 02:21:58 AM »

whats wrong with phelps?

Potato · « **Reply #16 on:** March 20, 2021, 02:32:13 AM »

Can't say I'm an expert on man-meat, but he just doesn't strike me as a very attractive guy...certainly not compared to that other dude.

team filler · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2021, 12:47:40 AM »

https://twitter.com/TyeSportsRadio/status/1373830354319114240

SmokyDave · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2021, 05:37:21 AM »

Quote from: Cauliflower Of Love on March 20, 2021, 02:21:58 AM

whats wrong with phelps?

Dude looks like Plug from The Bash Street Kids.

Great body though, gotta give him that.

team filler · « **Reply #19 on:** April 03, 2021, 03:52:38 AM »

https://twitter.com/RaiderBrodie/status/1378157782159945729

Potato · « **Reply #20 on:** April 05, 2021, 09:27:10 PM »

+1 for women's equality in sport...they can behave badly too!

https://twitter.com/WRugbyLeague/status/1378604577755332608

team filler · « **Reply #21 on:** April 09, 2021, 07:00:47 AM »

https://twitter.com/TheReaIYorin/status/1380262490714611727

https://twitter.com/D0N_P3DR0/status/1380264447944622090

Potato · « **Reply #22 on:** April 09, 2021, 07:57:31 AM »

Cheeky little cunt

team filler · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2021, 09:08:47 PM »

https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1382210213424422916

team filler · « **Reply #24 on:** August 30, 2021, 03:55:59 PM »

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1432095461301800967

team filler · « **Reply #25 on:** August 30, 2021, 10:02:07 PM »

https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1432444340606013441

jorma · « **Reply #26 on:** August 31, 2021, 03:19:46 AM »

Quote from: team filler on August 30, 2021, 03:55:59 PM

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1432095461301800967

Holy shit, these bitches be whiny.
They're lucky they choose to play the one sport where they will never have to play in front of a crowd in literally anywhere else in the world

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #27 on:** August 31, 2021, 10:02:14 AM »

Quote from: team filler on August 30, 2021, 10:02:07 PM

https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1432444340606013441

LOL, I heard about this story on sports talk radio yesterday. Hilarious.

team filler · « **Reply #28 on:** August 31, 2021, 01:35:44 PM »

it was a bunch of grown ass men playing against high school kids and getting annihilated

BIONIC · « **Reply #29 on:** August 31, 2021, 01:40:58 PM »

Quote from: team filler on August 31, 2021, 01:35:44 PM

it was a bunch of grown ass men playing against high school kids and getting annihilated

:amirox

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #30 on:** August 31, 2021, 02:15:29 PM »

Quote from: team filler on August 31, 2021, 01:35:44 PM

it was a bunch of grown ass men playing against high school kids and getting annihilated

Well, grown ass men that got cut from their junior college teams vs some 5 star recruits.

team filler · « **Reply #31 on:** August 31, 2021, 09:53:49 PM »

Quote from: team filler on August 30, 2021, 03:55:59 PM

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1432095461301800967

https://twitter.com/MedInPanicCity/status/1432801761073434624

team filler · « **Reply #32 on:** August 31, 2021, 11:54:16 PM »

https://twitter.com/JamzLndon/status/1432799897451995143

team filler · « **Reply #33 on:** September 20, 2021, 09:54:33 PM »

https://twitter.com/SaycheeseDGTL/status/1440113187844730880

team filler · « **Reply #34 on:** September 23, 2021, 02:04:34 AM »

https://twitter.com/opinionsondanba/status/1440911741177643009

Potato · « **Reply #35 on:** September 23, 2021, 02:45:08 AM »

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/sport/netball-queensland-under-fire-for-pitting-allmale-team-against-females-in-state-tournament/news-story/cb68cf9b9b834430b98a8773b7d1c5bf

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Netball Queensland under fire for pitting all-male team against females in state tournament

Netball Queensland has been criticised for allowing boys to compete against girls at the state tournament with parents and fans reportedly hurling "vulgar" abuse at the all-male team after defeating their female counterparts.

Kurt Russell · « **Reply #36 on:** September 24, 2021, 07:24:21 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #37 on:** September 25, 2021, 10:13:35 AM »

https://twitter.com/UtdFaithfuls/status/1441755524501057537

BIONIC · « **Reply #38 on:** September 25, 2021, 11:26:44 AM »

Quote from: team filler on September 23, 2021, 02:04:34 AM

https://twitter.com/opinionsondanba/status/1440911741177643009

Guess this explains why he has such an infectious

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smile. Dude was having the time of his life!

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Potato · « **Reply #39 on:** September 25, 2021, 11:07:54 PM »

Quote from: team filler on September 25, 2021, 10:13:35 AM

https://twitter.com/UtdFaithfuls/status/1441755524501057537

Eat shit Man United. Fucking love watching those cunts lose.

Potato · « **Reply #40 on:** October 09, 2021, 04:46:04 AM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/NUFC/status/1446164622432669700

So, the club I've supported for 20+ years just got bought by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund.

I'm conflicted, because technically we're now the richest club in the world, but you know, they behead journalists for writing the truth about their regime.

Mr Gilhaney · « **Reply #41 on:** October 09, 2021, 07:43:59 AM »

https://twitter.com/ChrisMNee/status/1446374951490105362

Potato · « **Reply #42 on:** October 09, 2021, 01:03:17 PM »

I quite liked a comment on Reddit I saw. Something to the effect of: "With the new ownership in place, NUFC beheading in the right direction."

team filler · « **Reply #43 on:** October 17, 2021, 03:59:04 PM »

https://twitter.com/BSO/status/1449807042152173569

team filler · « **Reply #44 on:** January 14, 2022, 09:06:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1482019800289271820

Transhuman · « **Reply #45 on:** January 14, 2022, 09:19:32 PM »

Quote from: Transhuman on February 21, 2021, 01:18:00 AM

What was this? Why are the videos I link always from channels that get deleted

team filler · « **Reply #46 on:** January 14, 2022, 09:41:45 PM »

it was probably some of them tall lanky women you love, like the outdoor two person volleyball players

Potato · « **Reply #47 on:** January 24, 2022, 10:14:25 PM »

Tennis Australia backflips on 'Where is Peng Shuai?' T-shirt ban at Australian Open

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Tennis Australia has overturned a ban on Australian Open spectators wearing T-shirts referencing the controversy around Chinese player Peng Shuai.

It comes after security and police at Melbourne Park on Saturday ordered two spectators to remove their T-shirts and a banner with the message "Where is Peng Shuai?"

Tennis Australia said it confiscated them because they were political.

But it has now softened its stance.

A spokesperson said the body would now take a common-sense approach to ticketing conditions and it would allow certain messaging as long as there was no disruption to the event.

Peng's wellbeing became a matter of concern among the international tennis community and human rights groups when she appeared to allege former Chinese vice-premier Zhang Gaoli had sexually assaulted her in the past.

After the social media post was made, she was absent from public view for almost three weeks.

When she did appear in public again, she said that she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her and that the social media post had been misunderstood.

News of the decision came as the activists behind the campaign were making their way to Melbourne Park, with plans to wear the T-shirts again on Tuesday.

Max Mok, a human rights activist involved in the initial protest on Friday, welcomed the news and said 1,000 T-shirts would be handed out on Saturday at Melbourne Park ahead of the women's final.

"Let's hope Tennis Australia keep to their promise and let the crowd wear them," Mr Mok said.

Mr Mok said he hoped Peng would now enjoy more "regular freedoms", as a result of public advocacy in Melbourne and around the world.

"Can she actually start doing interviews with Western media? Can she play in tennis matches outside the country?" he said.

Drew Pavlou, who was behind the GoFundMe campaign to print the T-shirts which has now raised over $15,000, said the news was "excellent".

He claimed that Tennis Australia confiscated the T-shirts initially because of large sponsorship deals with Chinese companies.

"They were so worried about losing powerful sponsors, but the backlash from this campaign was even more powerful," he said.

Refugee advocate Craig Foster said Tennis Australia's decision was an important move for Australian sport.

"Human rights do not exist outside the sporting environment, they are inherent in everything we do, including hitting a tennis ball, kicking a football or swimming," Mr Foster said.

"Sport everywhere, and particularly in democratic countries where freedom of speech is a vital social pillar, cannot allow itself to be shaped by commercial interests at the expense of human wellbeing.

"Sport should not sell its soul, no matter who or how much is on offer."

Tennis Australia is really the worst.

Potato · « **Reply #48 on:** February 07, 2022, 04:55:14 AM »

Suddenly I love speed skating

Potato · « **Reply #49 on:** February 21, 2022, 06:40:27 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/JasonMcAninch/status/1495503686126211078

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #50 on:** February 21, 2022, 06:59:44 PM »

Quote from: Potato on February 21, 2022, 06:40:27 PM

https://mobile.twitter.com/JasonMcAninch/status/1495503686126211078

Potato · « **Reply #51 on:** February 21, 2022, 11:36:33 PM »

Poor girl got subbed after 40 minutes too

chronovore · « **Reply #52 on:** February 23, 2022, 06:34:09 PM »

Quote from: Potato on February 07, 2022, 04:55:14 AM

Suddenly I love speed skating

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Jutta Leerdam. Yeah, she’s a tall goddess, as well.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #53 on:** February 23, 2022, 08:55:46 PM »

There is also a cheese with the same name

chronovore · « **Reply #54 on:** February 23, 2022, 11:59:22 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on February 23, 2022, 08:55:46 PM

There is also a cheese with the same name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leerdammer

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Leerdammer (Dutch pronunciation: [leːrˈdɑmər]) is a Dutch semihard cheese

https://www.reddit.com/r/JuttaLeerdam

I can relate to that cheese.

Potato · « **Reply #55 on:** February 24, 2022, 03:49:12 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 23, 2022, 11:59:22 PM

Quote from: BisMarckie on February 23, 2022, 08:55:46 PM
There is also a cheese with the same name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leerdammer
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Leerdammer (Dutch pronunciation: [leːrˈdɑmər]) is a Dutch semihard cheese

https://www.reddit.com/r/JuttaLeerdam

I can relate to that cheese.

Semi hard

He he he he

team filler · « **Reply #56 on:** February 28, 2022, 08:43:01 PM »

james · « **Reply #57 on:** February 28, 2022, 09:11:34 PM »

I need to lose weight

team filler · « **Reply #58 on:** February 28, 2022, 09:13:46 PM »

it's still big boy season tbh

Potato · « **Reply #59 on:** March 04, 2022, 07:07:50 PM »

RIP Warnie

Absolute Aussie bogan legend dead at 52

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Author Topic: Sporting excellence (Read 6482 times)