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It's as farcical as ever. I don't really pay it a whole lot of attention so can't give a detailed account but if the local news and social media feeds of those invested in it are to be trusted it goes something like this: the ruling body proposed ending the season now pretty much as things stand and put it up to a vote. All 42 clubs in our top 4 divisions were required to submit their vote by 5pm on Friday (last Friday? The one before, I don't even know. What day are we on?) Anyway the deadline passed and votes went as expected. Rangers didn't want to hand the title to Celtic as mathematically they could still catch up. Hearts and Partick and the like obviously wouldn't vote for their own relegation. The vote goes the way of the proposal thanks to one club abstaining. Rangers, Partick Thistle and Hearts and some others release statements reasserting their objections to the proposal. Rangers threaten legal action stating the governing body are bullying clubs by with-holding payouts unless the vote went their way (most Scottish clubs struggling to stay afloat even with gate receipts, never mind these weeks of no football at what would've been the business end of the season). Some other Clubs follow Rangers position with statements released. Including Dundee which confuses EVERYONE as Dundee would've benefited from the proposal, leading every Scotsman and his dog to conclude that Dundee were the club who didn't bother to submit their vote.

Thats my half-arsed understanding of it. I couldn't really care to be honest.
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I think it was one of those ridiculous situations that only Scottish Football could get itself embroiled in. I think, cannot be certain, that the result of the secret ballot was announced before Dundee had cast their vote. Laughably they were trying still to decide what was best for them. What followed was the realisation that everyone would now know which way were Dundee were voting. In the power struggle that is Scottish Football I guess the bottom line is "are you Celtic or Rangers" and by voting late Dundee will have shown their hand. Crazy!
 
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The mighty J Class yachts of the 1930s Americas Cup races have been making a come back in the last 20 years or so. There only 3 originals left and 6 replica yachts. They manage to stage Grand Prix racing every year, although they can't always get all 9 to the event. Last month in Antigua just 4 yachts made the start, but before the yachts could reach the starting line, there was a collision between Svea and Topaz in the fight for positions before the start gun. Both yachts were damaged and could take no part in the regatta. This left one of the originals, Valsheda, and the world champion Lion Heart to match race through the 6 race series. They tied at 3-3, but Valsheda took the honours as she's handicapped by her age. She's 77 years older than Lion Heart.

The collision. The fault lay with Svea which comes in from the left. She failed to give way as the port tack boat. Topaz tried to avoid the collision but couldn't do so.

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Kyle Walker is such a bellend. His latest trick is to play the mental health card. If I was him I'd be more concerned about my financial health. 2 ex's rightly looking for a decent dollop of child maintenance. You just know he's going to be brassick in a decade and moaning like Dave Bassett. He won't be wedging out £4K on a couple of hookers that's for sure.
 
Well the hot news news continues on the F1 scene. Just a couple of days ago, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari announced that they will be parting ways at the end of the season. It looks as though money might be the big issue. Nobody likes a massive pay cut. After Vettel knocked back an offer from McLaren, that company went after, and signed Daniel Ricciardo for 2021, taking the seat left vacant by Carlos Sainz Jr. Ricciardo will join the young Englishman Lando Norris.

I read a report posted 3 hours ago saying Sainz has signed with Ferrari and will partner the Monaco born Charles Leclerc.

Now that Ricciardo is going, I wonder who'll be offered the drive at Renault?

And what happens to Vettel?

Interesting times.
 
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German football returning today. I shall not be watching as it's all on BT Sport over here which I don't subscribe to. I'm sure a few will be watching not least the Germany based correspondents. I can't see football without a live audience being any good at all. Of course the ghouls who introduced VAR and who seem blind to the huge problems and negativity it's created reckon the live crowd are irrelevant to the future of football. The coronavirus will I suspect show they are deluded clueless morons.
 
Sport now starting to return

iTV4 showing live snooker from 1st June
ITV showing the Guineas weekend 6&7 June along with Coronation Cup day on 5 June
Premier league football possibly from 20 June
Test series v West Indies possibly starting 8 July
 
Steveo said:
Sport now starting to return

iTV4 showing live snooker from 1st June
ITV showing the Guineas weekend 6&7 June along with Coronation Cup day on 5 June
Premier league football possibly from 20 June
Test series v West Indies possibly starting 8 July
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Would be great if this forum returned to being a Racing forum too
 
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Fingers crossed for Alex Zenardi who while racing a handbike, had a collision with a truck. While rounding a bend, he wandered onto the wrong side of the road and was hit front on. He's now in an induced coma after undergoing head surgery.

The former two time U.S Champion Auto Racing Teams, series Champion and former F1 driver, had both legs amputated 2001 after being involved in an open wheeler race in Germany.

Eight years later Alex decided to try handbike racing, it was a sport in which he would excel. At the London Para Olympics, he took two gold medals and a silver. He would take another two gold and a silver in Rio.

Here's hoping he same fierce will that drove him on in sport, delivers him a healthy outcome.
 
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