and their league has financial meltdowns almost every single season.

Their domestic league clubs are still having financial issues? Thought they put in reforms a few years ago to try and fix that.

Appreciate the update post! Wish I knew if there was like a FotMob for Hockey. They’re constantly playing games and never remember to be on the look out for it. The KHL would be fun to watch.

Well that’s extra upsetting. I assumed there’s no way the Israeli league would be playing.

Thinking about it, is the Israeli league even actively playing matches at the moment? I’m a little surprised they have teams this far into European competitions, especially Europa league.

Either way I agree, it’s ridiculously hypocritical for FIFA and UEFA to ban Russia and turn a blind eye to Ukrainian and Israeli teams.

Well this is much better summary than the headline on the locked post in r/Soccer. Was not going to bother wading into the post or comments.

Glad they got their asses kicked. Also very glad the team on the field got beat 5-0 as an extra cherry on top.

Voted for PSL and for the house and senate the greens. Also there was Socialist Workers Party folks on the Ballot. Did some googling about them yesterday and talk about incoherent. Pro Israel, and then Pro Cuba

Yeah as you mentioned earlier I’m afraid this is going to move rapidly up the escalation ladder.

It’s why I was curious what Iran could potentially do to mitigate its AA installations being destroyed. Even if it’s not as good as the Russian or Chinese AA setup, some deterrence is better than nothing when the western doctrine is all about air superiority.

Interesting, thanks for the write up. Does sound like Iran will be stuck in a bind then. Damned if you do damned if you don’t. Hopefully Iran has a better plan this time for this scenario would not be good if their AA gets taken out.

The fact that 40 of these missiles have been deployed is very concerning and could indicate Israeli intentions to carry out a wider scale Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD/DEAD) operation. This is a capability that Israel has already demonstrated against Iran, that Iran failed to stop last time round.

Appreciate the lengthy write up. I do wonder what the solution to massed SEAD would look like for Iran. Do they just turn their radar off and try and time it so the SEAD missile looses its lock? I really have no idea what other countermeasures there would be.

Lokomotiv celebrates home wins with a locomotive's steam whistle!

Love this so much. I know the NHL teams all have unique goal sirens and stuff, this is way cooler

Yeah it sounds like Acosta left Cuba for Chile because Lopez was in his weight class. He's been competing for Chile since 2017 but looks like this is his first Olympics. Glad he got beat.

Loved watching him win. The announcers mentioned his opponent for the finals, Yasmani Acosta Fernandez was apparently his Cuban teammate and then defected to Chile.

Even my dad who's a big wrestling fan, but a chud had to begrudgingly admit Lopez is the GOAT.

Watched it earlier today, and loved every second of it. Especially after learning he beat his former teammate, who was a defector.

That's pretty wild, definitely a very random combination.

Reminds me of how apparently Flavor Flav sponsored the US Women's Water Polo team because he heard they we had minimal funding and were working multiple jobs plus trying to keep up with their training or something like that.

Its kinda sad to think about, but also I guess very American. Hoping some benevolent rich person blesses you and your sport with money so you can hopefully keep doing that sport to win a medal.

Edit: Yeah it was the water polo team, also realized I'm being serious on a meme post... ABC News Link

Thanks for digging that up, that's worse than I could have ever imagined it being judged... I don't blame you I don't want to look more into that either.

The announcers washed his balls the entire match, aside from a little mention of the dude getting suspended for ghosting three consecutive drug tests.

Yeah that's not fishy at all.

Edit: if you want huck your phone through a windows, Google "team usa Olympians failed drug test" Results are about Chinese swimmers

Why I'm glad I'm not watching the Olympics with my family past couple days. They won't shut up about how clearly the only reason China is good at any sport has to be doping.

Meanwhile my dad thinks the worst any US athlete can be on is weed so we're very clearly not doping.

Well that's upsetting to hear. It's completely abhorrent and I already can't believe that guy is allowed to compete. I can't comprehend how 4 years was it for his jail time. Deserves much worse than just the boo's he got in the first match.

Was going to say I remembered Paraguay being better semi recently but honestly haven't been tracking the different South American national teams very closely.

They might make it to the 2026 World Cup just because the CONMEBOL qualifiers now allow for like 7 teams to qualify, out of 10. But with teams like Ecuador and Venezuela on the rise, they have fewer chances.

Venezuela's rise has been interesting to me, I know quite a few of their players have come through or still are in MLS. I'm guessing the sport has grown in popularity in Venezuela enough and the domestic league quality must be decent enough to give their players a shot in foreign leagues.

Does Paraguay have a solid roster? I know they had a hard time in Copa America. Either way, hope Japan keeps their foot on the gas and can keep the Israeli's loosing.