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Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021)

By StanSP, in General Football and Sport

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ShadowKing

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Also read that a games-concerned personnel at the Olympic village tested positive for covid and they are a non-Tokyo resident...hope all the athletes stay safe.

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kushiro

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Greetings from Sapporo, where the GB women's soccer team kick off in about three hours against Chile. 

 

Sapporo is not one of the places allowing spectators in, so it's a pretty bleak scene at the moment (apart from the blazing sunshine). I took these photos about half an hour ago. 

 

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I live about 45 minutes away by subway, on the other side of the city, and I thought I'd pop down as a kind of sentimental journey. The last time a British football team played here was in the 2002 World Cup. England v Argentina. I was living in Wigston at the time, but came out here to follow England. I didn't have a ticket for the Argentina game and spent several days walking round the city with a sign asking for spares. The average price was about 400 quid on the black market and I couldn't go that high. Finally I got one the day before the game for about 150 quid, and of course England won with Beckham's famous penalty (no-one criticized Owen for diving to win it). 

 

Anyway, I realized while I was wandering round this place that it is a beautiful city, and I thought 'right, I'll come and work here'. So next year, I did and have been here ever since.

 

It's weird this no fans thing. Last week I was at a concert with about 3,000 people there - every seat taken, no distancing. The Japanese are terrified of new variant strains, I think. But the number of foreign visitors who bought tickets for games here in Sapporo must be vanishingly small.

 

The marathon's here too, and the walking races, and I'll probably go and give a roadside cheer for Tom Bosworth in the 20 km walk and the Brits in the other events.

 

I'm sure you're desperate to see my ugly mug so here's a picture of me from the 2002 World Cup. Before I walked the streets looking for a ticket I checked with a local policewoman that my sign was legal (and she said 'no problem'). Somehow this picture turned up on the front page of the local paper:

 

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stripeyfox

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Underway in the football.

Nice to have some sport to watch whilst working at home

 

I love the Olympics. It's a real shame about the no fans at this one, but I'm sure Tokyo (and other locations hosting events) will put on a good show.

 

 

stripeyfox

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2 hours ago, kushiro said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I live about 45 minutes away by subway, on the other side of the city, and I thought I'd pop down as a kind of sentimental journey. The last time a British football team played here was in the 2002 World Cup. England v Argentina. I was living in Wigston at the time, but came out here to follow England. I didn't have a ticket for the Argentina game and spent several days walking round the city with a sign asking for spares. The average price was about 400 quid on the black market and I couldn't go that high. Finally I got one the day before the game for about 150 quid, and of course England won with Beckham's famous penalty (no-one criticized Owen for diving to win it). 

 

Anyway, I realized while I was wandering round this place that it is a beautiful city, and I thought 'right, I'll come and work here'. So next year, I did and have been here ever since.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remeber that game well. The defender who "clashed" with Owen to concede the penalty was non other than future Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino!

 

 

 

spacemunky

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Christine Sinclair(who else? lol) with a goal for us(Canada) 5 minutes in, but a 1-1 draw with Japan in the opener.

 

Shocked by the US losing by 3 to Sweden.

 

Congrats to the GB girls on their opening win :thumbup:

 

 

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Chester Dontlie

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9 hours ago, StanSP said:

lollol 

 

 

It's been a major news item in Poland last couple of days lol

Those six who were sent back intend to sue Polish swimming association and demand its chairman dismissed. If succesful they could end up being over 1 million pounds (to share not each) better off! That would be hilarious as their chances of winning anything in Japan were rather slim, to put it mildly

 

gerblod

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8 hours ago, spacemunky said:

Shocked by the US losing by 3 to Sweden.

Pleasantly surprised by the Swedish win. They played with their usual physicality, but they've improved no end technically.

It's good for the women's national team competitions that the US have seen their streak of dominance ended. I'm sure they'll recover but hopefully not so much as to regain the superiority they've enjoyed.

It's going to be an interesting Olympics as far as women's footer is concerned. 

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Bert

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15 minutes ago, NuneatonFox1 said:

How on earth do you over pick by 6 athletes lol

Diane Abbott head of selection 

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Jattdogg

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9 hours ago, spacemunky said:

Christine Sinclair(who else? lol) with a goal for us(Canada) 5 minutes in, but a 1-1 draw with Japan in the opener.

 

Shocked by the US losing by 3 to Sweden.

 

Congrats to the GB girls on their opening win :thumbup:

 

 

Is she 80 yet? Shes looked like shes been 50 years old since she was first on the scene lol.  Having said that a cdn football legend!

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NuneatonFox1

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1 hour ago, eblair said:

Anyone know why soumare and Fofana not in French side?

I mean from a purely selfish point of view, who cares. Gives them time to have pre-season and be match ready for Man City.

stripeyfox

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1 hour ago, Samilktray said:

Will they show the skateboarding on tv?

I think Eurosport are covering everything - they have several channels and lots of stuff on red button

 

Soup

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3 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Will they show the skateboarding on tv?

I might watch the vert but not sure about the street. Some of the best street skaters are not there as they wouldn't pass the dope test 😂

 

Just checked and there is no vert haha, weird that

 

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Samilktray

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13 minutes ago, Soup said:

I might watch the vert but not sure about the street. Some of the best street skaters are not there as they wouldn't pass the dope test 😂

 

Just checked and there is no vert haha, weird that

 

I’m looking forward to seeing a few of them, I like Yuto Horigome a lot 

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