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Perhaps an avenue of activity that could be enjoyed by the increasing numbers of obese people around the world is "sumo wrestling." You can eat plenty, up to 20,000 calories per day. You can still be healthy, providing you undertake the appropriate regular exercise. The fat tends to be stored just under the skin, rather than around the organs of the body. This means you would be healthier than the usual obese person who would most likely not be taking the regular exercise nor the challenges of wrestling.
It is legal to slap, shove or head butt your opponent.
Sumo wrestlers may way 150 kg.

Pickleball is a sport played on a court that is smaller than tennis, with racquets that are like ping-pong paddles, only larger. It can be played as a singles game, but often played as doubles because it's quick action. I've seen a few pickleball courts in my travels and it seems to attract women as it's social and less strenuous than tennis.

Near one of the courts, I found a bumper sticker on the car of an avid player. Although they give warning that they brake for pickleball, it would appear the driver behind them didn't.



Ouch!

Great match all the best from a Irish man ,,????the Irish did there best

Sorry for the word block, but D!ck Butkus, was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears and considered one of the greatest NFL players. It's reported he died in his sleep at age 80.

Butkus was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. It was an easy pick, because it’s hard to imagine writing the history of the game without Butkus.


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Link:
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(word filter block. change the * to i for the link to work correctly)

Today at 15h15. UK time.

In Cardiff.



My prediction: Dragons: 28 Springboks: 46

One of my neighbors has a bumper sticker that reads: Pickleball Let's Play. A few times a month I see a news link with claims that Pickleball is becoming the fastest growing sport.
If you don't know the game, it's a cross between tennis and ping-pong. The court is smaller than tennis, the racquets/paddles are larger than ping-pong. Often played as a doubles game. It gives the quick reaction to a familiar sport with less injury than conventional tennis.



Drew Brees vs. John McEnroe

I haven't seen John McEnroe in years. He's 64 years old now and looks terrible!!

For those interested in tonight's rugby game.

South Africa vs Argentina starts at 21h10 SAST.

GO BOKKE!

When talking about Matadors and what they do, gets some people protesting about animal cruelty. This is a sport that's been going on for...
Let's check.

When did bullfighting first originate?
Yahoo says:
"The first ever recorded bullfight in Pamplona took place on 2 August 1385, paving the way for what would become the world-famous Sanfermines, or ‘running of the bulls’."

Britannica claims it was as early as 1621.

So what's the problem worrying about some angry bulls when this has been going on for so long. Do you think complaining will curb or prohibit the sport?
Doubtful... I'd say.

Anyway, I'm only reminded about bullfighting when something goes wrong.
This week, Andrés Roca Rey, considered one of the best bullfighters in the world, missed his mark by a few feet and was struck by the bull. Thankfully his injuries weren't life threatening.

Twitter link here:


And THAT is a lot of BULL...

Two-time Olympian and two-time major tournament tennis champion Shuai Zhang was competing against Hungarian Amarissa Tóth in the WTA Tour's Hungarian Grand Prix.
(Women's Tennis Association)

Playing on clay, Zhang hit a shot that kicked up chalk on a line that would have given her a point. The judge ruled it out, the umpire agreed, but they looked at themselves as to question the decision. When Zhang appealed to the judges to take a closer look, her opponent Tóth walked over to the spot and wiped away the mark with her foot and giggled.

Shaken by the judges decision and Amarissa covering the mark, Zhang decided to pull out of the match. She received boos from the crowd and mocked by her actions.

It's been years since I followed tennis, but I believe with a questionable call like that, the judge should have given her a replay.

In the 1970's John McEnroe would have insisted it!

At the test match yesterday at Lord's cricket ground, an England batsman was stumped by the Australian wicket keeper for wandering outside his crease. The batsman, Bairstow assumed beforehand that it was the end of the over, so the ball was dead. But the Australian team jumped with delight at seeing him out. The umpire hadn't officially declared that it was the end of the over so technically the ball was still live and the player must be deemed out. A mass protest ensued and the Australian team were booed by the crowd and called cheats.
This brings into question the right spirit of the game and the Australians capitalised on the situation when, if they showed the right sporting attitude, they should not have stumped the England player as he assumed the ball was dead and the Australian player knew that, but took the opportunity to gain a crucial wicket without showing the right sporting spirit.
Is it important in any sport to show the right sporting attitude, or is winning at any cost the only objective.