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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 01:15 PM
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Heart breaker, why did they take Rooney out? Dang it.
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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 01:30 PM
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Courage mes amis!
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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 01:37 PM
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merci, mais je crois que c'est deja trop tard.
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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 02:02 PM
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ce n'est pas fini jusqu a la grand dame chante!
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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 04:10 PM
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C'est vrai!
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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 05:44 PM
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USA just advanced into the quarterfinals!! What a nailbiter.
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Old Jun 11th, 2016, 10:49 PM
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I am in Venice... quite a few bars have put televisions outside. For last Friday's game, the only places in my 'hood to watch were the Irish pubs and the sports bar Inishark. So I was glad to see lots more places showing the game last night.

Tomorrow night will be fun when Italy plays, but my money is on Spain (literally) and I will be watching that match too.

There's a great article about the Albanian team in the June issue of the British Airways mag I read on the way here. So I picked them as my long shot, and what a long shot it is.
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 12:29 AM
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Go USA - what was the score?
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 03:30 AM
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1-0, and we played most of the second half down one man.

Looking forward to Turkey-Croatia and Germany-Ukraine today!
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 04:28 AM
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well done USA!

similar to the Irish rugby team who played with one man down for most of the match and still beat SA by 6 points. [i know that you're keen on rugby, TP!]
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 04:50 AM
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Ann, when is rugby season? I'm thinking perhaps I can catch a game when I'm down under in December and January.
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 06:10 AM
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Trying to Multitask (impossible for anyone with a Y Chromosome). Have the football on one monitor, the cricket on the second. 5Live commentary on the radio. Missing everything important!
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 06:45 AM
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I sympathise Willit - I'm doing the same but with the football and Location Location Location...
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 07:57 AM
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Ann, when is rugby season? I'm thinking perhaps I can catch a game when I'm down under in December and January.>>

Tripplanner - you'd be fine here catching a rugby match between December and Jan but I'm not sure about OZ where it will be summer at that time of year.

Rugby is essentially a winter game as is football though of course the main championships are usually played in the summer. I haven't been able to find exactly dates but so far as i can see the rugby season starts in Oz in about March and finishes in October time.

You could always go and see a cricket match!

<<Have the football on one monitor, the cricket on the second. 5Live commentary on the radio. Missing everything important!>>

Willit, what are you going to do when the Grand Prix starts???
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 08:04 AM
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annhig - Ignore it. I used to be a fan, but F1 lost it's attraction years ago (probably about the time of Senna vs Prost)

Actually, I need to go and do something that doesn't involve "pigging out" on sports coverage - real life perhaps.
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 08:41 AM
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Drat. Even football - or soccer as we call it - is played as a summer sport, along with baseball. I suspect it's due to the number of other sports competing for attention in the winter - American football, basketball, and now hockey.
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 08:56 AM
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sorry, TP. It'll just have to be the cricket then!
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 10:48 AM
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Confession: I lost interest a bit and played Candy Crush Saga during the NI match.
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 11:27 AM
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You're forgiven, RM. I only caught the end of it on the radio and it sounded dire.
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Old Jun 12th, 2016, 11:30 AM
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Still playing RM67? I'm quite enjoyong the GER vs UKR game
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