Will we see another Six Nations surprise? (3 min read)

 

Last weekend round 4 of 5 was played in the 2026 Six Nations Rugby competition. It was one of the most unbelievable weekends in the history of the tournament.  Scotland played one of the best games of rugby ever seen in the 6 Nations by beating France 50-40, a scoreline nobody saw coming.  And Italy did something they have never done - their Men's national team beat England in a test rugby match. 

Recap of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics (5 mins)

The Winter Olympics in Italy now seems like a distant memory, but it is nice to look back and remember the highlights. This is some of what we learned at Milano Cortina 2026.  

The German athletes are still the best on sleds. The Dutch are still the fastest on skates. The Norwegians are unbeatable on skis. Japan and the US are dominant in snowboarding events and in figure skating and found themselves competing for many of those medals. And Canada still do pretty well in curling and hockey. 

Viva Italia! (3 mins)

Winter Olympics medals standings 5pm EST on Feb 9th

Italy is having a moment.  Many of the best athletes from around the world are gathered in Italy right now to compete for Olympic glory.  

World Cup qualifiers tomorrow feature Mbappe, Haaland and Ronaldo (but not Messi)

The road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals is reaching a thrilling crescendo, with the majority of Europe's footballing heavyweights on the verge of confirming their spots in the expanded 48-team tournament. In the next three days, nations like France, Norway, Portugal, Croatia, Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain are aiming to officially punch their tickets to the World Cup tournament in North America next June-July.

SailGP 2025: A New Era of High-Stakes Racing

The new SailGP sailing series is a go.  The season just started yesterday, November 23rd 2024, in Abu Dhabi with the first of 14 events getting underway. There will be one event in 2024 and the rest in 2025 culminating next November.  Team NZ beat Team USA in the finals yesterday.  This new season is off to a thrilling start, with new teams, new technology, and heightened competition.

Several significant changes have reshaped the SailGP landscape:

The best club rugby in the world gets complicated

A big weekend of global sports is upon us. 

Singapore hosts the Rugby Sevens and LIV Golf. F1 comes to Miami.  SailGP comes to Bermuda. There are NSL events in Rhode Island and Nashville.  The Investec Champions Cup rugby semifinals happen in Ireland and in France.  Finally, the Challenger Cup semifinals take place too on Saturday.  This is the second division of European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).  

The EPCR Challenger Cup semis are both being contested in England.  The matchups are the Sharks (Durban, South Africa) vs Clermont (Central France) and Gloucester (west of England) vs Benetton (outside Venice, Italy).  After the finals are played on May 24th one of these four teams will emerge victorious and thereby qualify for the Investec Champions Cup next season, the "Champions League" of European rugby, and the strongest club rugby competition in the world.

But how does it all work, you may wonder?

From Down Underdog to Wizard of Oz

The 2024 Australian Open that wrapped up this weekend was a thrilling tournament that saw some unexpected results. On the women's side, Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her title, defeating Qinwen Zheng in the final. Sabalenka is now a two-time Grand Slam champion and has established herself as one of the best players in the world. In the men's singles final, 22-year-old Jannik Sinner staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Daniil Medvedev in five sets, claiming his first Grand Slam title. Sinner became the youngest Australian Open champion since Pete Sampras in 1994.