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If he's fit he'll start tomorrow. Rodgers isn't up to it yet.

It doesn't really matter if he was only betting on them to win, it's effectively insider trading. We've seen team news leak when premier league players change their fantasy teams, dropping team mates for example.

I think even the Russian's have reported that it was either their own missile defence system or a spontaneous engine combustion that brought it down. Didn't even try to blame Ukraine.

I assume the idea is that they are a warning to other footballers to remind them not to get involved in betting on football.

Because of the obvious chance of corruption and match fixing football needs to hand out heavy fines and bans for anyone involved in betting. It should be clear to all professional footballers that betting on football is something they cannot do, regardless of whether they are involved in the match or not.

Indeed. Just get a friend to put the bets on for you. Sorted.

I'd have huge doubts about attracting NFL to Birmingham, they already have everything they need in London and will be focused on expanding to other countries. They will also make more money from having an NFL game in London than Birmingham. Also I'm not sure that rugby will really be an option, What team is going to play in this new stadium and attract 20K+ fans? Athletics isn't going to generate any money and if you have it then the stadium is rubbish for other sports.

I'd be interested to see what the business plan is. I assume they plan to make a profit from the other developments in the plan rather than the stadium itself.

It's definitely not that much. Practice is a waste of time to watch and for qualifying you can just watch the last 15 minutes of it. The vast majority of people just watch the race and even then you can usually switch off after half of it as the result will be known by then.

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I did. I dip in and out now but I used to watch every race back in the day when it was much less predictable and only half the field finished a race. Its too big to fail but I imagine a lot of the new viewers they got from Drive to Survive are also switching off now.

FriendFace Over 1,000 Orc's killed in one day... apparently....

Meh, It was the same when Mercedes were winning all the races. F1 is generally not competitive most seasons. The big problem, as I see it, is the minimal impact of in race tactics (perhaps re-fuelling would help this), the reliability of the cars, the lack of punishment for running off track and the overtake the car in front of you button on the steering wheel. The sport has needed surgery for a long time but it still manages, through good marketing, to hold on to a huge worldwide audience. If you want to watch racing watch MotoGP.

I highly doubt this ISIS attack was a false flag operation. It doesn't seem plausible to me, but I wouldn't put anything past the FSB. I definitely would believe the four suspects are just random brown people they found who can fulfil the role of perpetrators.

It's much much harder to wrap up when you are wearing pads, they reduce how much mobility you have in your shoulders. Tapping ankles means you are already too late and are tackling from behind, it's the tackle of last resort. NFL teams have had rugby players over to teach tackling but it doesn't work the same in NFL as in rugby. Plus in the NFL you are allowed go for the ball, in rugby you can only strip possession, you can't slap or punch it out.

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To be honest for most people under fifty will have to accept working,maybe not full time, until they are 70. There isn't the population of young people to replace older people in the workforce and as people are living much longer now the cost of a pension is huge. If you are forty and you plan to retire at 65 then you need to budget that you will live for another 25 years after that. Yep, a quarter of a century. Assuming you have a reasonable standard of health.

That was deliberate. It was supposed to be a warning to any ISIS members who might consider a similar attack. This is how badly we will torture you if you get caught.

New kickoff rule implemented, hopefully it makes kickoffs more exciting which is badly needed.

Like players managers go where they get the most money. United can get any manager they want because they are the biggest club in the world, will pay handsomely and will have a very good transfer budget.

Although this isn't a court of law in general in Justice systems appeals don't carry any risk and usually reduce the punishment. I find the whole fact you can appeal idiotic, get the decision right in the first place.

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Seems crazy to ban this hip drop tackle. How are you supposed to tackle? They say it's similar to the horse collar but it's not at all.

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Very interesting documentary from the front lines on BBC two tonight, Ukraine enemy in the woods. It's insane after two world wars we basically have a mini one ongoing in 2024. Humanity will never learn.