[POLL] Sports Talk - Who's playing and what are you watching?

Three major finals today :tennis: :soccer: and an especially big day for :es: sports fans.

At 1300 UTC is the Wimbledon Men’s Singles final between Carlos Alcaraz :es: and Novak Djokovic :serbia:
Alcaraz beat Djokovic is the final last year :tennis:

At 1900 UTC is the :soccer: Euro 2024 final between :es: and :england:

Finally, at 2000 EDT (UTC -4) is the :soccer: Copa América final between :argentina: and :colombia:

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OnBoard #7 Toyota Gazoo Hypercar at the FIA-WEC 6 Hours of São Paulo.

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And Alcaraz did it again - this time in straight sets :trophy:

Winner of the Men’s Wheelchair Singles was Alfie Hewett :uk: who becomes only the second man to win both the Wheelchair Singles & Doubles Grand Slams :trophy:

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What a ride that was :biking_man: :yellow_square: :medal_sports:

Tadej Pogacar has won the queen stage of the 111th Tour de France and extended his lead in the overall standings. After 4800 meters of climbing and five challenging mountain classifications, the Slovenian cycling star celebrated on the French national holiday with a lead of more than a minute over the Danish defending champion Jonas Vingegaard. After the 197.7 kilometers on the 15th stage between Loudenvielle and the Plateau de Beille, Belgian time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel crossed the finish line in third place on Sunday.

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England coping so far…

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It looks good what the English are playing. They allow almost nothing at the end. An incredibly strong defense. But I’ve said that before. Spain haven’t found any solutions yet. If England win a :trophy: , it will be in Germany. I could live with that :soccer:

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Too bad, England. One mistake too many, the Spaniards punish that immediately.

Congrats to :es: :trophy: There has never been a team that has won seven games in a row

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Olé. olé y olé!
Gana España! Enhorabuena!

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Congratulations to :es: Best team through the whole tournament :soccer:

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Congratulations to :argentina: winners of Copa América 2024 :trophy:

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:person_facepalming:

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He will be fine just changing:

2024 > 2024 2028 >> 2024 2028 2032 and so on.

Let him keep the hope alive :rofl:

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It’s the final group matches for qualification for Women’s Euro 2025 tonight. There will be 8 automatic qualifiers confirmed tonight (plus :switzerland: as hosts), and another 7 teams who qualify via the playoffs that follow.

Group A1
:netherlands: will qualify with a draw and play :norway: (who need a win) :it: will qualify with a win, but a draw is enough if :norway: lose.

Group A2
:es: and :denmark: have qualified.

Group A3
:fr: have qualified. :england: need a win or a draw against :sweden: who would qualify in :england: place if they win.

Group A4
:de: and :iceland: have qualified.

:soccer:

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:it: beat :finland: 4-0, and :norway: vs :netherlands: was a 1-1 draw, so :it: & :netherlands: have automatically qualified :soccer:

:england: vs :sweden: was a 0-0 draw, so :england: join :fr: in automatically qualifying :soccer:

28 teams enter the playoffs which will produce 7 more qualifiers by 3rd December 2024 :soccer:

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Demain, les Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade commencent à Paris :fr:

Yes, there’s a multitude of sport events taking place from tomorrow at the Summer Olympics. The Opening Ceremony isn’t until Friday evening, but tomorrow there is :soccer: & :rugby_football: for your delectation - https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/24-july

Warner Bros. Discovery own the :tv: rights and will be broadcasting the Games on Eurosport, but there is also free to air coverage in many countries including the BBC :uk: & France Télévisions :fr:

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FIAWEC Lone Star Le Mans 6-Hours of COTA - #93 Peugeot in-car.

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I had a very enjoyable afternoon :soccer:

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I support Chester, then Liverpool - Chester is about 9-10 miles below Liverpool :smiley: Chester are :poop:, but it’s my home city, even though I have lived in Sheffield since 1980…

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Good on you :+1: At least that gets you out of having to choose between Wednesday and United :soccer:

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I’ve been catching up on the Paralympics 2024 in Paris :fr:

Here in :uk: there’s lots of coverage on the free terrestrial :tv: Channel 4 (who also have lots of videos and live-streams on their YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@Channel4Sport)

:uk: are putting in an excellent performance so far - 2nd in the medal table :1st_place_medal: :2nd_place_medal: :3rd_place_medal: behind :cn:

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