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    2023 Women's World Cup

    Just a few weeks away from this starting (20 July) with the hosts being Australia and New Zealand. It will be the first WWC to have 32 teams so expect some one sided group stage matches. Outside of football the biggest stories of interest is the increase in prize pool (from $30M to $110M USD)...
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    2026 World Cup - USA/Mexico/Canada

    I started the Qatar thread eleven (!) years ago and so lets start the next one. What do we know? The tournament will kickoff in June 2026 and will be expanding from 32 to 48 nations. The allocation for spots will look like this: Europe gets 16 (up from 13) Asia gets 8 (up from 4.5) Africa...
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    Women's Euros 2022 in England

    Kicks off on the 6th. Spain, England, France, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany all are 10/1 or less to win.
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    2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

    The games start on February 4 in the winter paradise that is Beijing. The snow will be fake but the smog is not. The bad news that came out last night is the NHL has decided not to release it's players for the men's hockey tournament as expected due to COVID issues...
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    Four Spurs players facing 10-day hotel quarantine after international break

    Romero, Lo Celso, Aurier, and Sanchez are currently scheduled to travel to "red" countries on the UK Covid List and would be required to quarantine for 10 days upon return to the UK. Full list of PL players is here...
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    2019 Africa Cup of Nations

    Another confederation tournament kicks off today. It's being held in Egypt after being moved from Cameroon last fall.
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    Law Changes for 2019/20 Season

    As some of you may know, I referee a lot of football in the US. There we're some pretty significant law changes made for the next season and I wanted to clarify those changes. Unfortunately, the football media has a habit of not doing the greatest job explaining law changes so I made this...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 23 (6 July)

    Match #57 - Quarterfinals - 15:00 BST Uruguay : France Nizhny Novgorod Referee: Nestor Pitana (Argentina) VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Odds France (1/1) Draw (21/10) Uruguay (7/2) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #58 - Quarterfinals - 19:00 BST Brazil : Belgium...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 20 (3 July)

    Match #55 - Round of 16 - 15:00 BST Sweden : Switzerland St. Petersburg Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) VAR: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Odds Switzerland (17/10) Draw (2/1) Sweden (2/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #56 - Round of 16 - 19:00 BST Colombia : England...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 19 (2 July)

    Match #53 - Round of 16 - 15:00 BST Brazil : Mexico Samara Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Odds Brazil (4/9) Draw (7/2) Mexico (7/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #54 - Round of 16 - 19:00 BST Belgium : Japan Rostov-on-Don...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 18 (1 July)

    Match #51 - Round of 16 - 15:00 BST Spain : Russia Moscow (Luzhniki) Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands) VAR: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Odds Spain (8/13) Draw (13/5) Russia (5/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #52 - Round of 16 - 19:00 BST Croatia : Denmark...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 17 (30 June)

    I'm less drunk (but not sober) than last Friday night so I think I'll get this in the right forum. Match #50 - Round of 16 - 15:00 BST Kazan Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Odds France (7/5) Draw (2/1) Argentina (12/5)...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 15 (28 June)

    Match #47 - Group H - 15:00 BST Japan : Poland Volgograd Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Odds Japan (13/8) Draw (11/5) Poland (15/8) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #48 - Group H - 15:00 BST Senegal : Colombia Samara Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia) Odds Colombia...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 13 (26 June)

    Match #37 - Group C - 15:00 BST Denmark : France Moscow (Luzhniki) Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) VAR: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Odds France (23/20) Draw (7/4) Denmark (18/5) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #38 - Group C - 15:00 BST Australia : Peru Sochi Referee...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 12 (25 June)

    Match #33 - Group A - 15:00 BST Uruguay : Russia Samara Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) VAR: Clement Turpin (France) Odds Uruguay (17/10) Draw (2/1) Russia (19/10) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #34 - Group A - 15:00 BST Saudi Arabia : Egypt Who cares...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 11 (24 June)

    Let's try this sober. Match #30 - Group G - 13:00 BST England : Panama Kaliningrad Referee: Ghead Grisha (Egypt) VAR: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Odds England (2/9) Draw (5/1) Panama (16/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #32 - Group H - 16:00 BST Japan : Senegal...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 10 (23 June)

    Match #29 - Group G - 13:00 BST Belgium : Tunisia Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States) VAR: Mark Geiger (United States) Odds Belgium (1/3) Draw (19/5) Tunisia (10/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #28 - Group F - 16:00 BST South Korea : Mexico Referee: Milorad...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 9 (22 June)

    Match #25 - Group E - 13:00 BST Brazil : Costa Rica St. Petersburg Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands) VAR: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Odds Brazil (2/9) Draw (19/4) Costa Rica (16/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #24 - Group D - 16:00 BST Nigeria : Iceland...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 8 (21 June)

    Match #21 - Group C - 13:00 BST Denmark : Australia Samara Referee: Antionio Lahoz (Spain) VAR: Mark Geiger (United States) Odds Denmark (1/1) Draw (9/4) Australia (3/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #22 - Group C - 16:00 BST France : Peru Yekatarinburg Referee...
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    World Cup Discussion Thread - Day 7 (20 June)

    Match #19 - Group B - 13:00 BST Portugal : Morocco Moscow (Luzhiniki) Referee: Mark Geiger (United States) Odds Portugal (8/13) Draw (13/5) Morocco (5/1) ------------------------------------------------------- Match #18 - Group A - 16:00 BST Uruguay : Saudi Arabia Rostov-on-Don Referee: Clement...
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