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Jeez. That looks awful. But sometimes a player will shoot and accidentally hit the face. How do you decide what is deliberate and what isn't? It can be hard to tell but I guess that's why they're qualified officials. Maybe goalies should wear cages like ice hockey players.

If you shoot into the goalkeeper's face in handball you can be sent off for 2 minutes apparently. That's what this commentator said. That seems harsh. What if you mishit it/misdirect it? Admittedly harder with hands than feet, but still.

In fact never mind, Norway are in blue LOL. Just turned it on. Not sure why Norway can't wear red (just seen it's their home colour) and France blue but ah well.

Is Norway's home kit not red in handball? If so not sure why they can't wear it against France's blue. @Birdy will be going mad about this kit crime.

True. Like you say it's propaganda for making people feel better about their lives - keeping them in their box and letting them live vicariously through athletes. If regular people didn't feel that connection there is no way any country would take sport as seriously just as a game as China...

I heard about that. I heard Germany scored two goals in 6 seconds or something (you say 14). Even if 14 how is that even possible? I can't open the video, not available in my country or something? I will mess with VPNs later to see if I can watch it. USA are powerhouse in basketball and by far...

USA were tied with China last night on gold medals. China must have won one today. That could all change after the track and field tonight too given USA's (cough PEDS cough) dominance in that sport at this Olympics.

True have to take that into account. They say the Olympics are a net negative for countries financially, but SOMETIMES the legacy they leave can't really be measured in finance. Prestige and future sporting improvement. For instance, here in the UK I am sure our performance in Olympics has...

Handball looks good. I think it was Messi983 who said handball players play as inverted wingers now, similar to footballers. Seem true. Could they play futsal on handball courts? They look eerily similar, though the dimensions may be different? They should introduce futsal or 7 a side football...

Thanks mate. I couldn't be arsed looking it up exactly.

Gonna miss a lot of it cos of Community Shield. I'd like to have watched the full match. France doing well though in the team events eh? Silver in men's football, gold in men's volleyball, silver or gold in women's handball.

So according to wikipedia this is the lineup for the finals on the last night of athletics (not including women's marathon tomorrow). I haven't looked on olympics.com to give the exact order and times. Men: 800m, 5000m, 4 times 400m relay, high jump Women: 1500m, 100m hurdles, 4 times 400m...

Beauitful how they all stopped for it and the crowd were singing and dancing along. It's what sport is all about.

That France-Germany rivalry.

If they land perfectly on their feet after the routine it counts as a three-pointer.

Congrats France. The big Polish server guy did his best to keep Poland in it in that third set.

The main thing I learned from volleyball today is that outside hitters hate losing points to setters. That's what the commentator said anyway.

Thanks mate. I can be a dick sometimes when in a mood, I am Scottish after all and we can be miserable bastards at times lol. But generally I try to be nice to people if they are nice to me. Put it this way - your English is miles better than my (insert your native language).

While we are on the subject above, Poland refusing to go down here in the volleyball.

Would be more accurate in the above photo if the banana had rotted black.