[theo_luddite]

There's still a bit of tennis going on in Paris, but at least the fireworks and riots have finished in France. Why can't they win anything without causing mayhem in their own country (let alone capital city)? They are just as bad in Montreal and Quebec City over the pond on the odd occassion they win Lord Stanley's Shaving Mug or something else.

Speaking of which, we now know the finalists for the Pond Hocky and Hoop Shooting contests.

In the Hoop Shooting, Oklahoma City Thunder (theo - who he then?) beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 4 games to 1 to win the Western Final, whilst The Noo Yark Knicks (Snoots) came up short losing 2 -4 to Indiana Pacers (noooooobody). So that's me, myself and I against the Pacers in the final.

In the 5-a-side Ice Dancing, both Edmonton (SCO, jjamez, SHEP, ritchie) and Florida (themaclad) won their Division titles 4-1. So that leaves a 4v1 barney in the barns to sort that one out.

The F1 today was won by Aussie Mr. Piastri with his English team mate 2nd again. Did some of us pick the wrong McLaren driver? Crash lived up to his name trying to take Russell out afer being told to let him pass. A 10 second penalty left him in 10th when some former drivers were calling for him to be black flagged.

The Shale shifters were in Prague on Saturday night in a meeting that saw barely a slack handfull of races won by riders who didn't come out of trap 1. Ultimately Smarzlick got his act back together and goes back to leading the series. Freddie Lingren finished 2nd and 3rd place was taken by Leon Madsen who had stepped in to replace the injured Jason Doyle. Possibly a few red faces on the selection committee there then.

In the Rugby League, after 13 games each, Hull KR are top on 24 points with Wigan 2 points behind. They've lost 3 games between them so far whilst 3rd and 4th placed Leeds and Leigh have both lost 4 each. At t'other end, Huddersfield and Salford have only won one game each whilst just above them Castleford have won 3. St. Helens are decisively mid-table at the moment, won 7 lost 6 for those that backed them. Challenge Cup Final next weekend.

We've still got 2 Brits involved in Paris, which I might have mentioned earlier if I hadn't gone on a rant about PSG fans and Froggies in general. Most of us are still involved one way or another.

Special mentions in competitions we aren't involved in - Simon Yates for winning the Giro D'Italia, Oldham Pathetic are back in the EFL, Joe √ pulled England out of the fire v Windies to win the One Day series, PSG battered Inter in Munich before the cause of my rant above but none of us picked either. There's likely others but it's well into wine time Sunday so enjoy what's left of the weekend.