Apologies if I forgot an obvious sport or didn't list a worthy one...(For comedy's sake, feel free to file a grievance here).
Otherwise, on the tin, and whatnot...
Association Football
Rugby Union
Rugby League
Cricket
Boxing (Pound for Pound)
Cycling
Baseball
Ice Hockey
Basketball
Darts
Snooker
American Football
Canadian Football
Australian Rules Football
Hurling
Formula 1
NASCAR
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Greatest Race Horse
Really sickening. I suspect that mike is right when he says the politics was a red herring. But its the current political climate in the west that fosters this particular kind of pathology. I really worry for this summer.
One of the guys from their traveling delegation is some kind of far right hero, who looks like in tandem with probably Putin himself, made it a priority to attack England fans. Cynical politics are in play here, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't fascinate me.
You've got high ranking Russian politicians vigorously applauding the attackers, while in Russia, a gay couple laying flowers in front of the American embassy in Moscow as a tribute to the Orlando massacre victims were arrested on the spot.
These Russian nationalists are a real **** menace.
My guess is that we won't see anymore trouble the rest of the way. The Russians made their state sponsored statement to the world, and now we can all move on.
I was talking with this bar owner here, a 60 year old woman. Tough broad, funny and street smart, but she's a Trump supporter. And worse, she recently said that "Hillary just lost 50 voters", in reference to the Orlando dead.
Crazy callousness lies just under the surface with so many people, it's sad.
It'll take a bit of effort to scrub away the Lerner monstrosity from Villa Park itself, but I can't see Xia wanting to stick with a defeated symbol of a useless regime.