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2021-07-25 International-UN-NGOs

Algerian judoka Nourine withdraws from Olympics to avoid facing Israeli

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Losing to a Juice would be embarrassing. Better to bail and look like a wussie. After all, it's not like the Olympics is about sportsmanship any more.

Posted by SteveS 2021-07-25 00:24|| 2021-07-25 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 He's just afraid of those Krav Maga moves thrown in...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-25 00:30|| 2021-07-25 00:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Who would participate against a South African athlete during the era of apartheid? It would be a deeply moral act. Same as apartheid Israel.

These people need to be shown what they are doing is wrong, and international sport was one of the areas that hit South Africa hard. Let's do it again.

Posted by Slomorong Thraiger7030 2021-07-25 03:10|| 2021-07-25 03:10|| Front Page Top

#4
A moslem Steven Seagal,
master of ~~judo~~ fuck-all,
threw down his hat,
stomped off the mat,
and shouted "I'm
done with this brawl."

Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-25 03:23|| 2021-07-25 03:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Better than crying when they lose I think.

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-25 11:08|| 2021-07-25 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 I was nine when I had my first fight. Taekwondo it was. I threw up after the fight, which I won. But the winning I don't remember. Sheesh! [smacks forehead]

Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-25 11:40|| 2021-07-25 11:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Better than crying when they lose I think.

Good lord — do they no longer teach sportsmanship in England?

Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-25 13:06|| 2021-07-25 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 ^Wrong question. You should ask "Is it still England?"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-25 13:35|| 2021-07-25 13:35|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ They call it the Angrezi Wilayah in Islamabad.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-25 14:56|| 2021-07-25 14:56|| Front Page Top

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