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The U.S. women's curling team giving up three in the 10th end to be forced into an extra end and then making that shot to seal the deal for medal rounds. Sorry to the Great Britain team! I know they were heart-broken.

Saturday 21st February Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United Brentford 4-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea 4-1 Burnley West Ham United 1-1 AFC Bournemouth (17:30) Manchester City 1-0 Newcastle United (20:00) Sunday 22nd February Crystal Palace 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (14:00) Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool (14:00) Sunderland 2-3 Fulham (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Arsenal (16:30) Monday 23rd February Everton 2-1 Manchester United (20:00)

Tuesday 10th February Chelsea 3-0 Leeds United (19:30) Everton 4-1 AFC Bournemouth (19:30) Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United (19:30) West Ham United 0-1 Manchester United (20:15) Wednesday 11th February Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion (19:30) Crystal Palace 2-1 Burnley (19:30) Manchester City 2-1 Fulham (19:30) Nottingham Forest 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (19:30) Sunderland 2-3 Liverpool (20:15) Thursday 12th February Brentford 1-2 Arsenal (20:00) Wednesday 18th February Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-4 Arsenal (20:00)

It's funny that Viper wanted to copy my scores at one point. Seems nobody would ever want to these days, I've been on a horrible run.

Curling is my favorite event to watch honestly. There's so much strategy and every throw of the stone has so much riding on it. The drama.

I'll take Netherlands please.

Friday 6th February Leeds United 0-2 Nottingham Forest (20:00) Saturday 7th February Manchester United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur (12:30) AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Aston Villa Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland Burnley 2-4 West Ham United Fulham 2-0 Everton Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Chelsea Newcastle United 4-2 Brentford (17:30) Sunday 8th February Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Crystal Palace (20:00) Liverpool 0-2 Manchester City (16:30)

Saturday 31st January Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Everton Leeds United 1-3 Arsenal Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 AFC Bournemouth Chelsea 1-1 West Ham United (17:30) Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle United (20:00) Sunday 1st February Aston Villa 4-2 Brentford (14:00) Manchester United 1-1 Fulham (14:00) Nottingham Forest 2-1 Crystal Palace (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester City (16:30) Monday 2nd February Sunderland 2-2 Burnley (20:00)

That final was absolute cinema. Much more thrilling than the 1-0 result had me thinking before I clicked the YouTube highlight package. Here's how each of the World Cup nations' FIFA Rankings changed pre to post tournament. This was going to be considered one of the best ways to check the status of the African teams going into the World Cup: Congo DR | 56 >> 48 | +8 Senegal | 19 >> 12 | +7 Algeria | 34 >> 28 | +6 Ivory Coast | 42 >> 37 | +5 Egypt | 35 >> 31 | +4 Morocco | 11 >> 8 | +3 South Africa | 61 >> 60 | +1 Tunisia | 41 >> 47 | -6 Cape Verde (67) and Ghana (72) were absent and their ranking was unchanged. The two biggest countries that failed to qualify had huge tournament performances and also had the best FIFA rank change. Nigeria | 38 >> 26 | +12 Cameroon | 57 >> 45 | +12

Saturday 24th January West Ham United 2-1 Sunderland (12:30) Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham 2-4 Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers AFC Bournemouth 1-4 Liverpool (17:30) Sunday 25th January Brentford 1-1 Nottingham Forest (14:00) Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea (14:00) Newcastle United 3-2 Aston Villa (14:00) Arsenal 5-3 Manchester United (16:30) Monday 26th January Everton 0-0 Leeds United (20:00)

Nice actually add some colour to the Red Bull car.

Oh that Cadillac team is interesting. It's like 'Team Castoffs' or something, both having a lot to prove, after playing second-fiddle at their last big seat.

Saturday 17th January Manchester United 2-2 Manchester City (12:30) Chelsea 0-0 Brentford Leeds United 2-1 Fulham Liverpool 2-1 Burnley Sunderland 0-0 Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 18th January Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Newcastle United (14:00) Aston Villa 4-1 Everton (16:30) Monday 19th January Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 AFC Bournemouth (20:00)

Definitely feels like an elite quarterfinals, with hopefully some great games. The 2023 quarterfinals had Angola, Guinea, Cape Verde, and Congo DR instead of Cameroon, Algeria, Senegal, and Morocco. So that's quite the swap-in of traditional powerhouses. Burkina Faso have been decent in the last decade+, with a 2nd place finish in the 2013 edition, 3rd in the 2017 edition, and 4th in 2021 tournament. They just can't seem to translate that into World Cup qualifying. They've been at the same level as like Gabon and Cape Verde for a bit now, with those two showing up bigger for the 2026 WC qualifying campaign.

I don't know, the qualifying for this was a while ago now for Cape Verde and Ghana. They are different teams now and I think they'd be competitive had they made this tournament. Nigeria indeed has done well, as well as Cameroon. No shame in South Africa losing in one of the more competitive matchups in the Round of 16. Egypt nearly fumbled that away there.