northlondon said...

northlondon at 06:06 PM JST - 21st August

a Russian-made cigarette containing 0.368 gram of dried plant matter including cannabis

Talk about an over reaction. If this happened in the west then any half-decent lawyer and half-decent judge would have thrown it out immediately on the grounds that he was not in possession of the wallet or the…

Posted in Russian sumo wrestler banned for life at 06:06 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 04:37 PM JST - 21st August

Ha,ha ! This picture should really be titled, "A Japanese female partner or a western female partner, the choice is yours but the answer is obvious".

Posted in Norika at 04:37 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 04:34 PM JST - 21st August

I meant the printed version. They switched it from having the total number of medals to the number of Golds. Sad really.

Posted in Japan's swimmers in sync for bronze at 04:34 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 03:31 PM JST - 21st August

The Japanese sports media are pretty pathetic. The Yomiuri Shimbun even changed their format of Olympic medal table on their front page today from total medals won to Gold medals won, purely because Japan dropped down a place in the total medals table but stay where they were by Gold…

Posted in Japan's swimmers in sync for bronze at 03:31 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 01:55 PM JST - 21st August

Marjuana/ ganja/ spliff are not drugs. In the UK we label them in the same household food category as bread, milk and cornflakes...

Apologies. My tongue-in-cheek comment (above) was meant to be ironic and was meant to ridicule how the police and the JSA are acting, taking into consideration other…

Posted in Fellow wrestlers not aware of Wakanoho's alleged marijuana smoking at 01:55 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 12:36 PM JST - 21st August

northlondon - When did marijuana change from being a class C drug to being legalised?

Back in the UK were were allowed to smoke a 'personal' quantity in the privacy of our own homes without getting arrested. Selling and buying the stuff will get you arrested though, although buying a…

Posted in Fellow wrestlers not aware of Wakanoho's alleged marijuana smoking at 12:36 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 12:31 PM JST - 21st August

a single round-robin, best-of-seven series should also have been implemented. That way according to today's win-loss records, Korea would be given the gold, Cuba the silver, the U.S. the bronze and Team Hosino Japan left looking at their shoes.

This is a non-argument. If it were a best of seven…

Posted in Barden, Schierholtz, Brown lead U.S. past Japan at 12:31 PM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 11:23 AM JST - 21st August

Give the Koreans (7-0) the title that they were robbed of at the WBC - World Champions.

World group stage champions maybe. Certainly not medal stage champions.

Posted in Barden, Schierholtz, Brown lead U.S. past Japan at 11:23 AM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 11:22 AM JST - 21st August

Having a medal round seems pointless. Based on win/loss records there already is a first, second and third place team.

Not pointless at all. All the teams knew beforehand that a top 4 place would put them into the playoffs.

Posted in Barden, Schierholtz, Brown lead U.S. past Japan at 11:22 AM JST - 21st August
northlondon at 12:33 AM JST - 21st August

Wakanaho's actual police statement: 'Where did you buy the gear from ?' 'I bought it from some Japanese guy that I know'. Japanese police official translation: 'I bought it from a foreigner in Roppongi'.

Posted in Fellow wrestlers not aware of Wakanoho's alleged marijuana smoking at 12:33 AM JST - 21st August