It was Sunday 14th Ochtyr 1579 CE at Nadi Janksana. Vijay Tata waited with Ananth Vijay Mahindra his foreign minister. This was an important day for the naton of Svarna. After losing so many friends , so many nations trying to weaken them they could make an ally. That ally was Akitsu , a nation bullied by the world for protecting their own interests. The president and his minister waited. All they needed to do is wait for the flight from Akitsu.

Following a brutal civil war, ended by a multinational coalition consisting of NETO and Angirisian forces, with air support from Carpathia, as well as local forces such as Silistrian paramilitaries and monarchist troops, a tense and fragile peace has been established. Now, four years later, the time has come for Wadiyah's first-ever elections, which will decide the course of the nation.

THE CANDIDATES:

Bassam Al-Fayeed	Hamad Asmar
Party: Coalition for Progress Brief Description:Bassam Al-Fayeed is the incumbent interim president of Wadiyah, having been nominated to the position by the National Emergency Comittee following the end of the civil war. He is a member of the powerful Al-Fayeed family. Political Agenda: Bassam's agenda is to establish a secular, pro-NETO government in Wadiyah, that fully complies with the terms of the treaty that ended the war. He also supports maintaining the autonomy of the Carpathian-backed region of Silistria, as well as a left-wing, socialist-style government and economy. Controversy: Bassam Al-Fayeed has been criticized for using the recent failed coup attempt as an excuse to arrest political rivals and shut down opposition media. Critics fear that his regime would be a totalitarian one, with zero tolerance for any form of opposition and of police state-style repression.	Party: Conservative Akhadic Party Brief Description: Hamad Asmar is a highly popular ultraconservative cleric, based in eastern Wadiyah. A charismatic leader who has the ear of the religious conservative majority, which makes up almost 65% of the population, he is the most influential religious leader in Wadiyah. Political Agenda: Hamad Asmar's agenda is a conservative one, across all boards. Speaking the wishes of the conservative Akhadic majority, he wants to instate religious law across Wadiyah, dismantle Silistrian autonomy, end the NETO occupation and run a policy of political isolationism and neutrality. Economically, he favors a conservative policy, within the bounds of Akhadic religious law. Controversy: Hamad Asmar, although enjoying the support of the majority of the population, has often been accused of being an Akhadist radical who has secret ties with former Akhadist State members. There are rumors circulating that he has facilitated the incorporation of former Akhadist State cells into the military, thus facilitating the army's radicalization.

1579 OSTARAN GOLD CUP JANDREA

The 1579 Ostaran Gold Cup is the first of its kind to feature all twenty-four participating federations in Ostara, forgoing the traditional qualification matches in favor of a large tournament dedicated to furthering the game across the continent. The tournament is in Jandrea, a small island nation to the far southeast of the continent, whose greatest footballing achievement came in 1570 when they finished in third place, defeating Saratov. Kyrzbekistan come as heavy favorites after their world cup victory in the 1578 tournament in Florinthus & Oslanburg. The 24 teams have been assigned to six groups of four, and will play a single round robin to determine who moves on to the second round. The second round will be a single-elimination tournament that will begin with a sixteen team round. The qualification will be determined as follows: the top two teams from each group as well as four third placed teams.

THE TEAMS

Host
Jandrea
OTher Competitors
A'sir
Akitsu
Angiris
Gabath
Gallia
Hoinom
Ishnalla
Kalid
Khanid
Kokina
Kortoa
Kyrzbekistan
Mestra
Sainam
Shirakyu
Singan
So'Karsa
Southerland
Tieguo
Tiejungo
Ustyara
Wadiyah
Zargistan

THE VENUES

Jandrea National Cricket Ground - Capacity 55,700
Scholden Stadium - Capacity 52,750Auron City Stadium - Capacity 45,500
Clyde Stadium - Capacity 33,000
BIDD Park - Capacity 30,050
Freeman Park - Capacity 27,000
Ballymore Park - Capacity 24,000

GROUP STAGE

Ceribian Tour 1579

Grand Ceribian Tour, 46th season | Nueva 1-24, 1579

Vote for electing the Chairman of the Sioran Cycling Association, the head of the international cycling association is opened. You have one vote for one candidate. If the winning candidate fails to obtain 50% of the votes, there will be a second round voting. The vote will remain open for two weeks, but the election is supposedly happening on late Vintyr this year.

List of candidates (and their proposals) is included below:

Quote:Candidate Name: Georges Marquette
Candidate Nation: Valland
Candidate Age: 64
Candidate Info: Marquette comes from a family of cyclists. Both his father and uncle were professional riders, winning the later three Tour de Valland individual stages during the 1520s. He is also married with a Eskkyan retired professional cyclist and sport journalist. Marquette became professional cyclist in 1534 but retired in 1538. From 1541 to 1552, he was president of the Vallish Association of Professional Riders.

He was chairman of the Vallish Cycling Association from 1555 to 1566. He's often praised for modernizing the cycling federation, improving its finances, and introducing important administrative reforms. However, early 1560s were years of many doping scandals, some of them involving Vallish teams, specially during the 1561 and 1564 Tour de Valland. He was often criticized to not doing enough to fight doping during those years, and two Vallish Cycling Association officials had to resign for corruption and covering doped riders. But Vallish courts cleared Marquette of any wrongdoing.

He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Sioran Cycling Association in 1569, after Alstarian Christian Sondermüller was elected as Chairman, and he remained in the position until today. Despite the controversies which surrounded Marquette's years in the Vallish Association, Sondermüller was elected on a strict platform against doping in cycling, and Sondermüller and Marquette passed several reforms to improve the fight against doping and increase the budget for anti-doping testing. As his right-hand, Marquette is seen as a candidate which will continue Sondermüller's policies.
Candidate Program: Marquette has promised to continue the fight against doping, and to improve SCA finances.
Anti-doping stance: Moderate

Quote:Candidate Name: Stanislav Srebotnjek
Candidate Nation: Mordvania
Candidate Age: 46
Candidate Info: A retired professional road race cyclist, he rode most of his career in Biyran and Ceribian teams, with very modest achievements. In 1568, he was hired by the Mordvanian Cycling Federation to manage the Mordvanian Youth cycling team. He was elected chairman of the Mordvanian Cycling Federation in 1574.
Candidate Program: Srebotnjek has promise a zero-tolerance policy to fight doping and corruption in the SCA. His main proposal is to introduce a life-ban for those cyclists who test positive after returning from a sanction for doping. Another of his controversial proposals is that Global Tour cycling races are not forced to invite a top SCA Ranking teams if they had at least three riders tested for positive for doping in the previous two seasons, even if the teams are cleared of any direct wrongdoing.

Srebotnjek has also proposed creating a fund for promoting cycling between youth, and to study the creation of continental championships for national teams.
Anti-doping stance: Zero-tolerance

Quote:Candidate Name: Yukimura Matsuko
Candidate Nation: Sainam
Candidate Age: 57
Candidate Info: Yukimura Matsuko is former top female Sainamese cyclist and politician. As a cyclist, Yukimura won three Olympic medals, including the women's time trails at the 1546 and 1550 games, along with a few other achievements that were available for female cyclists in the Ostaran and world stage.

Following Yukimura's retirement from cycling, she was a member of the Sainamese National Assembly for the Social Democratic Party from 1564 to 1570. In 1570, she was elected a vice-president of the Sainamese Cycling Union (SCU), and re-elected for another five-year term in 1575.
Candidate Program: Along with plans to further support the development of the sport from the youth level, Yukimura also wants to put in place tougher punishments for cyclists caught caught doping, such as lengthening the years of banning a cyclists faces after being caught, or perhaps even placing a life ban upon them. An increase in testing for dopers is also being proposed.

She also proposes expulsion and permanent banning of any federation caught aiding cyclists or teams to dope in any cycling event. Corruption is also an issue to be taken up by Yukimura, with plans to adopt a Oversight Committee modeled after the one created by SIFA President Vilmar Knutsen.
Anti-doping stance: Zero-tolerance

1579 Women's Brigidna Cup

The 1579 Women's Brigidnan Cup features the six top Brigidnan nations qualified from qualifying round, 1575 Women's Brigidnan Cup Auretine and host nation Kazemura.  The winner of the Brigidnan Cup, besides the title itself, will qualify directly to the 1580 Women's World Cup.

THE TEAMS

Host
Kazemura
1575 Champion
Aurentine
From the Qualifying rounds
Valland
Lanlania
Severyane
Kyrland
Keszaria
Ostland


THE VENUES

Sekai Sports Center, Tokasa. Capacity: 90,158
Safuto FC Stadium, Safuto. Capacity: 29,450
Yakezo FC Stadium, Yakezo. Capacity: 41,346
Bandai FC Stadium, Bandai. Capacity: 39,780


GROUP STAGE

Group A

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Tour of Pythos 1579

Grand Tour of Pythos, 8th season | Septem 1-23, 1579