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Just 1 song per nation is to be counted. Since @hckošice didn't specify properly disqualify him immediately from both Festival of Music and TAISC .

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Asian Championships have started and we have seen some very inspiring performances. I have been very much looking forward to watch Thet Htar Thuzar. Felt she got a great draw especially with Nozomi Okuhara in RD 1 which was anyday going to be a walk in park, now tomorrow in RD2 she faces an unseeded player should win that one and may then run into Wang Zhiyi which is is a bit of 50:50 . Nguyen thuy Linh was fantastic today needs proper training and coaching and should be in the other 10 in the world. took a set against Hong Kong in one of the match which is nice

Football seems to be hitting a new low in the country. From this year the funding will be just 632k $ . Imagine 400 times the population of Lithuania and still not a very drastic difference in the football funds. Tennis also seems to be slashed heavily. The federation was quite upset but I'm happy with the reason given - lack of appreciable performance. Imagine a nation where Football is below Sailing and Equestrian and cannot even compare with weightlifting or even have a thought of comparison with badminton, athletics etc

If anyone wants multi sport games now.. Here it is KIUG live. Not sure how many sports will be covered but seem to be doing fine till now Just watched this stream now Graphics are good I must say as compared to previous games. This year's KIUG will be held in Bengaluru from April 24 to May 3. This year's edition will see sporting action across 20 disciplines: archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, football, field hockey, judo, kabaddi, shooting, swimming, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, and karate. This year's KIUG will also have two indigenous disciplines — mallakhamb and yogasana. A total of 257 gold medals will be up for grabs.

Margaret River Pro starts in a few hours from now... Hoping for Brisa Henessey to get back her yellow jersey from Moore. Also excited to see if Tyler Wright can win back to back races.. In the men's event will support Fillipe Tolledo for his frequent high risk tricks helping him win Rip Curls last week! Overall should be a very exciting event with at least 1 or 2 suprise semifinalists coming from nowhere. Perhaps some Western Australians using home advantage

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Any livestreams?

https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2022/apr/22/reports-asian-games-2022-could-be-postponed-due-to-rise-in-covid-19-cases-in-china

It's unlikely any new scratch pair will be formed. During mixed team event they may form just for practice but otherwise no new pair. In best case scenario Satwik may pair with Treesa or Gayathri for 2nd XD and that's it, others are not even remotely happening for individual events

She made it through an extremely difficult national trials to qualify for Uber Cup and Asian Games, India's youngest ever badminton player to do so..

She's just 2 years younger than Yamaguchi and WS post 26/28 becomes harder. So need to be quick and improve on decreasing errors unlike today, really hate to see Akarshii winning the trials one of the worst players , who just plays long rallies and drop shots no jump smash no good defense.

Better than gayathri they can rotate back and front well. But Tanisha is making many errors hence they lost XD finals today despite Ishaan improving sooo much.

A very spicy situation at the badminton trials. Kiran George looks favourite for the final MS spot in Thomas Cup For CWG : Gayathri is having slight injury so suddenly WD is open and I think Shruthi / Crasto will be the favourites now XD will be Ashwini /Sumeeth Reddy WS is still open with Ashmita Chaliha having the edge over Kashyap. Great to see Unnati in the mix too.

Don't worry about the window. If Qatar wants it they will get it. No matter the games are held in October or December they have the money to compensate the media for it's losses.

Surfing : RipCurl Pro Bells Beach Figure Skating : Junior World Champs and Replay of senior world champs (last 2 groups of free skate of all events except Ice Dance)

You understand Hindi? Btw leagues and all are good for the players but eagerly awaiting for the World Cup (standard style itself) which I can't see in immediate future. The last International Kabaddi tournament was Baghbandhu Cup 2022. Here are a few links if you wish to watch. @Griff88 Post AG 2018 Indonesia doesn't seem interested in the sport at all. Losing to Iraq.

Not sure how much really will be available. Even in 2021 didn't find many.

So the top 3 standings currently 22 points 19 points 13 points The top 3 have all played 8 matches

So nothing like watching Sailing now only during Olympics

Aren't there any replay or sailing wc? Or have the world sailing stopped broadcasting post 2020 due to cash crunch?

Also not sure there will be 5 + 5 in women it could be 4+6 too with Ashwini Bhat - Shika the 3rd pair though I don't like it. Also to note is CWG MS : 2 or 3 Sen, Shrikanth and / or 1 more WS :2 OR 3 (Sindhu , Anupama and/or 1 more) XD : 1 (Tanisha /Ishaan OR Arjun /Treesa or Ashwini/Satwik ) MD: 1 (Satwik/Chirag) WD : 1 (Treesa/Gayathri) 5 men + 5 women can be selected for CWG. So accordingly permutations.

I agree with this team . But women's singles is a bit open and I'll go with Unnati Hooda and maybe Aditi Bhat/Tasnim instead of Ashmita and Akarshii who can't even smash properly.

I hope there won't be a big fuss on the issue, yes the governance isn't the best, but it's impossible to make sure there is 0% doping either.

I can put my money on it that Saina can't progress through qualifier. She may lose to any of the ' actual ' top 10 in women's singles in India.