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A lot of sports have been ruined with rule changes, modern pentathlon has actually been better with these rules I think. I would never watch something span over 2 days. Short and quick finals is what most audience want.
 
Obviously can be optimised further, but this is definitely an excellent job and that's how a sport should be.

Test rankings are not true either. Give at least 30 nations test status and force top teams to face smaller teams then I will consider it true. 
 
A sport which does not give all teams an opportunity to play against top teams and wants to use rankings for Olympic qualification does not deserve a spot in Olympics.
 
 
Yes, the reason to have the sport is India and money but I feel there can be many ways you can do it.
 
Now that India won WC it could easily be winner + 4 regional qualifiers + host OR Top ranking+ 4 regional+ host...  But just distributing 4/6 quotas on ranking is way too unjust.

Bro, we would be as interested if it was  or  

Would have preferred regional qualifier + global qualifier.
 
Since India won the T20 WC it could have been WC Winner + 5 regional qualifiers. 

cricket could have been one of the team sports with the most diverse starting fields ever, but limiting the participants to 6 and going with the world ranking really kills this aspect
we're gonna have men and women's tournaments with the same teams and with no unique Nations 
just the same old stuff we already see day in and day out 

Italy no longer cares about football, it’s a baseball and cricket nation now.

Bosniaaaaa 
 
and + another African team 

The next Indoor World Champs will be held in  Bhubaneswar (2028) and  Astana (2030). I wonder how many medals India will steal from Pakistan by not giving their Muslim brothers visas.

actually, in a short span like in this tournament, it's a lot better to play in 2 consecutive days and keep the daily routine than having a day off
the only issue might be the rules about pitching, but this time they don 't have any influence since no Venezuelan pitcher threw more than 39 pitches last night and therefore they are all available tonight 
remember that baseball sometimes also plays doubleheaders (with only 30/60 min break between 2 matches)
playing in consecutive days is the rule, not an exception for those players

It was the first international hockey match in Hyderabad since 2003. The stadium had been left unused.
 
Recently it got a makeover, increased seating, new astroturf, floodlights, dressing rooms and gpo painted. It had the old turfs in a bad condition until few months ago when I went. Sergio Pagni, India's compound archery coach was then guiding young archers. Bushes had grown on some part of the stadium, the cement seating had been damaged and a significant part of old turf had worn out making it non usable for hockey.
 
A lot of people I met during the tournament here especially those in 30s 40s were confused with the quarter system and were asking when did it become quarter.. wasn't it two halves of 35 mins each... Hockey used to be popular once but after 2000s it has gone on decline and post 2010s it's been an exponential decline with the rise of T20 Cricket and IPL. 
 
 

Massive crowd for the final game between  
 
 had a better possession but conversion rate was pretty poor within the circle leading to a narrow loss.
 
 

Little late to post
 
 won 1-0 against  Hard luck for the Italians @Gianlu33 @phelps @Sindo @copravolley
 

 
So  punch the last ticket to Women's Hockey World Cup 

Little late to post
 
 won 1-0 against  Hard luck for the Italians @Gianlu33 @phelps @Sindo @copravolley
 

 
So  punch the last ticket to Women's Hockey World Cup 

Little late to post
 
 won 1-0 against  Hard luck for the Italians @Gianlu33 @phelps @Sindo @copravolley
 

 
So  punch the last ticket to Women's Hockey World Cup 

Little late to post
 
 won 1-0 against  Hard luck for the Italians @Gianlu33 @phelps @Sindo @copravolley
 

 
So  punch the last ticket to Women's Hockey World Cup 

Little late to post
 
 won 1-0 against  Hard luck for the Italians @Gianlu33 @phelps @Sindo @copravolley
 

 
So  punch the last ticket to Women's Hockey World Cup 

Hyderabad hosting FIH Women's WC Qualifiers Tournament 2
 
 have qualified 
 
 will take on  for the final spot. I'm just getting ready to go to the stadium for the match. Maybe you see me on TV. 
 
 
Image attached:  v  group stage match which I watched last week 
 

Hyderabad hosting FIH Women's WC Qualifiers Tournament 2
 
 have qualified 
 
 will take on  for the final spot. I'm just getting ready to go to the stadium for the match. Maybe you see me on TV. 
 
 
Image attached:  v  group stage match which I watched last week 
 

won the Women's Qualifiers Tournament 1 at home beating  
 qualified in 3rd
 
 qualify as best ranked team 

Hyderabad hosting FIH Women's WC Qualifiers Tournament 2
 
 have qualified 
 
 will take on  for the final spot. I'm just getting ready to go to the stadium for the match. Maybe you see me on TV. 
 
 
Image attached:  v  group stage match which I watched last week 
 

oh, I forgot that...
if you have a Netflix subscription, with a Japanese vpn you can watch all the WBC games from their coverage (no idea if they also have the World feed commentary 🤷)

the Czech public TV
if you have an Apple TV or Android TV devices, just download the app named iVysìlànì, otherwise just go to their website Czeskatelevize.cz and enjoy
any Czech vpn should work
ps most games have English commentary from the World feed

Minkkinen 
 
So happy for her
 
The first medal for Finland in biathlon at winter Olympics since 1998 Nagano (Ville Raikonen - Men's Sprint)
 
She is also the first female biathlete to win an Olympic medal from Finland 

Minkkinen 
 
So happy for her
 
The first medal for Finland in biathlon at winter Olympics since 1998 Nagano (Ville Raikonen - Men's Sprint)
 
She is also the first female biathlete to win an Olympic medal from Finland 

Minkkinen 
 
So happy for her
 
The first medal for Finland in biathlon at winter Olympics since 1998 Nagano (Ville Raikonen - Men's Sprint)
 
She is also the first female biathlete to win an Olympic medal from Finland