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42 minutes ago, Illya said:

Dayana Yastreamska is CLEAR . 

This is a major upset! I didn't see that coming

30 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

Was Safarova in the top 10 then?

Not anymore. She dropped out of Top 10 after she skipped Australian Open. She tumbled down after not defending RG final points in May alltogether.

Well, the ineviteable narrative that Nets choked the playoffs away must be the driving force behind Durant & Harden joining the Olympics team.

1 minute ago, prso1000 said:

I don’t mind if Orban wins in Hungary or the other freaks in Poland as Long as they don’t discriminate some groups of people. 

It's always about the same crap, gay marriage & abortion. Here's the thing though, when liberals held power in Poland they didn't pass the LGBT & abortion laws either Now they promise to do so but they've fallen to third place in polls, the lowest % score in over 15 years. They are totally screwed as Poland remains a conservative hold

On 15/06/2021 at 21:02, phelps said:

Damian Lillard and Draymond Green are the first 2 NBA stars to agree and play for the US team in Tokyo according to Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic...

more "big names" to be announced in the next few days...

Speaking of Team USA...

UEFA and German liberals can't vote Orban out of office after all so UEFA gains nothing from pouring fuel to the fire. One has to acknowledge liberal democracy doesn't get a 100% score in Europe no matter what people think

31 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

And unless Kvitova goes far, there will be no Czech women in the top 10 for the first time since???

Probably May 2016 when Kvitova dropped out of Top 10 when she failed to defend the Madrid title. The currently ending Pliskova streak started in August 2016.

Defending Eastbourne champion Karolina Pliskova is out in R1 after losing to Camila Giorgi  in three sets.

This means Pliskova is out of WTA Top 10 after 230 consecutive weeks.

WTA drama continues as Marketa Vondrousova uses her PR (protected ranking) to secure the Tokyo ticket at the expense of in-form Karolina Muchova.

Vondrousova has done nothing since 2019 so this one stings for sure.

8 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Huge upset alert: Donavan Brazier, the world champion in the 800m, finished eighth at the US Olympic trials and will not be in Tokyo.

What was the winning time? Over 1:45?

Argentina leads Paraguay 1-0 after 10 mins.

Garrick Higgo had quite a run in the last year. I bet nobody had him at the Olympics 12 months ago. Bezuidenhout needed a Top 10 finish at US Open to pass him according to Polish commentators (he finished 31st).

12 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

No , i didn't watch WCs in this era , the 1st WC i saw was 2002 actually :D , but i followed many U20 WCs and never understood this strange system :D 

No problem. It's kinda compliacted at first but not so much when you have the fixed pattern for all the scenarios. Croatia vs Scotland is the key game after which things will be much more clear. Ukraine, Finland and Slovakia must pray this game ends in a draw (which is not that impossible result).

Finland's path to qualify is quite improbable. They have to count on:

a) vs ending in a draw

AND

b) not beating

AND

c) to beat by three goals

And if all those three things happen then you'll have vs in R16 and playing either or

1 minute ago, thepharoah said:

 

I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS 3RD BEST PLACED TEAMS SYSTEM WORK COULD U GIVE A SMALL BRIEF 

I suppose you weren't around for the 1986-1994 World Cups when the same system was in place?

It all depends which four teams from which groups qualify.

If tomorrow there is a draw in vs then I'm gonna say 99% Groups B & D will be the ones to advance only two teams (unless Poland doesn't beat Sweden and Slovakia loses to Spain by three goals). Actually Poland beating Sweden is the biggest potential spoiler of my laid out plan.

If Groups B & D advance two teams then R16 matches COULD be: vs , vs , vs and vs (again, only most probable if Croatia vs Scotland ends in a draw).

The 3rd team options are listed here (those still possible in green).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_knockout_phase

22 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

great chance for the Danish team to go to quarters ,i think everybody in this world was happy for them to qualify just for Eriksen and these fans 

I'm pretty sure Italians didn't forget the vs screwjob from Euro 2004 whatsoever

5 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

why it's not official that Belgium will face Switzerland in R16 ?

Because that game would only happen if qualifies from 3rd place and that's actually a very unlikely scenario.

will most likely play a 3rd place team from Group E - unless a team from that Group joins and doesn't qualify at all.

2 minutes ago, Vektor said:

That  v  match can be an epic snooze fest, there will be no reason whatsoever for either teams to push for the win. 

However we know that runner-up from Group D plays runner-up from Group E so if Sweden beats Poland, England could play Spain in R16

The ideal scenario for England is a Poland win which means they will indeed play us in R16

All over in Group B.

have qualified from 3rd place. with almost no chance as they fall behind on goal difference.

vs in R16.

Wrong camera angle for the naked lady on the pitch. We still saw her in the background

Lukaku for 2-0. Finland is going home.

Denmark scores for 3-1.

Dzyuba scores. Ukraine back ahead of Denmark.

Turpin really helped the comrades there... twice even.

Kudryashov is lucky to escape a second booking. Guess Turpin doesn't want to help the hosts too much.

1 minute ago, hckošice said:

The yellow cards will be removed after Quarterfinals, right ?

Yes. Why the sudden question?

Epic failure from Russian defense. This also screws Ukraine