Thagard

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Women Handball Olympic qualifiers and Women Basketball Euroleague Final Four semis today (both on YouTube)

Concacaf Women Gold Cup quarter finals and Pakistan Super League cricket for me this weekend. Rest of the time needed for 😴 so I pretty much missed anything else.

Concacaf Women's Gold Cup tonight. Watched Paraguay upset Costa Rica with a pace change in 2nd half and right now crowed supported El Salvador tries to get something out of their match against Canada in Group C fixture in Houston . PS: Canada only needed a few minutes while I post this, to increase its advantage to 3-0 so I guess no more a contest this match.

Did NBA switch to darts for a change? East - West 211 - 186

What a pity for Jordan. They had great chances and imagine the impact if that ball placed with the heel would have found the net! But of course the refs made more than possible that Qatar would win. One thing though I don't understand. Are Iraq and Jordan that much rivals in football? Because I suspect there is a certain amount of rivalry between every Arab nation but this as you put it it means more than that to me.

Much awaited final! These two giants have never met in a Cup of Nations final or 3rd place match. Will Nigeria prevail again as in the early group stage match? This will certainly be a lot harder for them than back on January 18th with the hosts backed by confidence and the entire nation.

What an interesting final! Jordan reached here for the first time while Qatar looking to repeat the glory they took last edition. And only the 3rd All-Arab final at the championships so far. Heartbreaking for Iran as I think almost everybody have seen them as champions. I am routing for Jordan since they are my favorite West Asian team since more than two decades ago.

"Captain"-points - Explained: Each user can select up to 5 "captains" for this contest. Each "captain" will double its' points for his, her's or the team's event. Each user will have to mark their "captains" for each event with an "*". Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay Day 1 February 7th 2024 Austria Czechia Finland France Germany x Italy Norway* x Slovenia Sweden x Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's Sprint Day 2 February 9th 2024 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet x Lou Jeanmonnot Julia Simon Franziska Preuss Any Other German Athlete Lisa Vittozzi x Karoline Knotten Ingrid Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Anamarija Lampic Elvira Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Lena Haecki Gross* x Any Other Athlete Men's Sprint Day 3 Febrary 10th 2024 Quentin Fillon Maillet Emilien Jacquelin Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll x Johannes Kuehn Philipp Nawrath Tomasso Giacomel Johannes Thingnes Boe* x Tarjei Boe x Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Sturla Holm Laegreid Any Other Norwegian Athlete Martin Ponsilouma Sebastian Samuelsson Any Other Athlete Women's Pursuit Day 4 Febrary 11th 2024 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Lou Jeanmonnot x Julia Simon Franziska Preuss Vanessa Voigt Lisa Vittozzi Juni Arnekleiv Karoline Knotten Ingrid Tandrevold Elvira Oeberg x Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Lena Haecki Gross* x Any Other Athlete Men's Pursuit Day 4 Febrary 11th 2024 Quentin Fillon Maillet Emilien Jacquelin Any Other French Athlete Philipp Nawrath x Any Other German Athlete Tommaso Giacomel Johannes Thingnes Boe* x Tarjei Boe x Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Sturla Holm Laegreid Any Other Norwegian Athlete Martin Ponsilouma Sebastian Samuelsson Any Other Athlete Women's Individual Day 5 Febrary 13th 2024 Lisa Theresa Hauser Justine Braisaz-Bouchet x Lou Jeanmonnot Julia Simon Janina Hettich-Walz Franziska Preuss Vanessa Voigt Lisa Vittozzi* x Dorothea Wierer Juni Arnekleiv Karoline Knotten Ingrid Tandrevold Elvira Oeberg Hanna Oeber Lena Haecki Gross x Any Other Athlete Men's Individual Day 6 Febrary 14th 2024 Quentin Fillon Maillet x Emilien Jacquelin Any Other French Athlete Johannes Kuehn Roman Rees Justus Strelow Tommaso Giacomel Johannes Thingnes Boe* x Tarjei Boe Johannes Dale-Skjevdal x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Martin Ponsilouma Sebastian Samuelsson Sebastian Stalder Any Other Athlete Single Mixed Relay Day 7 February 15th 2024 Austria Czechia Finland France* x Germany x Italy Norway x Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's Relay Day 8 February 17th 2024 Austria Czechia Finland France Germany x Italy* x Norway x Poland Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's Relay Day 8 February 17th 2024 Austria Czechia Finland France Germany x Italy Norway* x Slovenia Sweden x Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's Mass Start Day 9 February 18th 2024 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet* x Lou Jeanmonnot Julia Simon Franziska Preuss Vanessa Voigt Lisa Vittozzi Juni Arnekleiv Karoline Knotten Ingrid Tandrevold Elvira Oeberg Hanna Oeberg x Lena Haecki Gross x Any Other Athlete Men's Mass Start Day 9 February 18th 2024 Quentin Fillon Maillet x Emilien Jacquelin Any Other French Athlete Johannes Kuehn Justus Strelow Any Other German Athlete Any Italian Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe* x Tarjei Boe Johannes Dale-Skjevdal x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Martin Ponsilouma Sebastian Samuelsson Sebastian Stalder Any Other Athlete x

Great job Jordan ! Unbelievable! Iran now look even more like this edition champions even if it won't be easy tomorrow.

Looking forward for the 3rd round of the Luge World Cup, starting from 9:00 CET tomorrow in Germany. All on YouTube.

I guess no big surprises, except for England having a terrible tournament. And of course West Indies not participating.

What a great day for Virat Kohli as he scored 101 not out on his 35th birthday!

At least they do not make statements about fighting for religious values and planning to send an astronaut in space at the same time

Sometimes betting on a cricket match seems hazardous but truth is I feared an upset from Bangladesh today. Instead, it would have been easy money

Over the weekend I watched some quarters and semifinals of the ISU Short Track Skating World Cup in Montreal live on YouTube but failed to watch any finals.

[hide] Knockout Stage October 14th - October 28th, 2023 Third-Place Match Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 27th, h. 21:00 Argentina 13 England Final Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 28th, h. 21:00 New Zealand 10 South Africa [/hide]

I think you are looking at a massive win for South Africa right now. They've scored 399 in their inning and England is struggling 145/8 after 20.3 overs. It is a matter of time until they are bowled out.

At this run rate from Sri Lanka in the 2nd innings (153 runs and 7 wickets with 188 balls remaining), the Netherlands can not produce another surprise. In the other match of the day, South Africa is building a solid 192 runs after 30 overs in the first innings.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli - players from the old guard

Thanks

I was cheering for Hyderabad Sunrisers some years ago when IPL was live on Youtube. Too bad those free live coverage times are history. I also followed the Division structures of international cricket, of course most of those countries without OD status. Oh yes, and my team in Battrick is in the West Indies which I chose over the Scotland or Netherlands simply because they have a First Class championship and The Netherlands doesn't have. Also, the OD and FC matches in India were played in the morning here in Romania while I could follow live match text commentary if located in the Caribbeans during afternoon and evening hours at my local time.

[hide] Knockout Stage October 14th - October 28th, 2023 4 Nations, The Winners of each Semifinal will qualify for Final. The Losing Nations of each Semifinal will play the Third-Place Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 20th, h. 21:00 Argentina 18 New Zealand October 21st, h. 21:00 England 6 South Africa [/hide]

So, there've been 12 "centuries" so far at this World Cup. South Africa has managed 3 against Sri Lanka and one against Australia. New Zealand scored 2 in the opening against England. England had one against Bangladesh and India benefit from Rohit Sharma against Afghanistan. Interesting, both Pakistan and Sri Lanka had 2 "centuries" in their match. However, scoring over 100 points is not as excited as in T20 I think. India must win tomorrow against Bangladesh to match New Zealand perfect record so far.

Great result for the Netherlands It makes me forget West Indies are not there.