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scores for 2-1 after another Orsi error which gave the ball away. Whoa. Just take her off the pitch before she does more damage.

@Monzanator @Jinzha from what I've seen so far I think is having a better performance than , but I know it isn't exactly an easy match.

scored from a penalty but then gifted a ridiculous back pass own goal from Orsi

This should be the end of Marta and Pia Sundhage in international football. The game has passed them by for one reason or another.

@heywooduSome teams have improved compared to 15-20 years ago and that applies to the overall level but some teams that are powerhouses in the men's game are still lagging or have regressed. Spain & Portugal have improved but Brazil appears to be stalled and they need new stars. The entire South America is miles behind the men's quality so it's gonna be curious to see if Colombia can emerge as a serious global contender following this World Cup. 
 
Also I'm puzzled why Mexico hasn't played any role in women's football, they have been MIA since forever.

They tied with France, so they are not that bad. But I agree is better to be eliminated now than in R16 like in the last two editions.

From what I'm seeing, women's football is still very much in it's early stages of developing a good quality level (I'm sure it's improving), with a lot of very silly mistakes and even in this World Cup already many super coincidental goals where someone basically just bumped into the ball by accident and it resulted in a goal.
 
However, the lack of quality means there's often a lot more chances, whereas in the men's game many teams have such a tight defense that often you're looking at football for 90 minutes and end up seeing like 2 chances and 1 goal and that's it  
 
So the disadvantage of women's football is also an advantage  

Brazil with a perfect chance early on, but unfortunately for them Marta is playing and so there was the first "Either I will be the hero, or nobody will be" moment, resulting in her going for a (failed) attempt to shoot the ball through three defenders instead of giving it to her teammate who was absolutely free 5 meters from the goal  

Eurohockey div II semifinals:
 
 3(3)-3(4) 
 4-1
 
This means Ireland and Ukraine qualify to OQTs.

out in group stage, and with some difficulties. It seems that teams that were great in the past just are not ahead of others anymore.
 
Early QF predictions (considering Group H goes like expected):
 
vs
vs
vs
vs
 
Final should be vs the winner of vs

It was Marta's last match in the World Cup, she said after the match. I still think she will play in Paris but who knows.
 
Pia, however, should go immediatley. Hate her decisions since Tokyo.

Just saw the highlights, but Italy wtf  
 
Extremely silly and hapless defending at the 3-2, after already missing a near open goal opportunity themselves....not to mention that beautiful goal by Orsi, although unfortunately in her own goal....damn, they gave it away, but South Africa does seem to be a fun team  

As much as this team is a disaster, it's not the girls' fault.
 
Unfortunately Brazil is a country that only likes to win. They will only have great support here like the men's team when they start winning, that's the reality. Should it be the opposite? Maybe, but that's not how it works.
 
The media doesn't help either, comparisons between the women's and men's national teams are all too frequent. No one wants to hear that "Marta is better than Pele" or "The women's team would win 5-0 against the men if the two played against each other".

Also, mixed feelings. On one hand I had hoped for a good result for Brazil, especially for Bruna and her being annoyed with the thousands of morons on Brazilian social media talking shit about the women's team and how only the men's team matters (you know, those guys like Neymar who spend more time acting than playing and get paid millions and millions), but on the other hand, surprises and stuff like that are what make sports great and so Jamaica qualifying is absolutely amazing  

To be fair, Marta is 37, it's not weird to simply not be at the top of the game anymore  

Jamaica with a historical qualification to R16

He said on Instagram he intends to compete in the lead. I think that discipline, in theory, should be easier on the ankle. Still, I’m surprised he’s not resting.

Eurohockey div II  
  
Semifinals: 
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 v
 
This means  &  qualify to OQTs since the other teams are host & not eligible.   
 
On a sidenote, I see  destroyed  14-0 in "el člasico". 
 
Clearly only one of these sides contributed to that olympic medal in Moscow 

Doesn't look like there were any major surprises in the qualification for Women's Lead although world numbers 12 -14 ( Eliska Adamovska,  Ryu Nakagawa and  Natalia Grossman) all finish just outside of the semi-final cut off

He was nursing a sprained ankle apparently. I’m surprised he entered the comp. 

Link for live results:
 
IFSC Climbing Result Service

A couple of shocks in the qualifying so far
 
 world number 8 Hannes Van Duysen wont progress after failing to zone on the first boulder - he's currently in 25th. Likewise, world number 11  Colin Duffy and number 15 Jan-Luca Posch of  have both had a stinker of a day and are down in 45th and 57th respectively. 

Provisional Standing after Day 14
 
Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 TB 1 africaboy 114 3 11 13 7 11 4 11 7 8 8 5 8 9 9                         2 maestro 112 3 8 11 8 11 4 10 9 6 10 5 9 11 7                         3 valtellina 111 4 9 10 8 13 0 13 6 11 8 4 6 11 8                         4 toulousain 106 4 8 15 7 10 1 8 10 5 13 5 4 9 7                         5 Thagard 102 4 11 8 10 11 1 8 4 8 7 9 7 5 9                         5 Jahiegel 102 5 8 13 5 12 2 10 3 9 11 4 3 10 7                         7 tuniscof 101 4 8 12 7 9 5 10 4 10 9 6 3 8 6                         8 LDOG 100 4 7 9 7 9 1 11 8 7 10 4 8 9 6                         9 Josh 98 2 7 9 7 6 3 15 4 10 6 4 3 11 11                         9 Henry_Leon 98 3 6 13 7 11 4 10 4 6 11 4 0 10 9                         9 Monzanator 98 3 9 13 3 12 0 8 8 6 11 7 3 8 7                         12 Benolympique 97 4 7 10 8 7 2 9 10 7 2 8 8 12 3                         12 Wanderer 97 3 7 12 6 10 0 8 7 8 8 6 3 11 8                         14 ady48 94     13 6 9 3 11 3 7 7 6 10 9 10                         15 vinipereira 93 4 8 11 6 11 0 12 4 8 10 4 0 10 5                         15 Siddhartha Talukdar 93 3 9 10 6 10 1 11 4 7 10 4 1 9 8                         15 Adriano 93 4 8 12 7 9 2 5 10 6 2 8 3 8 9                         18 hckošice 92 5 9 10 8 7 8 12 4 4 2 6 2 8 7                         19 Pablita 91 1 6 13 7 7 1 9 6 7 7 4 3 11 9                         20 hoversaBR 90 4 7 9 6 8 3 8 5 6 8 5 4 10 7                         20 SteveParker 90 3 12 10 5 7 2 10 4 6 4 5 7 9 6                         20 Ufilov 90 5 8 13 3 9 1 8 6 6 8 4 3 9 7                         23 Ogreman 89 1 6 13 3 9 1 8 5 5 10 4 7 10 5                         24 juliosilva 86 4 7 11 5 9 3 11 4 7 4 3 3 9 6                         24 Shravan Kumar 86 4 5 13 4 7 2 13 6 5 7 3 6 9 2                         26 Hipooo 83 6 10 11 5 10 0 9 4 4 4 3 4 7 6                         27 rybak 79 3 10 10 3 7 5 10 4 5 1 5 2 10 4                         27 vlad 79 3 9 9 5 9 2 7 4 6 2 7 4 8 4                          
01: July 20th - Group A and B
02: July 21st - Group A, B and C
03: July 22nd - Group C, D and E
04: July 23rd - Group E, F and G
05: July 24th - Group F, G and H
06: July 25th - Group H and A
07: July 26th - Group B and C
08: July 27th - Group B and E
09: July 28th - Group D and G
10: July 29th - Group F and G
11: July 30th- Group H and A
12: July 31st - Group B and C
13: August 1st - Group D and E
14: August 2nd- Group F and G
15: August 3rd - Group H
16: August 5th - Round of 16
17: August 6th- Round of 16
18: August 7th - Round of 16
19: August 8th - Round of 16
20: August 11th - Quarterfinals
21: August 12th - Quarterfinals
22: August 15th - Semifinals
23: August 16th - Semifinals
24: August 19th - Third-Place Match
25: August 20th - Final

Provisional Standing after Day 13
 
Rank User Nation Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 TB 1 maestro 105 3 8 11 8 11 4 10 9 6 10 5 9 11                           1 africaboy 105 3 11 13 7 11 4 11 7 8 8 5 8 9                           3 valtellina 103 4 9 10 8 13 0 13 6 11 8 4 6 11                           4 toulousain 99 4 8 15 7 10 1 8 10 5 13 5 4 9                           5 tuniscof 95 4 8 12 7 9 5 10 4 10 9 6 3 8                           5 Jahiegel 95 5 8 13 5 12 2 10 3 9 11 4 3 10                           7 LDOG 94 4 7 9 7 9 1 11 8 7 10 4 8 9                           7 Benolympique 94 4 7 10 8 7 2 9 10 7 2 8 8 12                           9 Thagard 93 4 11 8 10 11 1 8 4 8 7 9 7 5                           10 Monzanator 91 3 9 13 3 12 0 8 8 6 11 7 3 8                           11 Henry_Leon 89 3 6 13 7 11 4 10 4 6 11 4 0 10                           11 Wanderer 89 3 7 12 6 10 0 8 7 8 8 6 3 11                           13 vinipereira 88 4 8 11 6 11 0 12 4 8 10 4 0 10                           14 Josh 87 2 7 9 7 6 3 15 4 10 6 4 3 11                           15 Siddhartha Talukdar 85 3 9 10 6 10 1 11 4 7 10 4 1 9                           15 hckošice 85 5 9 10 8 7 8 12 4 4 2 6 2 8                           17 Shravan Kumar 84 4 5 13 4 7 2 13 6 5 7 3 6 9                           17 Ogreman 84 1 6 13 3 9 1 8 5 5 10 4 7 10                           17 SteveParker 84 3 12 10 5 7 2 10 4 6 4 5 7 9                           17 Adriano 84 4 8 12 7 9 2 5 10 6 2 8 3 8                           17 ady48 84     13 6 9 3 11 3 7 7 6 10 9                           22 hoversaBR 83 4 7 9 6 8 3 8 5 6 8 5 4 10                           22 Ufilov 83 5 8 13 3 9 1 8 6 6 8 4 3 9                           24 Pablita 82 1 6 13 7 7 1 9 6 7 7 4 3 11                           25 juliosilva 80 4 7 11 5 9 3 11 4 7 4 3 3 9                           26 Hipooo 77 6 10 11 5 10 0 9 4 4 4 3 4 7                           27 rybak 75 3 10 10 3 7 5 10 4 5 1 5 2 10                           27 vlad 75 3 9 9 5 9 2 7 4 6 2 7 4 8                            
01: July 20th - Group A and B
02: July 21st - Group A, B and C
03: July 22nd - Group C, D and E
04: July 23rd - Group E, F and G
05: July 24th - Group F, G and H
06: July 25th - Group H and A
07: July 26th - Group B and C
08: July 27th - Group B and E
09: July 28th - Group D and G
10: July 29th - Group F and G
11: July 30th- Group H and A
12: July 31st - Group B and C
13: August 1st - Group D and E
14: August 2nd- Group F and G
15: August 3rd - Group H
16: August 5th - Round of 16
17: August 6th- Round of 16
18: August 7th - Round of 16
19: August 8th - Round of 16
20: August 11th - Quarterfinals
21: August 12th - Quarterfinals
22: August 15th - Semifinals
23: August 16th - Semifinals
24: August 19th - Third-Place Match
25: August 20th - Final

qualified in women's javelin throw.