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Don't be surprised if come up with another good performance. Chennai pitch should help spinners and do have one of the best spin attack.

Netherlands team:

For 6 team tournament in LA: USA: Host + Pan American quota Asia/Europe/Africa and Oceania: 1 quota each And 1 final quota for World Ranking. (I would prefer qualification tournament but ICC would almost surely chose ranking) If somehow they do get 8 team tournament for men, then there is a chance that there will be one qualification tournament for final spot and 2 spots being available for rankings.

Which are the 11 Olympic events not competed in Huangzhou? IIRC, there was some difference in Weightlifting. What else?

You simply don't get it. ICC/India is not selling cricket to USA. IOC/LA is looking at Cricket viewerships in India. They are counting that there are enough Indian origin HNIs in Silicon Valley who will pay top dollar to see Indian national team. We don't care if common Americans don't watch Cricket. We don't care if Europeans find Cricket boring. If you find flag football/lacrosse more Olympic worthy than Cricket then fine continue to whine. Your choice. We don't care.

Last 2 Gold medals we won were both farcical. Cricket should have reserve days and in Kabbadi, referees should be more authoritative. I don't believe that they should not change decision based on discussion. What should have happened is: The main officials should have pulled the two coaches aside and have discussion with them asking each to give their interpretation of the rule, consulted the official rulebook and made the decision and stuck to it. If either team was adamant on not accepting the ruling, they should have declared the other team winner by forfeit. Since India is the bigger force in Kabbadi, was the team that protested initially and the final decision was in our favour, we do come out as the culprit. And I am sad that we couldn't complete our redemption by defeating Iran fair and square in the final.

In any decently conducted sport, match officials would have told the teams that this is their final decision. They have two options accept it and play on or forfeit the match.

I am curious what is your reading of coverage of India v Canada drama in American media. Is it just a footnote or are they covering it as something big?

I think I have tried to help you (or someone else) in the past. Croquet with a Q is played by Queen of Hearts. Cricket with an I is played by Indians.

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu in group D with an entry total of 60kg. Either there is a mistake in entry or she is just going to meet minimum tournament requirements. These examples show what a mockery the present qualification system is. P.S.: Out of 6 Indians, 3 have entry totals of 60kg. Really looking forward to following the tournament.

There are literally 5 members in BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. South Africa is not participating. So, instead of using BRICS, it would be better if we are honest and say "Why are Brazil, India and China participating?" Also, it would help us in asking the same question to other countries participating like Argentina, Mexico, Thailand and NATO member Turkey. But once we do that, we might realize that participation in these games mean nothing. Majority of the nations don't even care for the official Univerity Games, let alone Russian version of University games. Russian authorities would have approached some Universities from these countries and invited them. These universities sees it as a good opportunity to brag that their athletes represented the nations and won medals at an international event. Russia gets to brag that they got so much participation. And media gets to scare monger NATO vs BRICS/SCO like Allies vs Axis. And I find it really hilarious because except some China shrills, BRICS is considered a dead option in India. Majority of security establishment considers China as an enemy and Quad as future. And regarding Indian pariticpation in SCO, the running joke is that just as Pak was in SAARC to ensure nothing gets done there, India is in SCO to ensure nothing gets done.

Ohh yes forgot this rule.

There are no shoot-offs. Vasemanis misses out on inner tens. And, I don't think Robin has won the quota. (two different athletes) fighting for 4 quotas.

Finalists for 10m Air Pistol: Bowen Zhang Robin Walter Jason Solari Damir Mikec Kiril Kirov Junhui Liu Ismail Keles Samuil Donkov There are 4 quota places on offer. and are ineligible for quota and already has one quota. So, already has one quota.

My views on Cricket in Olympics: What irks me everytime Cricket comes up is the scorn of some of the users. Just because you don't like a sport doesn't mean the sport is boring. I mean people here give running commentary on 50km Walk and still find T20 long and boring? There have been literally users who have said Cricket doesn't even deserve to have a World Cup as it is not global enough. And at the same time, no one has a problem with sports which are played only in Europe + USA/Canada.

Personally, I don't think Cricket at Olympics much sense. But, it is not because of it being boring or crazy long game. A T20 game lasts only about 3 hours including mid-inning break. I am sure a baseball game is longer than that. Regarding sacrificing more Olympic fitting sports/quota, all of us are seeing it in the wrong way. We see it as Cricket/Breaking/Surfing etc. replacing more traditional and more Olympic fitting sports. Reality is those sports are losing out no matter what. They will be dropped unless they can get more eyeballs/money. The question is how long can they survive and who replaces them. From Indian medal point of view, Kabbadi in Olympics is better than cricket but Kabbadi is not even in the same league as Cricket. And do give Cricket a chance. Try to watch it in the upcoming Asian Games. I remember the apprehension (even scorn) a number of users here had regarding Kabbadi before watching it.

Tell me you have zero idea about cricket (or field hockey) without telling me you have zero idea about cricket (or field hockey).

Don't know anything about the person in question. But, onus of proof should not be on him. He shouldn't have to prove that he is not white nationalist. It is the other side that has to prove that he is a white nationalist.

There is some confusion regarding the "Race to Paris" Ranking published by BWF as it is not counting Sudirman Cup. It is odd that they are missing it. Regarding host quota, France is guaranteed a place each in MS and WS.

Can you please link a proper source?

[hide] Knockout Round May 25th - May 28th, 2023 4 Nations, the Winners of each Semifinal will qualify for the Final. The Losers of each Semifinal will play the Third-Place Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 27th 2023, h. 13:20 Canada 3 Latvia May 27th 2023, h. 17:20 United States 3 Germany [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round May 25th - May 28th, 2023 8 Nations, the Winners of each Quarterfinal will qualify for the Semifinals. Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 25th 2023, h. 16:20 Switzerland 4 Germany May 25th 2023, h. 16:20 United States 4 Czechia May 25th 2023, h. 20:20 Canada 4 Finland May 25th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 4 Latvia [/hide]

Yesterday, Imran Khan, ex-PM of Pakistan was arrested. Since then, his supporters have indulged in arson and rioting in quite a few places. They even stormed GHQ in Rawalpindi. Expecting Army reprisal to be brutal. Biggest questions are will Asim Munir impose martial law and take direct control or allow Shehbaz Sharif to continue as PM and will Imran survive this (not only politically but literally as well)? There is a very small possibility that Imran does have enough support both nationally and in overseas Pakistani community to force Army to negotiation table. Interestingly, in this power play, the ruling government has no role.

[hide] Preliminary Round May 12th - May 23rd, 2023 16 Nations, Top 4 from Group A and Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 12th 2023, h. 16:20 Finland 2 United States May 12th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 3 Germany May 13th 2023, h. 12:20 France 2 Austria May 13th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 2 Denmark May 13th 2023, h. 20:20 Germany 2 Finland May 14th 2023, h. 12:20 United States 3 Hungary May 14th 2023, h. 16:20 France 2 Denmark May 14th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 4 Austria May 15th 2023, h. 16:20 Germany 5 United States May 15th 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 2 Sweden May 16th 2023, h. 16:20 Denmark 3 Austria May 16th 2023, h. 20:20 France 2 Hungary May 17th 2023, h. 16:20 United States 5 Austria May 17th 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 4 France May 18th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 3 Sweden May 18th 2023, h. 20:20 Denmark 1 Germany May 19th 2023, h. 16:20 Hungary 3 Finland May 19th 2023, h. 20:20 Austria 2 Germany May 20th 2023, h. 12:20 United States 3 Denmark May 20th 2023, h. 16:20 Austria 2 Finland May 20th 2023, h. 20:20 Sweden 3 France May 21st 2023, h. 16:20 Germany 2 Hungary May 21st 2023, h. 20:20 United States 4 France May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20 Denmark 3 Sweden May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20 Austria 2 Hungary May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20 Germany 1 France May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20 Sweden 3 United States May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20 Finland 2 Denmark Group B Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 12th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovakia 2 Czechia May 12th 2023, h. 20:20 Latvia 2 Canada May 13th 2023, h. 12:20 Switzerland 1 Slovenia May 13th 2023, h. 16:20 Norway 3 Kazakhstan May 13th 2023, h. 20:20 Slovakia 3 Latvia May 14th 2023, h. 12:20 Slovenia 2 Canada May 14th 2023, h. 16:20 Norway 3 Switzerland May 14th 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 4 Kazakhstan May 15th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovakia 2 Canada May 15th 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Latvia May 16th 2023, h. 16:20 Slovenia 3 Norway May 16th 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 3 Kazakhstan May 17th 2023, h. 16:20 Latvia 3 Norway May 17th 2023, h. 20:20 Canada 5 Kazakhstan May 18th 2023, h. 16:20 Czechia 2 Slovenia May 18th 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 2 Slovakia May 19th 2023, h. 16:20 Latvia 3 Slovenia May 19th 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 3 Slovakia May 20th 2023, h. 12:20 Norway 2 Czechia May 20th 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 2 Switzerland May 20th 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 1 Latvia May 21st 2023, h. 16:20 Slovenia 3 Slovakia May 21st 2023, h. 20:20 Czechia 2 Switzerland May 22nd 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 2 Norway May 22nd 2023, h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 3 Slovenia May 23rd 2023, h. 12:20 Slovakia 2 Norway May 23rd 2023, h. 16:20 Canada 3 Czechia May 23rd 2023, h. 20:20 Switzerland 2 Latvia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation :CAN :USA :SVK [/hide]

I fully agree that Press Freedom in India (161) is similar to Belarus (157), Russia (164), Turkey (165), Yemen (168) and Saudi Arabia (170). And situation is much better in Belarus (157), Pakistan (150), Libya (149) and Sudan (148). And I wish our government can take pointers on how to improve the ranking score from Afghanistan who improved their score from 38.27 to 39.75.