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yeah, it's a mess. I don't know what FIE will actually manage all that sh*t. for sure, if they let the Russians play, it will come out something unfair to some Nations.

I think Italy is too close to Alisher Usmanov (our former president Giorgio Scarso is his loyal "backup") to vote against any FIE decision in mass. Of course I expected Samele to put his signature on that document as he's Olga Kharlan's fiancèe, but actually I'm surprised to see Erica Cipressa on that list (unless she also has Ukranian connections I'm not aware of).

Men's Individual Skeet Gold: Erik Pittini Silver: Eetu Kallionen Bronze: Sven Korte Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17720

Women's Individual Skeet Gold: Danka Bartekova Silver: Gao Jinmei Bronze: Francisca Crovetto Chadid Final Ranking and Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=17721

already time for a new World Cup stage. this week, the shotgun specialists are in Larnaca.

yep! we're almost ready to go! on Thursday, we have the NPB season opener (Rakuten Eagles @ Nippon Ham Fighters at the new ES CON Field near Sapporo, 6.30 p.m. local time, 10.30 a.m. CET, 4.30 a.m. New York time) and a few hours later, it's MLB time! our TV (sky Italia) is showing...guess what? SF Giants @ NY Yankees at 7 p.m. CET and also (that's a big effort for them ) the first game of the Houston Astros at night (CET). personally, after they increased so much the subs fee (and they didn't show the WBC), I decided to give up for a while MLB.tv, waiting for the week following Mother's Day 50% discount (if they do it again, like in the past 2 seasons). ready to go with the free games only (+ sky Italia's) and wait until further up to Father's Day...they won't get the full price, that full price, from me anymore p.s. KBO and CPBL will start "only" next Saturday, April 1st (is it a joke? )

() ICE Hockey League Playoffs Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia (1) - Steinbach Black Wings Linz (7) 4-3 (2-0; 1-2; 1-2; 5-1; 7-1; 1-2 OT; 3-2 OT) EC Red Bull Salzburg (2) - Hydro Fehervar AV19 (8) 4-0 (3-2; 2-1; 2-1 OT; 6-1) HC Tiwag Innsbruck - Die Haie (3) - spusu Vienna Capitals (6) 2-4 (4-6; 4-0; 2-5; 2-1 OT; 1-4; 1-5) EC iDM Wärmepumpen Villacher SV (4) - EC Klagenfurter AC (5) 1-4 (0-4; 4-0; 4-3; 3-1; 3-2 OT)

() ICE Hockey League Playoffs 1st Round Recap (Best-of-3 Series) Steinbach Black Wings Linz (7) - Moser Medical Graz 99ers (10) 2-1 (2-4; 6-2; 2-0) Hydro Fehervar AV19 (8) - Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey (9) 2-0 (4-0; 5-4)

() ICE Hockey League Regular Season Final Standings 1.HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia, 96 Pts 2.EC Red Bull Salzburg, 93 Pts 3.HC Tiwag Innsbruck - Die Haie, 87 Pts Full Ranking https://www.ice.hockey/en/schedule-results/standings Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Adam Helewka (HC Tiwag Innsbruck - Die Haie), 72 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Maxwell Zimmer (spusu Vienna Capitals), 34 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Atte Tolvanen (EC Red Bull Salzburg), 1.87 GAA (28 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Sam Harvey (HC Bolzano/Bozen Südtirol Alperia), 92.6% (34 games played)

Extraliga Playoffs Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) HC Košice (1) - HK Nitra (10) 4-1 (5-2; 4-3 SO; 2-5; 2-1; 4-2) HC Slovan Bratislava (2) - HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce (8) 2-4 (5-2; 2-3 OT; 2-3 OT; 1-3; 4-0; 0-3) HKM Zvolen (3) - HC Mikron Nové Zámky (6) 4-1 (4-3 OT; 4-3 OT; 2-5; 4-2; 5-2) HC ‘05 Banská Bystrica (4) - HK Grotto Spišská Nová Ves (5) 3-4 (3-2; 0-6; 5-2; 0-2; 4-1; 2-4; 2-3 OT)

Extraliga Playoffs 1st Round Recap (Best-of-5 Series) HK Poprad (7) - HK Nitra (10) 0-3 (1-2; 1-2; 0-2) HK Dukla Ingema Michalovce (8) - HK Dukla Trenčín (9) 3-2 (2-1; 4-6; 0-2; 3-2; 2-1)

Extraliga Regular Season Final Standings 1.HC Košice, 96 Pts 2.HC Slovan Bratislava, 93 Pts 3.HKM Zvolen, 87 Pts Full Ranking https://www.hockeyslovakia.sk/sk/stats/standings/904/tipos-extraliga Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Brant Harris (HC Slovan Bratislava), 62 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Max Gerlach (HC MV Transport Prešov), 34 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Jaroslav Janus (HC Košice), 1.98 GAA (32 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Jaroslav Janus (HC Košice), 93.46% (32 games played)

naaa...I'm here to care about almost every Hockey League in the World! if you like, keep us updated on the Polish League. maybe I'm gonna post a full recap once it's over (like I'll do with most 2nd/3rd tier leagues...the most exhaustive coverage is reserved to the top tier leagues only, because I'm human ).

p.s. @hckošice if you want to take care of the Extraliga, feel free to proceed...

and it's not over, of course... (lot) more to follow...

DEL Playoffs 1st Round Recap (Best-of-3 Series) Düsseldorfer EG (7) - Löwen Frankfurt (10) 2-0 (5-0; 5-1) Pinguins Bremerhaven (8) - Nürnberg Ice Tigers (9) 2-0 (3-1; 4-2)

DEL Regular Season Final Standings 1.EHC Red Bull Munich, 122 Pts 2.ERC Ingolstadt, 103 Pts 3.Adler Mannheim, 99 Pts Full Ranking https://www.penny-del.org/spielplan Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Andreas Thuresson (Kölner Haie) & Yasin Ehliz (Red Bull Munich), both 60 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Tyson Spink (Schwenninger Wild Wings), 31 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Mathias Niederberger (Red Bull Munich), 2.17 GAA (38 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Joacim Eriksson (Schwenninger Wild Wings), 92.45% (45 games played)

NLA Playoffs Quarterfinals Recap (Best-of-7 Series) Genève-Servette HC (1) - HC Lugano (10) 4-2 (6-3; 0-2; 3-2 3OT; 1-2 OT; 5-1; 5-2) EHC Biel-Bienne (2) - SC Bern (8) 4-2 (3-0; 4-2; 3-5; 2-3; 3-1; 4-3) SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (3) - EV Zug (6) 2-4 (2-5; 3-4; 4-1; 0-3; 4-1; 1-4) ZSC Lions Zürich (4) - HC Davos (5) 4-1 (4-1; 1-2; 3-2; 3-2 2OT; 1-0)

NLA Playoffs 1st Round Recap (Best-of-3 Series) Fribourg-Gottèron (7) - HC Lugano (10) 0-2 (1-2; 0-2) SC Bern (8) - EHC Kloten (9) 2-1 (5-1; 1-4; 5-0)

NLA Regular Season Final Standings 1.Genève-Servette HC, 101 Pts 2.EHC Biel-Bienne, 101 Pts 3.SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, 92 Pts Full Ranking https://www.sihf.ch/de/game-center/national-league/#/standing/rank/asc/page/0/ Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Roman Cervenka (SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers), 59 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Teemu Hartikainen (Genève-Servette HC), 28 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Simon Hrubec (ZSC Lions Zürich), 2.23 GAA (33 games as a starter) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Damiano Ciaccio (HC Ajoie), 89.72% (25 games as a starter)

stay tuned! (a lot) more to come...

Extraliga Playoffs 1st Round Recap (Best-of-5 Series) Bílí Tygři Liberec (5) - HC Škoda Plzeň (12) 3-2 (4-1; 0-6; 3-1; 1-2 OT; 4-3 OT) HC Oceláři Třinec (6) - HC VERVA Litvínov (11) 3-0 (3-1; 5-4 OT; 4-2) HC Kometa Brno (7) - BK Mladá Boleslav (10) 3-1 (4-2; 2-1; 1-2; 5-1) HC Olomouc (8) - HC Energie Karlovy Vary (9) 3-1 (4-1; 4-7; 3-2 OT; 3-0)

Extraliga Regular Season Final Standings 1.HC Dynamo Pardubice, 108 Pts 2.HC Vìtkovice Ridera, 102 Pts 3.HC Sparta Prague, 99 Pts Full Ranking https://www.hokej.cz/tipsport-extraliga/table Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Martin Ružička (HC Ocelarí Třinec), 52 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Marko Dano (HC Ocelarí Třinec), 29 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Henri Kiviaho (Mountfield HK), 1.85 GAA (34 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Dominik Furch (HC Kometa Brno), 92.61% (40 games played)

Liiga Playoffs 1st Round Recap (Best-of-3 Series) Kärpät Oulu (7) - KooKoo Kouvola (10) 1-2 (4-2; 1-4; 0-5) Ässät Pori (8) - TPS Turku (9) 2-1 (2-1; 1-2; 2-1)

Liiga Regular Season Final Standings 1.Tappara Tampere, 116 Pts 2.Ilves Tampere, 114 Pts 3.Lukko Rauma, 105 Pts Full Ranking https://liiga.fi/en/stats/teams Individual Stats RS Best Scorer: Michael Joly (HPK Hämeenlinna), 64 Pts RS Best Goal Scorer: Reid Gardiner (JYP Jyväskylä), 27 Goals RS Best Goaltender by GAA: Marek Langhamer (Ilves Tampere), 1.83 GAA (40 games played) RS Best Goaltender by SVS%: Marek Langhamer (Ilves Tampere), 92.38% (40 games played)