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naaa...Cricket is still the biggest English sport (after Football)...even if the rugby team had won the RWC, it wouldn't have changed the rankings that much...

really? so, you missed one of last summer's main events in the world of sports... jokes aside, England won their first ever Cricket World Cup (in the main format, they already won one in the shorter version Twenty-20)...and they did it at home in dramatic fashion... Ben Stokes of course was the hero of that magic day (and not only that day, but the whole world cup)... just for a late recovery... https://www.cricketworldcup.com/

as long as there's no casein (my worst enemy in the kitchen), I'm OK with it... and after your description, I think I'm going to appreciate it...

I don't know why? but I did always suspect that Ben Stokes and the Cricket NT were going to sum up a good number of awards...

nver tried this Ruby Chocolate...but now most likely I'm gonna get mad until I can find it here in Milan... now I really need to try it...

I can easily handle 99% also... however, my favourites are 70% to eat it in purity and 85% for those with aromatic flavour, especially the candied orange peels and the hot pepper chocolate (not together, of course)...

Mikaela Shiffrin will miss this weekend's races in Val D'Isere (FRA)... she didn't announce why she took this decision... https://www.skiracing.com/stories/shiffrin-will-skip-speed-races-in-val-disere

bad news for Italy... Aaron Kostner had a nasty fall during a training jump earlier today in Ramsau (AUT) and most likely he badly injured his left knee... for sure, he's going to miss this weekend's competitions in Austria... more details to follow, after undergoing an MRI in the next hours...

what a shame! by the way, they say that the temperature was too hot and any attempt to fix that hole would have been useless, as the track was going to fall apart in more points very soon and basically they called it a day because the whole slope was unsafe for the athletes...

so, it could only be 1 (as I always say...the only true chocolate is the dark one) or 3 (because technically, milk and white chocolate are made with the same process and there's only a color difference in the outcome...so, both shouldn't be considered as pure chocolate...or you can just do as most people and call all of them "chocolate" making no distinction at all and count them as 3)...

you're missing white chocolate...

well, they are different...really different... actually, purists (like me) don't consider milk nor white chocolate as true chocolate, but just another product with some chocolate in it...

because milk-chocolate is also a type of chocolate...it's not just milk and 2 more kinds of chocolate...

because, as he wrote, there's no filling at all...it's just a praline made with 3 different kinds of chocolate (dark, white and milk-chocolate)...

Gazzetta dello Sport Awards 2019 note: remember, that's been voted by the fans on their website, so basically it's a popularity vote rather than a technical one... Man of the Year: Roberto Mancini (Football) Woman of the Year: Federica Pellegrini (Swimming) Team of the Year: "Settebello" (Men's Waterpolo National Team) Coach of the Year: Roberto Mancini (Football) Most Promising Athlete: Benedetta Pilato (Swimming) Most Improved Athlete of the Year: Matteo Berrettini (Tennis) Paralympic Athlete of the Year: Simone Barlaam (Para-Swimming) E-Sports Specialist of the Year: Daniele "Jizuke" Di Mauro Special Prizes also went to: Jannik Sinner (Tennis), Charles Leclerc (Motorsports), Women's Football National Team Super-special Mention as a Sports Legend (not determined by voting): Sinisa Mihajlovic for his brave fight against Leukemia

wow! your girlfriend is really lucky...they look delicious (and they are also so beautiful to watch)...congrats!

this is -like it already happened in Rio- the most stupid and tv audience unfriendly schedule they could build... I mean, there are a lot of matches at the same time, they use 2 different stadiums...and they always put an accent on the cost saving... why didn't they just build a single venue (possibly indoor, maybe even a temporary structure, as I don't think in Japan they need a big permanent hockey stadium, given the very limited popularity of the sport, so to allow games to be played all day long in safe environmental conditions) ans have the usual 6 games a day schedule as almost every other team sport with 12 participants? and if they say they need to end the tournament on the last friday, without going deep into the final couple of days of the Games, well, they could have easily scheduled the 1st game day for both the men and the women on wednesday and thursday before the opening ceremony, just like soccer (and this time even softball), keeping a perfect 16-gameday tournament ending on the scheduled 3rd last day of the Games... easier done than said... but no, they have to mess it up to the (already very few) hardcore fans they have... to me, these are already the worst Games ever (among all those I had the chance to follow personally, since L.A. 1984) and those I have the lowest hype ever for... and I fear things are only getting worse and worse every edition of the Olympics, as I feel they're just doing as much as they can to destroy my "favourite toy" more and more every single day...

updated OQR after this weeken's competitions... Women's Sabre https://tokyo2020.fie.org/ranks#tab-table Women's Foil https://tokyo2020.fie.org/ranks#tab-table Men's Foil https://tokyo2020.fie.org/ranks#tab-table

what an heartbreaker! poor Switzerland... but congrats to Sweden...it wasn't easy to come back on the field for the OT after taking the game-tying goal with only 8 seconds left on the clock in regulation and they did it with furious determination...

I don't even have the power to feel angry or sad...I only feel so ashamed... this guys have really taken the Italian hockey to an unprecedented (low) level... they are hopeless and useless...I sincerely wish them a bright future in the Chinese coal mines...

and here we have the current scores in the women's team sabre OQR after the SLC stage... 1. 312 2. 272 3. 254 4./5. 234 4./5. 225 6. 216 7. 211 8. 200 9. 168 10. 151 11. 143 12. 142 13. 136 =14. 125 =14. 125 16. 122 17. 102 18. 92 19. 84 =20. 74 =20. 74 a lot of turnarounds here... while Russia, despite an awful outing today, keep their lead in the ranking with some margin, France consolidate their score and overtake Korea in second place... the Asians, however, are still 3rd with quite a few points margin over the following European pack including Italy, Hungary (still to be seen who's going to be 4th and who's going to be 5th at the end of the day, depending on the outcome of the final matches) and Ukraine, who are going to get a lot closer to the qualification line... the fight for the last ranking spot and the European continental place will be very entertaining (for neutral spectators...heartbreaking for the 3 teams involved and their fans)... considering the current trend, however, Italy are the main candidate to end the campaign on the wrong side (unless a miracle happens in the lower part of the ranking and someone are capable of a great comeback and pushes Tunisia out of the top 16, which is highly unlikely...especially after today's event)... the USA are also not completely out of the top 4, but it's more a theoretical chance than a true target for them...however they keep steadily the qualification spot through the continental ranking, as Canada are definitely too far away to be a serious threat... finally, as written above, Tunisia, despite losing 1 or 2 positions in the OQR are still well safe among the top 16 of the OQR, which is what they need to qualify to the Tokyo Games... EDIT: updated after the end of the tournament...

Women's Team Sabre (Salt Lake City, USA) Final Results Gold: France Silver: Hungary Bronze: United States Semifinals: Hungary b. Ukraine 45-42 France b. USA 45-31 Bronze Medal Match: USA b. Ukraine 45-39 Gold Medal Match: France b. Hungary 45-25  Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://fie.org/competitions/2020/826

yes, I think that at 99.9% the 3 starters for Italy in women's Foil are Volpi, Errigo and Di Francisca, with Batini fighting for the reserve spot in the team event... in any case, normally, at any world cup stage we don't use the individual event as a selection for the team competition of the following day...this thing is always decided before the start of the tournament...

no comment...just no comment... Italy were 35-22 ahead after 7 out of 9 assaults in the gold medal match vs Russia and 39-28 after 8 assaults... and Di Francisca still managed to lose her last stint against Deriglazova by a score of 14-2 (she still had a 2-hit advantage with 3 seconds left on the clock), gifted the Russian of the most unexpected win at the OT...