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My 2 cents... teams you might have overestimated: Calgary, Winnipeg, Nashville, NY Islanders teams you might have underestimated: LA Kings (I hope, here I'm really biased ), Pittsburgh, Florida, Ottawa actually, Florida must have a great season because I just drafted a lot of their players, starting with Matt Tkachuk and the 2 between the pipes

my 2 cents on all this... 3 words: WHAT A FARCE!

now it's better

game #6, destroyed winning by 99 runs in the 1st inning, scored 322 runs, giving away 7 wickets in 50 overs, meanwhile the replied with only 223 runs, all out in 46.3 overs game details https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102753 Tomorrow it's time for another doubleheader, first vs at 7 a.m. CET in Dharamsala, then vs at 10.30 a.m. CET in Hyderabad

did you enjoy the experience? naaa, even with a vpn, it asks me to subscribe

Thomas Ceccon confirms he's in good shape and clocks 52.27 to win also the 100m backstroke now I'm really curious to see if he can improve in the next stage of the WC or if he starts feeling tired (which would be a natural thing at thispoint of the season)

game #5, the great clash between and resulted in a disappointing underperformance by the Australian batsmen in the first inning, scoring the misery of 199 runs, all out in 49.3 overs so, despite a dramatic start of the second inning, finally settled down and did their job with the bats, scoring 201 runs in 41 overs (with only 4 wickets given up) (201/4, 41.2 overs) b. (199/all out, 49.3 overs) by 6 wickets game details https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102752 Tomorrow the 2nd gameday starts at 10.30 a.m. CET with facing the

I have no idea how reliable these infos are the only thing I know, is the fact that the Italian federation is working hard to get Karate back into the Olympic schedule, but no public statement has never been released about this matter however, I've never been optimist about a chance for Karate, there are too many other sports with more mediatic favor that this IOC would consider before even thinking of Karate's return on the Olympic stage

still, don't forget that Iran just won the U-21 world champs...there's a good chance that you still have a number of talented guys comin'up...just need to fix the coach's issue

how much I'd like Italy to have a kind of policy...no world ranking backup, if you don't qualify on the field, no chance you get a spot and who cares if you're the reigning world champions I'm furious about how mentally weak our team has been this week...even more than the losses themselves

finally, game #4 ended with winning by 102 runs (428/5 in 50 overs vs 326, all out in 45 overs) vs and also the total score is a new record in terms of runs scored (754) in a single match in the history of the World Cup game details https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102750 Tomorrow, it's time for the great clash between and in Chennai (10.30 a.m. CET)

no, Asia will be represented by therefore there's no more reserved spot for that Continent it's going to be Africa and the 4 best teams not yet qualified with no continental restriction

meanwhile, in game #3, easily beat by 6 wickets scored only 156 runs in 37 overs (all out); replied with 158/4 in just 34 overs game details https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102751 in game #4 (still underway), established a new record for the highest score ever in the ODI's World Cup, 428 runs (5 outs) in 50 overs bowlers just unwatchable; 2nd inning is running right now, but are basically hopeless

not legally for the European viewers (except for GBR and IRL), the official provider is Yupp TV, which charges 25€ for the special pack covering the whole World Cup speaking of not so legal options, if you have a Firestick (or an Android TV), I can tell you that you can download (not from the official store) an app called Sportsfire, where you have all the channels you need for a full world of sports coverage (all the US and Canadian sports network, all Sky Sports from ITA to GER, UK and NZL , the Indian Star Sports, South African Supersports and many more) p.s. to be used absolutely under vpn coverage (and you also need some powerful broadband connection, because with vpn all these channels have some buffering issues with a weak wifi connection)

Ceccon! I always said that he should swim regularly the 200m back, where basically he could easily win tons of world and olympic medals 2nd time he swims the distance, 3 secs improvment on his PB, last 50m in 28.50 (which means he could push for way faster splits in the first 150m and cut seconds off this clocking)

I'd never bet a single cent in Boxing, as results are never "correct", in favor of the strongest fighter, but only some political profiteering p.s. for what I've seen so far, with fair judging Khalokov should take the Olympic Gold, but I haven't watched all the boxers who will qualify for the tournament, so, let's wait and see p.p.s. however, a few cents on Oumiha and Bennama medalling in Paris should be considered a good investment

it looks like a "last girl standing" competition rather than a gymnastics one so many falls and big mistakes

won game #2 of the World Cup vs by 81 runs the Dutch team had a very good first inning, keeping the Pakistan's bats at bay, scoring only a reasonable 286 runs, all out in 49 overs but they just couldn't do almost anything on offense, giving up too many wickets in the early stages and finishing their effort with 205 runs, all out in only 41 overs (most likely, they wouldn't have scored 287 runs even if they could complete all the 50 overs, tbh) game details https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102748 Tomorrow, it's time for a doubleheader: first, vs (7 a.m. CET), then vs (10.30 a.m. CET)

I can take the "among the candidates" for the p4p best title, but definitely not "the p4p best"

the most important use of doping is done in training, to sustain bigger workloads and speed up recovery and the new genetic doping is used way before you enter in competition to literally build more muscles and strenghten all of your body, improve the endurance and all the physical skills you need to succeed the only chance to catch the big cheaters is in the socalled "out of competition" tests, a long time far away from the targeted events (and that's why the whereabouts issue is a big one and 3 missed tests are compared to a positive one) those who are caught in competition, it only happens because something went wrong in calculating the time needed by the human body to eliminate all the signs of the doping usage nobody at this level is so stupid to come to a competition completly filled with illegal substances that's why all the athletes who have not been tested for a long period often comeback stronger than ever, that's why and shouldn't be allowed to get back to the international sports scene until they have passed a very long period in which they are tested regularly for any kind of doping products, otherwise it would be extremely unfair to all the remaining participants

Today... Asian Games (mainly the Wrestling finals), Cricket World Cup ( vs ), Basketball (Euroleague, Fenerbahce vs Olimpia Milano), Slalom Canoeing (WC Finals), maybe some Volleyball (OQT, vs )

Ivaldi threw the WC away with that awful 5 in Tacen (which is supposed to be Italy's best racecourse outside our own Ivrea) a miserrable 19 would have been enough

no, it's not gonna happen... next year there will be internal trials for the Italian team and Ivaldi will win them easily

girls look very impressive also in women's Wrestling 4 years with not a single doping test might have helped, though

no yet?