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meanwhile in the Eastern Conference we're gonna have a wonderful game #7 and I really hope that Ovi can do it, this time...it's a real shame if he can't get at least a Stanley Cup in his amazing career...he definitely is the player that has given to me the most excitement in the last 10 years...

è uno scandalo...annunciato, per di più... e questo fa ancora più male... vorrei prendere tutti i responsabili di questo scempio a mazzate con tanto di mazza ferrata medievale...

they could switch CAN and RUS and everybody would be happy, I guess... p.s. for Italy these groups (RUS or CAN doesn't make any difference) are better than expected...having AUT and NOR in our group, gives us a more than slim chance to avoid relegation...honestly, those 2 teams are the only ones we can play with thinking that we can get a positive result against them... p.p.s. I remember going to the Worlds here in Milan in 1994...it was an amazing and unforgettable experience...so, enjoy this opportunity as much as you can...

after our little religious divagation, back to Hockey (my real Religion)... and I must admit that, as an Italian living quite close to the Border and long time follower of their hockey, I'm so envious of this Swiss campaign...and at the same time I must also say that my heart got broken when SWE won last night... despite being against any reasonable thought, I really hoped that the Swiss guys could do the miracle (in particular, when they went to the shootout, I started to believe that Genoni had a great chance to outclass Nilsson)... hopefully, it won't take another 5 years to see Switzerland entering another World final...hopp Schwiiiitz!!!

no, they're not Corpus Christi (or Corpus Domini) is a liturgical celebration only scheduled in Italy, the Catholic Swiss Cantons, Brazil, Spain, Croatia, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Austria and San Marino it's related with Christ's Last Dinner and rememeber the presence of Christ in the Eucharist... it's scheduled for the first Thursday after the Pentecost (or, in the Countries where it's just a religious celebration but not a civil Holiday -like here in Italy, it's set on the second Sunday after the Pentecost)... meanwhile Pentecost is the Holy Spirit descent on the Faithfuls and it's celebrated 50 days after Easter... for most Catholic Countries, Italy included (except for South Tyrol, where they follow the German Countries and still have the Holiday Monday), the Holiday has only a religious matter and it's celebrated only on the given Sunday, meanwhile the Monday's rest has been abolished more than 100 years ago by Pope Pius X... the only Nations having this privilege (Monday's rest, I mean) are Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg (and the Italian region of South Tyrol, as written before)...

Swimming Marathon World Cup stage #2 (Seychelles) Italy took their revenge on the first stage winners... and our female team is finding always new faces year after year... here are the Full Results: Women http://www.fina.org/competition-detailed-results/151752/34653 Men http://www.fina.org/competition-detailed-results/150654/34653

probably that's the sad truth...

Hungary, New Zealand and Spain on top of the medal table of the Szeged (HUN) World Cup Stage... all Races and Results* here: http://szegedcanoe2018.com/results Medal Table* here: http://szegedcanoe2018.com/medals-table *Para-Canoe included

by the way, after the shameful ending of the Hockey Worlds' Prediction Contest, I'm also going to announce my retirement from this kind of competitions... I'm tired of being joked every time by people who don't know Hockey as I do... I never gonna expose myself once again...

one of my favourite players, even if he never played for teams I like... I wish him all the best for his next challenges...

all Foil GP results updated (finally!)... men's Team Sabre also updated (Gold Medal Match set to start @ 3.30 p.m. CET, but they're a bit late with the program...the Bronze Medal match is still running)... Live Streaming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNY9gFCcig

yes, you're right...I just forgot to add that... Errgo is no longer a competitive athlete in any weapon...she has to reset her mind before taking any decision about her future and possibily our NF should help her to do it (but I guess that everything's gone with the Rio blowout...she's never been the same anymore after that shameful event)... p.s. I don't know if it's just me, but live scoring and streaming are KO once again... why they still go to China? it's always the same story with them! anbd this year we also have the World Champs there...

and there was only Volpi in quarterfinals (Errigo and Mancini lost their respective round #1 assaults)... women's foil is going through a really deep crisis...and who knows when (if) we're able to get back to the old glory days... among the men, instead, we have Cassarà vs Meinhardt (USA, who defeated Foconi in the round of 16) and Trani (who defeated Garozzo 15-14 in the previous round) vs Kruse (GBR) in the quarterfinals (actually both matches should be over since quite a while, but the Chinese live scoring website is not so "live" and doesn't have the QTRs results yet)... not to mention, the never-working streaming... FIE...

Men's Team Sabre (Madrid, ESP) Final Results: Gold: South Korea Silver: Italy Bronze: Russia Semifinals: South Korea b. Russia 45-32 Italy b. Hungary 45-35 Bronze Medal Match: Russia b. Hungary 45-35 Gold Medal Match: South Korea b. Italy 45-41 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/853/results/rank

Men's Individual Foil (Shanghai, CHN) Final Results: Gold: Richard Kruse (GBR) Silver: Timur Safin (RUS) Bronze: Andrea Cassarà (ITA) & Race Imboden (USA) Semifinals: Kruse b. Cassarà 15-14 Safin b. Imboden 15-10 Gold Medal Match: Kruse b. Safin 15-13 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/145/results/rank

Women's Individual Foil (Shanghai, CHN) Final Results: Gold: Inna Deriglazova (RUS) Silver: Karin Miyawaki (JPN) Bronze: Chae Song Oh (KOR) & Eleanor Harvey (CAN) Semifinals: Deriglazova b. Chae 15-11 Miyawaki b. Harvey 15-11 Gold Medal Match: Deriglazova b. Miyawaki 15-6 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/457/results/rank

[hide] Knockout Round May 17th - May 20th, 2018 Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 20th 2018, h. 15:45 United States 2 Canada Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 20th 2018, h. 20:15 Sweden 2 Switzerland [/hide]

here I am! remember...the "perfect score" is always 0-0...also in the Hockey game... however, they don't play the real "catenaccio" (we, as Italians, have the copyright for that...also in Hockey -remember Bryan Lefley's ITA teams in the early 90s)...they're just realistic...they know they can't play a very open game against the powerhouses and try to take advantage of their qualities... however, they're individually too good to say they play the "Italian style"... p.s. it's "catenaccio"...only 1 "t" in the middle...

Sport Climbing, IFSC Olympic Qualification Event The IFSC Executive Board elected the city that will host the Olympic Qualifying event in 2019 ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Among four strong candidates (Chongqing, Los Angeles, Moscow and Toulouse) the Board chose the French city of Toulouse. The “Federation Francaise de la Montagne et de l’Escalade” (FFME) presented a very detailed dossier, based on its experience in organising international events. A special recognition goes to the other candidates: CFR, CMA and USAC. Full news (in French): https://www.ffme.fr/escalade/article/le-tournoi-de-qualification-olympique-en-france-en-2019.html

Sport Climbing, IFSC Olympic Qualification Event The IFSC Executive Board elected the city that will host the Olympic Qualifying event in 2019 ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Among four strong candidates (Chongqing, Los Angeles, Moscow and Toulouse) the Board chose the French city of Toulouse. The “Federation Francaise de la Montagne et de l’Escalade” (FFME) presented a very detailed dossier, based on its experience in organising international events. A special recognition goes to the other candidates: CFR, CMA and USAC. Full news (in French): https://www.ffme.fr/escalade/article/le-tournoi-de-qualification-olympique-en-france-en-2019.html

earlier Today I watched game #4 of the Western Conference Finals of the NHL (thanks to NHL.tv), the Canoeing World Cup from Szeged (HUN) on the Hungarian TV Channel M4 Sport HD (FTA on satellite) and the 1st semifinal @ the Hockey Worlds in Denmark on the Italian speaking channel of the Swiss TV (RSI-La2 HD)... later tonight I'm going to watch the 2nd semifinals of the Hockey Worlds (once again on RSI-La2 HD) and the English FA Cup final (Football, delayed broadcast on Fox Sports ITA...delayed for me...the TV channel is obviously going live)...

I guess the first one is a simple slalom with addition of times of a man and a woman (or 2+2, it doesn't change anything), meanwhile the second one would be a parallel event (slalom or PGS, TBD) with a format like the current team event in Alpine Skiing... but this is just my interpretation...it could well be something different (like 2 parallel events, one with slalom course and the other with PGS course)...it's difficult to get it right until they explain something more properly... by the way...I'm disgusted by all kind of team and mixed events proposed by the FIS Congress...and I hope they're not gonna be part of the next OG...

Men's Individual Sabre (Madrid, ESP) Final Results: Gold: Enrico Berrè (ITA) Silver: Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS) Bronze: Oh Sanguk (KOR) & Daryl Homer (USA) Semifinals: Berrè b. Homer 15-14 Reshetnikov b. Oh 15-14 Gold Medal Match: Berrè b. Reshetnikov 15-11 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/474/results/rank

[hide] Knockout Round May 17th - May 20th, 2018 Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 19th 2018, h. 15:15 Sweden 2 United States May 19th 2018, h. 19:15 Switzerland 3 Canada [/hide]

credo che la cronologia degli incontri maschili la decida sky (che presumo non voglia bruciarsi il "match of the day" passandolo anche in chiaro su tv8, che trasmette gli incontri successivi)... ed è possibile che sia lo stesso Fognini a non voler giocare alla sera (ritenendo migliori per lui le condizoni ambientali del pieno giorno)... supertennis è ovvio che sia in profondo rosso...non ha entrate, ma spende un pacco di soldi per assicurare la visione di tanti tornei...diciamo che si è deciso di sfruttarlo così, come veicolo promozionale del tennis a 360 gradi senza curarsi della sua redditività economica...