thepharoah

German team today 

Kiril Lazarov made his WCH debut in 1999 in Egypt and will participate again in 2021 in Egypt also which can be his last WCH appearance :D

German team today 

The only way to organize such event like the Team sport WCh right now (before or during the early vaccination period) is to form a special strict bubble with all teams there at least 2 weeks before the start of the tournament and also force all partiipating teams to stay before their arrival also in special strict bubbles in their home countries for at least 2 weeks + testing, testing, testing and retesting...
 
IIHF & Canada showed during the new years holidays to the world that it is possible to organize such event.
 
IHF should learn from IIHF lol

What a mess, I'm sorry for Egypt. What was supposed to be a big event with packed arenas and the best players is now a souless, empty farce of a WCh.

Here it is...
https://pbiec.coth.com/results/List
 
And for the main class of Week 1...
https://pbiec.coth.com/classes/Detail/cid/253415
 
And finally the streaming section...
https://pbiec.coth.com/category/live_streams
 

Not much renewing reasons for Sweden.
Some said no due to Covid, others not feeling ready after injuries. 
Andreas Nilsson asked for 2 days off with the family due to a tight schedule but didn't get it, som that became a no from him as well.
I would btw call Gottfridsson a decently big name as well.

Many  especially Sweden almost all famous players are missing except palicka , for Sweden it could be a technical issue as the coach tries to renew the team to make it younger , Nikola Karabatic is the most famous one missing , Germany misses some key players among them Wiencek , some really key players in other teams missing as well 

Only Luka Stepančić miss

These are from AO qualies AFAIK (given the KIA and AO Dubai logos in the background)
 

 

 

Ofc I know, I need new photos from the qualifications itself as I am posting these photos on my facebook page that's it 

You should try the players social media, as they usually post pics from their matches. Though with the closed matches at the qualifiers i don't know who would be taking those photos 

Even AO tournament site only has few of the seeded qualifiers with photos.
 
https://ausopen.com/players#!156131
 
Unless you have someone specific in mind?
 
Tennis.com.au has the Australian wild cards photos
 
https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2021/01/10/draws-set-for-australian-open-2021-qualifying
 
Kaja Juvan
 

 
Katarzyna Kawa
 

 
Katarina Zavatska
 

 
Olga Govortsova
 

France Squad 

Goalkeepers: 
Yann GENTY
Vincent GÉRARD
Wesley PARDIN
 
Left wingers: 
Hugo DESCAT
Michaël GUIGOU
 
Left -backs : 
Jean-Jacques ACQUEVILLO
Romain LAGARDE
Timothey N'GUESSAN
 
Mid-centers: 
Nicolas CLAIRE
Kentin MAHÉ
Melvyn RICHARDSON
 
Pivots: 
Ludovic FABREGAS
Luka KARABATIC
Nicolas TOURNAT
 
Right backs
Adrien DIPANDA
Dika MEM
Nedim REMILI
Valentin PORTE
 
Right wingers : 
Luc ABALO
Yanis LENNE

They mean no media within matches except for the official media committe and the ones that will enter the bubble, no-one else, the matches will be streamed regularly during the whole tournament 

Tbh it's better for everyone, especially that in recent weeks cases rise everywhere. Let's hope that in this year at least one sport event will be with even 30-40% attedance.

There is no 2021 Doping thread yet so I might as well post it here.
 
Dayana Yastremska busted for mesterolone (anabolic steroid)
 
https://antidoping.itftennis.com/news/317960.aspx
 

If you are wondering why this thread is quiet... It's because there is nothing to report. 
 
Entire Western European (12 events) and North American (8 events) Leagues got cancelled. Not really surprising. These indoor shows are just not very feasible without spectators present.
 
Gothenburg Finals are still scheduiled to be held, though. I guess they are working on some new qualification system right now.

Pts. 300  
   Who ruled over ancient Egypt?
 
 
 ♦ A: Pharynx         ♦ B: Pharisee  ♦ C: Pharaoh  ♦ D: thepharoah  
While we all know @thepharoah rules over all things Egypt on this forum, the answer on this one is C: Pharaoh (thank God I didn't have to spell it!)
 
 

Happy New Year Guys, it's 2021 already in Egypt  Hopefully it'll be a better year 

Happy New Year Guys, it's 2021 already in Egypt  Hopefully it'll be a better year 

https://fb.watch/2HEuBxELGb/
 
Some really insane Catches or Saves from Devon White one of Blue Jays' legends 

in a fully crowded arena, maybe there would be a chance for Kiel...in this situation, with the stands sadly empty (and with the Germans who played 2.5 hours later and went to the OT in a very close and entertaining but also demanding match, while Barca easily took care of the French guys), I don't think the Germans have a single chance to win the Cup...Barca are just too good for the rest of the European teams right now...

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I thought it would be nice to have a thread for anything quiz-related as some people seem interested into quizzing.
You can do your own quizzes here or share other quizzes across the world wide web.

I am also currently working on a Millionaire-based quiz for those who are interested.
Not sure when exactly but I may possibly arrange my first quiz night next week, before 2021.
 
 
Season 1
 
#Run Player Lifelines Winnings Reached Notes Date 1 mrv86 3 Pts. 32,000 Q13 first 250,000 question
2nd January 2021 2 Vojthas 3 Pts. 1,000 Q9   2nd-3rd January 2021 3 OlympicIRL 3 Pts. 32,000 Q12   3rd January 2021 4 hckosice 3 Pts. 64,000 Q12 first to stop 9th January 2021 5 Olympian1010 4 Pts. 1,000 Q10 first risk format player 9th-10th January 2021 6 toulousain 3 Pts. 250,000 Q14 first 500,000 question 17th January 2021 7   Wumo 3 Pts. 250,000 Q14 first 10 questions without lifelines 30th January 2021  
Season 2
 
#Run Player Lifelines Winnings Reached Notes Date 8 hckosice (II) 3 Pts. 1,000 Q9 first to return 10th April 2021 9 mrv86 (II) 3 Pts. 32,000 Q14 highest loss (-218,000) 10th-11th April 2021 10 heywoodu 3 Pts. 32,000 Q11   16th April 2021 11 Olympian1010 (II) 4 Pts. 1,000 Q8 first to use lifeline in lower tier 16th April 2021 12 Wumo (II) 3 Pts. 64,000 Q12 interrupted game 24th April - 1st May 2021 13 OlympicIRL (II) 3 Pts. 125,000 Q13   5th June 2021  
Season 3
 
#Run Player Lifelines Winnings Reached Notes Date 14 mrv86 (III) 3 Pts. 1 Million Q15 Halloween Special
first 12 questions without lifelines
first to see final question
first to use lifeline on final question
first millionaire
31st October 2021 15 hckosice (III) 3 Pts. 125,000 Q13 Sports Special 12th November 2021 16 Wumo (III) 3 Pts. 125,000 Q13 Sports Special 26th November 2021 17 heywoodu (II) 3 Pts. 1,000 Q9   11th December 2021 18 Olympian1010 (III) 3 Pts. 1,000 Q8   18th December 2021 19 Sindo 4 Pts. 32,000 Q11 Christmas Special, "Jump" lifeline 24th December 2021 20 OlympicIRL (III) 4 Pts. 250,000 Q14  Christmas Special, "Double Dip" lifeline  27th December 2021 --- --- --- --- ---   ---