The oil situation will change, as will the gas situation. Look where it has fallen. Plus OPEC+ openly declares that there is VERY much oil. The way out is either to drastically reduce production, or believe in a miracle. But to drastically reduce production is not an easy question, there are problems ranging from "physical" to financial. That's why you can't just turn on the oil tap.

For russia it is a loss of real income even from today's minuscule selling price. The "measures" taken by russia, give them today in the most optimistic calculation about 12 billion dollars of losses per year. This is a huge amount for russia today, when 30+% now goes to war, and the budget has lost about 40% of foreign exchange earnings.

For the OPEC+ members, a net reduction would also bring down their revenues. The problem is that until China gives a sign that its economy is recovering - there will be no growth in oil demand ! And judging by what is happening in China - its economy is still far from recovery or at least a positive trend.

It looks that you don't follow women football at all. Argentina isn't powerhouse here, their chances to win  is same like Zambia, Vietnam or Haiti, rated at odds @501. If Argentina will get out from group somehow, it would be almost like miracle.

He is playing for Gujrat and the narrative is clear from which source these hatred originates. Who knows whether he was forced to do so to retain his place in the squad and then come up with the normal narrative that the account is hacked  .

Karim Benzema moved to Saudi Professional League when he does not have sharp drop in his performance like Cristiano Ronaldo. He is younger than Cristiano and is a professional player too but such time will come with all players. Ibrahimovic just retired days ago, Cristiano struggled with his body, strength and performance in the last one year and soon Benzema will not be able to beat strength of time and ageing.

However now Al Itihad and Saudi Professional League will have chance to watch one of greatest football players for a while. With Benzema, Cristiano will have more pressure in individual race (best scorer) and team race in this league.

But I think that's not even funny, these people were migrating to Qatar just to earn money and send for their family because they couldn't a good job in their countries.
This world cup in Qatar was very much dirty and there was a lot of blood in the sports facilities they build no matter how shiny the sports facilities are but the fact is FIFA should never allow a country like Qatar how the world cup again.
That's why I think choosing America was the best they could do.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/sports/soccer/world-cup-migrant-workers.html

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Afghanistan have got the Afghanistan cricket board that is being found in 1995. It became the full member of the ICC during the year 2017. At the beginning cricket is banned and by the year 2000 it got exception. Amidst all the political and other problems, the country slowly progressed and have reached a better position. The team have got the problem of playing without much support from the government. Pakistan's situation is far better and the government is really supportive as it is one among the way through which the government is able to generate revenue.

I think most of the latest elections have been like that in a way.

Basically people voting for "the other" candidate because they simply dislike the alternative, instead of voting for specific people.

It's a divided country, and every year it gets more and more polarized. I hope they can see some sense from the other side because at the end of the day there are more similarities than differences.

Messi isn't going to Saudi Arabia, He's going to MLS. The money is the only only thing that the Saudis have to offer, the quality of football is relatively lower than that of the MLS. The MLS is more competitive.
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No one gets suspended for posting anything on social media. Indian players do not handle their own social media. There is always a PR team that works on it. For him GT would provide that PR team. If you want to blame someone then blame GT. The rivalry that was created between Kohli and Navin was all part of PR. It's unfortunate that a political issue was posted from a IPL players Instagram handle. The first principal of a player is to be always remain away from politics. The reason behind cricket fans only have one religion and that is cricket.

@Sithara007 I believe that the player’s are impacted psychologically due to their home condition’s cause they were performing decent before the invasion took place. Furthermore despite minimal facilities they do have lots of talented player’s but lack of strategy and proper guidance is effecting their growth hence I feel that they can improve a lot if they’re provided good facilities.

Bhen Ch*d these guys don't take these WTC Finals seriously at all.

No practice matches before both finals, bas muh utha kar pahuch jayenge IPL se. Really pisses me off despite having so much talent and working their ass off in 2 full cycles they always let down everyone in the finals. Then they will say we lost because of bowling.

No Axar and Ashwin to bail you out so Koach and Puji need to step up big time.

Qatar is a Muslim country and they clearly stated that they cannot change their Muslim culture for this one month tournament. So in their country, drinking beer in the studio or homosexuality, like the European countries, they also put some restrictions on girls' clothing so that they can retain their Muslim culture. I don't see anything wrong with what they have done as a Muslim dominated country. How they will change their culture for one month which they have been following since ancient times.

First of all, those who lost their lives to build these big structures, may God grant their families the ability to cope with their grief. But this is not the first time that workers have died in the construction of such a large structure in Qatar. Starting from Burj Khalifa, many people have lost their lives in other large buildings, so Burj Khalifa is closed? A group of people spread such news to stop the World Cup in Qatar.

Didn't Messi just signed with Inter Miami? At least that is what was published yesterday. If it's true what you say about his wife not wanting to move to Saudi Arabia, I guess he signed with Miami because of that. I couldn't find the exact financial agreement but there are speculations that he was offered a revenue-sharing deal with Adidas and Apple TV, but also a possibility to own a part of the club when he retires.

These are kinda funny thing, but in long term it'll ruin the value of sports. We were able to watch and play different sports and when the same gets listed among the sports played around who would let their child be part of such thing. Through the above post came to know that it is just a fake news thats been circulated around. Maybe some television channel or Netflix can conduct this as a show 

I feel lucky because I got to watch the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In 2022, Qatar hosted the best World Cup tournament in history. Those who say they didn't enjoy the World Cup in Qatar, then they dislike Qatar, not the beauty of football. Many people have spread various misinformation about this Middle Eastern country that how the World Cup will be hosted in a desert country but Qatar has taken all the channels and organized the World Cup in the most modern way in the world. Qatar has done more than what was required to host a World Cup tournament. I don't think any country will host the World Cup in the future like Qatar did in the 2022 World Cup.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar was fraught with tension. There were various limits and poor displays that did not match the expectations of those who traveled to see the competition live. The prohibition on alcoholic beverages was excessive; how can a country prohibit drinks, including beer, simply because they do not fit their tradition and practice? It is preposterous to witness a celebration without smoking and gushing drinks; that is the way of modern celebration, and everyone is acquainted with it. Finally, the deaths of migrant laborers were merely a disregarded problem by FIFA and Qater; they are simply concerned with the competition, which they view as more important than any other matter.

Yes you are right. India could have dropped a pacer here and added ashwin. He is a good bowler and helps the team with the batting too. I think he should have been dropped in the change of Shardal Thakur. Then India would have been stronger in this test final. Its effect yesterday. Saw it on the first day Although India started more in the beginning but they couldn't hold it. The partnership of Smith and Head gave Australia a big collection on the first day which I think will lead to a lot of problems for India. Today the 2nd day will start. India quickly beat Australia Will have to drop wickets so that Australia cannot score big runs. But on the other hand India will have to face Australia's bowling cannon which I think will be a tough test for India. Of course India have world class batsmen who are capable of turning any match around.

What can Rashid Khan do when the Afghanistan batsmen only managed to score 116 runs in a 50 overs game? Even the players like Rashid Khan needs some score to defend, a score where the other team can be put under pressure while chasing. Rashid Khan bowled four overs in this match and conceded 21 runs and no wickets. Though this was good bowling seeing the context of the match, they need wickets which Afghanistan bowlers were not able to get.

Also, when we talk about Afghanistan, only Rashid Khan comes to mind. They need more match winners as the cricket team never won matches on the performance of a single person.