Very interesting news, for some time I did not hear anything like this and thought that all these games are already in the past. I see in the news that antiviral emergency measures are being actively canceled all over the world and it seems like everything should return to normal. I would like to know how the players of Mainz 05 endure the disease - are they really sick or is this outbreak just the result of crooked testing.

I disagree. I don't think the BCCI will ever throw a legend like Kohli out even though he has been under-performing for a long time now primarily because of his experience and his batting skills.
Weird thing is that another legendary batsman(Smith) has also been under-performing for sometime. Both of them need to recover their form quickly.

Kohli has many BCCI representative who are a fantastic admirer of his batting and his commitment to Indian cricket. Those individuals are trying their level best for him to stay within the team as he can only break all those records created by Sachin. Dehli cricket board and Mumbai cricket board have always been against each other. If I am correct Madanlal the chief selector is from the Delhi cricket board. He will always select him into the Indian side no matter how he performs. Those admirers will always use his past performance as an example for him to stay in the team. UP cricket board will do same as they cannot exist without Delhi. Rohit Sharma the Indian captain comes from UP.

This is main strong point with current Indian team now they have very good finances system and just because of this politics is also had too much influence in this all and every one want to go with his own ego and policies which is hurting very badly them in last few years. Dhoni and now Virat Kohli both done very good jobs, but both were doing some own favoritism as well, but this is not going to stop because most management is coming from political background, and they like to have their own peoples in system which need many bad and good selections as well.
Right now tough competition is between Maharashtra and Bengal because these factors are had very big influence and these both were agreed for Kohli but now these both require their own choices which is not easy with just 11 players to be in team if they are not able to settle this all then surely they are going to have very bad impact in overall in near future.

With current table positions and future programs looks not good for titleholder New Zealand to defend their title they already lost very crucial points against South Africa and Bangladesh now their future series are also very tough so with this all I am feeling right now Australia and India are two very strong contenders for future final because right now just these two teams are capable to give very results in all conditions even India is currently having some concerns after opt out of Pujara and Rahane but still they are very strong and capable of having wins against all teams in any conditions.
South Africa is also not bad at all, but they need some good time for having better results, their win against New Zealand was very impressive.

New Zealand will most probably not retain the championship this time around and I don't think India will win it either. My bet is on Australia to win the championship since they are on a roll winning trophies across all formats these days.

I don't think that they are a strong test side to be honest. South Africa has been performing well in home conditions, but they haven't improved much in away conditions though.

Not just hard but close to zero chances for them.

This is current report for all the series.

NZ - 1 home series (SL)  and 2 away series (ENG + PAK). Eng hit the rock bottom but i think they will do okay from here. They need a miracle.

India's chances doesn't look good because they need to win majority of their remaining games, even draw matches can ruin their chances but i would be very happy if proven wrong. (point system based on win %)

@JSRAW I’m frankly quiet surprised to see that NZ has very less chance of defending their title, but not surprised to see team India among the favourites to reach the finals. Also a key thing to consider here is that team India has dropped two non performing player’s, and this could either work for them or could be wrong move as those player’s could have played better in the home conditions what do you think of team India’s decision?.

No problem whatsoever with them winning the WTC title but if we look at closely without any bias then all system looks dodgy, having said that rules are same for every team. Some got better deal out of it and some missed out the opportunity so its part of the game.

I doubt if NZ is going to qualify in this cycle, they already played 3 series and won only 2 matches. The best they can do is play spoiler role for other parties.

SA should fancy there chances for the finals as they bring their A game against Australia (another tough series). Pak is in strong position as they are playing in subcontinent only. Aus also looking strong but they are facing Pak, Ind and India in subcontinent, which is not easy task. SL could also surprise us if they successfully draw the upcoming series against India. India need to play quality cricket and win most of their remaining fixture (7 out of 9) if they want to play finals again.

After swallowing the bitter pill in the first leg when they were beaten 0-2 by Liverpool in front of their own supporters, Inter Milan had to win three goals without reply in the second leg to qualify for the next round. Of course Liverpool will not let Inter Milan party at their home, Jurgen Klopp will instruct his men not to be carried away by the positive results they get at the Giuseppe Meazza. Their work is not done yet, Liverpool still has 90 minutes to ensure they qualify for the Quarter Finals.

Although Manchester United has the opportunity to win this match because they are the host, Atletico Madrid will not let that happen, because I think Manchester United's game is predictable and inconsistent which Atletico Madrid will take advantage of.
In the second leg it will be a tough task for Ralf Rangnick to manage players and strategies that have not been satisfactory because in the EPL against the bottom team only able to play a draw, Atletico Madrid's game is very aggressive and also fast and that is something that must be considered.

look, this may have some surprises in store for us (luckily)
such a fight will make the matches and the championship much more interesting, as a fan I hope that Atalanta will be able to enter, otherwise we will try again next year.

In Mbappe's mind, the Paris adventure seems to be over. Manchester City will be able to give the money Mbappe wants outside of Paris, but like everyone else, I hear that Mbappe wants to play in Real Madrid. He'll definitely get some reduction in his salary. Mbappe and Haaland will be the two transfers I am most curious about in the summer transfer season.

SA is trying to make inroads in WTC point table now. Kolapak system is not the problem anymore so no more excuses, hope they continue this kind of performance in future as well.

Yeah in recent time, under Williamson this kiwi team become excellent unit and they always punch above their weight. Having said that other SENA country Australia also don't take them seriously in Tests, for example CA treat them as their bunny and don't take their bilateral Trans-Tasman Trophy seriously because NZ hardly put any fight into it.

Now i'm starting to feel that Kiwis winning WTC was kinda due to flawed WTC system. They qualified into the finals despite not playing a single match away from home and Final was in England, so favorable condition for them. Result could have been very different if final was schedule in subcontinent or Caribbean.

I knew that Proteas record was good against the Kiwis but i never imagined that Protea's had such dominance when playing against the kiwis. Protea are yet to lose any series, that's some fine record and may be it's a NZ version of final frontier.

Nice to see the PSL 2022 finishing on a high note without any untoward incidents. 41-year old Mohammad Hafeez formed the backbone of the Pakistani batting lineup, and he along with Shaheen Shah Afridi destroyed Multan when they came up for batting. Can't forget the contributions from the two overseas stars as well - David Wiese and Harry Brook. Especially surprised with the stellar performance from the latter, as I was hearing his name for the first time this season. And also, congrats to the captain Shaheen Shah for his accurate tactics.

Atalanta's performance in Serie A is not very good. They have lost points in the last few matches. It is challenging for them to win against a strong team like Leverkusen. Leverkusen are playing very well in the Bundesliga. Atlanta and Leverkusen are not weak teams. However, Leverkusen's performance is better than Atlanta's at the moment. However, 1st leg is Atalanta's home match. So we are expecting a competitive match.

Everything is not easy in terms of football matches, but everyone can also see when a club has many star players as you mentioned, then the chance of winning is greater than a club that does not have a single star player, although it will also not happen easily for all the clubs that exist today. Especially if one of the star players from PSG is injured during the match

The Brazilian championship format has different characteristics from the common formats in Europe. It doesn't mean that the ones in Europe are better. But we know that Europe is where the money in football is.

If Brazil, and not only, wants to promote its football more in the old continent, it has to make some changes to the format of its competitions, to become more appealing to the fans of Europe. On the contrary, it will only attract when a European coach is in Brazil, or because of an excellent player who stands out, before arriving at a European club.

I do believe the owner/president recently hinted that Khabib vs GSP in a grappling match could potentially take place. I assume this would be competitive, and therefore would count to their records. Khabib coming out of retirement in the first place will draw people in, but he would also be looking to make it 30-0 which is another way to draw in the fans, plus GSP has a decent enough fanbase to get some new eyes on the competition.

I don't know if it's going to happen or if that was just said in an attempt to garner some interest at the time, but the prospect of it would be huge for Eagle FC if they could make it happen.

At least in name, Afghanistan is a test playing nation and can't be compared with the smaller associate nations. They receive around $5 million every year from the ICC, which is tens of times higher when compared to what the associate nations such as Nepal receive. But that amount is only one-third of what Bangladesh receive every year from the ICC (~$15 million per year). Anyway, when it comes to test cricket both these nations have performed poorly. And Bangladesh has remained in this position despite being a test nation for more than two decades.

That did not seem to prevent Conte from receiving all the payments due from Inter in full, without any discounts on the team's difficult financial situation Therefore, I would still not praise Conte's behavior so much in this situation, although of course his behavior is quite understandable, given all Antonio's ambitions and his thirst for titles. Although, of course, no one pulled Lukaku's tongue when he said in all the interviews that he wanted to stay at Inter, despite all the problems, and then abruptly changed his mind when an offer came from Chelsea. On the other hand, I think that a good sum for the transfer of Lukaku certainly provided invaluable assistance to Inter at that difficult time, so everything is not so clear.