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Sports Story #1

By Bill Alden

Being sent to an expansion team in professional sports is not usually an athlete’s idea of a plum assignment.

Helping a pro franchise get off the ground is typically a thankless task that can come with a steady diet of losing.

From the 1962 New York Mets, who went 40-120 in their debut season, to the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a bumbling 0-14 outfit in its first NFL fall, the pro sports landscape is littered with first-year teams that struggled mightily.

Yet former Princeton University men’s lacrosse star midfielder Josh Sims was thrilled to get traded earlier this year to the expansion Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse (MLL).

The 2000 PU grad had been spending his summers playing for the Baltimore Bayhawks and his winters indoors toiling for the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. With his wife Meghan expecting the couple’s first child this spring, Sims pushed to get traded to Denver.

Off the field, things have worked out as expected with Sims in town for the birth of his daughter, Maddie, who is now 12 weeks old. On the field, however, the Outlaws have exceeded expectations, going 10-2 in regular season play.

This week, Sims and his teammates will look to continue their remarkable debut season as they face the San Francisco Dragons in the MLL semifinals at Los Angeles on August 25 with the winner to play in the title game two days later against the victor of the Philadelphia-Boston semifinal clash.

For Sims, the season has been an extended Rocky Mountain high. “It’s been great,” said the 6’2, 205-pound Sims, who has scored 37 points this season on 19 goals (7 two-pointers) and 11 assists to rank fourth in scoring among MLL midfielders and 14th overall among all players. “It was what I was looking for when I asked for the trade. We have a strong group of guys who nobody would have picked as a unit.”

While Denver’s success has turned heads around the league, Sims was confident about the team’s chances right from the start.

“It was a different year,” said Sims, noting that the league expanded to Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco this season in addition to Denver. “There were so many teams that took hits from the expansion drafts. It was a transition year and there was no telling what would happen.”

With Denver looking to develop some instant chemistry, Sims assumed extra responsibility. “I’m a veteran and a leader,” asserted Sims, now 28. “I’m trying to guide the younger guys and score goals when we need them. I want to be a guy that works hard for ground balls and keeps the ball in our end.”

Sims, who helped Baltimore to MLL crowns in 2002 and 2005, has stepped up his defensive play during his pro career. “I’ve improved defensively; that is where things have changed as opposed to college when I was needed more for offense,” noted Sims, who was named as the nation’s outstanding midfielder twice during his Princeton career (1998 and 2000) and is the program’s eighth all-time leading goal scorer with 103 tallies. “The MLL is a fast league; you have to be good in transition.”

The Outlaws’ transition game has been aided by the on-field bond between Sims and former Princeton teammate, goalie Trevor Tierney.

“As soon as he makes a save, I go to a spot where I think he can find me with a pass,” said Sims, who earned an MLL title with Tierney last year and an NCAA crown with him in 1998. “Playing with friends is what makes the game worthwhile.”

For Sims, his Princeton experience was worthwhile on several levels. “Confidence was the biggest thing,” said Sims, when reflecting on what he gained most on the field in his Princeton experience.

“In my freshman year, I came into a team stocked with stars that had just won a national title. Coach [Bill] Tierney wanted me to come in and be aggressive but out of respect I deferred to the older guys. By my sophomore year, I realized what kind of contribution I could make and I was more aggressive.”

Sims’ growth wasn’t confined to the lacrosse field during his years at Princeton. “Off the field time management was the biggest thing,” said Sims, who works as a rep for Warrior Lacrosse and helps run youth lax programs in the Denver area. “You learn to work hard at whatever you do; most of the guys I know have been pretty busy post-college.”

If the Outlaws keep working hard, they could accomplish the extraordinary feat of winning a championship in their first season.

“I believe that we have a group of good guys,” said Sims. “We don’t have a ton of experience but we’ve been working together well. We need to put together our best effort and play within ourselves.”

With Sims providing a special effort from the midfield, the Outlaws will be hard to shoot down.

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Cannons playoff game postponed after COVID-19 positive test in Major League Lacrosse

By Staff reportUpdated July 25, 2020, 6:05 p.m.

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterCoach Sean Quirk and the Boston Cannons will play the Denver Outlaws in Sunday’s Major League Lacrosse championships game, after Saturday’s semifinals were postponed because of a positive COVID-19 test that led a pair of teams to withdraw. RON CHENOY

The Boston Cannons’ semifinal game scheduled for Saturday was postponed after a pair of Major League Lacrosse teams withdrew from the playoffs following a positive COVID-19 test.

The Cannons (3-2) were slated to face the top-seeded Denver Outlaws (4-1) in the semifinals, but instead the teams will square off in the MLL championship game Sunday at 2 p.m. in Annapolis, Md. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN.

According to MLL, the Chesapeake Bayhawks and Connecticut Hammerheads forfeited their spots in the semifinals following the results of COVID-19 tests and contact tracing conducted Saturday morning. The teams were scheduled to square off in a semifinal Saturday at 7 p.m., following the Cannons-Outlaws 4 p.m. matchup.

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MLL announced Saturday that it had executed its COVID-19 protocol after one of its players approached a member of his team’s medical staff Friday night with potential coronavirus symptoms.

According to MLL, the player was immediately placed into full quarantine and tested. Within a few hours it was determined he had tested positive.

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Following the league’s protocol, MLL immediately placed all players into quarantine, then Saturday morning tested all individuals who, through contact tracing, were determined to be at risk.

After receiving the results, each team independently made the decision to withdraw from the playoffs, according to MLL, and the league officially announced the cancellation of the semifinals.

“The most important priority is the health and wellness of our players,” MLL commissioner Sandy Brown said. “We have been prepared, thorough, and measured in our response and have followed league protocol. It is thanks to our medical and COVID teams that we have had a rapid and exhaustive response. We look forward to taking the field [Sunday] and rounding out our 20th anniversary season.”

The Cannons beat the Outlaws, 10-8, in Friday night’s final game of the regular season, which began last Sunday. The Cannons were seeded fourth for the playoff round after losing to Chesapeake (15-13 on Monday) and Connecticut (11-8 on Thursday) during this past week’s six-team, round-robin schedule.

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The MLL season was scheduled to run from May 30 to Aug. 15, but was suspended in early April as a result of the pandemic. The league announced its plans for the abbreviated one-week season in late June.

Semi-final Grand Prix 2019 – junior group among students of RO

Other tournaments in the competition:

cf.groups among students of RO
senior group Grand Prix among students of the RO

General information

• Draw method:
  Swiss
• Date:
  10/13/2019
• Location: Zernograd, Rostov region
• Time control: 15′
  (Quick)
• Chief judge: Chetverik Mikhail Petrovich
• Link to the organizer’s website

Table

9004 1 tour 1

90 086 1346

90 086 9h1

9 0086 21b1

9 0086 1204 +20

900 86 4.5

90 086 20h0

900 86 Levonyan Vrezh

90 114

9011 4

9 0086 28b0

9 0086 12b0

900 86 25b1

#	Fed	Member Name	R start	tour 2	tour 3	tour 4	tour 5	tour 6	tour 7	tour 8	tour 9	Points	Place	R Wed	R New	Nor
1	RUS	Chebotarev Ivan	1352	16h½	13b1	7h1	6b1	8h0	10b1	3b1	22h1	4b½	7. 0		1183	1382 +30	—
2	RUS	Tatyana Ivanova	20b1	10h1	4b0	12h1	5b1	3h0	9b1	16h1	8h1	7.0		1184	1379 +33	—
RUS	Aleksey Gusev	1301	14h1	7b1	8h0	21b1	16h1	2b1	1h0	5b1	7.0		1195	1366 +65	—
4	RUS 900 87	Schirenko Roman	1290	23h1	17b1	2h1	16b0	27h1	8b0	6h0	21b1	1h½	5.5		1143	1261 -29	—
5		Blank Alexey	1243	27h1	6h1	8b0	2h0	7b0	10h1	3h0	11b ½	4. 5		1187	1212 -31	—
6	RU	fya	1234	15b1	9h1	5b0	1h0	19b1	17h1	4b1	8b0	16h½	5.5		1169	1246 +12	—
7	RUS	Sergey Zavodovsky	1227	18b1	3h0	1b0	24h1	14b1	5h1	22b0	9h0	12b1	5.0		1157	1212 -15	—
8	RUS	Prakhov Maxim	1223	22b1	12h1 90 087	3b1	5h1	1b1	4h1	16b0	6h1	2b0	7.0		1222	1349 +126	—
9		Kirill Udovenko	1184 9008 7	11h1	6b0	16h0	18b1	13h1	27b1	2h0	7b1	3b0	5. 0		1170	—
10		Nikolay Kobylyatskov	1180	24b1	2b0	11h1	22h1	12b1	1h0	5b0	27b0	15h1		1150	1159 -21	—
11		Lidia Polovnikova	1172	9b0	15h1	10b0	19b0 9008 7	26h1	14h0	17b1	18h1	5h1	4.5		1104 900 87	1122 -50	—
12		Fokin Valery	1165	25h1	8b0	24h 1	2b0	10h0	20b1	27h½	15b1	7h0	4.5		1117	1131 -34	—
13		Romanyutenko Daniil	1126	28h0	1h0	22b0	20h1	9b0	19h0	24b0	23h1	26b0	2. 0		1064	10 00 -126	—
14		Andrey Grigoriev	1109	3b0	18h0	26b1	28h1	7h0	11b1	15b0	24h1	19b½	4.5 7
15		Sobolev Vladislav	1068	6h0	11b0	17h½	23b1	28b1	14h1	12h0	10b0	3.5		1103	1033 -35	—
16	RU	1066	1b½	19h1	9b1	4h1	3b0	22h1	8h1	2b0	6b½	6.0		1218	1258 +192	—
17		Khandadashev Damir	1059	19b1	4h0	15b½	27b0	18h1	6b0	11h0	25h0 9 0087	21b0	2. 5		1095	1000 -59	—
18	Kostin Victor	1057	7h0	14b1	21h0	9h0	17b0	25h½ 90 087	23b1	11b0	28h1	3.5		1084	1016 -41	—
19		Maxim Ksenzov	1033	17h0	16b0	23b1	11h1	6h0	13b1	21h0	20b1	14h½	4.5		1086	1071 +38	—
20		Vorobyov Timofey 9008 7	1006	2h0	24b0	25h1	13b0	15b1	12h0	26b1	19h0	23b0	3.0	1082	1000 -6	—
86 26b1	5h0	18b1	3h0	22b0	24h1	19b1	4h0	17h1	5. 0		1109	1104 +100	—
22	RUS	Belik Alexander	10b½	21h1	16b0	7h1	1b0	27h1	5.5		1131	1148 +146	—
23		Evgeniya Kolomeytseva	1000	4b0	19h0	15h0	25b½	26b0	18h0	13b0	20h1	1.5		1064	100 0	—
24		Artem Puzanov	1000	10h0	20h1	7b0	28h1	21b0	13h1	14b0	25h½	3.5	900 86 1091	1005 +5	—
25		Romanyutenko Ekaterina	1000	12b0	22h0	20b0	26h0	23h½ 90 2. 5	—
26		Semeykin Roman	11b0	23h1	20h0	28b1	13h1	4.0		1046	1004 +4	—
27		Alexandra Sharshukova	1000	5b0	26h1	28b1	17h1	4b0	9h0	12b½	10h1	22b0	4.5		1125	1085 +85	—
28		Zhukova Daria	1000	13b1	23h1	27h0	14b0	24b0	15h0	26h0	18b0	3.0		1040	1000	—

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match schedule and group composition

November 20 – December 18, 2022 Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup . 32 teams will participate in the tournament. April 1 at the draw 29teams recognized their rivals in the group. The remaining trips were played in the intercontinental playoffs. Olympics publishes the line-ups and the full schedule of the tournament.

FIFA World Cup – 2022 in Qatar:

• Playoff bracket and schedule
• Schedule of matches and groups
• Match results
• Position in groups
• Where can I watch live matches?

2022 FIFA World Cup Final Group Squad

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World Cup – 2022

Local time (Doha, Qatar, GMT+3)

November 20 (Sunday)

Match announcement.

Group A

• 19:00 🇶🇦 Qatar — 🇪🇨 Ecuador

November 21 (Monday)

Matches November 21 | Announcement | Results

Group A

• 19:00 🇸🇳 Senegal – 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Group B

16:00

22:00 🏴-COVID-14.