Brazil has a strong squad capable of going all the way in this FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. They are led by PSG superstar Neymar. He played in their opening match against Serbia but the playmaker was fouled nine times during the match. He was marked aggressively by the Serbia players which ultimately caused him to leave the field.
Neymar had to leave the pitch due to an ankle injury as he was unable to continue. Later detailed examinations concluded that he won’t be a part of the group stage but if Brazil qualified for the knockout stage, he could still participate.
Brazil won both their first two matches and qualified for the Round of 16 despite losing their third group stage match against Cameroon. The South Americans will now face South Korea in the Round of 16.
Brazil coach Tite confirms Neymar will play against South Korea: “Yes, he will be available”. 🚨🇧🇷 #Qatar2022
“He will train with us this afternoon, if everything goes well, he will play”. pic.twitter.com/7rVJI2CkPJ
Neymar fit to play again for Brazil in the World Cup 2022
Brazil coach Tite has given a ray of hope to all the Brazilian supporters as he shared Neymar’s fitness update. As reported earlier, Neymar could play in the World Cup 2022 again from the knockout stages, he is now fit to once again resume playing. He will be available to play against South Korea in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match.
Brazil was missing their finishing touch against Cameroon and couldn’t score a goal. Now with Neymar in their team and dictating their attacking play, the Brazilians will feel more assured about their chances of winning the record 6th World Cup.
Rising Youthful Indian shuttler Unnati Hooda finished with a silver medal in the women’s U-17 event at Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Crowns 2022 in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Sunday. Men’s U-15 mates player Anish Thoppani and U-17 men’s doubles brace of Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat also bagged medals for India.
Unnati Hooda becomes first Indian to enter final of U-17 women’s singles Badminton Asia Junior C’ships
According to the Badminton Association of India, Hooda had formerly created a slice of history when she came the first Indian to enter the U-17 women’s final at the Asia Junior Crowns. Preliminarily, men’s doubles dyads of Arjun MR- Chirag Shetty (2013) and Krishna Prasad Garaga- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2015) have won gold medals for India in the-17 order at the event.
Top seed Hooda, taking on alternate seed Sarunrak Vitidsarn of Thailand, went down in three games in what turned out to be a controversial finish to the match. The 15- time-old Indian dropped the opening game as Vitidsarn won five straight points from 16- 18 down but bounced back brilliantly to take the alternate game 21- 9. Hooda traced 5- 11 as the decider but after the change of ends, formerly again set up a new gear closing the gap down and levelling effects at 14- 14.
Hooda contended her case, saying she had put her hand up when she was lying down. But neither the arbiter nor the adjudicator did anything about it. After a long argument play proceeded and the Thai youth contended ahead to the finish line winning 18- 21, 21- 9, 14- 21 in 66 twinkles. The Indians didn’t win a point after that rally.
With two citation orders formerly won, and three further to come on Sunday after the tests, India is sure to finish with five medals this time. Indian badminton players won five medals in 2018 while they won two in the 2019 edition. The prestigious international event is being conducted after two years following the COVID- 19 epidemic and will conclude on Sunday.
N’Golo Kante was one of the most important players in the Chelsea squad as they won the 2021 Champions League. However, his time with the Blues has been plagued by injuries this season.
He only played Chelsea’s game against Tottenham this season before going down with a hamstring injury. And several setbacks mean that he hasn’t been able to feature for the team since.
N’Golo Kante to leave Chelsea?
Chelsea have still no agreement with N’Golo Kanté on new contract — huge chances for French midfielders to leave as free agent in 2023. 🚨🔵 #CFC
Kanté would love to stay, but no deal in place yet — Chelsea are already looking at young midfielders.
The midfielder’s deal expires at the end of the 2022/23 season, and he will be able to walk out as a free agent. Starting from the January transfer window, he will be able to talk to any other club interested in signing him, which include the likes of Barcelona.
The France international has had talks over his contract, but his injury record has prevented the club from offering him his desired financial remuneration. As a result, the general feeling is that he will be leaving at the end of his contract.
However, it should be remembered that N’Golo Kante is very happy in London. Ideally, he would want to continue with Chelsea. But, that will not be possible without reaching an agreement over a new deal. The only way things change now is if Graham Potter decides to keep him.
Otherwise, the West London side will be looking at a younger midfielder to replace him in June 2023.
Real Madrid legend Marcelo’s son, Enzo Alvez, has signed his first contract with the Spanish giants today. He is the star forward for the Under-13 team, and is quite highly rated by the club.
His father is the most decorated player in the history of Los Blancos, winning 25 trophies across 16 years with them. He played 546 games for the club, and is in the history books as an icon.
Enzo Alvez signs first Real Madrid contract
Marcelo’s son Enzo Alves has signed his first Real Madrid contract today. ⚪️🇧🇷 #RealMadrid
Fair to remember that Marcelo is the most decorated Real Madrid player of all-time with 25 titles. pic.twitter.com/zlPUAx6CqX
Alvez has developed significantly over the last few months. He has grown physically strong, and has great pace and power, all of which are very valuable attributes to have as a forward.
It is understood that the youngster is quite clinical in front of goal, and it will be interesting to see whether he can follow in the footsteps of his father. Marcelo and his wife were present when Enzo Alvez signed his contract with Real Madrid, in what is surely a big moment for the family.
Marcelo left Real Madrid this past summer, after winning the Champions League and the La Liga title last season. He now plays for Olympiacos in Greece, in what is seemingly the final chapter of his illustrious career.
The Callisto Protocol has the potential to be a fantastic horror game, but it won’t be so until next year. The Callisto Protocol was released to mixed reviews by Striking Distance Studios and Krafton, with some criticising the game’s short length and replay value. Others have been disappointed with The Callisto Protocol’s performance, particularly in the PC edition. Future upgrades will undoubtedly address these issues and improve the game significantly.
The Callisto Protocol is a short game, which is frequent in the horror game genre. On average, it takes between six and ten hours to complete The Callisto Protocol, which isn’t a big concern except that the game lacks replay value. At the time of writing, The Callisto Protocol does not have a New Game+ option, which is a significant letdown for fans who get to the end credits and want to play more.
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The Callisto Protocol will offer a New Game+ functionality, as well as a Hardcore Mode, on February 7, 2023.
These changes should help to address one of the main grievances fans have with The Callisto Protocol, by offering players more reasons to stay playing and more bang for their buck. Even better, the upgrades will be absolutely free of charge.
Six months of content coming to The Callisto Protocol beginning Feb 7, 2023, with a free update of Hardcore Mode and New Game+. More details for this and the Season Pass coming soon. pic.twitter.com/43mLjK93IP
Beyond the New Game+ mode and the Hardcore Mode, more new content will be introduced to The Callisto Protocol in 2023. Those who purchase The Callisto Protocol season pass may look forward to cosmetic packages in February, March, and Spring, with new story material arriving in Summer 2023. It’s unknown whether this story content will take up once The Callisto Protocol concludes, or if it will follow different characters in Black Iron, but fans will certainly discover more about what’s in store next year.
It remains to be seen whether the new content is any good, but The Callisto Protocol introducing New Game+ mode will help the game progress to the next level. Many of the game’s remaining technical concerns should be rectified by next year. Horror enthusiasts who can’t wait may want to read some Callisto Protocol reviews before purchasing, while others will be better off waiting for next year’s upgrades and possibly a price cut.
The Callisto Protocol is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
In search of a new GPU and if you reside in the US, you might have to buy one before the end of this year itself. Why? It is because it’s been widely reported that the exclusion of import tariffs imposed on GPUs imported from China might be lifted as soon as the end of this year i.e. December 31st 2022.
So far, the US government has been quiet on this whether this tariff, which was originally said to be 25% of all GPUs, laptops and other electronic components imported from China under the Trump administration, it remains to be seen if the clause will be exempted by the Biden government or imposed effectively next year.
via Windows Central
As per Tom’s Hardware: “Two sources told me AMD Radeon, Intel Graphics, and Nvidia GeForce graphics cards are going to be subject to new import tariffs in January,” hardware industry veteran Kyle Bennett of HardOCP fame wrote in a Twitter post. “Anyone smarter than me (that is not saying much) know how to look that up and get some linkage? If so, December might be a better time to buy.”
Not only GPUs but also “printed circuit assemblies, constituting unfinished logic boards,” all could fall under the 25% tax bracket if imported from China. Though not all of the GPUs are Made in China a majority of them are still and there’s a huge inventory of them in the Hong Kong province which is why OEMs could potentially exchange the inventory countries to get away from this heavy import duty.
We don’t know if the Office of the United States Trade Representative may renew the exclusion or grant exclusion on the highly-priced GPUs these days, however, if you are a gamer residing in the US you would probably go for a new GPU by this December 2022 to avoid another 25% price hike which might kill the GPU market in the US anytime soon.
Virgin River is continuously served as one of the successful series on Netflix. The fifth season of Virgin River is filming in British Columbia, Canada. Virgin River will soon hit on Netflix anytime in 2023.
It was December 2019, the first time the series debuted on Netflix, Virgin River is quite one of the big hits on Netflix and the journey of the series is very smooth. The series hits with fans across the globe and also enjoy the romantic drama featuring Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Colin Lawrence, and Jenny Cooper.
Virgin River (Season 5): Renewal Status
For the people who have no idea, Virgin River had given a two-season renewal order following season 3. The fourth season had to go to be declared as we had already collected the word like the series that had started the shooting.
The series create a response among the audience, and also started the filming. The show doesn’t capture all of the headlines. Netflix confirms the top 10 hourly figures, as the show just bagged 333.92 million hours watched globally while it’s come about the top 10s.
The third season just starred for 6 weeks in the global top 1-0 following the release and also a mass 225.12 million hours of watching globally between 4th July and 15th August 2021.
The most interesting fact is the hourly data mostly matches the profile of the third season set to debut in July 2021. Except for the first week while season 4 has such few more days on the platform permitting a greater first-week launch.
Virgin River (Season 4):Netflix Performance
The fourth season is definitely one of the big hits of Netflix even if it has been unable to cover all the headlines. Netflix’s top 10 has such hourly charts for 6 weeks, picking up the show getting filled with 304.790 million hours watched globally just between 17th July and 28th of August 2022.
Having the caveat season 4 had such an extra couple of episodes, here’s how season 4 in comparing to season 3 for the first 6 weeks on the platform:
Week in Top 10
Season 4
Season 3
1
105,440,000
62,580,000
2
87,940,000
87,270,000
3
46,930,000
44,890,000
4
29,550,000
28,320,000
5
20,470,000
18,840,000
6
14,460,000
13,220,000
External demand looks for getting strong for the series also, albeit, on Google Trends, they have suggested that the series may be getting peaked in interest for the third season.
On 13th October 2022, the show become the 25th most famous show of 20922 confirmed by FlixPayrol top 10s.
Virgin River (Season 5): Production Status
The earlier reports in the year confirm that the filming of Virgin River season 5 is just due to start in March 2022. This was consecutively delayed to July 2022. The series was facing delays to July 2022 although even those dates had subjected and finished the changes.
We have reported that the filming was set to take place between 1st July and 30th November 2022. The reason behind the delay is still unknown. Alexandra Breckenridge is also interested in shooting in the summer by saying that Vancouver isn’t that fun to get the film in this winter.
We also can confirm that the shooting started in Vancouver, BC, Canada just on 18th July 2022, and has scheduled to run along 17th November 2022.
On Instagram, the official Vergin River series account confirmed that production is underway with a Zoom call of a table based on the fifth season.
The new post just follows:
“Our cast in a table read for SEASON 5. Yes, you heard that right folks. We have now started production on SEASON 5! Also, please meet our lovely new Showrunner Partick Sean smith. We can’t WAIT for you to see what we have in store. Don’t forget though, that Season 4 is only 2 days away. See you soon!!”
The fifth season has featured Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe, martin Henderson as Jack Sheridan, Annette O’Toole as Hope Mccrea, Tim Matheson as Dr. Vernon Mullins, Benjamin Hollingsworth as Dan Brady, Zibby Allen as Brie Sheridan, Gwynyth Walsh as Jo Ellen, Collin Lawrence as John ‘Preacher’ Middleton, Sarah Cooper as Joey Barnes, Nicola Cavendish as Connie, Chase Petriw as Christopher, Kai Bradbury as Denny Cutler, Mark Ghanime as Dr. Cameron Hayek, Marco Grazzini as Mike Valenzuela, Teryl Rothery as Muriel, Steve Bacic as Vince, Christina Jastrzembski as Lydie, Trevor Lerner as Bert Gordon, Lucia Walters as Julia, Keith McKechnie as Nick, and Emma Oliver as Young Mel.
We have talked about Virgin River season 5 having an episode budget of $3 and $5 million for each episode the means about season 5 could cost Netflix up to $60 million when all has been said and done.
The shooting was confirmed to be wrapped on 21st November 2022.
Virgin River (Season 5): Director
Thanks to production listings, we know who will be directing episodes in the fifth season of Virgin River:
Monika Mitchell also directed a couple of early episodes. Mitchell has previously directed episodes in season 3, including Take My Breath Away, Spare Parts, and Broken Hearts.
Felipe Rodriguez going to make his directorial debut on Virgin River for season 5. The director has worked on shows like Hudson & Rex, The Good Doctor, Blood and Water, and Ruby and the Well.
Martin Wood has already directed 15 episodes in the series so far and will be returning.
Jem Garrardmade her Virgin River debut in season 5. She has previously directed on Motherland: Fort Salem, Wynonna Earp, and Charmed.
Andy Mikita coming with another returning director for season 5. Has also worked on Travelers, Motive, and Family Law.
Gail Harvey has been expected to return as a director on Virgin River, adding to her 6 credits thus far.
New Cast Members for Virgin River Season 5 on Netflix
In October 2022, What’s on Netflix exclusively confirmed about Kandyse McClure had joined the cast for season 5 in a yet-to-be-revealed role. McClure previously starred in Netflix’s V-Wars and Battlestar Galactica.
Also joining the cast for season 5 are three new faces confirmed in November 2022.
The things contained Susan Hogan, Elise Gatien, and Paolo Maiolo. There is no character names have been revealed, as they’re reportedly considered spoilers.
Virgin River (Season 5): Episodes Count
Until the fourth season, all the seasons of Virgin River just contain 10 episodes in a piece. In season 5 we will see twelve episodes, for that a big thank you from Alexandra Breckenridge for the live stream, and give the confirmation of an expanded 12-episode in the fifth season once again. The showrunner recently confirmed the episodes once again.
Virgin River (Season 5): Expectations
The name of the series will not be successful if Season 4 ended with a cliffhanger. At the end of the season, Charmaine has seen in severe pain and scared od on losing her twins, and head the confession to Jack and Mel that the two boys are not really his.
This thing will obviously be one of the main and most important questions for season 5. In speaking with Glamour Magazine Henderson and Breckenridge revealed that they know the twin’s paternity, which can easily indicate the father of the twin that’s a member of the current cast.
The main reckon are Brady, Mike, and Dr. Cameron.
Mel and Jack, the two most beloved couples of the series set to continue a major role in season 5. The latest season should follow them, focusing on the relationship, and family, with the new baby girl.
Alexandra Breckenridge has teased a behavior season for the ongoing season 5 and telling:
“I think what’s going to be interesting is to see this universe continue to grow and expand and to see new characters, other characters return. A lot of that was set up in the Season 4 finale but it’s going to be really exciting to see all of that come to a head in Season 5. And some of the soap that’s going to come out of these new complex tensions and triangles.”
Virgin River’s mayor Hope going to continue recovering with the help of Lizzie and Hopefully with her mayoral duties and strong her friendship with Muriel.
Brie has opened up about her rape to Brady and while facing her former boyfriend-rapist Fon, she has decided to report her sexual assault and taking him to the court. The brand-new season just focuses on Brie’s trial and disclosing the assault to Jack.
We have left Preacher and Paige in a cabin with Vince unconscious on the floors we are going to bd goodbye to Paige for the good next season. This is due to Julia who is a new love interest for Preacher getting introduced in season 4, and there’s little evidence in there’s room for a love triangle.
The grandson of Doc Danny exposed bout Lizzie as he has no desire to get romantically attached as he has been diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. This is really a rare d disease that happens in the progressive b takedown of nerve cells in the brain.
In that next season, both Lizzie and Doc will have to face illness of Danny. Lizzie getting matured immensely at the time of the fourth season set to decide if she desires to pursue a relationship with Danny despite his disease or if she still holds feelings for Ricky who though she has left for the marine boot camp in San Diego, not going to stay away from Virgin River for too long.
Virgin River (Season 5):New and Returning Cast
Netflix’s drama head has confirmed in an interview with Deadline about Jinny Howe who was touched on how the show will change going into the fifth season.
She also said the Hollywood trade site:
“ I think what’s going to be interesting is to watch this universe continue to grow and expand and to see new characters, other characters return. A lot of that was set up in the Season 4 finale but it’s going to be really exciting to see all of that come to a head in Season 5. And some of the soap that’s going to come out of those new complex tensions and triangles.”
Diversity and LGBTQ Addition
At last, Breckenridge has revealed in her interview with Glamour that the latest showrunner, writers, and directors will bring more LGBTQ+ stories to create more inclusivity in the show. Breckenridge has been extremely vocal about the huge amount of diversity in Virgin River from the beginning.
Virgin River (Season 5): Netflix Release
Along with the production that’s underway, it’s quite a little room fast to tell when season 5 will be available on Netflix. After using the production schedules and release dates prior to the years, and takes across 6-7 months for the series to drop onto Netflix eventually. It’s quite safe to think that the series will drop at any time in 2023.
Providing the production has been scheduled to finish in November 2022, we can watch season 5 of Virgin River on Netflix as quickly as the summer of 2023.
From the production it has scheduled to end in November 2022, we might see season 5 of Virgin River on Netflix as quickly as Summer 2023.
Virgin River (Season 6): Updates
We will know the proper about at the end of the fifth season. In those aforementioned interviews with Netflix’s head of drama, Howe told Deadline that we will “definitely see more longevity and growth with the show”, and also added:
“As long as the audience asks for it and shows up—and I think we see with Season 4 that the fandom, is very strong and growing many places as well—it feels like based on what we’re seeing with Season 4 and the anticipation for Season 5 that there is a lot more storytelling to offer us.
It will be very exciting to see which characters continue to break out and audiences crave more of; we’re playing very close attention, understanding that this is a really rich universe of characters and that people can’t even seem to get enough, myself included. So, I think as long as that continues to be the case—which we’re very hopeful for—you can rest assured that there will be more Virgin River.”
As we all know, Steam’s Hardware Survey is one of the most accurate surveys that tell us about what gamers across the world are using for their PCs. In this list, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1060 has been the most popular GPU for years now dominating up to 14% of the entire GPU market share alone.
However, it seems the old card is ageing and being replaced by the most budget-friendly, entry-level GPU from NVIDIA i.e. the GTX 1650 GPU. This old yet capable 4GB GPU is a go-to for both desktop and laptop gamers at an affordable price range, now it captures about 12.1% market followed by the GTX 1060 with an 11.16% market share.
In the third position, we have the RTX 2060, which is known to be a very popular GPU among gamers and seems to be losing market share while the RTX 3060 laptop GPU seems to be a go-to choice these days. Overall, NVIDIA GPUs are gaining chunks of market share but AMD is also challenging the graphics giant with its inexpensive GPUs.
It will be interesting to see how this Steam Hardware Survey list changes with time and which GPU makes the most impact among gamers with time.
Joao Moutinho, not the midfielder from Wolves, but a young left-back born in 1998 has signed for Serie A club Spezia. The defender formerly played for Orlando City in the MLS, and has now signed for the Italian club on a contract until 2026.
His contract will expire on December 31, and he will become a free agent. Once the January transfer window opens, he will be registered as a new player by Spezia.
Joao Moutinho signs for Serie A club Spezia
Portuguese fullback João Moutinho leaves Orlando City in MLS as he’s set to join Serie A side Spezia Calcio. Deal done, signed and now completed. 🇵🇹🤝🏻 #transfers
Moutinho has signed his contract with Spezia, it will be valid until June 2026. pic.twitter.com/0kPw9hoIWE
“Orlando, four years of my life that have gone by. Lots of up and downs, and some unforgettable moments along the way,” Moutinho wrote on Instagram. “I felt like I belonged since day 1, and words will never be enough to express how grateful I am to the city, club, and country that took me in as one of their own all these years,” the defender wrote on Instagram.
“Thank you to everyone that was involved and made this journey so rewarding. I leave with my head held high knowing that I always gave my best for the team. To all the fans, thank you for the incredible support, day in and day out. To ‘The City Beautiful’, you will always have a very special place in my heart. #VamosOrlando.”
Joao Moutinho’s arrival has been confirmed by Spezia head coach Luca Gotti, and the presentation will soon follow.
The registration for the IPL mini auction 2023 closed recently. The event will take place on December 23 and 21 cricketers are in the top bracket of INR 2 Crore. Unfortunately, no Indian player can be seen in this range.
Australian cricketers like Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschange won’t be a part of this IPL as they haven’t given their names for the auction. It’s predicted that Sam Curran, Cameron Green, Kane Williamson, and Ben Stokes have kept their price INR 2 crore. It will be interesting to see when they go under the hammer.
The auction of the biggest T20 League of the World is around the corner 📢
On the other hand, players like Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal, and Ishant Sharma reduced their rates. Rahane’s base price is 50 lakhs this year, he reduced it by 50% after a bad show in 2022. Ishant Sharma on the other hand kept his base price at 75 lakh. Mayank Agarwal got released by Punjab Kings and kept his base price of INR 1 crore. England’s Joe Root kept his base price at INR 1 Crore.
Players who kept their base price at 2 crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Kane Williamson, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Angelo Mathews, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder
Players who kept their base price at 1.5 crore
Sean Abott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford
Players who kept their base price at 1 crore
Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossein, David Wiese
Credits- The Indian Express
Stokes participated in the IPL for the final time in 2021 as well. Stokes, who played for the Rajasthan Royals, was injured and had to stop playing midway through the season. Stokes was acquired by the Royals for Rs. 12.5 crores in 2018 and was signed for the next three years. He decided to leave the IPL in 2022.
Credits- Cricket Addictor
Curran last played for Chennai Super Kings. He was forced to drop for injury. Although rival teams Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings, who enter the game with the two biggest budgets, will have a better chance of snatching the England all-rounder who is a proven match-winner both with ball and bat.
Dwayne Bravo one of the most popular crickets retired from IPL but returned to CSK as their bowling coach.
