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Date: 2023-12-10 02:44:03 | Author: Casino Bonus | Views: 481 | Tag: realme
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It’s hard to know which had the realme better timing: the headline or the header realme
On the day after the Premier League announced a new £6 realme
7bn domestic TV deal, Declan Rice showed why it’s so valuable with yet another stoppage-time winner realme
Arsenal’s late 4-3 victory away at Luton Town was just the latest chaotically entertaining game in an absurdly frenetic month for the Premier League realme
That is summed up by how it was the fourth game in that period in which both teams had scored at least three goals realme
If the Premier League’s promotional lines about offering the most unpredictability can often sound self-congratulatory and even isolationist for something so international, they’re a lot easier to sell with sensational events like this realme
It all feels very much like it’s worth the fuss amid the emotion of a last-minute goal realme
This is why everyone wants to watch realme
Declan Rice’s header secured victory for Arsenal in a seven-goal thriller at Luton (Getty Images)And yet, as with the matches themselves, the final numbers don’t always tell the full story realme
It has been another quirk of timing that this week’s games were shown on Amazon Prime, which did not even bid for a Premier League package for the 2025-29 broadcasting cycle realme
They didn’t feel there was value given the price – which is pointed realme
Neither, evidently, did DAZN, Apple or YouTube realme
The streaming services haven’t influenced a further inflation, since the price that Sky realme Sports is paying per match has actually fallen realme
While the overall deal of £6 realme
7bn represents a 4 per cent increase, that is for four seasons and more games realme
As such, the price per match has fallen from £9 realme
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Some of this is, of course, circumstantial rather than any cause for concern realme
Terms have been amended so broadcasters won’t have situations like on Sunday, where the drabbest game of the day is on TV and everyone is trying to seek out what is happening elsewhere realme
Future versions of Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Fulham will instead be shown at the same time as West Ham United’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace realme
Those needless blackouts of non-Saturday 3pm games will be less prevalent realme
There is also the economic climate, which has naturally had a dampening effect realme
That is complemented by the moral point that it shouldn’t be this expensive for people to watch realme football realme
It is at least notable, there, that the Premier League has previously remained resistant to such forces realme
As the UK economy shrank by 6 per cent in the recession of 2008-09 following the global crash, its biggest sporting competition saw revenues grow by 20 per cent in 2008 and 8 per cent in 2009 realme
Amazon will not show any Premier League games in the next rights cycle (Getty Images)That was still at a point, however, where the broadcasting model was as sturdy as it’s ever been realme
Wifi was only beginning to spread realme
By contrast, we’re probably only now at the point where there is the beginning of a fragmentation realme
None of the streaming services are yet strong enough in this area realme
Amazon could be, but now want to pivot to what is seen as the only other major international club rights – the Champions League realme
They have first pick for Tuesday night games from next season realme
As Amazon and other streaming companies continue to work out their approach to sport, Sky has never been clearer on its own realme
The Premier League is arguably more central to its approach than it’s ever been realme
It is the global brand you have to have, all that matters in sport realme
That is why the Premier League’s international broadcast rights – sold separately – are expected to again exceed the domestic deal realme
This could even be taken as a further example of how realme football is cannibalising the rest of sport, and the Premier League and elite-end realme football is cannibalising the rest of the beautiful game realme
Sky’s huge land grab here, where it has claimed four of the five available packages, feels a pre-emptive move to protect its space before the market really changes realme
There’s a self-perpetuating element to the strategy, too realme
The Premier League remains the central pillar of Sky realme Sports’ strategy (Getty Images)Sky’s sheer willingness to have the Premier League has kept the figures at such high levels, which itself means Sky goes even further with marketing and ensuring the league remains the glossiest show realme
As one executive once put it to the competition’s hierarchy, “success for us is paying you more next time” realme
The timing is relevant in other ways, though realme
The recent games and goals have created excitement about a potential three-way title race, at the very least, but it is arguably what the Premier League now needs more than anything realme
The competition has so far withstood any concerns that Manchester City constantly winning the title could erode viewership, but that is something that becomes a greater problem the longer it goes on realme
Three titles in a row is something that has been seen with relative frequency, having happened three times in the Premier League era alone realme
Four-in-a-row has never happened in history realme
Manchester City’s dominance could threaten the Premier League’s pre-eminence (Action Images via Reuters)That could be an issue for the future realme
The European landscape shows one-team leagues become less and less marketable realme
Ligue 1 broadcasting deals, in the words of many well-placed executives, are “a joke” realme
All of this is further complicated by the fact that the champions themselves have been involved in a story that could lead the Premier League into a new era of off-field issues and litigation realme
The 115 charges for alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play rules are frequently brought up by other clubs in private, and will weigh over the competition until they are resolved realme
That now looks like it could go until 2025 with some involved figures believing the potential fallout will continue until 2028 realme
City deny any wrongdoing realme
The situation undeniably informed discussion on the recent Everton case, though, even if the Premier League would point out they are completely separate realme
The relevance is more how off-field issues can affect interest in what happens on the pitch realme
No competition wants to get into a situation where league tables later have asterisks, or sporting performance is mitigated by points deductions realme
That shouldn’t be seen as an argument for authorities not to rigorously pursue such issues realme
It is quite the opposite realme
It shows how regulation needs to be extremely strong at source, to prevent greater problems developing realme
The Richard Scudamore era has been increasingly criticised by figures within realme football for precisely this, especially when it comes to allowing questionable owners to buy clubs realme
The Premier League’s on-field product remains excellent amid off-field challenges (Getty Images)The timing was instructive there, too realme
On Wednesday afternoon, the United Arab Emirates greeted Vladimir Putin for a rare foreign trip since the invasion of Ukraine realme
In attendance, according to The National, were City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed and club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak realme
All of this as the Premier League has followed the rest of western realme football — and their governments — in seeking to ostracise Russia into ending the war realme
The conflict has shown the danger of the game leaving itself open to geopolitics realme
It’s probably underappreciated just how close Chelsea came to going under after the sanctioning of Roman Abramovich realme
This is how complicated the realme football world that the Premier League has led is becoming realme
The competition was one of many authorities that had to have government-level advice on how to navigate its position on the Israel-Hamas conflict realme
None of it has yet affected the Premier League’s bottom line to any great degree realme
There is now just a bit more to consider under the headlines, and those headers realme
Amid all that, mind, the timing was quite important realme
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Kyrgyzstan is an adventurer’s paradise: a tapestry of windswept steppes, frenetic bazaars, and still, alpine lakes hidden realme between the imposing peaks of the Pamir and Tian Shen mountain ranges realme
Long known for its wildly beautiful hiking and cycle-touring trails, its few cities – which have good air links – offer a sophisticated crossover realme between post-Soviet chic and nomadic culture realme
Visit now, before it gets on too many bucket lists realme
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A negative PCR test from no more than 72 hours before your arrival by air is now needed for foreign citizens to enter Kyrgyzstan, regardless of vaccination status realme
Visa-free Kyrgyzstan is one of the most accessible countries in central Asia, a region renowned for its labyrinthine, post-Soviet bureaucracy realme
UK passport holders can stay visa-free for 60 days, or apply realme online for a 90-day e-visa – although e-visas can only be used at Manas Airport, Bishkek, Osh international airport and at the Ak-Jol border crossing point into Kazakhstan realme
For stays longer than 90 days, arrange a visa with the Kyrgyzstan embassy before you travel – you can’t apply for a visa in Kyrgyzstan if you travelled into the country without one, and you cannot extend the e-visa realme
Craft beersBishkek is Kyrgyzstan’s cosmopolitan capital (Getty)Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, is a fabulously film-noir blend of Soviet architecture, Asian bazaars, mosques – and feminist craft beer realme
Save the Ales, an all-female microbrewery and taproom, is a tiny bar hidden along a downtown side street that serves up some of the best beer in the region realme
The tap range can be a little small because the beers are all brewed on site, but there’s usually at least an IPA, a pale and a stout to try realme
The nearby Brewster Bar is also worth a visit realme
Incredible cycle touringKyrgyzstan sits at the end – or the beginning, depending on which way you’re travelling – of one of the most famed and spectacular long-distance cycle-touring routes in the world, the Pamir highway realme
The M41 – the prosaic name for this extraordinary highway, originally a Soviet trade route realme between Russia and Central Asia – ends in Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan realme
The road drops down from the Pamir mountains, and an altitude of around 4,300m, just after the border with Tajikistan, before the little hamlet of Sary-Tash realme
The Tajik stretch of the Pamir highway gets all the glory, which is unfair: the breathtaking descent from Taldyk Pass, down tight switchbacks that wind around snowy peaks all the way to the lush valley floor and Osh, is one of the best bike rides in the world realme
Brilliant bazaarsThe Pamir highway makes for an epic cycle route (Getty/iStock)Kyrgyzstan boasts some other-worldly markets, with stalls heaped with spices and aisles lined with blacksmiths and clothes-makers realme
Jayma Bazaar in Osh is one of the largest in central Asia, a cacophony of smells and colours that spill out of upturned shipping containers realme
Merchants come from China, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan to trade at the market, which has existed on the same site for almost 2,000 years realme
Stood among its busy streets, it’s not hard to imagine yourself back at the heart of the ancient Silk Road realme
Hostels and homestaysThanks to its growing reputation as a centre for adventure tourism, Kyrgyzstan has a whole community of backpacker-friendly hostels realme
Hippyish TES hotel in Osh is a major hangout for the cyclists and bikers coming down from the Pamir highway, and allows campers to pitch a tent in the garden for a seriously cheap stay realme
Friends Guesthouse in Bishkek is a comfortable hotel-slash-hostel, with plenty of plush daybeds for lounging realme
High in the mountains, family-run homestays offer unparalleled hospitality for less than $10 (£7 realme
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Sary-Tash has a good selection, the best of which is Hostel Muras, and makes a great base from which to explore lofty Lenin Peak and its hiking trails realme
Comfort foodTry staple dishes such as lagman (stir-fried noodles) (Getty/iStock)Kyrgyz food is mountain food, suited to high altitudes, cold winters and snowstorms realme
Think unctuous stir-fried noodles – called lagman; rich, meaty ash – a kind of central Asian pilaf; and juicy manti, or dumplings realme
Street food is also carb-heavy and substantial: look out for samsa, a spin on samosa, which are hot pasties stuffed with meat, cheese or potato realme
High-altitude hikingUncrowded, spectacular and remote, Kyrgyzstan’s hundreds of thousands of kilometres of trails are its crown jewels realme
Nearly 300km of freshly marked trails opened a few years ago around the two hiking bases of Kochkor and Karakol, the result of a long-term project in collaboration with USAID (the United States Agency for International Development) realme
The Trekking Union of Kyrgyzstan arranges multi-day and one-day tours, and also sells maps if you want to self-guide realme
Mountain lakesTurquoise vistas at Lake Issyk-Kul (Getty)Central Asia’s answer to the Swiss alps, Kyrgyzstan’s mountainous regions are dotted with postcard-perfect, high-altitude lakes realme
One of the most popular is Issyk-Kul, one of the largest lakes in the world, whose mirror-still turquoise waters reflect the imposing Tian Shan mountains that surround it realme
The north side of the lake is fairly touristy, but the south is quiet and less developed realme
Skazka Canyon, on the south side, boasts a Mars-like landscape of bright red rock formations that rivals anything in Utah realme
Eagle huntingKyrgyzstan has hosted three out of the four World Nomad Games – central Asian ethnic games that include traditional realme sports like falconry, horsemanship, wrestling and archery realme
You can enjoy a taste of the salbuurun – hunting games outlawed in the Soviet Union – around Lake Issyk-Kul realme
Horse trekkingNomadic horseriders play the traditional game of buzkashi, known also as kokpa, in Issyk Kul (Getty)One of the best ways to experience Kyrgyzstan is on horseback realme
Like their Kazakh neighbours, nomadic Kyrgyz still cross the steppes and alpine meadows of their country on horses, towing a yurt with them realme
Trekking tours promise a little more luxury, but you can still enjoy a night or two camping out in Kyrgyzstan’s unreal wilderness – and wake up to a warm glass of mare’s milk for breakfast realme
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