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China (6), Japan (9), Kazakhstan (13), Thailand (16), Hong Kong (19), and hosts Indonesia are the participating countries in this year’s game. Defending champion China are the favourites to win the Gold medal and Japan and Kazakhstan will be fighting it out for the silver and bronze. Looking back at the history of the teams from the last Asian Games in 2014, China bagged the Gold, Japan claimed Silver and Kazakhstan settled for Bronze....

Borgaonkar, a fourth grade student at the Vikhe Patil Memorial School, won silver in classical format and gold in the blitz format, a media release issued here said today. Borgaonkar who was seeded third and undergoing training at the Kunte Chess Academy, got a double black colour in the last round of the classic format in a must-win situation. He played the last round against another Indian player for four and a half hours and was one pawn down but finally won the last round taking the silver, it said....

Outside of that, the future of the Assassin’s Creed series has seen no shortage of speculation and rumors. While Ubisoft has confirmed the existence of Assassin’s Creed Infinity, not much is known about the title or when it could possibly arrive, though according to rumors, the series could be getting a smaller release first known only as Assassin’s Creed Rift. If the reports are true, players would be playing as Basim Ibn Ishaq, a unique and complex supporting character last seen in Valhalla....

The show will join other upcoming videogame adaptations such as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Sonic the Hedgehog and The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. If you want to know more about the Assassin’s Creed TV series, then keep on reading. Assassin’s Creed Netflix series release date Sadly, no release date has been revealed for the show, but we imagine with everything else lined up for the platform we won’t see it until 2022 at the very earliest....

RELATED: 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Then there are the items that just makes some of the best builds even more overpowered. These weapons and gear can essentially turn on easy mode, even if you’re playing Nightmare difficulty. Whether you’re an unseen assassin who never gets caught, or you’re a fierce warrior who never gets a scratch on them, these items are what helped you achieve that one way or another....

The two Canadian cases bring the variant closer to the U.S., where it had not yet been detected as of Monday morning. Elsewhere in the world, the variant has been found in countries including Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Canada, and South Africa, according to Reuters on Sunday. Omicron has caused alarm because it is more heavily mutated than any other COVID variant....

Both teams faced the same dilemma in training camp and made the choices that left Matt Moore and Ryan Mallett playing the second half Thursday night. Both, of course, had chances to sign Colin Kaepernick over the summer, and chose not to. Whether because of their continued quarterback ineptitude or by the always-possible worst-case injury scenario, both teams’ chickens may be coming home to roost. MORE STEELE: Does NFL want to get rid of hits like Alonso’s, or not?...

Klopp has been a tenant in Rodgers’ Formby property since succeeding him as Liverpool boss in 2015. Rodgers headed north to Scotland after leaving Anfield and has been in charge at Celtic for almost three years, winning every piece of domestic silverware on offer. The former Watford, Reading and Swansea City boss is reported to have verbally agreed to succeed Claude Puel after the Frenchman was sacked by Leicester on Sunday....

According to data from The New York Times on 10 December, Connecticut has seen a 123 percent rise in number of daily cases over the past 14 days, making it the state where COVID cases are rising most quickly. That figure now stands at 1,676 new cases a day. The North Mariana Islands follows, with a 107 percent increase in average daily cases over the last 14 days. It now records on average 65 new cases a day....

Trump won North Carolina in 2016 by about 4 percentage points, but with less than three weeks until the election, he faces an almost 3-point gap between himself and former Vice President Joe Biden. Both candidates are spending some of their final campaign days in the state, and more than 1.5 million people have already cast ballots there. As of Monday, Democratic Party turnout is 1.8 times higher than that for Republicans....

Coming at a time when Beijing and Moscow are growing closer than ever, they also spoke directly about the events rapidly unfolding in a nation which they both border. Days after the six-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) answered Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s plea for help to quell nationwide unrest that began as protests against rising energy prices and grew into deadly clashes between protesters and security forces, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke via telephone with Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tileuberdi to offer support....

McConnell, who once aligned himself as an ally to the former president, became a vocal critic of Trump during the latter’s crusade to change the election outcome and in the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. His break from Trump in recent months has resulted in a dramatic decline in approval among Kentucky Republicans, and caused the former president to blast the senator. Only 41 percent of GOP voters in McConnell’s home state now approve of his performance—down from 70 percent before the November election, according to a Morning Consult survey published Tuesday....

MORE: Shortened race a problem, but not unique | Significant concussion discussion Jimmie Johnson pitted under green with a tire going down. Turns out, he was having a similar problem to the one Bowman, a Hendrick Motorsports teammate, was having. Having won at Martinsville, Johnson was in no hurry early in the AAA Texas 500. But even with his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship guaranteed, Johnson wouldn’t mind winning at Texas....

With Arsenal to come at the Emirates on Saturday, Jose Mourinho will have been looking for three points however they came at Vicarage Road, but a more convincing performance than the one which saw United edge past Brighton at the weekend was in order to persuade the wider world that they have what it takes to deal with a title race right through to May. Man Utd 7/4 to beat Arsenal...

Now the bigger question for Hong Kong after qualification is this - Will Hong Kong get temporary ODI status for the Asia Cup 2018? Aside from the 12 full-member nations, only four Associate members have ODI status. Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates are those four and while Hong Kong have T20I status, they don’t have ODI status yet. Although Hong Kong have played ODIs in the past and have also beaten Afghanistan, currently an ICC full member, they do not currently have ODI status....

In the first match, Japan men’s basketball team suffered against Hong Kong but won the match with 6 difference in the points. In second match Korea beat Thailand easily and atop the group table of Group A. Japan 88 - 82 Hong Kong Today’s match against Hong Kong was the toughest match for Japan in the group stage. Hong Kong gave them a tough fight but couldn’t finish as the winning side....

While some fans do wish for Assassin’s Creed games to somewhat return to their roots, the newer titles in the franchise are well-received by general and critical audiences. Whatever the future of Assassin’s Creed will bring, the franchise will certainly be putting out a lot of content for fans. There’s what is likely to be the new mainline entry in Assassin’s Creed Rift, followed by some ambitious projects in the form of the virtual-reality title Assassin’s Creed Nexus and a live-service game entitled Assassin’s Creed Infinity....

Kieken is a Ubisoft director with a lot of experience. His most recent role was as game director for For Honor, but prior to that he was the game director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise’s multiplayer. That includes Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Assassin’s Creed 3, and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, as well as the entire Assassin’s Creed multiplayer direction overall. RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Multiplayer Could Return in the Future...

Follow Sportskeeda for the latest Gaming news. If you have managed to reach Chapter 5 of the main story, you can play the new chapter titled “Old Flames Burn Brighter” for free starting from today. It’s worth checking out the DLCs since they are provided for free to the players. Story Creator Mode is another feature which was introduced a while ago. You can make your own plot and narrative and share it with players across the world....