This Asia Cup will be a closely contested one and the team which does well in the bowling department in the scorching heat of United Arab Emirates will most likely emerge as the champions in the tournament. On paper, the bowling attacks of India, Pakistan, and to some extent Afghanistan seem the strongest. We will look at the 5 possible contenders who can be the leading wicket-takers in this tournament....
However, the scenario is changing slowly but surely. Although India is still not the best in the world, they are definitely on track to regain their lost glory. They are consistently putting up winning performances against the best teams such as Australia, Germany, Belgium, Argentina, and Netherlands. As a result of their consistent performances, the Indian Men’s Team is presently ranked Number 5 in the World. This positive development of Indian Men’s team is not, the only good news, for all the hockey fans of the country....
India will undoubtedly start as firm favourites in the tournament which features the hosts Iran and teams from Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Japan, Iraq, Thailand apart from debutants Afghanistan and the Chinese Taipei. The teams will be divided into the groups as mentioned below. Also read: Asian Kabaddi Championships 2017: 5 big names who are missing from India’s team Men’s category Group 1: India, Pakistan, Iraq, Japan and Afghanistan...
The competition will feature a total of 10 teams in either edition, with India, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan taking part in both the men’s and women’s sections. However, the final place in the men’s edition will be taken by Afghanistan and in the women’s section, Chinese Taipei will participate. Also read: Asian Kabaddi Championships 2017: India announce 14-member men’s and women’s final teams...
A UK newspaper claimed Zidane called Mourinho to clarify suggestions he has been lined up to take charge at Old Trafford. Mourinho is under intense pressure with a 3-1 loss at West Ham on Saturday meaning United have made their joint worst start to a Premier League season. Zidane, who won three successive Champions League titles with Real Madrid before resigning, is the clear favourite to succeed Mourinho. But the Portuguese would not confirm or deny whether Zidane has been in touch about the United job....
Many gamers have been left Assassin’s Creed 3 DLC fuming because once downloaded, it ended up erasing their mission progress and stats data from the game. Ubisoft has acknowledged the issue and is reportedly working to fix the bug. According to forums on their site, this issue has affected only a small number of players but the company is hoping to resolve this matter as soon as possible. However, this small number could be anywhere in the hundreds of thousands range, given the sheer number of gamers who bought this game in October....
Publisher Ubisoft has recently been the center of controversy. The company has some senior staff facing sexual misconduct allegations and there are reports that the company has mishandled numerous sexual misconduct claims. These are serious issues that the company is facing and it seems that sexism was also deeply rooted in the development of games. On the back of these reports, it has been revealed that the idea of a female-led Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was shot down very quickly....
This milestone was announced by developer Ubisoft, with the company attributing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s strong sales from high review scores and positive reception from players. Unfortunately, the studio did not disclose a specific sales figure, but it has been confirmed that Odyssey managed to sell twice as fast as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate after a few days since the game was released. “We are incredibly proud of what the team accomplished with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and humbled by the amazing reception from critics and players,” said Geoffroy Sardin, Ubisoft’s SVP of sales and marketing....
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s launch trailer runs just north of 2 minutes and showcases everything from the brutality of combat abilities for both both melee and ranged weapons, naval combat, and the simple beauty that will encompass gamers as they progress throughout the world. Set in Ancient Greece, gamers will be able to play as either the male Alexios or female Kassandra. Both characters end up as mercenaries, allowing players to pick sides in the conflict between the forces of Athens or Sparta....
Players will be able to choose between two different protagonists in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Alexios and Kassandra, man and woman respectively, will both share the exact same story in the game, share the same origin. Ripped apart from their Spartan family at a young age, the player will be raised as a Spartan mercenary. The game begins as they receive a contract that will open up the world to them and lead them on their very own “Odyssey....
This mandate has come under scrutiny from certain employees in nearly all agencies. However, some government officials are rallying to help Border Patrol agents avoid the shot. According to Border Report, Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) wrote a letter that was co-signed by 43 other lawmakers and sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday asking him to consider alternatives to enforcing the vaccine requirement on the CBP workforce....
Biden began his term with a 50-50 party split in the Senate and a nail-biting 10-seat Democratic majority in the House. With midterm elections now just 19 months away, Democrats are feeling pressure to push through priority legislation before they are at risk of losing congressional control. Having just lost 13 seats in the House last fall—a relatively small number when compared with the 64 Democratic seats lost in 2010 during former President Barack Obama’s administration or the 42 seats Republicans lost when they controlled the House in 2018—there is a real possibility that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will soon surrender her gavel to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy....
The social network has come a long way since it was launched as “TheFacebook” on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg and four fellow Harvard students, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Once it was a scrappy underdog that operated under the mantra “Move fast and break things.” Today it’s a vast empire of apps that pulls in billions of dollars every year and has made Zuckerberg one of the five richest people in the world....
The Vikings’ receiver and LSU product wants everybody to admit that Beckham “was not the problem” during his rocky tenure with the Browns. Indeed, Jefferson is right. Beckham wasn’t the problem, and he’s proving that as he hits his stride in Los Angeles. MORE: Troy Aikman’s ridiculous hot take about Odell Beckham Jr.’s Rams debut Beckham had arguably his best performance of the season in the Rams’ 30-23 Week 14 win over the Cardinals....
It has been more than three weeks since the initial announcement of the PUBG Mobile Indian version was made by the PUBG Corporation. There have been several positive developments about the game’s availability in the country, including the teasers featuring Dynamo, Kronten, and Jonathan. Soon after, there was news of PUBG India being registered as a company. However, no revelations have been made about the definite release date of the game in the country....
As of Friday, 4.8 million tickets for the Games had been sold, out of around 6.1 million tickets on offer, the Rio Organising Committee told Reuters on Wednesday. Demand has been strong for sports such as basketball and swimming, the committee said. Some 500,000 of the unsold tickets are for soccer matches. Many of those matches are scheduled to be played in stadiums in other Brazilian cities far from Rio....
But Chatman’s protege, the 6-5 center who may be the most dominant low-post player in women’s basketball, now wants freedom. Fowles refused to sign a new contract with the Sky, refused to report to camp and even has left the communication with Chatman, who also is the Sky’s general manager, to her agent. MORE WNBA: Petition to keep Isiah Thomas out | Newlyweds Griner, Johnson suspended “It’s not tough because it’s personal; it’s tough because it’s your job and your livelihood,” Chatman told Sporting News this week....
The 21-year-old midfielder is considered to be one of the most exciting talents in European football, but he faces fierce competition for places at Santiago Bernabeu. He has benefitted from the enforced absence of others this season to make 24 appearances in all competitions, but the return to fitness of Gareth Bale et al could see his game time limited over the second half of the campaign. That outlook has sparked talk of a possible move elsewhere during the January transfer window, with leading sides in England reported to be keen, but Asensio is ready for fight for minutes in Spain....
