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Bangladesh will be entering the tournament with a lot of confidence owing to their current form. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will be hoping to start the league on a positive note after a sorry performance against South Africa at home. Group B, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Match details: Match Date: 15 September 2018, Saturday Match Timing: 17:00 IST, 11:30 AM GMT, 15:30 Local Match Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE...

Hardik Pandya was the key architect behind India’s win. He picked up three wickets and followed it up with an unbeaten 17-ball 33 to help India win the crunch contest by five wickets and two balls to spare. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. The decision worked in India’s favor as Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the dangerous opening stand between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the third over itself....

Prarthana blitzed Sarah Abdulmajeed Rasheed Balushi 6-0, 6-1 in just 52 minutes to give India the lead after the first singles. Ankita, though, didn’t have it so easy and had to fight hard to register a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in an hour and 55 minutes. With India 2-0 ahead after the first two singles matches, the team of Natasha and Rishika were received a walkover in the doubles encounter, giving India a 3-0 win and a berth in the quarterfinals where they will take on second seeds Kazakhstan....

The duo, which finished second in the qualifiers with a massive score of 835.3 combined to bring home a bronze medal, behind China’s duo of Ruozhu Zhao/Haoran Yang and the winners, Chinese Taipei’s Yingshin Lin/Shaochuan Lu who also smashed the Games record with a 494.1 attempt. Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar’s win came as a much-needed comfort after the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team of Manu Bhaker/Abhishek Verma crashed out in the qualification stages....

Football is scheduled to be held from Aug 10 to Sep 1, 2018. The men’s competition is among 25 teams fighting it out across 4 venues in Indonesia. The 25 teams have been split into 6 groups. Group A consists of Palestine (99), Chinese Taipei (123), Hong Kong (142), Indonesia (164) and Laos (178). Group B consists of Qatar (98), Uzbekistan (95), Thailand (122) and Bangladesh (194). Group C consists of Syria (73), China (75), UAE (77) and Timor Leste (190)....

The 45-year-old Indian, the winner of 18 Grand Slams, was asked to team up with struggling singles player Sumit Nagal after All India Tennis Association (AITA) agreed to pair country’s top doubles players Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan in the men’s doubles, on their request. Paes was already miffed at his exclusion from TOP Scheme but had made himself available for the Asian Games, where he has won eight medals, including five gold....

Another increasingly popular phenomenon is the internet sensation of ASMR, which has blended quite well in the world of gaming. Even Nintendo has joined in with a special Xenoblade Chronicles themed ASMR video for fans to relax to. RELATED: Xbox Releases Strange ASMR Promotional Video For anyone out of the loop, ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, which basically boils down to an odd tingling sensation that people often feel when listening to certain sounds....

Robert Lorenzo Hester, Jr., 28, of Columbia, was charged with two counts of providing material support to terrorists in February 2017. He pleaded guilty to one count of the indictment last September as the case proceeded in exchange for a dismissal of the other count, which cut the potential term of imprisonment in half. In fall 2016 and early 2017, Hester carried on a relationship with several undercover FBI agents, believing they were affiliated with ISIS, the terrorist organization based in Syria whose territorial claims have been vastly reduced in recent years....

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the oldest chronological entry in the franchise, explains the very first instance of a Hidden Blade use. It was used by Darius to assassinate King Xerxes around 500 BCE, while Alexios or Kassandra would use a type of “Proto-Hidden Blade” in Leonidas’s Spear. Eventually, the Hidden Blade would be passed on to Aya and then to her husband, Bayek. RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok Special Edition Could Give Players Awesome Collectible...

Yesterday, we reported the announcement of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, where players take control of Ezio Auditore da Firenze once again - leaving Florence and Venice behind with his eyes fixed on Rome. In anticipation of the next installment, Ubisoft has been posting on Facebook from the perspective of the Templar Dr. Warren Vidic: The hint, along with the leaked image below, fits perefectly with previous Assassin’s Creed rumors, and definitely hinted at an upcoming announcement - which has now been confirmed by Ubisoft:...

This February, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will be adding a New Game Plus mode for players. The feature was announced a few months ago, yet Ubisoft had no timetable for its release at the time of reveal. We now know, thanks to a light-hearted tweet from the game’s official Twitter account, that New Game Plus will arrive in the near future. All that has been mentioned is the inclusion of New Game Plus, with more to be revealed sometime next week....

On Sunday, Biden promised Parkland families that his administration will “do better” on gun reform, and urged Congress to enact stricter gun laws. “Over these three years, the Parkland families have taught all of us something profound. Time and again, they have showed us how we can turn our grief into purpose—to march, organize, and build a strong, inclusive, and durable movement for change,” he said in a statement released by the White House....

The last year and a half of COVID-19 craziness has had a cumulative effect on the kids, says Burke Harris. Come September, the sudden change in routine—from more than a year of home confinement and laptop learning to the social pressures of the typical classroom—is likely to unleash a flood of the stress hormone cortisol. Add to that the typical excitement of starting a new school year, even some typically quiet, well-behaved students will be anxious, sad, scared and angry, and these emotions may manifest in the classroom as difficulty paying attention, withdrawal, disruptive behavior and absences....

Bader, of course, is still on the Injured List. He has yet to play a game for the Yankees, his new team, after he was acquired in an Aug. 2 deadline-day deal with the Cardinals by Cashman, the Yankees’ GM. His new team is hopeful that Bader, a Gold Glove center fielder, will be back from his foot injury at some point in September and at full speed by the postseason....

The Malaysian FA (FAM) president, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has admitted that the plan to add another foreign player slot in the M-League for Southeast Asian players is discussed with the objective of generating income for the league and clubs. Speaking to the press during the new Super League trophy unveiling event in Johor Bahru on Tuesday, Tunku Ismail, who is also known as TMJ by fans, provided more details on the plan....

Smith went off injured after being struck on the neck by a fierce delivery from Jofra Archer on day four, though returned to bat in Australia’s first innings at Lord’s. The 30-year-old was eventually dismissed on 92, as Australia made 250 all out, eight shy of England’s first-innings total, with the hosts extending their lead to 104 by the close of play. However, Smith did not return to the field at the start of day five and Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed the former captain will sit out the rest of the Test after he complained of a headache on Sunday....

Ashwin (74 points), had just a narrow two-point coming into today’s race, but Nayan’s (66) DNF in the first race widened his lead. Karthik Tharani (68) surprised by winning two races and coming back to title contention. The final race of the weekend, however, saw a totally new set of winners, with Nirmal Uma Shankar, Brayan Perera and Yash Aradhya claiming the podium places. Ashwin finished fourth, though, ahead of his key competitors to be 6 points ahead of the field....