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The former refers to the workouts in late May. “Mandatory” describes the veteran minicamp teams will hold the first two weeks of June. For help, here’s what merriam-webster.com, the popular dictionary website, says “voluntary” means. It even uses it in a sentence: “Participation in the program is completely voluntary.” It’s as if they know what time of year it is. Or, it’s as if they know some player, coach, executive, reporter, commentator or fan is about throw a full-scale tantrum over a player missing a “voluntary” workout....

And they weren’t alone around the NBA on Saturday, either. The Boston Celtics left the biggest two stars on their roster — both of whom are coming off serious injuries, and now apparently dealing with far more minor ones — out of the lineup for their preseason finale at Cleveland. The official reasons where lower back pain for Hayward and a rib contusion for Irving. Hayward’s last game at Cleveland was opening night of the regular season a year ago, when he suffered a gruesome ankle and leg injury that ended his season....

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that the U.S. and other countries need to step up and give Haiti the kind of investment and support it requires. “We are looking at every possible option for how to go about doing that,” Sullivan said. “But these things operate and have operated in Haiti historically on different timetables, under different circumstances. And so we need to manage this situation as carefully as possible so that at the end of the day, we achieve our objective, which is the safe return of every single one of those [abducted]....

The levels in this game are reminiscent of Mario Bros as it appeared in the 80s and 90s. So you get the fun knocking sounds, repetitive levels that are so easy to scrape through and finding magical hidden treasures. It was a simple game that didn’t need an instruction booklet. Instead, it challenged players to find hidden tricks and cheats on their own. An eventful celebration Nintendo also organized an event where several artists dressed up as the hyperactive plumber while the theme music was played for fans....

The ‘Express’ newspaper reports that 57-year old Rauf has decided to call it quits, citing personal commitments for his decision. Rauf was quoted as saying in the report that the stress of constant travel which came along with being an international umpire was making it hard for him to devote time to his family and other private business, something which he wanted to correct. Rauf was dropped from the ICC elite panel last month after being overlooked for the Champions Trophy in England due to his name cropping up in the spot-fixing scam....

The rivalry heated up since their semifinal match at the Luxembourg Open that got the German even in the series with the Canadian. Goerges went on to take the title there marking the sixth in her career. As defending champion in Auckland, the 30-year-old wanted nothing more than to keep her positive situation alive and well with the final match close. Bouchard received a wakeup call from coach Michael Joyce during her match with Bibiane Schoofs needing to change her attitude....

The England superstar made an unbeaten 135 and carried the hosts to a scarcely believable one-wicket win over Australia to level the series at 1-1 after three matches. The Durham man’s reward was his highest ranking of second in the all-rounders’ chart behind Jason Holder on Tuesday. Stokes also was on the move in the batting standings, surging up to another career best of 13th. Other Ashes stars on the rise included Jofra Archer catapulting up to 43 in the bowling rankings after just his second Test appearance....

Having slumped from 170-3 to 271-8 on Day 1, England added just 23 to their overnight total at The Oval. Archer, however, condemned Australia to a first-innings deficit with a magnificent bowling display, while Chris Woakes ensured Australia’s talisman Steve Smith did not post his fourth three-figure score of an incredible series. David Warner’s miserable run of form continued as he went for five to Archer, who then dismissed Marcus Harris (3) in a blistering start....

Six Asian teams are scheduled to play the Asia Cup and they are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. As a matter of fact, Hong Kong qualified for the tournament after winning the Asia Cup Qualifier. The last Asia Cup was held in Bangladesh and India won the tournament after defeating the host team in the final. India are definitely the favourites to win the Asia Cup and they are the defending champions....

Firstly, Bangladesh pipped out Pakistan in a virtual semi-final match to set the summit clash with India, when everyone was expecting an India-Pakistan finale. This tournament was lit up by the rise of Afghanistan Cricket Team as a limited overs side where they shook everybody and defeated Asian giants Sri Lanka in the group stage match and tied Super Four match against India. Some of the players also made their comebacks to their respective national sides and went on to give good performances, and now they look assured of playing in the upcoming edition of World Cup in 2019....

NEWSWEEK: Asia’s economies are expanding at their fastest rates in a decade, yet you have warned of a looming jobs crisis. Explain that. Ifzal Ali: At the end of 2005, of the 1.7 billion people in Asia’s workforce, 500 million of them were either unemployed or underemployed. In the next 10 years another 250 million people will join the workforce as new entrants. So [the region’s economies] have to create 750 million new productive and decent jobs over the next decade, a challenge that’s unprecedented in the history of mankind....

Many players grabbed attention in the past after showing impressive performances in this tournament. Many would get lucrative offers to play in a different club. But above, the pride of representing their country remains supreme and no doubt, it will drive them the most. Sportskeeda picks out five such goalkeepers who could play a crucial role under the bar: #5 Matthew Ryan (Australia) Matt Ryan may be the most famous and experienced goalkeeper coming into this tournament....

A day after winning the gold medal in the 50 metre event, Jitu Rai Sunday led India’s 10 metre air pistol team to win a bronze medal in the 17th Asian Games and also hunting for his second individual medal at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range. It was India’s third medal from shooting and second bronze. Shweta Chaudhry has also won the bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event Saturday to open India’s medal count....

India’s only double Olympic medallist lost his first bout in four years, at the Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia last month. Asked about the defeat and he dismissed it nonchalantly. “So what. There will be defeats and victories in sportsman’s life. Real athlete is the one who stands up after defeat, prepares harder and come back. Real athlete is one who takes the mat after winning also. I am trying to do the same,” Sushil told PTI in an exclusive chat after a training session....

Teenage sensation Manu Bhaker, fresh from her Commonwealth Gold, will be in action in the Women’s 25m Pistol along with Rahi Sarnobat. Anjum Moudgil, who is a big medal prospect, will shoot for glory in the 3 Position 50m Rifle together with Gaayathri Nithyanandham. The morning will see the shooters shoot to determine placings followed by the finals later in the afternoon for both events. Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh and Naveen will look to add to the medal count from wrestling as they are involved in the Men’s 77 kg, 87 kg and 130 kg categories respectively....

Kolkata, Aug 21 (PTI) Jyothi Surekha Vennam is aware that Olympics is not for them. But it does not matter to her as India’s top woman compound archer considers that an Asian Games medal is worth its weight in gold. “I don’t regret that compound is not an Olympic discipline. I’m just happy at what I’m today. For me, Asian Games is second to Olympics. It’s a big event, I’m looking forward to it,” Jyothi told PTI, ahead of the compound qualification rounds that begin in Jakarta tomorrow....

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RELATED: Assassin’s Creed II: Every Major Templar Ezio Killed With the franchise reaching new milestones in recent releases like Origins and Odyssey, as well as the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, it’s easy to forget just why Altair and Ezio drew us into this world of Templars and Assassins in the first place. Given that they’re both legendary assassins, it can be difficult to say which one was the best between the two, but each has their own accomplishments that differentiate them not only from one another but any of the other Assassins that came after them....

The installment furthers the story of Ezio Auditore da Firenze and, while Brotherhood continues to improve over previous episodes, the game still isn’t a perfect trip through fictional history. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood starts immediately after the trippy conclusion of Assassin’s Creed 2, and offers a brief summary of the prior events in the series. The intro does a good job of re-acclimating returning players but might still leave any unindoctrinated gamers especially confused....