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Australia were rocking on the first day of the Ashes opener at Edgbaston either side of Smith’s arrival at number four, reduced to 122-8 as Stuart Broad dominated for England. But former captain Smith, playing for the first time since his 12-month ban for his role in the ball-tampering scandal, kept plugging away. A magnificent knock of 144 off 219 went a long way towards silencing the boos in the England crowd and Smith acknowledged it would have to go down as one of his greatest Test innings, dragging Australia back to 284 all out....

England came close to beating Australia in a rain-hit second Test, with the ferocious Jofra Archer playing a big part. Before the second Test, Justin Langer had said that Australia were planning to “keep wearing down, and get him back into his second or third and fourth spells.” But that didn’t seem to work. With an average pace of 92 mph, not only was Jofra’s fifth spell the fastest of the match, but his bouncers kept Australia on their toes....

In their most recent clash at ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Dunedin, the Islanders restricted the Afghans at 232 before chasing the target comfortably with five wickets to spare. Sri Lanka The Lankans failed to transfer their momentum from the ODI series against Africa and suffered a big defeat in the opening game of the Asia Cup. Islanders now find themselves in a do or die situation against the Afghans as a defeat here will end their campaign....

The Men in Green will start their Asia Cup campaign against arch-rivals India, who they beat for the first time in a World Cup last year. They got the better of their neighbours by ten wickets to exorcise the ghosts of the past. They could be considered one of the favourites to win the continental tournament. Here’s a SWOT analysis of the Men in Green who will want to win their third Asia Cup title....

Two years ago, when India hosted the Championship at the ISA courts in Chennai, under the auspices of FISU, it was a big moment for the sport in the country. That was the first time a cross-section of University talents from various parts of the globe had converged for some exciting action. The event then was a big draw, though no Indian had figured in the competition. From every other aspect, be it the competition on the court or the conduct of the Championship, FISU, the world university sports body, had the highest appreciation, an acknowledgement in fact, that India was able to conduct a major event with a professional touch....

It wasn’t a pretty end for the chicken, to be sure. And if a proposed lifting of a Chinese ban on the sale of tiger parts goes through, the fate of Tiger No. 31, currently a resident of this tiger park and breeding farm, may not be much better. After he dies, his bones will be crushed up into potions for treating rheumatism. His skin will be turned into a jacket....

Chinese Yan Wang successfully defended her title with 14.988 points followed by Japanese Sae Miyakawa with 14.812 points. Karmakar, who also won a bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finished with 14.725 points in third. Dipa will turn 22 on August 9 and is a native of Agartala. Earlier in February, Karmakar excelled with a total of five gold medals for Tripura in the 35th National Games in Kerala....

The ticks are native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, eastern regions of Russia and China. They are a major livestock pest in Australia and New Zealand, where they were introduced more than 120 years ago. They were spotted for the first time in the United States in 2017 on a farm in New Jersey. Since then, they have spread to more than a dozen states across the country—primarily along the Eastern Seaboard—including Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia....

“Why [do I think it’s a hate crime]? Because I have my wallet with me. I still have my cell phone with me. The stuff I bought is still with me. Why would you attack someone you don’t know just to attack them?” Danny Yu Chang told Newsweek. Anti-Asian sentiments rose amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent report from Stop AAPI Hate identified nearly 4,000 hate incidents in the past year....

Asmongold’s comments came as a result of watching a Ludwig video in which Ludwig comments on YouTube Gaming’s “discoverability,” the ease with which potential new viewers are able to find channels they like but otherwise don’t know about. Ludwig, despite being contracted with YouTube Gaming, is anything but complimentary of the platform’s discoverability for streamers. Asmongold, believing that Ludwig is holding back due to his contract, decides to voice what he believes Ludwig is really trying to say....

In a tweet from January 18, Asmongold revealed that he had just found out about Microsoft purchasing Activision Blizzard. Like many gamers, he admitted that he had not seen the acquisition coming. “Waking up to find out Activision-Blizzard got bought by Microsoft wasn’t what I expected, wow,” he said. He added that he hoped this acquisition could benefit the gaming community moving forward. RELATED: Alleged Leaks from Private Development Discord Tease Next World of Warcraft Expansion...

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is highly anticipated and it looks set to mix up some of the conventions of the franchise and create a different experience. Many have already noted that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is approaching gender differently, by allowing players to seamlessly change from male to female, and there seem to be more changes. The game is set to have brothel missions as well as more graphic violence as it achieves a “Mature” rating from the ESRB game certification organization....

RELATED: 10 Video Game Storylines That Are Impossible To Follow Though we highly recommend players choose Kassandra from the get-go. In fact, many sidequests and even the main story have different endings depending on the route taken. So, let’s go over some of the worst choices, so you can always strive for the best. 10 Release Your Pet Before Exiting Before we get to story elements, let’s talk about a bit of the gameplay stuff....

Cybersecurity breaches like the one at Lowell have become a recurring theme over the past year, as attacks like SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline start new conversations around America’s ability to defend its cyber infrastructure. Stuart Madnick, director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan School of Management (CAMS), said that in terms of cybersecurity infrastructure, the higher education sector sits far behind the manufacturing and energy industries, which in turn fall a decade behind the nation’s financial sector....

Since before voting sites opened this morning, people have been seen waiting in lines that wrap around buildings. At one site, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, at least 130 voters were in line when polls opened at 8 a.m., according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Election officials have been working hard to avoid the kind of chaos Georgia faced during the primary elections in June, when poll workers scrambled to accommodate the high voter turnout and solve technical issues with voting equipment....

The fate of $2,000 survival checks for starving people could be decided by a Wall Street magnate and a corporate executive who ran a retail chain that preys on low-income communities—and it will all play out in a state facing rising joblessness, poverty and starvation. But here we are, with Georgia and its Senate races poised to decide it all. If you were writing a Hollywood screenplay about the battle over direct aid to millions of Americans, you would almost certainly have its backdrop be the Peach State and its special election....

Both sides will be looking to make it two wins from two in the competition after winning their opening two games of the campaign. AS Monaco maintained their fine run of results as they claimed a hard-fought 2-1 win over Olympique Lyon in the Ligue 1 last weekend. They have now won their last three games, including a 1-0 win over Red Star Belgrade in their Europa League curtain-raiser on September 8....

In the latest eruption of violence to beset Pakistan since the Taliban took over neighboring Afghanistan, an apparent suicide bombing killed four people Tuesday, including three Chinese nationals, at a Chinese institute in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi. The BLA’s Majeed Brigade soon claimed “responsibility for today’s suicide attack on Chinese in Karachi” via official social media channels, naming the perpetrator as Shari Baloch, known by the alias Bramsh, and credited her with having “made history” as “the first female” suicide soldier of the group....

Teams officials said 51,115 tickets were distributed for the game, which the Rams lost 27-3 to the team that once called St. Louis its home. MORE: Renderings of proposed Los Angeles venue | L.A. plans | Todd Gurley rams into rookie wall Capacity at the Edwards Jones Dome is 66,000. Despite the team’s distribution total, media observers said the stadium was about half-full. It was the Rams’ fifth consecutive loss, and they are now 4-8....