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Warner endured a miserable Ashes series despite Australia retaining the urn in a 2-2 draw, making double figures only twice across 10 innings. He had three consecutive ducks at one stage and was dismissed by Broad seven times, making him the batsman dismissed most often (12 times) by the Nottinghamshire star in his Test career. Langer still believes Warner is a “champion player”, though, and hopes he can now recover following the series, with the next Ashes not until 2021-22....

The former Australia captain struck 144 off 219 deliveries in his first Test appearance since the ball-tampering scandal. Australia certainly needed their talismanic batsman at his best, having slumped to 122-8 before salvaging a total of 284 at Edgbaston. And Smith could not hide his emotion after digging his side out of a hole before England closed on 10 without loss. “I got the shakes a bit and all the hairs on my neck stood up,” Smith told BBC Sport’s Test Match Special....

England have a daunting international schedule, starting September. They will tour Bangladesh and Pakistan for limited-overs contests to prepare for the T20 World Cup, slated to be held in October-November. The Test players will have to assemble in Australia in the second half of November for the Ashes, which begins on December 8. According to a report in the Daily Mail, England’s cricketers are worried about the possible scenario wherein they will have to play The Ashes Down Under without their families....

“This was The Piano Bar–my favorite cafe; nice music, nice people,” Visar said, running his hand gingerly across a smashed glass storefront in Pec’s center and studying the looted interior. We walked past Pec’s oldest mosque–windows blackened, silver dome broken like an eggshell–and through the ruins of the central market. Charred yet intact safes stood in the back of many burned-out shops. “These stores belonged to Albanian gold merchants,” Visar said....

New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) “The world simply wants to see you cry, once you have cried they will feel satisfied and live happily ever after,” lamented India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin while expressing solidarity with the disgraced Steve Smith and David Warner. Ashwin hoped the Australian cricketers can put the ball-tampering scandal behind them. “The world simply wants to see you cry, once you have cried they will feel satisfied and live happily ever after....

One such was is the match between them at the 2012 Asia Cup. This match saw not one but two Asia Cup record being created. India owing to its loss against Bangladesh in the previous match needed to win this match to stay alive in the tournament. The venue of the match was Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh. Pakistan had won the toss and elected to bat first. Their openers, Mohammed Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed gave them a steady start....

Asia Cup is a stage, that will give you a golden chance to be a witness of incredible performances by the best cricketers in the world. Every Asian team have more than one cricketer who can make you satisfied with his cricketing skill set. Such as, Bangladesh have Mustafizur Rahman. The left-handed pacer can even be the best bowler of the tournament. Mustafiz started off his career back in 2015 when he outplayed India, taking 11 wickets during his first couple of ODIs....

• The first Asia Cup was organised in 1984. The tournament was hosted by UAE. India, Sri Lanka & Pakistan were the participating teams. • 13 Asia Cups have been played till date, with India winning the maximum number of titles – six, followed by Sri Lanka who have won it 5 times. Pakistan has won the tournament twice. • Bangladesh have hosted the maximum number of Asia Cups – 5...

Bowling first after winning the toss, Afghanistan came up with an excellent bowling performance to bundle out the Lankans for 105 in 19.4 overs. Left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi got the team off to a brilliant start, dismissing Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka in the first over. Farooqi ended with figures of three for 11, while skipper Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman also impressed, claiming two scalps each. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai then ensured Afghanistan romped home to victory....

Although she was confident that the Indian shuttlers would put up an improved performance this time, unlike the 2014 edition where the players managed to grab a bronze medal. In case you didn’t know… The Women’s team had won the bronze medal at Incheon four years ago, but with the recent form, it is expected that the team will perform better in Indonesia. At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games earlier this year, India won a gold medal in the mixed team event and also the gold and the silver in the Women’s individual event in an all Indian final....

The 2018 edition of the competition will play host to athletes from 45 countries including a 572-member strong Indian contingent. For the opening ceremony, the Indian team looked dashing in their deep blue blazers as they marched in unison and basked under the blue lights behind India’s flag-bearer for the games, javelin throw athlete Neeraj Chopra. Whilst the Indian contingent received a thunderous applause, the athletes’ march also had its entry into the history books as North Korea and South Korea, having been at each others’ throats for a long time now marched under the same flag, a huge moment in the world of sport that was acknowledged by the huge crowd in attendance....

In the first match of Day 3, the Chinese Taipei played against Unified Korea in the Group X and won by 87-85 (21-23, 22-17, 16-18, 14-15). The match went to overtime when both the teams got tied up and the Chinese Taipei played outstandingly in overtime (14-12) and won the match. Chinese Taipei’s Pingjen Huang scored 17 points and Ro Suk Yong of Korea scored 32 points for her team....

The Indian team will be the highest ranked team in the tournament and will be the favourites to retain their title in Muscat. However, the World No. 6 team will face tough challenges from the likes of World No. 12 Malaysia and World No. 13 Pakistan. Each team will play a total of five Round-Robin matches between 18th-25th October, the conclusion of which will see four teams qualify for the Semi-final matches that will take place on October 27, 2018, while the remaining two teams will play each other in a qualification match for the 5th spot on the same day....

With the exception of the All-Star break, there will be regular-season baseball every day from now through Sept. 30. That’s good stuff. Anyway, on to this week’s questions … MORE: Opening Day schedule for all 30 teams “What do you expect to happen with the few prominent unsigned free agents now that the season is getting underway?” — @cstiles24 As I wrote in my 18 questions for 2018 column this week, nothing will surprise me....

In the only night fixture on the opening day featuring nine games, Assam will square off against Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which also happens to be the second Elite Group B fixture of the day. Assam didn’t have a great time in the 2019-20 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, winning only one of their seven games to finish second from bottom in the points table....

Conducted by Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research and released by the Justice Action Network and #cut50, the poll—which was carried out between July 23 and 27—found that of 1,504 people surveyed, two thirds (66 percent) were in favor of moving non-violent offenders out of prison due to the risks posed by the virus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. That share was even higher when it came to prisoners over the age of 60, with people in their sixties and above believed to be more at risk of suffering serious health consequences from COVID-19....

As Dusk Falls introduces some intriguing features and has lots of elements that set it apart from other similar titles, but one of the most unexpected aspects of its release is the gap that it’s exposed in the drama genre. Crime has been a fertile source of inspiration for video games for many years, but not many explore the more human elements of lawlessness through the use of a purely drama-focused title like As Dusk Falls does....

Masayuki Shimokawa, the captain of Japanese Kabaddi team shared the cover of the Manga on his Instagram profile. The cover features a kabaddi player trying to touch the mid-line. Needless to say, not only the Manga underlines the rising popularity of the sport among the Japanese, but it also brings to light the sport’s deep historical links with the Japanese culture. Also read: “At Telugu Titans, Sukesh did all the hard work and Rahul took the credit,” says Gujarat Fortune Giants coach Manpreet Singh...