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Afghanistan The Afghans registered their eighth consecutive T20I win in the previous fixture against Ireland, and their players will be oozing with confidence after their show in the opening fixture. Batting Despite the win, Afghanistan clearly missed the services of swashbuckling Mohammad Shahzad in the first T20. The home team lost five wickets for just 50 runs and things were seemingly going Ireland’s way before the experienced Mohammad Nabi (49*) and Najibullah Zadran (40*) shared an unbeaten 86 run stand to guide the team over the victory line....

In case you didn’t know… The only reason that SAI officials made the effort to contact immediate medical services in Guwahati was that Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore responded to repeated pleas from Guwahati City FC to help the ailing footballer who comes from a humble background and did not have the means to pay for his own treatment. Rathore tweeted out and ensured that medical care would be provided to the player by SAI officials immediately....

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - Gabor Kiraly became the oldest man to play in the European Championship when he helped Hungary to a 2-0 victory over Austria on Tuesday, leaving coach Bernd Storck to declare he was still among the world’s best. Kiraly, the first 40-year-old to feature in the finals, marked the occasion with some fine stops, the best one denying Zlatko Junuzovic 10 minutes before halftime. “I don’t talk about old and young players, just good players and he’s one of the best in the world,” Storck told reporters after goals from Adam Szalai and Zoltan Stieber steered Hungary to a surprise Group F win....

Rakesh Oram and Delbert Fernandes scored in each half to ensure they notch up a remarkable double against their much fancied opponents. The previous encounter played at the RCF Grounds in Chembur ended with an identical score-line. Winger Oram opened the scoring as early as the fifth minute with a trademark run down the left flank followed by a cool finish in a one-on-one situation with the opposition keeper....

Halep received treatment on her neck and she struggled to match her opponent’s strength for long periods before consistency and class finally told in a tense third set, despite the ailing top seed also appearing to turn her right ankle. Dodin, ranked 98th, aggressively attacked Halep’s serve but the joy she found there was offset by a failure to make her own service games count, the Frenchwoman’s 16 double faults significantly aiding her Romanian opponent’s cause....

Both sides will look to get underway with a win. The ODI series will be part of the ICC Cricket World Super League and thirty points are up for grabs for both sides. Hashmatullah Shahidi has been handed the responsibility of leading the Afghan side after Mohammad Nabi ruled himself out to give younger players an opportunity. The squad consists of several uncapped cricketers, who will be eager to grab any opportunity that comes their way....

According to its Profiles in Charity Trust and Giving survey, charity evaluator Give.org reported that 16 percent of Americans had high trust in such charities, a 3 percent increase from 2019. More than 2,100 U.S. adults participated in the survey, which has a margin error of 2 percent. The survey found that 22 percent of Black and African Americans were shown to be more likely to donate to charities, with the same statistic being reported for Hispanics....

Andrew Luck has now thrown three or more touchdown passes in seven straight games for the 5-5 Colts after three years of battling shoulder issues. J.J. Watt has reached 10 sacks for the first-place Texans in his surprising return to top form after multiple surgeries. Then there’s Adrian Peterson. REDSKINS AT COWBOYS: Time, TV channel, how to watch Peterson missed 19 games over the past two years with knee and neck injuries....

Calls and emails requesting an Oregon audit began in June, but they have increased in the last few weeks, Marion County Clerk Bill Burgess told The Statesman Journal. Former President Donald Trump won Marion county in 2016 but lost it by 1,870 votes in 2020. “People, they’ll come and they’ll start asking the question and then they won’t wait for an answer,” Burgess said. “They’ll start railing away and sometimes with a lot of obscenity and all, too....

The 25-year-old all-rounder has provoked a backlash after the comments he made on the celebrity chat show hosted by film maker Karan Johar, in which he appeared with India teammate K L Rahul. Taking to Twitter, Pandy posted, “After reflecting on my comments on Koffee with Karan, I would like to apologise to everyone concerned who I may have hurt in any way. “Honestly, I got a bit carried away with the nature of the show....

A source close to the situation spoke to Sportskeeda on the condition of anonymity. He quipped, “Firstly there were no high-ranking official present in Cuttack and till late last night, the situation was that the management had failed to acquire flight tickets for the team and told the team that they will have to make the near 450 km trip back to Kolkata via a bus that they would try to arrange on Monday....

The 26-year-old freshman GOP House member announced that he and his wife Cristina Cawthorn had “mutually decided” to end their marriage in a statement issued by his communications director Luke Ball on Wednesday. The couple married on April 3, roughly three months after Cawthorn was seated in the House. “When my wife Cristina and I were engaged, I was not a member of Congress,” Cawthorn said in the statement, which was shared on Twitter....

McAuliffe, who is seeking a non-consecutive second term as governor, noted that Youngkin had embraced endorsements from former President Donald Trump, warning that the Republican businessman was “too extreme” and would cause Trump-like “damage” to the state. The Virginia debate came two days after Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom easily defeated an effort to recall him while repeatedly comparing leading Republican replacement candidate Larry Elder to Trump. “Look at the damage Trump did to the country, and now they want to bring that to Virginia?...

Superior Court Judge Jodi Alper ruled in favor of restarting sixth and ninth grade in-person classes in New Jersey’s South Orange-Maplewood School District on Tuesday. The move was the latest development in an ongoing battle between teachers and school employees concerned about safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the school district and parents in favor of fully reopening. The classes are set to resume on Monday in classrooms that the teacher’s union has agreed are acceptable....

RELATED: Things We Loved About Age Of Empires 4 (& Things We Don’t) Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the English civilization is crucial for achieving victory while playing as them. They’re a powerful, yet uncomplicated faction that can grind opponents down with their excellent Longbowmen and Men-at-Arms. With this guide, players will possess a clear outline of what it means to play as the English in Age of Empires 4....

Earlier in the industry, women were not provided with equivalent opportunities in the ring to showcase their athleticism. At the commencement of Tony Khan’s promotion, they not only signed notable names from the independent circuit, but many have now become prominent household names in the promotion. These include the likes of Britt Baker, Jade Cargill, Ruby Soho, Toni Storm, and many more. Below are the ages of the current women’s roster in the Jacksonville-based promotion, varying between 24 and 45:...

Agronomists found a way to grow enough calories to feed the burgeoning population, but it was done with little regard for nutrition or the impact on the planet. Today, as we face the consequences of our unchecked damage, can agronomists save us again? At nearly 8 billion and growing, humanity doesn’t have a lot of space left — at least in a philosophical sense. Sure, there are still areas of the planet where you can throw a rock and not hit anyone; but that’s a function of our species’ weird distribution....

By now, after nearly two full seasons’ worth of claims, leaks and protests, it is almost too tiresome to list every decision and grievance that has led us to this point - but for anybody in any doubt that things are not quite right between the two it is worth a quick recap. City’s attempts to sign replacements, from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2016 to Alexis Sanchez in 2017 and 2018; the carefully chosen public declarations from both manager and player (and how each has reacted); the pointed social media posts; Guardiola’s decisions, tactical or otherwise, to leave Aguero out of certain matches and the striker’s feelings as a result; and the clandestine meeting(s) between Guardiola, Aguero and Aguero’s agents have all contributed to the current climate....

Aguilar hit a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Aguilar sent a low, 0-1 pitch from Tony Watson into the gap in right-center field to score Curtis Granderson and Eric Thames. Hunter Strickland (3-5) started the seventh and walked the pinch-hitters. Watson took over one out later. “In that situation, I was just trying to be aggressive in the strike zone,” Aguilar said....

And so it began. How do you mark 20 years of AIDS? With mourning, surely, for the 22 million lives from San Francisco to Nairobi that acquired immune deficiency syndrome has stolen: Ryan White, Rock Hudson, Arthur Ashe, Alvin Ailey, Rudolf Nureyev, Randy Shilts, Elizabeth Glaser, Keith Haring, Liberace and all the emaciated, sunken-eyed nameless victims. And you mark it, too, with horror that last year 5.3 million people worldwide–14,500 a day–were newly infected....