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With Jasprit Bumrah out injured, India chose only three frontline fast bowlers in the 15-man squad. In contrast, the selectors have picked four spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravindra Jadeja, and Yuzvendra Chahal for the multi-nation tournament in the UAE. Speaking on an ICC podcast, Ponting stated his belief that India have better options for fast bowlers in the shortest format. The 168-Test veteran also feels India will go in with a spin-heavy attack for the T20 World Cup Down Under....

The picture of Stuart Binny and Anderson, shared by Binny’s anchor-wife Mayanti Langer, has been doing the rounds on social media since Sunday. Stuart Binny scored 78 on his Test debut against England at Nottingham, which remains his highest Test score and his only half-century in the format. On Monday, Stuart Binny announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket with immediate effect. The 37-year-old, who represented Karnataka in domestic cricket, played six Tests, 14 ODIs and three T20Is for India between 2014 and 2016....

Guardiola and Pochettino go head to head on Saturday, with City 18 points clear of their visitors following a record 15-match winning run in the Premier League. Back in October, Guardiola appeared to suggest Spurs were a one-man team, reliant solely on the goalscoring exploits of the prolific Kane. He later clarified that he meant no disrespect and Pochettino spoke of his admiration for the former Barca boss. Asked if Guardiola had ever called to explain the comment, Pochettino said: “I had some conversations with people from the coaching staff....

This was the Gunners’ first win in their last four league games. With the win, they went level on points with Tottenham Hotspur and kept their Champions League hopes alive. Two first-half goals from Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe were equalized by Chelsea’s Timo Werner and Cesar Azpiliqueta. However, Merson said that Werner’s strike from outside the box, which was deflected by Granit Xhaka, should have been saved by Ramsdale....

Maybe it’s the alternative. Bob Dole thought he had a good week because he came across well in Bob Woodward’s new book and Clinton took a beating in a trashy book by a former FBI agent. But on prime-time TV, where American voters really live, the only glimpse of Dole was on Peter Jennings’s fine documentary about the power of the tobacco lobby. There, Dole came across as Joe Camel’s candidate, a sellout to the cancer crowd (Dole is now being dogged by ““Butt Man’’ – a Democrat dressed as a coughing cigarette – at nearly every stop)....

Similarly, the third film in the Conjuring series (and eighth in the franchise) has at its heart a true story, but the truth of what happened in the case of Arne Johnson (Ruairi O’Connor) is different in a number of key ways to what happened in The Devil Made Me Do It. The true story behind The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It The following contains spoilers for the entirety of The Conjuring 3...

A Quiet Place 2 and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It have combined to help the horror genre overtake the month of May when it comes to a full-fledged return to theaters. As COVID-19 numbers go down and vaccination numbers go up, it appears more moviegoers in the United States are showing interest in watching movies outside their homes. That’s good news for both films, which represent the continuations of popular franchises....

Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) was especially close to Lord Mountbatten, and considered him an honorary grandfather. He was the brother of Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin, once removed. Louis Mountbatten (who was known affectionately to the royal as Uncle Dickie) was aboard his boat, Shadow V, in northwestern Ireland on August 27, 1979. Aboard Shadow V with him were his daughter Patricia, her husband, Lord John Brabourne, their 14-year-old twin sons, Timothy and Nicholas, and Lord Brabourne’s mother, the dowager Lady Doreen Brabourne....

As the elite of the hockey world trotted across continents and engaged in some classic Pro League duels, the Indians played the Azlan Shah Cup and were kept busy in preparatory camps and tours before winning the FIH Series Finals and Olympic qualifiers as a result of which the eight-time gold medalists have earned a place in Tokyo 2020. Conspicuous by its absence was the high drama of the Champions Trophy, the Asian Games, and the World Cup, but Indian fans can now look forward to more than half a year of exciting, high-quality hockey as Manpreet Singh and co....

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Terminator: Dark Fate. The death of John Connor The first Terminator plot is all about the eponymous machine going back in time to kill Sarah Connor (played by Linda Hamilton) in order to stop her giving birth to her son John, while T2 sees another Terminator try to kill John (Edward Furlong). In Dark Fate, the story of John Connor meets a tragic end when, in a flashback scene, we learn that despite the Connors stopping Judgment Day from happening, some crossed wires at Skynet (which is replaced in Dark Fate by a company called Legion) meant that John ended up getting shot to death by a Terminator anyway....

“For anyone asking me ‘Maybe you should give up Crimea and Donbas in exchange for peace?’ Before asking this question, name me the specific region in your country you would be willing to give up if Putin started bombing your cities,” she tweeted. As the Russia-Ukraine war threatens to continue into April, the Russian military’s goals have appeared to become more limited, focusing on the Crimea and Donbas regions of Ukraine....

The viral TikTok recounting the situation, captioned, “Anything but a backpack day #classroomcarpoolkaraoke #teachersoftiktok #anythingbutabackpack #iknewyouweretrouble,” has been viewed 2 million times and liked 94,800 times since it was posted on April 8. “Anything but a Backpack Day” sprang up last year in response to the Idaho Jefferson School District banning backpacks in a few middle and high schools after a girl brought a gun to Rigby Middle School just four months after a shooting at the exact same school, which resulted in three people being injured....

However, the response to the title was somewhat mixed. Many players loved the latest Call of Duty title, but others did not enjoy it at all. Popular COD streamer Dr DisRespect, unfortunately, falls in the latter group. Dr DisRespect quits Call of Duty: Vanguard days after launch Like many other Call of Duty enthusiasts, Dr DisRespect was also highly excited about the launch of Vanguard. This was especially true after his horrific experiences with Warzone, in which he rage-quit several times....

Rishabh Pant’s poor form in England continued in the first innings of the Oval Test as the left-hander threw his wicket away courtesy of a dreadful shot. “That’s just the way he plays,” is often the defense mounted by fans every time a player like Pant gets out while playing recklessly. However, Vaughan looked isn’t buying into that theory. The former England skipper wrote: Rishabh Pant has been troubled throughout the series by deliveries that the right-handed seamers have cut across him outside the off-stump....

What time does The 100 come on The CW? Episodes of The 100 Season 7 will air weekly on The CW, with the premiere set for Wednesday, May 20. This year, the show will air on the network from 8 p.m. ET. After the show premieres, episodes will be available to watch on The CW website and app for five weeks. Elsewhere in the world, The 100 Season 7 will be released onto Netflix....

This new version of the show that saw 4,400 missing people from the last century reappear all at once will be headed by Ariana Jackson, a Riverdale producer who also has credits on UnReal and Lethal Weapon. Joining her in creating this reboot will be Anna Fricke and Laura Terry, the team that was behind the recent CW remake of Walker, Texas Ranger starring Jared Padalecki. The official synopsis for the new show reads: “As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few… upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason....

Spider-Man returns to theaters this Summer in Marc Webb’s reboot of the blockbuster film franchise. In addition to his new big screen adventure, Spidey once again graces smaller screens in a game tied to the movie. The Amazing Spider-Man marks the long awaited return of open-world web swinging to the Webbed Wonder’s digital adventures. Does the game transcend its origins as a licensed movie-tie in, or is it only for die-hard fans of the film?...

Indeed, they can be quite tough if you are playing without friends. As such, we have prepared a quick guide to help you best these military-grade androids. The Siege Mech Walkthrough: Preparations The siege mechs are armed to the teeth with missiles and miniguns, so you will need to be wearing the appropriate apparel. Depending on what gear you have already found, your choices here could be quite limited but, if possible, we would recommend equipping the PF-30 Jackhammer hat, the F-30 Hellfire work jacket, and the E-40 Redrunner compression pants....

NEWSWEEK: Is John Edwards the best-prepared person that you could have picked as your running mate to deal with defense and foreign-policy questions? KERRY: If I were just looking for someone who is solely versed in one topic, I could go find someone who would know a little more than him or even me on some one topic. But that’s not what the vice president is or what the president does....

It’s not an easy point to make in Duque de Caxias, perhaps the most violent of the sprawling suburbs on the tattered northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Despite a crackdown, death squads still prowl there. Hiring a hit man can cost as little as $33. Convictions are hard to get because exterminators rarely leave witnesses; without a witness-protection program, those who do survive often clam up in court. To nail Antonio Camilo de Lima, a security guard allegedly hired to exterminate four young men, Tania Maria had to rely on the pretrial deposition of two who survived the initial attack....