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“The start has been good. In the tournament, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Argentina and Australia are some of the best teams. We have started off well and need to keep the momentum going and continue with same energy,” Sardar said. He was speaking to reporters here on the sidelines of a promotional event of preventive healthcare firm, GOQii with whom he has signed up. India began their campaign by thrashing South Africa 5-0 and then drew 2-2 with against a strong Belgium side in Group C....

As long as both remain in the La Liga, it’s difficult to see any players attracting more attention than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have for the last four seasons. Last season, the duo contributed 80 goals to the Spanish top flight, almost close to 10% of the league’s entire tally (1091). It is remarkable, to say the least, that such an enormous task is shared between just two players....

The apex court today modified its earlier order on the ‘one state, one vote’ policy for BCCI members, reinstating the memberships of Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha, whose voting rights were taken away by the Lodha committee. Welcoming the order, Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) President Anand Jaiswal said justice has been done. “It’s a welcome judgement which has come, which has done justice to all these associations which have contributed a lot to development of cricket in all these years and it would have been a travesty of justice had such members been only full members by rotation,” Jaiswal told PTI....

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the five programs, which are “fully funded and operated” by the Chinese government, are ending because they are covert “soft power propaganda tools.” The move comes only two days after strict new rules limiting visas for members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took effect. “Today, the Department of State terminated five programs, disguised as ‘cultural exchanges,’ with the People’s Republic of China (PRC),” Pompeo said in a statement obtained by Newsweek....

According to documents circulated on Twitter by Stephen Totilo, co-author of the Axios Gaming newsletter, the California DFEH is arguing that Activision’s settlement with the EEOC would cause “irreparable harm” to its own lawsuit. Apparently, the terms of the settlement would require employees to release Activision Blizzard from claims under California state law, which the DFEH believes would have serious repercussions for its suit. RELATED: Diablo 4 Gets New Game Director...

If your cholesterol is high, your healthcare provider may prescribe a statin as part of your healthcare regimen. They will help you weigh the risks and benefits of taking the medication to guide you in making the best decision for your health. How Does Diabetes Affect Cholesterol? Not only does diabetes affect your blood glucose levels, but it can also affect your cholesterol levels. Diabetes can lower HDL “good” cholesterol levels while increasing LDL “bad” cholesterol and triglyceride levels....

Ribery plays a more all round game, playing the role of the midfielder, making those very important passes to the strikers, but is also able to threaten the opposition on his own. Jefferson Farfan’s role is more of a dedicated play-maker. He stays behind his attacking team-mates and supplies those very crucial passes for the strikers. That does not mean he does not have an eye for goal, in fact he has the same number of goals as the Frenchman, which mean even he takes a whack at goal, now and then....

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Not only is Galle one of Sri Lanka’s most famous stadiums, it is one of their luckiest ones too. It hosted a Test match for the first time in 1998 as Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by an innings and 16 runs. Another 24 matches have been held here since then and the Sri Lankans have won more than 50% of the matches here overall – 13 to be precise....

1- Number of Instances prior to today when any pair collected 300 plus runs for any wicket vs West Indies in Australia. Besides Voges-Marsh unbeaten effort today, Bill Lawry and Doug Walters had collected 336 runs at Sydney on 14 Feb 1969; it was also a 4th wicket stand. 12- Adam Voges 100-balls century is the 12th fastest test century by an Australian. It is the quickest century by any player at Hobart, coming 10 balls before the 110-ball century by Adam Gilchrist....

Fidel Edwards of West Indies is the only player to take 6 or more wickets in his One Day International debut. His figures of 6/22 in seven overs are best for any player on ODI debut. Here’s the list of other players who grabbed 5 or more wickets in their first match. Stats updated till: August 6, 2013 0 votes

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The Old Trafford outfit were known to be a crossing team under legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson and the new shift in trend is suggestive that the Portuguese is taking the club back to the successful mantra of the Scot. As per the report, full-back Antonio Valencia is the Red Devils’ most accomplished crosser having completed a league-high 39 crosses in 2132 minutes of league football this season. The most interesting revelation by the report is that the Old Trafford outfit have completed as many crosses in 27 games this season – 139 to be precise – as they had done in their last 3 seasons under Moyes, Giggs and Van Gaal....

Namely, Valve has had the latest batch of upgrades for Steam available as part of its experimental “Labs” feature, where users could test some of them out in a relatively controlled environment. Now, however, all Steam users have immediate access to a substantial list of discoverability and ease-of-use improvements, such as the addition of genre hubs, concise game summaries, powerful sorting tools and filters, and more. RELATED: BioShock Games Update Is Upsetting Steam Deck Users...

That’s not to say, of course, that Steam doesn’t have viable competitors. A number of publishers have kickstarted their own gaming services over the decade or so, the most prominent being the Epic Games Store and GOG. Still, Steam successfully commands a substantial slice of the market, and its latest roundup of historical user records corroborates as much, too. RELATED: Valve May Be Working on a New VR Controller...

A wave of previews for the Steam Deck were recently shared online, as Valve had invited a variety of media outlets to check out the device hands-on. During The Verge’s preview, the outlet asked Valve’s Greg Coomer about the possibility of using the technology of the Steam Deck to make a standalone VR headset. In other words, whether Valve was going to make its own version of Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2....

Those interested in this visual novel title should know that it’s actually the sequel to a game of a similar name, Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk, which has an Overwhelmingly Positive reputation on Steam. Additionally, the original indie installment costs just $0.99 despite having released as recently as last fall. Because of this, interested gamers should look into playing both games in order rather than just Milk outside a bag of milk....