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Two stunning back-to-back defeats at home, against Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, in the past 72 hours have put huge question marks against the Virat Kohli-led RCB whose repeated collective failures despite a plethora of talent have been baffling. Tuesday night presents a good opportunity for the RCB, who have just six points from nine matches, to drag themselves out of the mire as they face a deflated Daredevils whose captain Kevin Pietersen faces a similar crisis and predicament as Kohli in terms of pulling his team together to perform....

“One of the guys I always respect is Robin Singh. I know he’s not with us in Chennai but he has done a lot of work with me and I have to thank him a lot for what I have done especially in subcontinent,” Smith said in the post-match press conference last night. Smith has a good rapport with Trinidad and Tobago-born Robin Singh, who has been the fielding coach of Mumbai Indians over the years....

While speaking after the game, Kohli said, “It has been a season to forget and reflect on. We have to start fresh as a franchise. Maybe a blessing in disguise. Depends on how many players we can retain. But we do have guys who we have identified. Some guys who have shown the right kind of attitude and the mindset to go out there and perform under pressure situations.”...

These two are not the only two players who have surprised the fans with their performance. While Ambati Rayudu, someone who was not even part of the playing XI in the last season, is leading the run charts, Siddharth Kaul is proudly leading the SRH bowling line-up with successive match winning performances. However, there is a crop of players from whom there were high expectations before the start of the season, but have failed to perform to that level....

But after uncountable wonderful memories and two titles to show for, Gambhir has returned to the city in which he grew up. After 7 years, KKR have once again gone through a major renovation. Their new-look side has been criticised a lot. Interestingly, they are the only franchise to have exhausted their full purse of money (Rs 80 crores), and yet, they have the least number of players (19)....

RCB have always had a star-studded lineup in each and every season of the IPL but still, they couldn’t win the IPL in the previous 10 editions. But after the 2018 Auction, it seems that the team has finally found the right balance and will be strong title contenders this season. Here we take a look at the 5 reasons why this could finally be the year for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru....

Indian Premier League is an annual T20 extravaganza where eight teams participate to win the coveted title. Every year, different predictions fly around about the potential champions of the season, which might or might not turn into a reality. The teams are usually judged based on their batting power, bowling unit, all-rounders & the capable bench alternatives. Here is the analysis of why SRH can be regarded as the firm favorites to clinch their second IPL trophy in 2018 edition....

Both the teams are desperate for a win and has all the ingredients for a mouth-watering clash. DD’s thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders in their last home game bodes well for them. Ultimately the game will be decided by some of the individual battles that will take place tonight and here is a look at 5 of the most interesting ones. #5 Avesh Khan v Sanju Samson The RR wicketkeeper-batsman has been one of the most consistent run scorers in the tournament so far....

On Jan. 23,1960, U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss explorer Jacques Piccard made the only voyage to the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the bathyscaphe Trieste, shattering by four kilometers the depth record they had set just 15 days before. As Walsh tells the story, the U.S. Navy brass told him to keep advance publicity to a minimum-in case he and Piccard did not come back. They received a hero’s welcome in Washington, but the return expedition they had planned never got funding....

Dubbed the Apple Watch Ultra, it’s the company’s “most rugged and capable” watch ever. It’s packed with new features that make it a significant upgrade from the standard models. If that was enough to grab your attention, read on below, as we’ll list some of the best features of the brand new Apple Watch Ultra: 1. Bigger, Brighter Display The Apple Watch Ultra is designed to function in extreme environments, which is why it has a 49mm titanium case with a flat sapphire front crystal and a Retina display that can deliver up to 2,000 nits of brightness....

What Is Network Speed? You want your networks to run fast in all situations. In some cases, a network delay may last only a few milliseconds and have a negligible impact on what you’re doing. In other cases, network delays can cause severe slowdowns. Typical scenarios that are especially sensitive to network speed issues include time to establish a new connectiontime to load a web pagetime to download an app, operating system patch, or other filesability to stream video content for long periods without glitches...

Containment worked well for much of the 1990s. Saddam was subject to inspection or observation (from the skies), embargoes and sanctions. All this meant that he could neither modernize his military nor use it. While the strategy was unsatisfying in that it managed a problem rather than solving it in one dramatic swoop, it handled American security concerns effectively and cheaply. It costs the United States under $1 billion a year to maintain its no-flight zones, embargoes and sanctions on Iraq....

True enough – though here, once again, the problem is that you can always find matching material from an opposing political quarter. Angry white guys are saying some pretty scurrilous, inflammatory things, though to the best of my knowledge they are not the ones broadcasting the allegation that the AIDS epidemic was deliberately introduced into Africa by the CIA and/or into this country by Jewish doctors. Now here’s a thought: the idea seems to be that people who do terrible things, like the unspeakable bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, are inspired to do them by the words and example of others, such as, to cite one group of verbal suspects, those right-wing zealots who have been going up and down the land wondering if Bill and Hillary Clinton may not have been complicit in some murder....

It is not that government can do no good for children. It has enhanced their material well-being. Poor children almost certainly live better today in terms of housing, health care, diets and schooling than ever before. This may seem hard to believe, given the high official poverty rate for children: 21 percent in 1996. But this familiar statistic is misleading, because it counts only people’s cash income and ignores food stamps, Medicaid and other noncash government support....

The club captain has scored 14 times and registered 12 assists in all competitions this season and is just three short of Diego Maradona’s all-time goal record of 115. Koulibaly’s agent hints at Chelsea deal Inzaghi, speaking ahead of Lazio’s clash with Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday, believes Hamsik is the strongest all-round performer in Italy’s top-flight. “Personally, I really like Hamsik,” he told Corriere dello Sport. “He’s a complete player....

England had finished on top of their group while New Zealand had pipped India to claim second spot in the other group in the Super 12s. Inzamam brought up the fact that everyone seems to be favoring England for the match, and said that while they have good reason to do so, he feels that New Zealand should not be overlooked so hastily. While speaking on his YouTube channel, he said:...

In a statement, the IOC made a recommendation regarding “the dilemma the Olympic Movement is currently facing” due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The committee previously told organizations to cancel Russian events. “In order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants, the IOC EB recommends that International Sports Federations and sports event organizers not invite or allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in international competitions,” the organization wrote....

In a review released Friday, Williams cited footage from Nichol’s body camera that he said showed the 44-year-old Alvarez-Victoriano pursuing Black Hawk County Deputy Blake Dodd with what looked like a shotgun, the AP reported. “No reasonable officer would have been able to determine that the weapon was an air rifle. Any objective person in Officer Nichols’ position would feel the need to use deadly force,” Williams wrote. Alvarez-Victoriano, now paralyzed from the waist down because of damage to his spinal cord, was in the hospital for weeks after the incident....

Doyle had been accused of mistreating football players at Iowa because of their race. He had been placed on administrative leave on June 6 after several former players shared social media posts detailing alleged mistreatment while playing for the Hawkeyes. Doyle had been an assistant with the Hawkeyes under Kirk Ferentz since 1999. MORE: Clemson’s Dabo Swinney shares message of support for Black Lives Matter protests As part of the separation agreement, Doyle will receive 15 months of base salary, which equates to “two separate lump sum payments of $556,249....