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“As a minister I have committed myself to host Bengaluru Open till 2020. I am optimistic that it would lay foundation for stakeholders to gradually upgrade this tournament to Challenger Tour level and make Bengaluru an international sports destination,” he told PTI. The USD 150,000 competition is scheduled to be held at KSLTA from November 12 to 17. In-form Prajnesh Gunneswaran and top-100 players such as Radu Albot (89) from Moldova and Russian Evgeny Donskoy (99) are featuring in the tournament....

The first game of this season will take place at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium where defending champions Bijapur Bulls will lock horns with previous season’s runner-up Bengaluru Blasters, in what will be a repeat fixture of last season’s final. The player auctions for this season of the Karnataka Premier League was held in Bengaluru and amidst concerns regarding the availability of popular Karnataka stars such as Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, Karun Nair, and K Gowtham, the focus was shifted on young and proven domestic performers in the auctions....

The 2017 Brickyard 400 winner didn’t defend his title over the weekend after being advised by doctors to sit out due to ongoing issues with dehydration that are causing him to experience an elevated heart rate, and may not get behind the wheel again this season. While the 38-year-old is retiring at the end of the year, Kahne said he’s adamant about still continuing his career in racing. “People want to know why I just don’t retire and sit out the rest of the season,” Kahne wrote Wednesday on Twitter....

The home side come into the clash on the back of a 2-1 away victory over Vissel Kobe on Monday. Cristiano and Mao Hosoya scored second-half goals to give Reysol all three points. Kawasaki Frontale picked up a routine 2-0 away victory over Oita Trinita on the same day. Leandro Damiao and Daiya Tono scored in each half to give the visitors the win. That victory helped Frontale consolidate their spot at the summit of the table with 61 points garnered from 23 matches....

Speaking to Vanity Fair of working with Allen, whose adopted daughter Dylan Farrow accuses him of molesting her (which he has repeatedly denied) and Polanski, who was arrested in the 1970s for raping a 13-year-old girl, Winslet said: “It’s like, what the f*** was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski?… I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both. I can’t turn back the clock....

Here’s what he said after the Clippers’ 108-103 win over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday (via Tomer Azarly): Leonard has been at the forefront of the Clippers’ resurgence. He has played in six of their last seven games, averaging 30.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game, shooting an impressive 60/49/91. The LA Clippers have bagged a win in each of Kawhi’s last six appearances. They have improved to 29-25 and sit fourth in the Western Conference....

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One of the venues wil be the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano State, with Kano Pillars hosting Enyimba of Aba in what is undoubtedly the marquee fixture of matchday 14. With eight and four top-flight titles respectively, Enyimba and Kano Pillars are two of the most successful clubs in the history of the Nigerian league but they have found the going tough in the current campaign. The hosts currently find themselves in 12th place with 16 points from 12 matches, while their visitors are placed two spots below with 15 points (although they have three games in hand)....

"I'll just say that me and my family and my coaches and my teammates have talked about entering the draft and staying," Wiggins said. "And, at the end of the day, I decided I'm going to enter the draft." In Sporting News' latest mock draft, Wiggins is slated to be picked No. 2 behind Duke's Jabari Parker. Sure to be picked within the top three, Wiggins said he has not picked an agent....

Kansas and Missouri natives Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray will each by trying to win for the first time on the track they call home. And some big-name drivers — Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne — have yet to win a race this season. The 1.5-mile track in Kansas City represents a golden opportunity for all of them. But it’s also a big weekend for two troubled stars trying to overcome a bit of controversy from last week’s race at Talladega....

That is, unless the weather forecast in Kansas City looks terrible and Le’Veon Bell is coming to town. Such is the case for Sunday’s AFC divisional playoff game, in which the No. 3 seeded Steelers look to extend their hot streak in the cold against the No. 2 seeded Chiefs. CHIEFS-STEELERS: Picks, predictions, odds Kansas City weather for Chiefs-Steelers The NFL released the following statement Friday: “Due to public safety concerns in light of the forecasted storm this weekend in the Kansas City area, Sunday’s Steelers-Chiefs Divisional Playoff game on NBC has been moved to 8:20 p....

The Kansas City Star reported Embiid would be examined Monday and then return to campus. The Jayhawks are scheduled to open play Thursday in the Big 12 Tournament as the event’s No. 1 seed. MORE: Conference tourney schedules | Kansas not finishing strong “If we have to hold him out for him to (be) 100 percent for the NCAA,” Self told the Star. “We’ll do that.” Self allowed to the Star that the injury is “more significant” than the lower back strain originally presented as a diagnosis but told the paper Embiid’s trip to the specialist ought not to be viewed as a reason to panic....

Republican lawmakers in the GOP-controlled legislature passed the bill late Monday that includes both the exemption and unemployment safeguards. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly angered fellow party members when she promised that she would sign the legislation if it landed on her desk, but did not explain why Monday night and ignored reporters’ questions at a holiday event Tuesday, the AP reported. The legislation would effectively force employers to give religious exemptions to any worker who files a written request and bars them from questioning the request....

The rapper, 45, who legally changed his name to Ye, appeared on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight on Thursday. Twitter user Matt, who goes by @mattxiv on the platform, called out the “Heartless” artist for seemingly changing his tune about his ex after previously supporting the KKW Beauty mogul’s sexy looks. “Kanye slut shaming Kim is particularly laughable to me because she has literally always flaunted her body and it was clearly never an issue for him until she left him,” he wrote to his 226,000 followers via his verified account....

West’s application to appear on the November ballot in his home state had been challenged by three objections as of Tuesday, one day after the deadline to file objections had passed. Anyone can question the validity of an attempt to appear on the ballot and file an objection with the Illinois State Board of Elections. The entertainer is running as an independent and Illinois requires applications to be accompanied by 2,500 valid signatures from registered voters....

Kapil observed that the mindset of modern-day players has changed, which has resulted in more result-oriented Test matches. “Action is required in Test cricket. When you go to America and other parts of Europe, people make fun of you and ask, ‘You play five days Test cricket without a result?’.” “I feel you need action today as the mindset has changed. We are not saying that there is no skill to play 90 overs....

Set 268 for victory in Galle, Sri Lanka were handsomely placed on 133-0 when fading light stopped play late on day four. Dimuth Karunaratne reached 71 not out and Lahiru Thirimanne was undefeated on 57, in what was already a record first-wicket partnership for Sri Lanka in the fourth innings of a Test. New Zealand, who sit second in the ICC Test rankings, stretched their overnight lead of 177 to 267, with BJ Watling adding 14 to his overnight score before being caught behind for 77 by Niroshan Dickwella off Lahiru Kumara....

Speaking to True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat, biographer Ingrid Seward explained that William and Kate’s current apartment at Kensington Palace, the couple’s home since 2013, restricts their movements as there are “hundreds of people every day” beyond the garden wall, so their comings and goings are constantly monitored. “I remember Harry saying to a friend of mine that Kate was almost a prisoner at Kensington Palace, and I thought ‘don’t be ridiculous, it’s the most gorgeous place to live in London,’” Seward said....

Meghan told Oprah Winfrey that while in the royal family she had “methodical” thoughts about ending her life, and that and one point she “didn’t want to be alive anymore” but that when she approached senior officials to get for help she was told it wouldn’t look good. “And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought,” she said. “And I remember, I remember how [Harry] just cradled me and I was… I went to the institution, and I said that I needed to go somewhere to get help....

The former Real Housewives of New York City star, 51, compared the Princess of Wales, 40, and the Duchess of Sussex, 41, on her podcast “Just B With Bethenny Frankel” following Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, September 19. The British monarch, who reigned for 70 years, died on September 8 at the age of 96. Her state funeral took place at London’s Westminster Abbey, and she was laid to rest at St....