Accompanied by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, Dev completed the much sought-after ritual in front of a motley crowd. Looking dapper in a suit, the 1983 hero wore a wry smile on his face as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was seen witnessing the event keenly from the players’ dressing room. The ringing of the five-minute bell, introduced at Lord’s, is a ritual started in 2007....
Charu Sharma who will be wielding the auctioneer’s hammer will be a busy man in the first half of the Auction when Pool ‘A’ players come onto the block. Top T20 players like Robin Uthappa, Stuart Binny, C M Gautam, Mayank Agarwal and Abhimanyu Mithun are players who will be high on demand amongst the seven franchisees. Also on demand will be first timer Shreyas Gopal along with proved performers Shishir Bhavane, Bharat Chipli, Amit Verma, Anirudh Joshi and Sharath H S....
Lake recently lost her gubernatorial bid to Democrat Katie Hobbs by more than 17,000 votes. Although she contested the results—echoing former President Donald Trump’s claims of widespread fraud—Lake so far has been unsuccessful in having the election overturned. Speaking with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on Friday, Lake claimed the “RINO side of the party” is “panicked” and that her movement is “alive and well.” She also praised Trump and noted that she modeled her campaign off the former president’s “America First agenda....
The court case, initially scheduled for March this year, will be heard by judges on February 1, giving Hobbs—who’s already been sworn in as Arizona’s newly elected governor—until January 17 to write why Lake’s petition to the court should be rejected. The state’s Court of Appeals agreed to treat Lake’s case as a “special action petition,” as the Trump-endorsed candidate had requested, in a brief order issued on January 9 and made public the following day....
While Barcelona have gotten even worse than they were last season, Real Madrid have managed to be consistent. The Blancos are currently on a five-game unbeaten run; on Sunday, Rayo Vallecano became their latest victims in La Liga. Sometimes a team has to suffer to grind out results, and Carlo Ancelotti’s side laboured to win against their opponents. They had to suffer, but they came through in the end with a hard-fought 2-1 win to move atop the La Liga table....
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has ruled out any move away from the Spanish outfit. The 25-year-old has been a target for Premier league giants Manchester United who viewed him as a potential replacement for striker Wayne Rooney, who is uncertain about his United future. With the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez lined up to join the club, the competition upfront will surely increase in the team, but Benzema says this doesn’t concern him....
The Kentucky big man isn’t working out for anyone privately except the Timberwolves, and the Lakers have given up expecting him to, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. MORE: Mock Draft 2015 | Russell’s rise to top of the Draft The Lakers are expected to add a star big man at the top of the draft, which means either Towns or Duke center Jahlil Okafor, who the Lakers have worked out privately twice, will end up in Hollywood....
It seems like Karl Jacobs branches out to a new group every week. He even has a photo of himself with the album “In Your Area” by BlackPink, so it is quite clear that he is a fan. Blackpink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. In the four years since they were formed, they have grown greatly in popularity. Karl Jacobs was smart in appealing to this group....
Peyton Manning threw a pass that bounced off Ronnie Hillman’s hands into Dansby’s arms. He then tight-roped the sideline for the score. Cleveland — which missed the two-point conversion — led 20-16 with 8:07 left in the third quarter. Dansby also picked off Manning in the first quarter. MORE: Worst of Week 6 | Sammy Watkins hurt | Vick to bench Manning had struggled throughout the game, but came right back after Dansby’s interception to throw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Sanders....
The live coverage of the League by Sony Six has widened the reach of the league and IPL talent scouts/ hunters are glued to the screen looking at prospective players for their teams. It is said that former Indian wicket-keeper batsman Kiran More made a few calls during the League last year seeking details of a few players he noticed on TV. Similarly, Former India batsman, Praveen Amre, now with the Delhi Daredevils said, “The KPL certainly helps players....
“I will have to respect the decision of the team management and selectors. If I look back, I got a couple of starts which I feel I could have made into substantial scores. Those two starts I got were supposed to be converted, but you know that’s how it goes for a batsman, sometimes you get starts and you are not able to convert them,” he told ESPNCricinfo. In case you didn’t know… Nair became only the second Indian to register a triple century in Tests during the Chennai Test last year, shattering a number of records on his way to the coveted landmark....
For a special issue of Country Life, a British magazine dedicated to country pursuits and rural communities guest-edited by Camilla to mark her 75th birthday, the duchess selected hat-maker Philip Treacy as a “living national treasure.” Treacy has designed hats worn by some of the world’s most famous women including Kate and sister-in-law Meghan Markle as well as Madonna, Lady Gaga and Sarah Jessica Parker. One of Treacy’s most famous designs was worn to the wedding of Prince William and Kate in 2011 by Princess Beatrice, dubbed by the press as the “pretzel hat....
The video, posted by user royalfancams, has been viewed over 130,000 times and received in excess of 5,000 likes, with many commenters praising the duchess for cheerfully handling the spider. The short clip was recorded during the Cambridges’ visit to the Ulster University Magee Campus in Londonderry on September 29, 2021. During their tour of the campus, William and Kate passed representatives of a local mobile petting zoo Kidz Farm who had brought along a collection of their animals, used to help educate children about care and conservation of wildlife....
The Duchess of Cambridge has worn Alexander McQueen throughout her royal career and returned to the designer for a particularly special set of images. Photographer Paolo Roversi’s photographs will hang in a permanent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery starting in 2023, meaning the outfits are for the ages—not just her milestone birthday. Quoted by The Guardian, Roversi said: “Taking the portrait of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was a true honour for me and a moment of pure joy....
The comedian asked Twitter users for their thoughts on Thursday evening, as she explained that she had thrown up “about a dozen times” in three hours after having dinner. This health update comes days after Griffin revealed how she’d not heard from the doctor who operated on her in 2021 in an effort to treat her lung cancer. Griffin revealed in August 2021 that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer and that she needed to have half of her left lung removed....
But to everyone’s surprise, she asked fellow multiple Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel, who trains in Florida, for permission to relocate there. In an interview with Graham Bensinger, Dressel spoke about the text Ledecky had sent him and appreciated her humility. He said: With her eyes set on the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky started training under Anthony Nesty in Florida last year. She was also set to be a volunteer assistant swimming coach at the university....
Foremost: Wildcat players would be encouraged — expected, even — to drop by Klieman’s office on the fourth floor of the Vanier Family Football Complex from time to time, even if for no particular reason. If they were up there and didn’t knock on his door, he told them, they might have a problem. MORE: Big 12 predictions for 2019 season “Well, I’ll tell you what, that is different,” K-State quarterback Skylar Thompson said in July at Big 12 Media Days....
New Delhi - Kapil Dev will meet Kapil Sharma on “Comedy Nights With Kapil” very soon! Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev is said to have been keen to be part of the comedy show ever since he saw Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag’s appearance. “Kapil (Sharma) is extremely thrilled because he has been a great cricket fan and Kapil Dev, especially, is one of his favourites,” said a source close to the show....
Kawasaki Frontale were eliminated from the J1 League Cup and AFC Champions League earlier this month. In their first league fixture of the month on Saturday, they returned to winning ways with a 3-1 away win at Tokushima Vortis. Kashima Antlers were also knocked out of the League Cup and after a 3-0 loss to Avispa Fukuoka in the league, they returned to winning ways with a 3-1 home triumph over Gamba Osaka....
The wardrobe that Kate took with her on the recent controversial tour of the Caribbean featured many pieces widely celebrated by the fashion press, from a beautiful new ROKSANDA yellow day dress to an elegant ice blue evening gown by Phillipa Lepley. It was, however, the pieces that had a few more miles on the clock that generated the most interest. On the Caribbean tour Kate not only wore pieces already in her own wardrobe, but also those acquired from others....
