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Michael Carberry, who had expressed his frustration at being dropped from England’s World T20 squad, has been selected in both squads. The T20 match between the two teams is scheduled for May 20 and will be held at The Oval in London. It will be followed by a 5-match ODI series which will commence on May 22, with the 5th ODI on June 20 at Lord’s. This will be England’s first series against a major cricketing nation after the appointment of new coach Peter Moores....

As India close in on a series-win in the ODIs, Ganguly feels that the “problems of Alastair Cook and Co. are as much in their heads as out on the pitch”. “There are two things I think England are getting wrong when it comes to their one-day batting. They’re thinking getting to 300 is a problem and is such a hard thing to do. But why? Their mental approach has to change....

World Rugby said there were no citings arising from the test following reviews, or from the Wales-Scotland and Ireland-Italy matches on Saturday. Farrell is free to play for England against New Zealand next Saturday at Twickenham. His controversial no-arms tackle stopped Andre Esterhuizen in the last move of the match. Australian referee Angus Gardner decided after video review that Farrell used enough arm and declined to give the Springboks a kickable penalty to win the match....

The 25-year-old has benefited from Tom Heaton’s injury this season at Turf Moor, playing regularly in the Premier League for Sean Dyche’s men and impressing enough to earn a first international call-up for this month’s friendlies against Netherlands and Italy. Pope is one of four goalkeepers in the England squad and hopes to have an opportunity, but he knows he must perform for club and country if he is to hold off competition from returning Three Lions international Heaton, with the World Cup just three months away....

International star Stokes and Ryan Ali, both 27, are being tried for affray over a brawl that erupted in Bristol, southwest England, in the early hours of September 25 last year. The cricketer faced cross-examination from the prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis on the fifth day of the trial at Bristol Crown Court. Stokes said he intervened because Ali and his friend Ryan Hale had directed alleged homophobic abuse at gay men William O’Connor and Kai Barry as they walked away from Mbargo nightclub....

Olivier Giroud, who continues to write his name in French international history, provides the key moment again for Les Bleus, scoring the eventual winner 78th minute. Kane, who had already bagged once from the penalty spot, got another opportunity thanks to a VAR review which found Theo Hernandez guilty of a foul. Yet he skied his second effort over the bar, leaving Spurs teammate Hugo Lloris breathing easy and letting France off the hook....

The key obviously was Kohli’s wicket and Adil Rashid delivered an absolute beauty to remove the right-hander for 71. MS Dhoni played yet another laboured innings, making a 66-ball 42 and had it not been for some late fireworks from Shardul Thakur, India might have got fewer than 256 for 8 in their 50 overs. In reply, England needed a good start and they got off to one, courtesy Jonny Bairstow, whose series of boundaries at the start of the innings to put early pressure on India....

After that Test, he failed yet again against Afghanistan. He did not have much to show for his efforts in the first two Tests against England. On most of the occasions, he needlessly got out after being set. The lack of runs from overseas specialist was hurting India’s chances. In fact, before this Test, he had not crossed a fifty-plus score since the century against Sri Lanka in 2017....

There is a possibility that some fresh faces be added to the squad for the remainder of the Test series as the selectors had previously announced the team only for the first 3 Tests. Players like Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik who were omitted from the playing xi for the 3rd Test could face the axe. Here are the players who might be added to the squad for the remainder of the series....

However, just like in the series against South Africa, team India failed to peak at the right time and ended up flattering to deceive, once again. It was not as if the Indians were outplayed completely by England. Team India had its share of moments in the series where it displayed glimpses of its stature as the No.1 ranked team. There were moments where India had England right on the mat and could have gone on to have the better of the English....

Jos Buttler’s first series since replacing Eoin Morgan as captain has proved to be something of a rude awakening so far, with the tourists following up their opening win in Southampton with a 49-run triumph at Edgbaston. Despite a strong bowling performance from Buttler’s side, with Lancashire paceman Richard Gleeson taking 3/16 on debut and Chris Jordan claiming 4/27 to restrict India to 170/8, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah excelled with the new ball to take five wickets between them and skittle the hosts for 121....

Astronomers first started observing the planet’s host star in the 1990s. A few years ago, they noticed a planet circling it. “This planet spends most of its time loitering in the outer part of its star’s planetary system in this highly eccentric orbit, then it starts to accelerate in and does a slingshot around its star,” Caltech’s Andrew W Howard, one of the study authors, said in a statement....

This practice of adverse tiering has affected both low- and middle-income earners, with many forced to pay for their drugs out of pocket. For a standard three-drug regimen, this could add up to well in excess of $1,000 per month, a price that most would consider unaffordable. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is a federal program first established in 1987 to provide lifesaving HIV drugs to low-income Americans. Since that time the scope of the program has expanded considerably, with some states able to subsidize doctor visits, lab tests, insurance deductibles, and even preventive therapy for those at risk of infection....

Spoiled by the speed of the Internet, consumers now want everything, pronto. When you can bank, shop, chat and download the new Beck CD on Saturday morning in your jammies, it seems silly to have to wait for a Thursday-evening appointment to watch a favorite TV show. Soon you won’t. Within 10 years consumers will get instant gratification by pressing the remote of their “television,” the by-then-nostalgic term for the computer-driven home-entertainment appliance....

While the name change and is great, it’s the final reveal of WWE ‘12’s roster that everyone really wants to see. Every year, fans of the WWE brand name and video games alike speculate on which Superstars will make it into this year’s annual installment, and every year some fans are disappointed while others are overjoyed to learn which of their favorite wrestlers made the cut. THQ held a WrestleMania-sized event for the reveal of WWE'12’s roster this Saturday, and they announced that a grand total of 60 Superstars (including legends and divas) will occupy the game’s roster when it launches this November....

Coal ash is left over after the fossil fuel is burned in power plants. It is full of many dangerous substances, including arsenic, which can cause serious health problems if allowed to leak into water supplies. Coal ash has several industrial uses, hence the EPA’s decision to try and ease restrictions on the waste. It is largely used as a replacement for soil, employed in construction projects or as a protective cover over hazardous landfill sites....

Recently, one game’s developers posted a behind the scenes look at all of the game’s levels, some explanations of what they were trying to accomplish with certain elements, and artwork for early designs and ideas that didn’t end up making it into the finished product. The behind the scenes look offers a number of interesting tidbits including the an abandoned idea where major characters from the graphic novel would appear as mini-bosses - on the way to each evil ex....

Earlier this year, a Fornite bug exposed personal user information for millions of players through an exploit in some of Epic’s subdomains. At the time, Epic acknowledged the breach, and patched it out of Fortnite. It’s worth noting this is different from the Epic Store account issues in April which came from phishing scams. RELATED: Fortnite Twitter Account Hacked After Controversial Changes However, according to the lawsuit, which over 100 folks have already jumped onto, Epic didn’t do a good enough job of informing the individual users about the security breaches in their accounts....