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Archer was left out of England’s team for the series opener against Australia at Edgbaston, having battled a side strain during the successful Cricket World Cup campaign. However, the Barbados-born paceman is expected to be handed a Test debut later in the Ashes and the chances of Archer featuring at Lord’s, which hosts the second match from August 14, appeared to increase on Thursday when James Anderson suffered a fresh injury blow....

On August 1st, the same man made his Test comeback against arch-rivals England in the prestigious Ashes series to carve out a 144-run inning that would rank amongst the very best. By now, the individual should be known. Yes, it is Steven Smith and his popularity shouldn’t be surprising given the stature he enjoys for all sorts of reasons. The unofficial flagbearer The same stature was evident when David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd, the commentator said, “Oh he is going to review it....

Australia lost eight wickets for 43 runs in a dramatic final session Thursday, collapsing to 179 all out after Joe Root put them in under gray skies following a delayed start because of dismal weather in Leeds. Warner (61) returned to form with a battling knock and Labuschagne (74) made a second successive half-century, having frustrated England with a crucial innings when he was called in as a concussion replacement for Steve Smith at Lord’s....

Following their rampant 251-run win at Edgbaston in the series opener, Australia asked England to bat at Lord’s and wasted little time getting among their opponents after a first-day washout. Rory Burns and Jonny Bairstow offered the most telling resistance with half-centuries, but three wickets apiece from off-spinner Lyon and seamers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood saw England dismissed for 258. Bairstow was the last man out, caught by Usman Khawaja on the midwicket boundary – a moment that moved Lyon on to 355 scalps alongside celebrated paceman Lillee....

Agar was reported by the umpires for breaching Article 2.1.3 — showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during a match. This was Agar’s second offence in 18 months under this Article and, therefore, the applicable range of permissible sanctions is elevated to be equivalent to a Level 2 Offence under the Code. Agar admitted to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction of two suspension points and he is, therefore, suspended for Western Australia’s next four-day match....

World No 8. Srikanth brushed aside Maldives’ Hussein Zayan Shaheed Zaki 21-4 21-5 in 18 minutes to give India a 1-0 lead. World No. 11 H S Prannoy then took 21 minutes to outclass Mohamed Sarim 21-8 21-6 and make it 2-0 in India’s favour. B Sai Praneeth, who had clinched the 2017 Singapore Open, then ended the challenge of Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed in just 22 minutes with a 21-7 21-8 demolition as India wrapped up the contest 3-0....

The Sri Lanka Kabaddi Federation announced 12-member men’s and women’s squads of kabaddi for the upcoming Jakarta Asian Games 2018. Renowned Indian coach, J. Udaya Kumar who was an Asiad gold medal-winning Kabaddi player himself (2002, 2006, and 2014) is the senior head coach for the Sri Lankan kabaddi teams. The men’s kabaddi team has not achieved a medal in the Asian Games till now. The men’s team participated for the very first time in the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, where they could only manage to defeat Thailand (41-28) and Japan (31-16) and stood at the 4th position....

Confirming the development to Sportskeeda, Neeraj said, “Yes, I will be heading to Finland. The federation has planned for me to go there. I do not have any qualms, only thing is the training should go well. I want to improve my mark, and for that, I’ll be concentrating on all-round development. Diet and rest will be key, of course.” Previously, Neeraj was working under Werner Daniels in Germany for three months....

Sreejesh had little to do against the Indonesians but witnessed his boys creating history up front, and the next match against Hong Kong China may be no different. South Korea had beaten Hong Kong 11-0 in their opener and the Indians will no doubt seek to exceed that margin when they take on the island nation in their second pool match. The biggest positive for the Indians was the fact that their drag-flickers were on target against the hosts, and look to be on course for bigger exploits as the tournament progresses....

For the first time in the history of the Games, they will be co-hosted by two cities. The Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang have been chosen to host the 2018 Asian Games. Furthermore, the pan-Asian multi-sport tournament returns to Indonesia after a fifty-six-year gap, after the Games were last held in Jakarta in 1962. The Games will also feature ESports and Canoe Polo for the first time, albeit in an exhibition manner....

Here’s a look at how the shooting events went at the recently-concluded Asiad in Jakarta: 10m Air Rifle Men The reigning World and Asian Games Champion, Yang of China produced a new Games record on his way to the Gold medal in the 10m air rifle competition. China has won the Gold in this event continuously from the 1994 edition. As expected, the top 4 ranked shooters occupied the top 4 places in the finals with the favourite Ravi Kumar taking the 4th spot....

“We’ve been saying the Olympic and Paralympic games must be held in a complete form, in that athletes and spectators can all participate safely. It would be impossible to hold the games in such a complete form unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained,” Abe told parliament members while responding to a lawmaker, according to Reuters. On Wednesday, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike called containment of the virus in the capital city “difficult” and asked for the nationwide state of emergency to be extended past its May 6 expiration date....

An FDA official confirmed to Newsweek on Thursday that Pfizer “has submitted a request to FDA to amend its emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in children 5 through 11 years of age.” “The agency will hold a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on Oct. 26 to solicit input from its independent scientific and public health experts on the data and information in the request,” the FDA official said....

The United States and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have raised concerns about Russia deploying roughly 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine—enough to invade an entire country, according to the Pentagon. Still, Russia has denied reports that it plans to invade Ukraine. Ukraine leaders have also insisted they do not believe an invasion is imminent. Experts say the nation is trying to calm its citizens while ensuring they have assistance in the case of an invasion....

As Ascendance of a Bookworm nears its season finale, the high priest and his nefarious allies finally make a move as they reveal their cruel intentions. Myne has strong allies on her side, but will they make it in time to keep her from falling into the enemy’s clutches? The penultimate episode of Ascendance of a Bookworm’s third season is action-packed like never before seen in this normally soothing isekai anime....

The significance of the aorta and the implications of aortic aneurysm have been known since long before the common era (BCE). The first relatively successful surgical treatment for aortic aneurysms wasn’t developed until the late 1800s, and only became dependable in the second half of the 20th century. Anatomy The ascending aorta originates at the aortic valve. The valve only allows blood to flow in one direction, out of the left ventricle chamber of the heart and into the aorta....

Misty first appears in episode one of Pokemon: Indigo League, the very first episode of the Pokemon series in which Ash gets Pikachu and is chased by a flock of angry Spearow. First pictured by a lake trying to catch a fish, Misty instead catches Ash and an injured Pikachu. While initially cold to Ash, caring only for the welfare of Pikachu, Misty warms up to him in a few episodes after adding Brock to the group and battling Ash in front of her sisters from Cerulean Gym, who also specialized in water Pokemon....

Tetsuo Yajima, the director of Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, spoke to Japanese outlet Oricon about the film’s themes. The spotlight Pokémon, Zarude, acts as a father to the young boy Koko, and ideas about parenthood and how to raise children are present throughout the film. Yajima told the outlet that after becoming a recent father, his “outlook on life that [he] had until now changed” and this new film reflects that....

Captain Steven Smith and Shaun Marsh started the day well, with Marsh going on to score 51 runs before tumbling to a Stuart Broad deliver. Smith scored his 21st Test century to revive Australia from 76 for 4 and finished not out on 141 runs. The English team faced some initial disaster in their innings when they lost 2 wickets for just 17 runs, but Joe Root played sensible cricket to make sure that they didn’t lose any further wickets....