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In the 34-year history of the coveted Asia Cup trophy, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have dominated the tournament sharing the 13 titles of Asia Cup between them. India is ruling the list with 6, Sri Lanka with 5 and Pakistan with 2 titles each. This also marks the return of the fabled rivalry of India-Pakistan, who are meeting after an eventful Champions Trophy 2017 final. It was a rare but a thumping victory for Pakistan against India, and India will be looking for setting the record straight this time around....

The mental health of cricketers has been a topic of debate over the last few months, following Ben Stokes’ shock retirement from ODI cricket at the age of 31. Kohli also shared his struggles over the mental aspect of the game. In a video shared on bcci.tv on Saturday (August 27), he admitted that, for the first time in his life, he didn’t feel like picking up a bat. Reacting to Kohli’s confession, Jadeja told Cricbuzz:...

In a freewheeling interview, the Sikkimese Sniper as he was fondly called, speaks his heart out about the present Indian squad, India’s chances in the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, the way forward, his pairing with IM Vijayan, Sunil Chhetri and much more. India are pooled alongside hosts UAE, Thailand and Bahrain in Group A and they open their campaign against Thailand on January 6 in Abu Dhabi....

Sportradar is pleased to announce the Asian Football Confederation as its latest integrity partner. Under this agreement, Sportradar will monitor a number of competitions including the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and qualifiers for signs of betting-related corruption and fraudulent activity. Since 2004, Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS) has successfully monitored a range of sports and has unrivalled experience and expertise in the identification of suspicious betting practices across the world....

The draw for the handball has been released with 13 teams divided in four groups. The group comprising India has four teams will other groups have three teams each. India are in group D alongside Bahrain, Chinese Taipei, India and Iraq. India’s women’s team were however cleared by IOA and they are in five-team group comprising South Korea, Kazakhstan, China and North Korea. The handball teams have been under scanner as they have not fulfilled the IOA criteria of being among the top eight teams in Asia....

Amouranth and Indiefoxx were both banned for the same length of time — three days — for performing the sexual ASMR with their butts facing the camera. Many rejoiced that Twitch took some form of action, though some argue that it was a simple slap on the wrist as they’ve both returned to producing the same content. However, top streamers Pokimane and Asmongold separately voiced their concerns. They believe that the overt amount of sexual content on Twitch could lead to a massive number of brands pulling their ads from the site completely....

Asmongold is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, with over 2.4 million followers. Even though the co-founder of OTK has added several titles to his collection, he announced a week-long hiatus to focus on recuperating. However, Benjamin ‘DrLupo’ Lupo and Timothy ‘TimTheTatman’ Betar, and Jack ‘Courage’ Dunlop leaving Twitch for YouTube, forced him to break out of his cocoon to weigh in on recent events. Earlier today, he went live to reveal that he may never be exclusive to Twitch after the platform refused his request for a long-term deal....

Recent polling has suggested the majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s actions as president, with a tracker from FiveThirtyEight suggesting 55.9 percent feel this way. The president’s approval rating has also declined in 500 counties experiencing rising COVID-19 deaths, while polling from Rasmussen Reports recently showed its lowest ever levels for Trump—including a slip in support from Republicans. Latest polling for Democratic governor Cuomo outlined a more positive outlook of his actions, with 66 percent of New York state adults asked stating they approve of the job he is doing as governor, rising to 73 percent among adults in NYC....

For those playing Ashen, upon beating the third boss in the story, Amiren, they’ll be able to access a harder difficulty, called “Children of Sissna.” Since players are not required to complete the game in full on standard difficulty first in order to unlock hard mode, there is no new game plus feature included, but rather a new save file will be opened up when players choose the increased difficulty setting....

England’s struggles at the top of the order in recent times have been well documented, but Burns and Root each survived early scares to lay a strong platform for their side, contributing 82 not out and 57 respectively. Steve Smith’s spectacular 144 had lifted Australia from 122-8 to 284 all out on day one. However, the momentum had undoubtedly swung back in England’s favour by the time tea was taken on Friday....

We look at the best Manchester United transfer news making the headlines today featuring that one name which dominated the transfer stories for Red Devils last summer, Bruno Fernandes. Ashley Young tells Solskjaer he will never play for Manchester United again Manchester United veteran Ashley Young is determined to quit Old Trafford and join Inter Milan this month after he refused a contract renewal offer from Ed Woodward and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, reports Daily Express....

Making best out of the second new ball to notch up 46 in nine overs, the unbeaten duo rescued India from collapsing in the first innings and accelerated the run-rate to score 104 in 38 overs during the last session after Windies pacers tamed their top order to 126 for 5 in the first 52 overs. Sharing the day’s honours evenly, Windies dominated the first two sessions while India did in the third and last session, with top scorer Ashwin remaining unbeaten 75 from 190 balls (4 boundaries) and Saha 46 not out from 122 balls (4 boundaries)....

New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden feels Ravichandran Ashwin’s stats are “simply phenomenal” but Harbhajan Singh in his prime had to shoulder more responsibility since he did not have the fast bowling support which the Tamil Nadu tweaker gets. Ashwin recently broke Dennis Lillee’s record to become the fastest bowler to 300 wickets in 54 Test matches. Hayden had faced Harbhajan in his prime and also watched young Ashwin from close quarters during his days with Chennai Super Kings....

India have made it clear in the lead-up to the Asia Cup 2018 that they will experiment with various combinations to help nail down their best XI for the World Cup in 2019. Moreover, the recently completed England tour has exposed some vulnerabilities in India’s line-up that need to be addressed. One of the advantages of a tournament like the Asia Cup is that it serves as a dry-run for a bigger event like the World Cup....

Sania Mirza, fresh from her US Open mixed doubles success, will have to inspire a relatively young Indian tennis team to win medals in the 2014 Asian Games starting Friday in the South Korean city of Incheon. Sania along with Leander Paes and Rohan Boppana had earlier decided to skip the Asian Games to improve their rankings in the professional circuit and make the cut for the year-ending tour finals....

The curtains came down on the Polo Gyan-Jyoti Challenge Cup 2013 as ASC-SSC ran out winners against 61 Cav in the finals. Here are the results: 0 votes

The trailer for Ashen leaned into three core areas of the game: battle, exploration, and opponents. Featuring all-killer/no-filler combat, an eerie and expansive open world to wander through, and enormous enemies to slay, the first look at Ashen is a memorable one. Another interesting element of the footage is the focus on multiple adventurers battling it out together. This could indicate that teams or clans will be of major importance in Ashen’s narrative and that co-operative play will be a lynchpin in the game’s overall structure....

Australian fans Michael Langridge and Tori Roebuck were enjoying the view from the pool before Michael dropped to one knee and popped the question. To the delight of the crowd and Michael, she said yes. Former Australian captain Mark Taylor, who was doing commentary, said: “I assume that means she said yes, with all the kissing and what have you that’s going on.” The details Michael, who was sporting a bright yellow-and-green swim-wear in support of his beloved Australia took Tori by surprise....

The hosts, 1-0 down in the five-match series, had inserted their opponents under gloomy skies after winning the toss in Leeds, yet play was delayed for 80 minutes due to showers, and only four overs were possible before the inclement weather returned. During that time, however, Jofra Archer made the early breakthrough by drawing the edge of the recalled Marcus Harris (8), whose opening partner David Warner lived a charmed life, particularly against the impressive Stuart Broad....