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Buttler, who will be playing for just the second time in Australia’s marquee T20 event, will be available for the first six games of the tournament. In case you didn’t know… The 27-year-old was a part of the Melbourne Renegades in his first stint, in 2013/14, scoring 150 runs from five matches at a strike rate of just over 150. However, his efforts couldn’t help the Renegades make the playoffs as they ended third from bottom....

Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh occupy the top three positions in the Elite Group D points table of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. The three teams got the better of Vidarbha, Services and Goa respectively, and are only separated by net run rate in the points table. Delhi, Haryana and Kerala are placed at the top of Elite Group E, with net run rate the differentiating factor in this Syed Mushtaq Ali group too....

Jammu and Kashmir lost a close game to Himachal Pradesh, who put up a decent score of 157/8, in their previous game. Jammu and Kashmir looked like they were going to pull off the chase. However, they fell agonizingly short by just four runs in the end. Abdul Samad scored a fighting fifty but could not get any support from the rest of the batters. Jharkhand pulled off a 16-run win over Haryana in their last game....

Puducherry have had a terrible run in the tournament and are languishing at the bottom of the Elite Group A points table. They have lost all four games they have played thus far. Odisha, on the other hand, have also failed to get going. After winning their opening game, they lost the next three matches to crash out of the competition. Odisha vs Puducherry Match Details Match: Odisha vs Puducherry, Round 5, Elite Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22...

Mumbai, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, have been in excellent form of late. Starting with, they topped the points table in Elite Group A with a net run rate of +1.448. Barring their loss to Railways, Rahane’s men haven’t done much wrong in the tournament. In the quarter-final, Mumbai defeated Saurashtra by two wickets. Shivam Dube won the Player of the Match award after he picked up the wicket of Samarth Vyas and scored an unbeaten 13-ball 25 with three fours and one six....

The Nigerian who made his 16th appearance for Sergei Semak’s men this season wasted no time in finding the back of the net after an assist from Bojan Jokic. The joy was shortlived as Fernando levelled matter in the 37th minute as both teams went into the half-time interval all square. In the second-half, Quincy Promes gave Massimo Carrera’s men their first lead courtesy of an assist from Andrei Eshchenko in the 63rd minute and Brazil international, Luiz Adriano sealed the victory just 11minutes before the final whistle....

Yet deep in his core, the longest-reigning heavyweight champ in UFC history has embraced the fact he’ll always feel like a firefighter from Cleveland whose life took an amazing detour. “When I walk into the octagon and they lock the door, I’m like, ‘Well, I can’t leave now,’” Miocic said. “It’s fight or flight, and you’ve got to fight. It’s a little surreal, though. You look across the cage, and you’re like, ‘Huh....

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Dunn filed a complaint in February challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military personnel who were denied exemptions for “sincere held religious beliefs.” Dunn was removed from his command and faces additional repercussions and the Supreme Court has now ruled against intervening with disciplinary actions against him. The court’s ruling on Monday was brief and gave no reasons behind the decision against Dunn. However, the three conservative members—Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch—indicated they would have granted Dunn’s request to block the Pentagon from disciplining him....

The high court affirmed that $3.6 billion in defense funds can be used to finance construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The decision vacated an earlier ruling from the Ninth Circuit appeals court, but the justices did not explain their reasoning for giving the green light to the Trump-era initiative. SCOTUS also announced its rejection of hundreds of cases, including a disability bias lawsuit and a challenge against a New York tax on opioid companies....

Thoughtful lower federal court decisions struck down the witness requirement as an unconstitutional restriction on voting. These judges found that requiring a witness, particularly during the pandemic, placed an undue burden on voters who live alone, especially among the elderly. It forces vulnerable voters to make a tragic choice: Either risk your health by having someone observe your voting, or give up your right to vote. The judges concluded that South Carolina’s argument—that requiring a witness would help the state conduct investigations of fraudulent voting—was not sufficiently compelling to overcome the burden the law would place on certain voters....

“If you are going to go out, know your risk and know how to stay safe,” Adams said during an interview with Politico’s ‘Pulse Check’ podcast. “If you choose to go out in that setting, you need to understand whether or not you are someone who is at higher risk, someone with chronic diseases, someone who is older. Again, 94 percent of mortality is over the age of 60.”...

Spaniard Marquez suffered a dislocated shoulder while training at home earlier in the season, and it has popped out on several occasions since then – most notably during qualifying in Valencia. Despite suffering with the injury, Marquez was able to win a fifth MotoGP title in 2018 but will now have a procedure to treat the issue. Three-time champion Lorenzo, who is replacing retired compatriot Dani Pedrosa for Honda on the grid next year, fractured his football at Aragon in September and had surgery on Monday....

Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee, 23, are charged in the shooting death of Aiden Leos, a child en route to kindergarten with his mother, Joanna Cloonan, on Costa Mesa Freeway in Orange County, California. The mother and son were in their car at 8 a.m. on May 21 when the defendants cut them off. Lee swerved over from the diamond lane to the fast lane and then accelerated at an “extremely high rate of speed” to get in front of Cloonan, according to prosecutors....

The Norwegian skier finished in 16th place in Wednesday’s race at the world championships, 0.92 seconds behind winner Dominik Paris , after a run he said he “didn’t enjoy” and “turned out to be a much more difficult than I expected.” Off the course, Svindal didn’t hold back when commenting on remarks made by the president of the International Ski Federation to a Swiss newspaper. Gian-Franco Kasper told Tages-Anzeiger that he preferred countries with “dictatorships” to host major sports competitions because “dictators can organize events such as this without asking the people’s permission....

The Cote d’Ivoire international had been sidelined with a hamstring injury since September 30 but returned to first team training during the international break. And the former Manchester City marksman, in line to make his fifth appearance in the English top-flight this season, took to the social media to express his eagerness to be back in action and help the Swans take maximum points from Turf Moor. Bony who has not scored since his deadline day return to South Wales will be looking to break his duck against Sean Dyche’s side this weekend....

The red swastika flag was seen hanging inside an office at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) building at 16th and T Street in midtown Sacramento, Fox 40 reported. Local Michael Johnson told the station the swastika could be seen from his workplace across the street from the building, and would have been visible to anyone driving past. “Right there in front of me was a big giant red flag with a swastika on it and some large SS bolts,” he added to CBS 13....

She later tweeted a photograph of herself in a saree posing at the Gateway of India. However, eagle-eyed users may notice that in her post, she used the wrong flag to represent India. A few users pointed out the error in response to the tweet. In case you didn’t know The 23-year old-turned pro in 2012 and she mainly competes on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tour. So far, she has four doubles titles under her belt and has reached a career-best ranking of 428 in singles and 295 in doubles....

Developed by Sheryl J. Anderson, it is based on the novel series of the same name by Sherryl Woods. The series follows three South Carolina women, who have been best friends since childhood, as they help each other through the complexities of romance, career, and family. It’s time to dive in and dissect the second season of the Netflix series. Note: This article contains spoilers. Sweet Magnolias season 2: Review The latest season of Sweet Magnolias picked up from the previous season’s finale, where Maddie, Helen, and Dana Sue were waiting to hear news about Kyle who got into an accident....

Switzerland’s supreme court said on Thursday its panel of five federal judges rejected Guerrero’s appeal against FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Swiss Federal Tribunal ruling announced on Thursday delays the 35-year-old player’s return to action with Brazilian club Internacional until early April. Guerrero is also ineligible for Peru’s two friendly games in the United States this month, against Paraguay and El Salvador. He tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine at a World Cup qualifying game against Argentina in October 2017....