Month: August 2020

IPL’s Chennai expect Dhoni to play past 40

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“Chennai Super Kings expect their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep playing well past his 40th birthday. ©AFP” /> New Delhi (AFP) – Indian Premier League favourites Chennai Super Kings expect former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep playing past his 40th birthday — until at least 2022, the team’s chief executive said. Dhoni has not played a competitive game since India’s World Cup semi-final defeat last year, but is due to return to action when the delayed IPL begins in the United Arab Emirates next month. While Dhoni…

Google Turning Android Phones Into Early Earthquake Detectors

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Google added an earthquake alert system in California, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. Android phones will receive warnings triggered by a “ShakeAlert” earthquake alert system implemented on the West Coast by the US Geological Survey and partners. ShakeAlert uses signals from hundreds of seismometers across the state to trigger warning messages that “an earthquake has begun and shaking is imminent,” according to the system’s website. “We saw an opportunity to use Android to provide people with timely, helpful earthquake information…

Disney Ends The Popular 20th Century Fox Brand

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Walt Disney has re branded one of the renowned names in the entertainment industry; 20th Century Fox. The news comes after the legendary House of The Mouse has re branded one of its TV studios as 20th Television. The move follows the re branding of the 85-year-old company 20th Century Fox as 20th Century Studios in January. The 20th century Fox has produced superhit movies, including Titanic and Avatar. Disney has last year accomplished a $71.3bn (£54.7bn) deal to purchase Rupert Murdoch’s Fox media assets. According to…

TEAM USA MEN’S PLAYER CONTRACTING MODEL TO BE RESTRUCTURED

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COURTESY BY: https://www.usacricket.org/ USA Cricket announced today a restructuring of the contracting model around the men’s national team, with a reduction in the number of centrally contracted cricketers to a core group of nine players, effective from next week, August 18th, 2020. The restructuring has been driven primarily as a result of the uncertainty caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both within the US and around the world.  The pandemic has challenged the global cricket economy and playing calendar and has caused significant disruption to USA Cricket’s previously planned domestic…

Russia Approves World’s First Coronavirus Vaccine, Putin Announces

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the country has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday. Vladimir Putin said that Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute has successfully registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for use. He also said that his daughter is among those who have tested the medicine. He also said that Russia’s Health Ministry has given regulatory approval for the vaccine after less than two months of human testing. He said during a televised video conference call with government ministers, “This morning, for the first time…

New Zealand Cricket confirms upcoming tours to go ahead

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“Crowds have been allowed back into Super Rugby matches in New Zealand which this week marked 100 days without community coronavirus tranmission. ©AFP” /> Wellington (AFP) – New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday that Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh and the West Indies had all confirmed they will tour during the upcoming home season, despite the coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said managed isolation arrangements for the visiting teams were still being worked out with officials in Wellington, but the tours would proceed. “I was just on the phone…

Three things we learned from the first Test between England and Pakistan

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“Cut above – England’s Chris Woakes on his way to a match-winning 84 not in the first Test at Old Trafford as Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan looks on. ©AFP” /> Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – England’s dramatic three-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test at Old Trafford was a brilliant advertisement for the red-ball game. Pakistan, despite not having played international cricket for several months because of the coronavirus, dominated the majority of the match and were still favourites when they reduced England to 117-5, chasing a target of 277,…

WHO says it trusts G7 to act together on crises amid overhaul talk

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The World Health Organization trusts powerful nations such as the Group of Seven to reach a consensus on how to approach health crises such as the coronavirus, Mike Ryan, head of WHO’s emergencies programme, said on Monday.   France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the WHO in frustration at attempts by the United States to lead the negotiations, despite its decision to leave the WHO, three officials told Reuters. The move is a setback for President Donald Trump as Washington, which holds the rotating chair…

Turkey Offers Lebanon To Restore Beirut’s Port And Destroyed Buildings

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ ANKARA: Turkey has offered to restore Beirut’s port and destroyed buildings. According to the foreign news agency, Turkish Vice President ‎Fuat Oktay and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with the Lebanese President. The meeting also offered the use of the Turkish port of Mersin and an air ambulance to transport the injured to Turkey. Beyrut’ta meydana gelen patlamada yaralanan vatandaşlarımızın aileleri ile bir araya gelip, kendilerine geçmiş olsun dileklerimizi ilettik. Şartlar ne olursa olsun devletimiz vatandaşlarımızın daima yanındadır. pic.twitter.com/TRbS0cE4fE — Fuat Oktay (@fuatoktay) August 8, 2020 Turkish…

England’s tour of India this year postponed over coronavirus concerns

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COURTESY BY: https://www.cricingif.com/ England’s upcoming white-ball tour to India has been postponed due to disruption caused by coronavirus, cricket chiefs announced on Friday. A programme of three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games, originally due to start in late September, would have been ideal preparation for the T20 World Cup in Australia later in the year. But that tournament has now been put on hold and India is struggling to contain the outbreak of Covid-19. Officials from England and India are in talks over dates for an all-formats England tour…