MARGATE/FL – USA: The Universe Boss Chris Gayle will feature at this year’s US Open T20 tournament which will be played from December 15 to 20 at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale. The West Indies T20 superstar will line up for Atlanta Param Veers at the tournament which is in its 12th year of operation. Gayle recently played at the Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates with King’s XI Punjab. It will be his first outing at the US Open T20. The Atlanta Param Veers…
MARGATE/FL – USA: The US Open T20 tournament is number one when it comes to T20 leagues across the world because it was the first tournament of its kind way back in 2008. The 12th edition of the tournament will be played from December 15 to 20 at the Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale. Speaking to News925 chairman of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi said: “We were the first to come out with the T20 format tournament back in 2008, the same year that the Indian Premier…
MARGATE/FL – USA: Two competitive groups have been put together for the upcoming 12th edition of the US Open T20 tournament, carded for Fort Lauderdale, USA. The popular tournament will see eight teams taking part due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. Normally 32 teams vie for the $100,000 prize money but this time around the organizers’ Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) had to cut the number of teams to eight as all matches will be played at the bio-secure venue, Central Broward Regional Park. Saturday, the lineup of teams was released…
COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ The Israeli government on Thursday urged its citizens to avoid travel to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks. Iran has been threatening to attack Israeli targets since its chief nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated last Friday near Tehran. It accuses Israel, which has been suspected in previous killings of Iranian nuclear scientists, of being behind the shooting. Israel has not commented on the killing. But Fakhrizadeh has long been on Israel’s radar screen, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying at a 2018…
COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ NEW YORK: Facebook has decided to revise its hate speech algorithms to prioritise blocking slurs against blacks, Muslims and others that have historically faced discrimination, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The change is set to alter the social network’s “so-called race-blind” system that has removed anti-white comments and excised innocuous comments by people of colour, the Post said. The reform is at an early stage and aims to target speech deemed “the worst of the worst”, including slurs against blacks, Muslims, people of more than one race, the LGBTQ community…
COURTESY BY: https://images.dawn.com/ A video ad from Nike Japan against bullying and racism that features biracial athletes and other minorities, such as those of Korean descent, has prompted a sharp online response including calls to boycott the company. Japan has traditionally prided itself on being racially homogeneous, although successful mixed-race athletes such as tennis star Naomi Osaka are challenging that image. The commercial, “Keep Moving: Yourself, the Future,” released on Nov 30, shows several teen girls bullied in school over their race or other differences, but who ultimately find confidence…
COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ GENEVA: This year is on course to be one of the three warmest ever recorded and could even top the record set in 2016, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The past six years, 2015 to 2020, are therefore set to make up all six of the hottest years since modern records began in 1850, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said in its provisional 2020 State of the Global Climate report. “2020 has, unfortunately, been yet another extraordinary year for our climate,” said WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas.…
MARGATE/FL – USA: Young batsman Zishawn Qureshi continues to score runs at will, as he scored 82 on the final day of the US Open T20 trials on Sunday at the Maq Cricket Stadium in Delray Beach Florida, USA. For daily news updates, Please join our WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EOZzrH7nrzZ852CKBk83LI The hard-hitting right-handed batsman had smacked a total of 175 runs the day before, getting 82 and 93, and then followed up with 82 on the Sunday. Qureshi has been in a purple patch scoring runs regularly this season. Speaking to…
MARGATE/FL – USA: Cricket in America has received a major shot in the arm with the arrival of the Knight Riders franchise. CEO of Red Chillies Entertainment the owners of the Knight Riders brand, Venky Mysore said on MaqTv Tuesday that the brand has come into America and will be taking part in the USA Cricket Major League tournament. According to Mysore: “We are happy to be involved. We have a major sports brand and the people there reached out to us. We were interested and then got sold on…
COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, a senior Trump administration official said. Kushner and Middle East envoys Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook raised the issue shortly after they arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks. According to the Israeli i24news, the Tel Aviv administration asked Washington to persuade Saudi Arabia to allow use of its airspace and Kushner stepped in. “We were able to…
