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While there were question marks regarding Indian batting in overseas conditions in South Africa, England and Australia, Virat Kohli has managed to stand tall and establish himself as one of the greatest batsmen of all times. His captaincy and the pressures involved in being an Indian captain has brought out the best in Kohli, who thrives in such tough and pressure situations. If we go by the numbers, Kohli is one of the two batsmen to have scored over a 1000 runs in Test Cricket in 2018, 1322 at an average of 55....

While the usual slew of future Hall of Famers makes up a good chunk of the top 10, the next generation of stars are quickly climbing up the rankings. Young guns nursing injuries, specifically Deshaun Watson and Carson Wentz, have the potential to be among the best quarterbacks in the league, and they could be the players that guys like Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers eventually pass the torch to....

The Philadelphia Eagles ended their Super Bowl drought in a 2017 season in which even an injury to their most important player could not stop them. Aiming to prevent another special season in Philly are three division rivals that have all undergone significant changes. The New York Giants’ new coach Pat Shurmur has a loaded offensive cast with which to try to extend Eli Manning’s career, though an offensive line that still looks average at best and a sub-par defense should thwart their hopes of a return to prominence....

One of the biggest matches of the day didn’t fail to entertain either. Asia’s biggest male tennis player, Kei Nishikori was up against a hard-hitting and fearless 18-year old Yibing Wu. Wu was up for the task and competed exceedingly well to give Kei a run for his money. But, the London hopeful earned a hard-fought 3-6 6-0 6-3 win to stay in contention for a surprise London qualification. Nishikori finds himself drawn against Sam Querrey who beat Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5 to get 2 wins at an event only for the fifth time this year....

The votes are in and we now know the winners for this year’s awards. See the complete list of VGA 2011 winners below and check out all of Game Rant’s coverage of the Spike Video Game Awards for all of the new trailers and announcements. The Legend of Zelda franchise was also be honored in the first ever “Hall of Fame” award. Geoff Keighley, publisher relations of Spike said, “It is only natural to start with ‘Zelda....

Kings XI Punjab (Total spend Rs.55.90 crore): Mitchell Johnson (Aus, Rs.6.5 crore); Glenn Maxwell (Aus, Rs.6 crore); George Bailey (Aus, Rs.3.25 crore); Virender Sehwag (Rs.3.2 crore); Rishi Dhawan (Rs.3 crore); Shaun Marsh (Aus, Rs.2.20 crore); Wridhhiman Saha (Rs.2.20 crore); Cheteshwar Pujara (Rs.1.90 crore); Laxmipathy Balaji (Rs.1.80 crore); Beuran Hendricks (SA, Rs.1.80 crore); Thissara Perera (SL, Rs.1.60 crore); Gurkeerat Singh (Rs.1.30 crore); Murali Karthik (Rs.1 crore); Sandeep Sharma (Rs.85 lakh); Mandeep Singh (Rs....

Latimer (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) averaged more than 15.0 yards per catch each of the last two seasons in Kevin Wilson's pass-crazy offense at Indiana. He had four 100-yard games last season, but against teams with legit NFL talent in the secondary (Ohio State, Michigan State), Latimer was held to 12 catches for 118 yards. While Latimer does have the potential to be a deep threat, he'll likely be more of a possession receiver early in his career who will have to fight for targets....

Smith declared that in an interview with Fox Sports Southwest aired Wednesday. "I know the guys we like. The fortunate thing about having the first pick is I've got the pick of the litter, so I will know exactly who I want at that point,'' he said, according to the Texans' official website. He did not tell who he preferred, naturally — and he added that his decision to keep the pick or trade it was not nearly as concrete....

I dabble in all three of those pursuits, but this time, I'm going to resist the temptation. Team Canada has the best forwards by a large margin, a good group of defensemen and, for all the navel-gazing about its goaltending, the solid-enough combo of Carey Price and Roberto Luongo. MORE: Which hockey team should you root for? Use our flow chart Look at it this way: They're going to either play John Tavares on the third line or the wing....

Sure, there's more money for the league in a World Cup of hockey, and that makes it tough to intellectually reject the premise in its entirety. Business is business. Plus, anytime the best players in the world face off, fun stuff is bound to happen. Speaking as a U.S.-based hockey fan, though, there's something cool about knowing that a bunch of non-fans are paying attention to what we pay attention to all the time....

Images from the Russian resort city show there's plenty left to do ahead of the Games. Russia is pumping $50 billion -- billion, with a B, and dollars, not rubles, into preparation for the world's biggest winter sports event. Unfinished projects add to the frustration and anxiety ahead of Feb. 6's first events and the following day's opening ceremonies. While venues might be complete, and several of those are in the mountains beyond the urban core, Sochi appears to be part construction site, part junk yard....

Yes, Valve kicked off its 2014 Steam Holiday Sale a few hours ago, just in time to destroy everyone’s holiday budget planning. Curse you, Lord Gaben, curse you. This year’s sale has discounted more than 6,000 titles and runs until 10 a.m. PST January 2. Valve said there will be more than 100 titles featured over the next two weeks. Featured Deals for day 1 of the sale include a number of blockbuster titles, including Dark Souls 2 for $14....

World number 95 Dulgheru broke in the seventh game and won the first set 6-4. Sharapova fought back in the second set taking it 6-3, and comfortably ended the match with a score of 6-2 in the third set. “She played really well,” Sharapova said. “I started off really well, but didn’t take the opportunity to go up 3-0.” Sharapova’s next opponent would be 26th seeded Sabine Lisicki. 0 votes

L.A. is a -170 favorite in the season-opening match vs. Chicago, with the Fire listed as +475 underdogs and the draw offered at 3-to-1 odds. The Galaxy are -1 on the goal spread (+110), with the Fire +1 goal (-130). The total is 2.5 goals (OVER -120, UNDER +100). A full list of betting lines for this weekend’s games is below. Coming in right behind the Galaxy on the Westgate futures board are the Seattle Sounders, who return one of the best-ever American strikers, Clint Dempsey....

The opening game saw the Dane dominate proceedings as she raced away to an 6-1 lead and then continued to hold on that that advantage, not allowing the Indian any space to comeback and eventually won the game 11-21. The second game began on a more even note as compared to the first and at the 7-7 mark, it was Sindhu who took the lead, winning 2 popints straight to go 9-7 up....

But every position has to have a top five, even if you don’t want to draft most of them in the first five rounds. Here are our picks You can check out the full SS fantasy rankings here. 2016 FANTASY BASEBALL RANKINGS:First | Second | Short | Third | Outfield | Catchers | Starters | Relievers | Prospects 2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings, SS Troy Tulowitzki, Blue Jays. You’re not going to see Tulo at No....

Without many breakout catcher candidates per se, there are a lot of bounce-backs we’ll also have to consider sleepers, or at least draft values. Either way, let’s take a look at the best fantasy baseball sleepers behind the dish. You can get even more fantasy baseball sleepers for 2016 here. 2016 FANTASY BASEBALL RANKINGS:Catcher | First | Second | Short | Third | Outfield | Starters | Relievers | Prospects...

To build a winning team with sure-fire studs and high-upside sleepers, you need a draft strategy more complex than that. We’re here to help with five must-consume PPR draft strategies to add to your cheat sheets. 2016 Fantasy Football Rankings:Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker Our five strategies range from focusing on quarterback-friendly, pass-happy systems and heavily targeted receivers – especially the efficient ones – to targeting the running backs who play on third down....

Well, put them into the 2016 NCAA Tournament East Region, see how that goes for them. MORE: 16 Cinderella players we’ll never forget Seriously, the committee that put together this bewildering NCAA bracket might as well have gone ahead and asked Steph Curry and the guys give it a go this March. Because the East couldn’t get much tougher than it already is. North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana — two of those teams will be gone after the Sweet 16....