Cincinnati Enquirer writer Paul Dehner Jr. recorded a time-lapse from his seat in the press box. MORE: Twitter reacts to Lady Gaga’s 2017 Super Bowl halftime show NRG Stadium’s staff made that look easy, but it’s of course the result of excellent planning and organization.
After Lasith Malinga picked up two early wickets to have Bangladesh tottering at 1/2 after the first over with their openers Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal (retired hurt) and Shakib-al-Hasan already back in the hit, Mushfiqur and Mithun pulled things back as they put on a 132-run partnership for the third wicket in just over 24 overs before Mithun’s inexperience cost his wicket as he took on Malinga, who just came back to break the partnership....
Evergreen Swiss second seed Federer, 36, returns to Melbourne Park in his quest for a record-equaling sixth Australian Open title and 20th grand slam. MORE: How to watch the Open | Men’s draw | Women’s draw Federer – enjoying a relaxed a stress-free preparation for the year’s opening slam which gets underway on Monday – is the early favorite to reign supreme on Rod Laver as Nadal and Djokovic battle to be fully fit in Melbourne....
Pot 1: Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Iran and United Arab emirates Pot 2: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Vietnam and Kuwait. Pot 3: Afghanistan, Palestine, Philippines, Maldives, Tajikistan, Thailand, Lebanon and India. Pot 4: Timor-Leste, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Singapore and Bhutan. Pot 5: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Guam, Yemen, Cambodia, Laos and Chinese Taipei The draw as it happened: AFC World Cup Qualifiers Draw...
For those who are still looking for the perfect gift for their football crazy fathers in Singapore and Malaysia, the International Champions Cup is providing the ideal opportunity. The annual pre-season tournament comes to the National Stadium in Singapore for the 2018 edition with European heavyweights such as Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and PSG lending their participation. For fans of Arsenal and PSG, it will be a chance to see managers Unai Emery and Thomas Tuchel in action for the first time with their respective new clubs....
We’re talking about the 18 predictions we made before the season started. How did those hold up? Some were good (hello, Tua Tagovailoa), and some were bad (maybe we overestimated how quickly Scott Frost could impact Nebraska). Some choices were in between and will need more evaluation in the second half of the season before we call ourselves right or wrong. MORE: SN’s Week 7 Power Rankings With that in mind, here are our 18 predictions revisited: the good, the bad and the ugly....
India’s historic win seems like it came mere days ago - such was the impact of winning a home World Cup after 28 long, disappointing years. Yuvraj Singh was the Man of the Tournament; Zaheer Khan and Shahid Afridi finished atop the wicket-takers charts; Tillakaratne Dilshan was the leading run-getter. A number of batting performances from the 2011 World Cup are still etched in memory. In this article, we take a look at five of the best from the tournament....
After back to back races in Australia and Malaysia, Formula 1 took a long 3 week break and now it’s back, this time ready to burn rubber in Shanghai, China for the 2013 UBS Chinese Grand Prix. All teams will be bringing major upgrades to this race and we can expect to see a few surprises.. Last year, this track gave Rosberg the first win of his career and Mercedes its first win in 57 years....
In 7/8 place classification match, Serbia outplayed Italy 76 – 64 to secure 7th place in the Championship and most importantly to grab the last spot from FIBA Europe to the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Serbia took the first quarter 27 – 11. Italy took the second and third quarter 16 – 14 and 17 – 14 respectively, but Serbia hold their nerve and took the last quarter 21 – 20 to confirm their participation in the next year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup....
The reigning Olympic figure skating champion announced Tuesday that a torn labrum in his left hip will keep him from competing in Sochi. After two months of aggressive treatment, doctors told Lysacek last week the injury was not going to improve and he was risking permanent damage if he kept training. "This has been my entire life, training and representing my country," Lysacek told The Associated Press, pausing to fight back tears....
And, most importantly, an all-but certain second consecutive trip to the Olympics for Charlie White and Meryl Davis. The reigning Winter Games silver medalists danced their way to victory at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday to win their sixth national title — one more than the record five they had shared with American ice dance pioneers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto. "Coming into this competition, there was so secret we were going after that sixth title, the sixth record-breaking title," Davis said....
After losing on the opening day, the KISS team fought back splendidly on Friday, defeating the team from Bihar 25-0 and inflicting a second straight loss on them. The team from Tamil Nadu also opened their account in the tournament, beating the Kalinga RFC 29-0. The Delhi Lions continued their victorious run in the competition, beating the team from Chattisgarh 69-0 to record the second heaviest defeat of the tournament so far....
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But when it comes to the 2015 Kentucky Derby, a good number of bettors will approach the big day with tranquility. They will step to the window, call out an exacta box of American Pharoah and Dortmund and go on their merry way. Frankly, that may be all there is to do when it comes to wagering upon the 141st running of America’s most famous horse race. There just may be no beating trainer Bob Baffert’s 1-2 punch of likely race favorite American Pharoah and probable second betting choice Dortmund....
Below are the times, dates, roster and coaches for Team USA. MORE: College basketball coaches then and now | Best bench celebrations in college basketball What is the U.S. men’s basketball schedule for the 2015 Pan American Games? All times Eastern* Tuesday, July 21: USA - Venezula, 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 22: USA - Puerto Rico, 9 p.m. Thursday, July 23: USA - Brazil, 9 p.m. The gold medal game and bronze medal game will be on Saturday, July 25....
After a sterling year, there was increased expectations from our players in 2015 as well and while there were some glittering moments, there were a few disappointments along the way as well. Joshna soars; Dipika not quite There is no doubt that among the Indian players, the happiest of the lot would be Joshna Chinappa. The Chennai-born player clinched the Victoria Open title in August and then won the first leg of the three-legged NSCI Open in Mumbai in September....
Considering the hype surrounding Miller as he climbed through the minor leagues, it’s easy to feel underwhelmed by his production up to this point. While there is a fresh wave of new, more exciting pitching talent entering the league, now is hardly the time to cast Miller aside, as he could prove to be a valuable sleeper for the 2016 season. MORE FANTASY BASEBALL: Early mock draft | 2016 Fantasy Alarm Draft Guide...
However, the table is set for him to be among the most successful fantasy baseball sleepers in 2016. MORE FANTASY BASEBALL: Early mock draft | 2016 Fantasy Alarm Draft Guide While solid, Chen’s numbers over the last couple of seasons won’t blow your mind, but ERAs in the mid-3s and WHIPs hovering around 1.22 deserve more respect when considering the unforgiving environment of the American League East. With his move to Miami, Chen leaves one of the game’s most hitter-friendly venues for one that promises to favor pitchers – even with the closer and shorter fences....
