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While they have the team to achieve the target, they face a formidable Comilla Victorians side that has been ruthless over the past few matches with Evin Lewis scoring a brilliant hundred against Khulna a few days ago. Comilla have already been assured of a place in the top four but a top two finish would certainly be in their radar. With a lot to play for on Friday, this match is sure to be cracker of a game for all of us to witness....

But he is “a bit worried” about whether he can be fit in time for the England series, beginning on October 7, reports bdnews24.com. The pacer dismissed Afghan opener Mohammad Shahzad with the first ball of his second over at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Bangladesh won the match by 14 runs. But in the next ball, his front foot got tangled with the rear one on his delivery stride and he painfully landed on his ankle....

The incident took place in Granada, a city in the southern autonomous community of Andalusia. Local police visited the property, which had been rented out without the relevance licenses, on Saturday late afternoon after a number of noise complaints. Officers found 80 cars around the property where the party was taking place, and some 270 people who were not following the mandatory mask-wearing regulations for enclosed spaces, according to the national news website....

“That was, not only maybe the saddest day of my presidency, but when Congress failed to do anything in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, was probably the angriest I ever was during my presidency,” Obama told Oprah Winfrey in a new Apple TV+ interview. “I was disgusted and appalled by the inaction,” Obama continued. “Because you had parents who had just lost their children, sitting in front of senators and asking them for very modest, reasonable approaches....

The live-action Barbie film spent several years in development before Warner Bros acquired the rights, with comedian Amy Schumer set to star as the iconic character. Years later, Mattel Films revived the project and attached Robbie to star and produce through her LuckyChap Entertainment production company, which produced films such as 2017’s I, Tonya and 2020’s Birds of Prey. Soon enough, more high-level talent joined the project. RELATED: Barbie Movie Casts X-Men: Apocalypse’s Alexandra Shipp...

Madrid showed their superiority in Wednesday’s 2-0 second-leg victory at the Santiago Bernabeu, which completed a 5-1 aggregate win for the La Liga and Champions League titleholders. Barcelona 11/2 to win the Champions League It did not get much better after a 3-1 first-leg loss for Barca, who were outplayed in first half as Madrid put the result beyond doubt via Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema. The midweek defeat completed a tumultuous pre-season for Barca following the world-record departure of star forward Neymar, and Valverde — a replacement for Luis Enrique — said the Catalan giants must recover and find their balance in the absence of the Brazilian star, now playing for Paris Saint-Germain....

Barca are on course for a third successive LaLiga title and remain in the Champions League, but Valverde is under increasing pressure. Following the 3-2 Supercopa de Espana semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid in Jeddah, reports of the board’s apparent frustrations with Valverde have escalated. Strong speculation has claimed club directors used the trip to Saudi Arabia to open talks with Xavi regarding the possibility of replacing Valverde, but the 39-year-old – who is in charge of Qatari club Al Sadd – is said to have told them he is only willing to take over at the end of the season....

J ames & Morata hit doubles as Madrid thrash Granada Barcelona’s starting side may just be the best in Spain, particularly with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar in such sparkling form as they were in the 4-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday. Even without the Brazilian, Luis Enrique’s men recently went to the Santiago Bernabeu and claimed a 3-2 victory. After Messi hit the winning goal, Gerard Pique was captured on television mouthing “we are infinitely better [than Madrid]” and while that is clearly an exaggeration, Barca do seem stronger in terms of their first XI....

The Barcelona captain is leaving Camp Nou at the end of the season, wrapping up a career-long association with the club that has yielded nine LaLiga titles and four Champions Leagues. Iniesta - expected to move to the Chinese Super League - missed training in the build-up to the game but has been included in Ernesto Valverde’s side as Barca bid to complete an unbeaten league campaign. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho all start in an attack-minded Barcelona side, although Ousmane Dembele misses out....

Barcelona were defeated 1-2 by Real Madrid on Saturday in La Liga after the Catalan club remained unbeaten for 39 games. Barcelona will now face Atletico Madrid on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. At a press conference ahead of the Atletico Madrid clash here on Monday, Enrique praised his squad pointing out that “I have great faith in my players and in the path they’ve taken to win titles for Barcelona....

Barca must get priorities right after latest PR disaster Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi’s existing deal is set to expire at the end of next season, with Barca chief executive Oscar Grau admitting on Wednesday a Liga spending cap could prove troublesome in agreeing a renewal. The Catalan giants sacked director Pere Gratacos after he stated Messi would not be as good without team-mates like Neymar, Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta – an opinion deemed not to “coincide with those of the club”....

Speaking to Sky Sports, he said that the Dutch prodigy was given permission by Ajax to talk with Guardiola, before Barcelona swooped in with a mega deal to lure the player on a five-year contract that will now keep him at the Nou Camp till the summer of 2024. In case you didn’t know… de Jong was signed by the Dutch giants for a mere £260 k in 2015 from fellow Eredivisie side Willem II....

The Indian went down in the first game of the match, winning just 2 successive points on the trot as compared to the opponent’s 5 but made a strong comeback in the second game, winning 4 points consecutively as compared to Hsu’s 3. The third and the deciding game proved to be a real humdinger as both men were neck-to-neck for a large part, but it was the 28-year-old from Hyderabad who prevailed in the end, winning the game 21-19 and thereby entering into the third round....

The World No.8 defeated China’s Sun Yu 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 in the thrilling final match. This is Saina’s second Australian Open win and with this, she has claimed her maiden title this season. Das Gupta said in a release: “I congratulate her for this marvellous victory. This is another milestone in her career as she won second Australian Open. This win will sure motivate her for the most important Rio 2016 Olympics where she is leading the Indian Badminton contingent....

Baker Mayfield doesn’t want to be at the Browns’ offseason training programs anymore than the Browns want him there. The Athletic’s Zac Jackson reported on Wednesday that Mayfield was excused from attending the team’s mandatory minicamp, which meant he could be absent from the practices without being fined. Coach Kevin Stefanski said it was a mutual decision between the team and quarterback. “Obviously that was a decision made between our organization, Baker and Baker’s team,” Stefanski said....

The Browns are moving on from Baker Mayfield at some point this offseason after acquiring — and paying — Deshaun Watson in a massive trade with the Texans. The operating terms here are “at some point.” With Mayfield requesting a trade and the market drying up for the 2018 No. 1 overall pick, the Browns have set a lower price for his services, per Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot. Cabot reports that the Browns “aren’t actively seeking” a first-round pick for Mayfield, which may entice some teams to jump back into the market for him....

In recent weeks, the battle for Bakhmut has escalated to the point of leading Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to declare on December 10 that Russian shelling had turned the city into ruins. In the midst of the intense fighting surrounding the city, contradictory information has come out over the fate of Bakhmut—and whether it’s on the brink of falling into Russian hands. Pro-Russian media claimed on Wednesday that Moscow’s troops had finally breached the eastern defensive lines of Bakhmut and were now “fighting street battles” in the industrial zone of the Ukrainian city....

The opening cinematic manages to squeeze a lot of colorful atmosphere into a mere two and a half minutes. It begins with Balan Wonderworld’s two protagonists, Leo and Emma, in different cities, but as they follow strange creatures known as Tims, they both end up in the same abandoned theatre. There, they come across the enigmatic maestro Balan, who puts on a dazzling show for them before sending them on their way to adventure in Wonderworld....