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Indian captain Virat Kohli revealed what he had said to Steve Smith when the Indian crowd booed him while Smith was fielding at the boundary line during the game against India. In case you didn’t know… Former Australian captain Steve Smith and David Warner have served the one year ban due to ball tampering saga which happened last year against South Africa in the Test series. The ban period ended just before the World Cup and the two Australian stars resumed the International cricket during the World Cup....

The next task in front of the Indian team is West Indies, who narrowly lost to New Zealand despite the unforgettable century by Carlos Brathwaite. The match between India and West Indies will be played on June 27 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. If India win this match, they will confirm their progress to the semifinal stage. On the other hand, West Indies are nearly out of the tournament after their loss to New Zealand....

The competition will be expanded from the 2022 World Cup which will include 32 teams, and is the third official expansion of the tournament. In 1982, it expanded from 16 teams to 24, and then added another eight teams for the 1998 World Cup in France. In October 2016, FIFA looked at four different options of expanding the World Cup, including three proposals of a 40-team tournament and one with 48 teams....

The environment around the game adds a bit of fuel as the recent activities across borders have caused tension which created few ripples about India forfeiting the game. But thankfully the game will go one provided the rain gods relent from showing up on Sunday. The arch-rivals share a rich history in cricket’s biggest tournament. Although the matches have been competitive, India shares a huge 6-0 lead and would want to make it 7-nil....

Cote d’Ivoire will not be playing at this year’s tournament in Russia and the gaffer has opted to bolster the World Cup chances of Phil Jones [England], Chris Smalling [England], Marcos Rojo [Argentina] and Victor Lindelof [Sweden]. The 24-year-old has missed United’s last four games and did not even appear on the bench against West Bromwich Albion, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. Earlier this week, the former Villarreal centre-back missed the club’s end of the season award night which has drawn speculations about his future....

First held in 1993/94 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Dennis Priestley was the inaugural winner of the title when he defeated Phil Taylor by six sets to one in the final. That victory banked ‘The Menace’ £16,000. Fast forward nearly three decades on and the growth of professional darts within that time is very apparent, as the 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship Winner will trouser a £500,000 first prize that has come from an overall prize fund of £2....

For the first time since their gold medal epic was decided in a shootout last year, the arch-rival hockey powerhouses went the distance again Friday in a snowy, preliminary round spectacle that ended as a 4-3 USA victory in front of a frozen crowd at New Era Field, the first game ever played outdoors at the international level. SIGN UP to watch select KHL games all season Team USA was stagnant in the first two periods Friday but rallied back to tie the game 3-all with a pair of third-period goals 36 seconds apart by Scott Perunovich and Brady Tkachuk....

While some players are simply using this as an opportunity to progress along in their development and impress the NHL club that drafted them, there are a handful of players who have their eyes on next year’s draft. These players are 2023 NHL draft eligible and will be partaking in the tournament. The 17-year-olds are usually the youngest participants in the tournament, but it’s hard to notice at times. We saw Canada’s Connor Bedard light up the shortened 2022 games in December at just 16 years old, and he’s in Edmonton to try and do it again....

So what’s next? While there are plenty of big events upcoming in the NHL, NCAA and CHL seasons, it’s never too early to get excited for the next World Juniors. The U20 competition is unique because there is constant turnover on rosters year after year. Players age out of the tournament and new, younger blood is called upon to fill their spots. Some of the top players from this year’s competition are eligible to return in 2024, including tournament MVP Connor Bedard....

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship hockey tournament is available to watch on several platforms for fans in the United States and Canada. Ten teams from around the world are scheduled to compete at Edmonton and Red Deer in Alberta, Canada from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in pursuit of a gold medal. The teams were divided into two groups, with Canada in Group A and the United States in Group B....

Okami was developed by Clover Studio in partnership with Capcom, and when that studio was closed down, three of the key developers who had worked on Okami; Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba, and Hideki Kamiya, were among those who founded Platinum Games. Now, following the release of the remastered Okami HD, Platinum Games seems to have decided to return to its roots with World of Demons, invoking much of the style of its predecessor....

Wargaming and WWE have announced the “SummerSlam Showdown” event that will see two WWE stars battle it out via World of Tanks. Leading the first team is current WWE wrestler Lacy Evans who will be battling against the Texas Rattlesnake and WWE Legend Stone Cold Steve Austin. The battle will be hosted by WWE announcer Corey Graves. RELATED: WWE Star Zelina Vega Reveals Pokemon Sword and Shield Nessa Cosplay...

The Blizzard Catalogue was just recently updated to recognize the Dragonflight internal alpha. This means the server systems have the coding necessary to launch and support a Dragonflight internal alpha build in addition to the other Public Test Realm or live server builds. RELATED: World of Warcraft: Patch 9.2.5 Secretly Introduces a Mystery Surrounding the Maw Broker Ve’nari With this in mind, World of Warcraft could be planning its alpha test for Dragonflight very soon....

To begin, there are five locations where the Faerie Stash in Shadowlands can appear, though the way to reach the chest is always the same. More specifically, players must locate a Bounding Shroom on the ground near the cache and then walk on top of it to be sent into the air. Since the exact position of the Faerie Stash can vary, so can the position of the Bounding Shroom, and here is a breakdown of where all of the chests and their associated launchpads can appear:...

The Winds of Wisdom experience boost will be available in retail World of Warcraft starting with the weekly reset on October 4. For the duration of the buff, all players will receive 50% more experience from all sources. RELATED: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Release Date Revealed The experience buff will last until the Dragonflight Pre-Patch begins, meaning players will not be able to benefit from the Winds of Wisdom when they create their new dracthyr Evoker characters....

There are plenty of events and quests that players can enjoy throughout the cities of Azeroth, Outland, and Northrend. Both Classic and retail versions of World of Warcraft celebrate the holiday. As it is with other world events, players who want to experience everything that Pilgrim’s Bounty has to offer should take advantage of the limited time certain items are available. RELATED: Turkeys In Video Games 5 The Bountiful Cookbook It’s that magical time of year when the world eats its way from holiday to holiday....

In an effort to satisfy both groups, Blizzard ushered in the creation of World of Warcraft Classic to please the former group and has continued full-steam ahead for retail players, but each expansion’s merit has to be measured with the entirety of the World of Warcraft player base in mind. As the pre-expansion events for Dragonflight get underway, it’s a perfect time to look back and compare each expansion over the years....

The Vault of Secrets in Shadowlands The Vault of Secrets is a disconnected, floating island south of the Keeper’s Respite in Korthia. Players cannot walk there, but they will notice pretty quickly that they will have quests to get to the island, battling the Jailer’s forces. This is a new location that was added in the Chains of Domination expansion that was released late June 2021, and it can be a little unclear of how to get there....

After a handful of delays, Blizzard is finally ready to host its next developer update to provide a closer look at what is coming when Shadowlands arrives. The new expansion content has been in alpha testing for quite a while and a lot of tweaks are being made that players who aren’t worried about spoilers can follow along with on the forums. Today’s developer update will likely cover a lot of those changes, but hopefully there will be some new content and teasers dropped, as well....

This special offer is only available for players who already have a World of Warcraft account with at least one expansion attached to it. Players who don’t have World of Warcraft on their accounts, or who already have Shadowlands, are not eligible for the promotion. RELATED: World of Warcraft Lead Writer Confirms Dragonflight Time Skip For those that do qualify, claiming the free reward is easy. Simply download and open the Battle....