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Hosts England and defending champions Australia have two wins from three games each while West Indies and Pakistan have one win, one loss and one washed out game from three of their encounters thus far. Sri Lanka have had their fair share of bad luck with two of their games washed out apart from one win and a loss from their two contested matches. Afghanistan, meanwhile still battle to register their first points on the board with three losses....

In case you didn’t know… Vijay Shankar was drafted into India’s playing XI for the game against Pakistan, replacing Shikhar Dhawan who was forced out due to a thumb injury. Shankar fared decently on his World Cup debut, scoring a run-a-ball 15 and picking up two wickets. With Dhawan ruled out for the foreseeable future and Bhuvneshwar Kumar set to sit out a few games due to a hamstring injury, the injury scare to Vijay Shankar will definitely be a matter of concern for the Indian team heading into the business end of the competition....

The architect of the victory was a player who was kept hidden after Pakistan’s opening game of the World Cup against the West Indies - none other than Haris Sohail. Pakistan were in a good position in the first innings with starts from the top three batsmen, but as we witnessed in earlier matches, none of those players could convert their start into a big score. That is when Haris Sohail came in, and he played a wonderful knock....

During the pre-match press conference, Bangladesh’s coach Steve Rhodes said that the team is ready to take on the opponents. “Hum to dube hai sanam, tujhe bhi leke dubenge. (We are drowning, but we will take you with us)," said Afghanistan’s captain Gulbadin Naib. This statement at the end of the press conference confirms that there will be needle in this contest. Bangladesh are 4-3 ahead in the head-to-head between the two sides in ODI cricket....

The primary reason behind this was the masterstroke of sending Hardik Pandya up the order. After all, not every player can score nearly 50 runs at a strike rate of over 175. When Pandya came out to bat, India were at 220 for 2 in 36 overs. The all-rounder took a few balls initially to get used to the pitch. But once he got his eye in, he unleashed a brutal assault that fetched India 20-30 runs more than they ordinarily would have....

Back-to-back 2-0 wins against Mexico and Poland saw Lionel Messi’s side top a competitive group that went right down to the wire. Mexico came within a goal of claiming second place but they couldn’t swing goal difference enough in their ultimate 2-1 win against Saudi Arabia. Poland, despite their 2-0 loss to Argentina, hung on to seal second spot and progress to the Round of 16 where they’ll face reigning champions France....

The World Cup was recently added to “FIFA 18” as free, downloadable update. It includes playable tournaments both offline and online and new Ultimate Team content. Brazil and Germany enter the tournament as the favorites to raise the trophy come the Final, which will be held July 15th. Here, though, is how “FIFA 18” sees the group stage and knockout rounds playing out. GROUP STAGE Group A: Russia, Uruguay Group B: Portugal, Spain Group C: France, Denmark Group D: Croatia, Argentina Group E: Brazil, Switzerland Group F: Germany, Sweden Group G: England, Belgium Group H: Columbia, Poland...

As the competitions concluded in Tehran Saturday, the Iranian team won four gold medals, one silver and three bronzes and claimed the title with 58 points. China and Brazil were in second and third position respectively. The competitions brought 41 taekwondo athletes from China, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Belarus, Colombia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Russia together to the Iranian capital. 0 votes

ConservationOfWumbo is a well-known World of Warcraft fan and map-maker who is currently on a quest to recreate all 50 US states in the style of WoW Classic. He recently decided to mix things up with an in-depth map of New York City, as well as another of the Skyrim region from The Elder Scrolls. RELATED: Talented Fan Recreates Path of Exile Setting As A World of Warcraft Map...

Existing since the early days of vanilla, guilds come together for a variety of PvE and/or PvP reasons depending on its like-minded members. Automatically being in a guild will grant certain rare rewards and bonuses such as being able to send mail instantly to other guild members. However, joining a guild requires an invite from someone else which means players with only one account can’t add their other characters if no one else is online....

In Warlords of Draenor’s introduction, players cross through into an alternate Draenor to cripple the Dark Portal and prevent more Iron Horde orcs from invading Azeroth. This questline was hailed as one of the best lead-in stories and testament to Warlords of Draenor’s positive features, although nearly everyone has become tired of the lengthy intro since then. Players could previously skip it all by using a mage portal or taking a secret teleporter in Pandaria, but those both require a character be at least level 30 now....

Legion, which will be the game’s sixth expansion, is currently available to pre-order online. Purchasing the expansion before release will allow players to receive early access to the new Diablo-inspired Demon Hunter class that the expansion brings to the game. The pre-order also grants one immediate character boost to level 100 so that players can immediately jump into playing World of Warcraft: Legion, when it releases. Many details about the new expansion were released with Legion’s expansion reveal trailer, which is loaded with details and gameplay from the newest addition to the World of Warcraft franchise....

Of Shadowlands’ six new regions, Ardenweald is one of the four zones that players will explore during their leveling experience. As World of Warcraft players are now familiar with, expansions tend to have four leveling and questing zones for player to go through at their own pace. Then, at max level, more zones open up for endgame purposes. As such, Ardenweald will be full of short questlines and story, focusing on building up to bigger ideas....

Past Anniversary events have provided mounts and companions to its participants, but for the most part the event has largely been the same since its 13th Anniversary iteration, offering World of Warcraft players daily quests, and a chance to experience the old vanilla bosses. This year’s event also comes with an 18% increase to experience gain, but the date being pushed up also causes it to align with other experience bonuses for a full week of incredibly speedy leveling....

The Dragon Isles are the ancestral capital of the dragons. Shrouded by titan technology for millennia, this location of World of Warcraft legend has reawakened, calling dragons from across Azeroth back home. RELATED: Blizzard Survey Asks About NFTs, then Dumps Players at its Online Store Beyond five new draconic zones full of dungeons and raids to explore, Dragonflight is adding a new race/class combo–the Dracthyr Evoker. These winged draconic humanoids channel the power of the five dragonflights to damage foes or heal allies as the Evoker–a Dracthyr-exclusive hero class, and the only one available to the new race....

The first major Shadowlands pre-patch should introduce the big level squish and add the new 1-10 starting zone for players who are making new characters. This is a massive undertaking and a very big change for the Blizzard MMO, so it makes sense to release this piece of the new content on its own before the rest of the expansion for World of Warcraft launches at some point later this year....

Originally, the Shadowlands PC requirements caused quite a stir thanks to a change in the required drive section. The new specs specifically called out a solid state drive with 100GB available space, when the game so far has accepted either SSDs or the cheaper and more common hard disk drives (HDD). A small uproar ensued in the following days as fans debated how they would upgrade their machines to match the World of Warcraft Shadowlands specs, but now Blizzard is reversing that requirement, so it seems a change won’t be necessary....

YouGov, a British-based pollster, compiled the top 20 living women after polling more than 42,000 people across 38 countries and territories online. Half of the top 20 are in the entertainment business, being actresses, singers or TV presenters. In contrast, the top-20 most admired men’s list features mainly people in politics, business and sports. The new additions to the top 20 list this year include U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Thai rapper Lisa, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was the icing on the cake for the Giants, but just the beginning for Joe Panik. San Francisco’s rookie second baseman helped the National League champions salt away their 7-1 victory in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night by serving as the fulcrum in a two-run seventh inning. Panik’s triple drove in Gregor Blanco, and he then came in to score on Pablo Sandoval’s single....

It is exciting to see the dark horses have a shot at the big prize, but World Cup also have given us some heartbreaking moments. The elimination of teams like Morocco, Iran, Senegal, Nigeria, etc despite fighting hard was too painful for anyone who loves the game. One such team who saw their dreams fall down even after putting up a great performance was Japan. The Samurais were 2-0 up against their round of 16 opponents Belgium at one point of the game, but a quick turn of things saw them being knocked out when the final whistle was blown....