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When Lonzo Ball was selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, Lakers legend and current president of basketball operations Magic Johnson put a lot on Ball’s shoulders, saying he anticipates the Lakers retiring Ball’s jersey in the future. Much of what Ball showed in his rookie season backs up that thought. POWER RANKINGS: LeBron helps Lakers make big jump His uncanny vision was on full display (7....

This will be KKR’s first match in IPL 2020 and Mumbai’s second match. Mumbai will be looking to bounce back with a victory after their opening-day loss against Chennai Super Kings. Let us now take a look at some of the highlights from that match in IPL 2014. The toss was won by KKR and they elected to bat first. Skipper Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis opened the batting for KKR....

On the other hand Jasprit Bumrah was a name unheard of. He was just a middle class boy who dreamt of playing for India one day. Mumbai Indians were set to play Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL 6 opener. Bumrah just had 9 T20s in his kitty, which he had played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy just before the IPL. John Wright had scouted him, and this meant Bumrah was walking into a dressing room that consisted of Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble....

Hence the legacy watch. The only surprise about this, according to the senior official, is that Clinton thinks an important part of his reputation depends on foreign policy. In the 1992 campaign, and for much of Clinton’s first term, foreign affairs were treated by the president as a distraction. Clinton still has domestic goals, but some of them seem fuzzy - how will historians deal with a national conversation on race?...

The Madrid playmaker hit a treble in Tuesday’s 6-1 demolition of Argentina in Madrid, Spain inflicting the joint-worst defeat in Albiceleste history. Isco is far from an automatic starter at Madrid, despite contributing five assists and five goals in LaLiga this season, and the midfielder appeared to aim a barb at Zidane after the game, noting the confidence he feels from Lopetegui helped him to star with a thrilling performance....

Liverpool have scored nine goals in four competitive matches this season, with the trio having already racked up a combined nine goal involvements between them. Mane has started the campaign in particularly deadly form, netting three and registering the assist for Firmino’s winner in the 2-1 victory over Southampton on Saturday. The trio have been vital in Liverpool’s re-emergence as a leading power in England and Europe over the last couple of seasons and Klopp considers himself lucky to call on his fantastic three....

In case you didn’t know… Salah picked up a knock on his left ankle after a challenge from Manchester City’s Fernandinho during the Merseysiders’ high-stakes Premier League clash with the defending champions on Sunday. The 27-year-old, however, continued the game after receiving treatment and netted the Reds’ second goal of the night. He was later substituted by Jurgen Klopp a few minutes before the final whistle. The Egypt international was due to play for his national side in AFCON qualifiers against Kenya and Comoros Islands this week....

Chelsea missed the chance to draw level on points with fourth-placed Liverpool when they were held at home to Huddersfield Town on Wednesday, handing the Reds a huge boost in their Champions League qualification bid. And Jurgen Klopp’s European finalists - two points clear of the Blues - have a slightly kinder final-day fixture, too, hosting Brighton as Chelsea head to Newcastle United. Although Liverpool’s vastly superior goal difference surely makes a point against Brighton enough to seal fourth, Henderson says recent results will not alter his side’s attitude....

On that note, let’s take a look at the latest Liverpool news and rumors as on August 9, 2021. Aurelien Tchouameni on Liverpool’s radar Liverpool have reportedly put Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni on their radar. Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp said after the side’s pre-season friendly against Athletic Bilbao that the Reds are still looking to strengthen their squad in any way possible. The midfield department is one area Liverpool have lost some depth in following Gini Wijnaldum’s departure, and they have been linked with several players....

The negotiations have been led by Michael Edwards, in his capacity as sporting director, with the move to tie the trio down instructed by Jurgen Klopp. Ozil: Arsenal always my first choice The Reds boss has been enthused by the young players’ attitudes and effort, while also being grateful to academy director Alex Inglethorpe for helping construct a seamless pathway from Kirkby to Melwood. Stewart and Alexander-Arnold are understood to have been handed five-year contracts in a bid to keep them at Anfield until 2021....

Is Pep Guardiola a “bald fraud”? Is Jurgen Klopp “cracking up” as he prepares for Sunday’s mouth-watering meeting with Tottenham? This, it seems, is the way it has to be. In modern elite sport, the narrative of bottlers and chokers holds mass appeal. What other possible excuse could these pampered, exulted stars have for not winning apart from some sort of ill-defined flimsiness, either individually or collectively? Additionally, it works perfectly when events are analysed through the binary prism of social media arguments and their bantering thirst for points-scoring....

Villarreal will look to replicate their shock win against 2020 champions Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals. They won the home leg 1-0 through Arnaut Danjuma’s early strike, then recovered from Robert Lewandowski levelling the tie to earn a 1-1 draw through Samuel Chukwueze’s late goal in Germany. The Reds will hope to be less generous than they were in the second leg of their quarterfinal, when Benfica earned a 3-3 draw at Anfield with two late goals after Roberto Firmino’s double had put Liverpool 6-2 ahead in the tie....

“The people of Wyoming do not want to be in a position where our taxpayers are having to bail out governments, in states like California and New York, that have not conducted themselves in a responsible manner,” Cheney said to Axios. On Wednesday, the House passed the American Rescue Plan on a vote of 220-211, with all Republicans and only one Democrat voting against the bill. Biden is expected to sign the bill into law on Friday....

Ever since the Wyoming representative accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s invitation to join the Jan. 6 Committee, media coverage of Cheney has gone beyond the familiar granting of absolution to Republicans who attack their own party. Cheney has assumed the pose of a tragic heroine out of classic literature. By becoming Trump’s principal antagonist, she’s been anointed by those who once despised her and her family as the nation’s newest savior, sacrificing her political career in order to ensure that authoritarianism is defeated....

GOP control of the House of Representatives got off to a tumultuous start this week after a group of roughly 20 Republicans opposed McCarthy’s speakership bid, demanding changes that would weaken the speaker’s authority to a House rules package. McCarthy, limited by Republicans’ narrow majority, failed to secure enough support to win the speaker election until late Friday night after 15 rounds of voting. His victory came only after Trump, who remains a popular figure among many conservatives, urged detractors to back McCarthy....

Both teams have had an identical Ireland Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy campaign so far. The North West Warriors have a win and a loss from two games. The Leinster Lightning has had similar results as well. However, the North West Warriors top the table based on superior Net Run-Rate (NRR). Leinster Lightning is thus second in the table. This, therefore, will be a top-of-the-table clash. Both sides are coming off a loss and will want to get back to winning ways....

The tournament commenced on January 27, 2022 and came to an end on January 31, 2022. The four-day long competition recorded massive views on the streaming platform LOCO. BGMI tournament: THUG Invitational: Season 4 crosses over 100K views The founder of Team 8Bit and Indian caster, Animesh “Thug” Agarwal, in association with LOCO hosted the fourth season of the BGMI invitational tournament called THUG Invitational: Season 4. The competition had a prize pool of INR 5,00,000....

Logan Paul has confirmed that Prime Hydration will have a Super Bowl commercial this year, making him and KSI the first YouTube content creators to reach this milestone. Prime drink launched in the UK just a couple of months ago, and since then it has blown up in popularity, causing an influx of excessive scalping. Though the two competing NFL teams haven’t been announced for the Super Bowl yet because the playoffs are still underway, the half-time act has been confirmed as Rihanna....

Early this year it was revealed that Vietnam and Taipei will hold the Mid Season Invitational. This is the first time these regions will hold an international tournament. Vietnam is the latest region to have its own domestic season in the form of VCS. The tournament will begin with teams from LMS, North American LCS and other developing regions will fight in the Play-in stage. Three teams will qualify from the Play-in stage will move forward to the Group stage....

The O2 Arena has staged the end-of-season tournament since 2009 and under the fresh terms the competition will also gain a new sponsor, the Nitto Denko Corporation. “We’re delighted to extend our stay in London,” said Chris Kermode, ATP executive chairman and president. “It’s fantastic news to have such an ambitious and innovative company partner [Nitto] with our season-ending showcase in what is unquestionably one of the most exciting times in men’s professional tennis in recent memory....