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A lot of overseas players will go under the hammer in order to get an opportunity to feature in IPL 2020. Players performing in various T20 leagues are expected to be in great demand based on their current form and their prowess in the T20 format. Some of the England players, who have made giant strides in the T20 Blast and have also been successful in making it to their national T20I side, might also interest franchises for a possible bid in IPL 2020....

The IPL is one such tournament wherein the players fall head over heels to participate as it gives them the opportunity to not only be a part of one big gala event, but it also allows them to get used to Indian conditions. Owing to the experience received in the tournament, many players and many teams find themselves more at ease when they tour the subcontinent, something which was not very common in the last decade....

The two key men Rajasthan have done well to pull things back and remain in contention for a playoff spot but it has to be said that their success has largely hinged on two players. One is obviously Jos Buttler. He has been simply outstanding. I don’t think anyone would have predicted him to come out and strike five successive half-centuries - two of them were almost hundreds. This is the kind of form that can give you jitters if you are the opposition....

That’s a normal feeling you can have at the start of a new season and one that can extend throughout the season at times. I’ve found that playing the game has enhanced my viewing experience as a fan, but the wrong approach may worsen yours. In my last article, I dealt with the new rules and some general tips to follow. This time, let’s delve deep into some common mistakes to avoid and tips to navigate this season’s IPL Fantasy....

You’ve probably never had an IPv4-related issue that stopped you from going online, so you might wonder why IPv6 is even a thing. What does an upgraded IP do? Is IPv6 better than IPv4? Let’s look at what these terms mean and how they’re different. What IPv4 and IPv6 Mean IPv4 stands for IP version 4. It started being used in 1983 and is still widely used today. You’ve probably seen an IPv4 address—they’re presented in dot-decimal notation like this, where there are four sections of numbers separated by periods:...

Iranian supreme military attaché to Iraq Brigadier-General Mostafa Moradian and newly appointed Iraqi military Joint Headquarters Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah met Tuesday in Baghdad to discuss boosting military ties between the two nations, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Moradian pledged support to Iraq’s armed forces and called for the further development of the Quadripartite Information Exchange Center consisting of Iran, Iraq, Russia and Syria....

Francois-Philipe Champagne made the comments during a press conference for the International Coordination and Response Group in London on Thursday. Also present were representatives from six non-Iranian nations—Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, the U.K., Ukraine and Afghanistan—whose citizens were among the 176 killed when Iranian troops destroyed a passenger plane near Tehran last week. Champagne told reporters that Dutch input on the incident had been particularly helpful, given the nation’s central role in investigating the MH17 flight shot down by Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists in 2014....

Rear-Admiral Amir Rastegari, the head of the Defense Ministry’s marine industries organization arm, told the state-run IRNA on Monday that the navy is planning to provide “light and semi-heavy domestically-developed submarines” to the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC maritime area of responsibility is the Persian Gulf stretching to the Strait of Hormuz, Rastegari said. Iran’s navy oversees the eastern portion of the Strait of Hormuz into the Indian Ocean....

Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency cited who they said was a well-informed official Tuesday who denied outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennet’s claim a day earlier that Iran “has begun the withdrawal process from Syria.” His remarks followed reports earlier this month by other Israeli officials who argued Iran was gradually pulling out of the country, although Tehran disputed this. “There has been no change in the quantity and quality of Iran’s advisory presence in Syria,” the unnamed official told Fars News Agency....

The article was printed in the Tehran Times, one of three major English-language newspapers published by the Iranian government. The Times, like most papers in Iran, is “funded by and ideologically connected to political parties or politicians,” according to the Council on Foreign Relations. The piece appears to have been written in response to an Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, referring to a prior Israeli airstrike on Syrian territory as “a direct message” to Iran....

“Revenge is inevitable,” read Khamenei’s tweet, roughly translated. “Revenge must be taken on those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani as well as those who carried it.” The tweet represents a renewal of Khamenei’s threats to avenge influential Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was widely perceived as the second most powerful man in Iran. In January 2020, Trump ordered a drone strike on Soleimani’s convoy near Iraq’s Baghdad airport, killing the top official and nine other people....

Coach Qahtan Chitheer, Dawood and goalkeeper Ali Ibadi were seen holding posters that read: “We are the voice…” An Iraqi team official said it’s their way of showing solidarity with the victims’ families. “Shortage of medical supply killed seven chlidren in past week at the Barsa Children Hopital,” the team official told PTI. Having tasted their maiden victory in the FIFA U-17 World Cup yesterday, Iraq have four points in two matches and are on the verge of a pre-quarterfinal qualification....

LILLE, France (Reuters) - Ireland will need to produce a similar performance to the one that helped them beat Italy on Wednesday if they are to have any chance of knocking out hosts France in the last 16 of Euro 2016, Ireland manager Martin O’Neill said. “We need a performance like tonight again to stand a chance,” O’Neill told a news conference after his side’s 1-0 victory over Italy in their final Group E game helped them reach the knockout stages of a European Championship for the first time....

The IRS this week announced that interest payments will be sent to around 13.9 million Americans who timely filed their 2019 federal income tax returns by the extended deadline of July 15 and either received a refund in the past three months or are still waiting for a refund. However, no interest will be added to any refund issued before the original April 15 deadline. Around 12 million people who received their tax refund by direct deposit will have their interest payment paid the same way into the same account....

Millions of people across the U.S. have received Economic Impact Payments (EIPs), under the terms of the CARES Act, with eligible adults qualifying for up to $1,200 each to assist them through the economic disruption posed by the coronavirus. With EIPs continuing to be distributed, the IRS has said it has been alerted to several scams linked to the payments, which have been sent in the form of checks, direct deposits and prepaid debit cards....

The six-episode series follows the titular robot health care companion as he assists a number of residents in San Fransokyo. But what viewers might be wondering is where in the Big Hero 6 franchise the new show fits in. Here is everything we know. Is ‘Baymax!’ a Prequel or Sequel to ‘Big Hero 6’? Baymax! is a sequel to the original Big Hero 6 film as the robot is already well established in the Hamada household, particularly with Hiro (Ryan Potter), who helped give the robot several upgrades following the loss of his brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney)....

After that, however, there’s no telling where Creative Director Ken Levine and his team might go. Given the way things ended in Infinite, it’s pretty safe to say the BioShock IP has been laid to rest, but even that isn’t for sure. One thing is for sure, though, Ken Levine is hard at work on something, or at least that’s what he wants all of his Twitter followers to know....

The group is shrinking, and fans can tune in to see which remaining women Weber will send home on Wednesday night. Here’s everything you need to know about the special episode, how to watch it and what happened on Monday. How To Watch The show will start at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. For those who can’t watch the episode in real-time, it will be uploaded to streaming platform Hulu....

But Ward has kept himself busy with high-profile commentating gigs with HBO, ESPN, and is now working with EPIX for their reboot of The Contender. Ward was on hand for the final press conference surrounding the reality show’s finale, pitting Shane Mosley Jr. against Brandon Adams and airing Friday night. Join DAZN and watch Canelo plus more than 80 fight nights a year Ward has been in Los Angeles for at least a couple days, evidenced by an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show earlier in the week....