Acquired by Microsoft in 2006, Lionhead Studios was well known for creating franchises like the god game Black and White and The Movies. The studio’s crowning achievement however was the popular Fable series, which actually may have been better known thanks to the over-enthusiastic ideas and features that former creator Peter Molyneux would detail leading up to release, only for the games to not quite live up to those promises....
That Manchester United could not score a single goal was down to the ineffective and useless brand of possession football preached by their manager Jose Mourinho. He started with two holding midfielders against the fourteenth-placed side in La Liga and brought struggling winger Alexis Sanchez back into the fold. What is Mourinho so afraid of? Does he not trust his central defenders to hold a Chelsea outcast and second-rate Spanish forward at home?...
The team of Shane McMahon and the Miz had first won the SmackDown tag team championships on the Royal Rumble show, where they ended the reign of the Bar. Jimmy and Jey then became the new No.1 contenders for the championships and they even won the titles at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. While WWE has done away with the rematch clause, Shane McMahon announced this match as the Fastlane show will take place in Miz’s home state of Ohio....
In any case, that is apparently been the crest for the two hotshots, and WWE has been off track and has fallen flat both innovatively and with respect to their talent just about a year from that. To state that WWE has altered the running of its two greatest Japanese hotshots could be the modest representation of the truth. Towards the start of this current year, Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka were the victors of their separate Royal Rumble matches and both were booked at WrestleMania 34 for prominent title matches....
With his brother having already represented Australia in the shorter forms of the game, and his father being a veteran of 50 tests, Mitchell Marsh already bore the weight of great expectations. But these expectations didn’t seem to hinder him on his first-class debut, as Marsh made an unbeaten 59 while his side capitulated for 131. But the hype around Marsh was just beginning. The following year Marsh captained the Australia Under-19s to a World Cup victory, top scoring for his side in both the semi and quarterfinals....
So, let’s get started. Shall we? Much long before the whole “Rusev Day” gimmick got popular with the WWE Universe, Alexander Rusev, or simply Rusev, made his debut as an anti-American character which saw him announced as having relocated to Russia, and having been named “Hero of the Russian Federation.” After defeating a string of big names like Big Show, Mark Henry, and Jack Swagger, Rusev faced his first loss at the hands of John Cena at WrestleMania 31, thus ending his undefeated streak at 146 days....
The media mogul made the comments in an interview with author Isabel Wilkerson, who wrote the book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” Winfrey’s discussion took place on her Apple TV series Oprah’s Book Club this week and Wilkerson’s book argues that the U.S. “social structure” is a caste system defined by a hierarchy of human divisions that shapes lives today. The concept links the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany....
The 21-year-old from Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, plays as an assaulter and support player for his team. Anto is also active on several social media platforms. His Instagram handle is ig_antoo, while his YouTube channel is by the name Anto Playz. In an exclusive chat, Anto shares his personal and professional gaming experiences with Sportskeeda. Q. Other than gaming, how were you in studies and which field had you opted for?...
Portland would have to travel to Toronto for at least two games for the NBA Finals, which would put the Turkish player in a sticky situation. Kanter has publicly criticized Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who then revoked Kanter’s Turkish passport. This means him leaving the United States would be very difficult, which prompted Oregon Senator Ron Wyden to write a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ensure Kanter’s safety....
Djokovic, along with World No.1 Rafael Nadal and World No. 3 Roger Federer have won 14 titles among themselves at the Melbourne Park in the last 16 years of the tournament. The trio would be a big hurdle for the young players to get their hands on the trophy. For the big three, new age players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Nick Kyrgios, and Daniil Medvedev would pose as threats....
Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka will return to defend the titles they won last year, adding to the event’s storied history. The pair will face stiff competition from stacked fields in the men’s and women’s draw as a host of players seek glory in Melbourne. To whet your appetite for the forthcoming feast of tennis, here is a selection of the best Opta facts related to the Australian Open....
Montclair State University Police Chief Paul Cell says the break-in at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center happened Wednesday morning. He would not say what, if anything, was taken. The museum honoring the New York Yankees Hall of Famer opened in the late 1990s. It is located on the university’s campus in the northern New Jersey community of Little Falls. In addition to the baseball exhibits and memorabilia, it offers children’s educational programs that focus on sportsmanship and social justice....
You’re probably familiar with this dilemma: Should you put it in a bag (meaning you need to carry the bag everywhere you go, with no exceptions)? Should you leave the auto-injector in the car (risking that you won’t be near the car when you need it)? Or should you stick it in a pocket (just not practical for summer or for tight-fitting outfits)? Fortunately, others have tried to solve this problem, meaning there’s now a wide variety of epinephrine auto-injector cases on the market....
But Hawaii is different than other mid-major FBS schools because it was not just the athletic department losing money. The football program itself was not profitable. One of its revenue sports that is supposed to support the rest of the athletic department was not even pulling its own weight let alone the volleyball and softball teams. MORE INFANTE: Death of Division I as we know it | Review good for recruiting It’s one thing to subsidize non-revenue sports regardless of how football is doing....
A French artist who goes by Playbox36 created a series of images crossing over Bungie and id Software’s franchises by taking Master Chief’s post from the cover of the 2010 animated film collection Halo Legends and re-painting it in the iconic red-and-black art style of the marketing material seen for Doom (2016) and the recently released Doom Eternal. The result is a striking image that can be found on Playbox36’s Twitter and DeviantArt accounts with multiple croppings fit to be used as wallpapers on various devices....
Two Namibian television presenters have found fame online after footage of their tense exchange went viral. The presenters, news anchor Elmarie Kapunda and sports reporter Jessica Kaimu, were filming in the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) studios on June 9 when Kaimu was caught snapping at Kapunda for the wording of her introduction. In the footage, Kapunda is beginning to segue into Kaimu’s sports bulletin. Seemingly believing that they are rehearsing the segment rather than broadcasting live, Kaimu cuts her off....
Starved for game time prior to that, the opportunity to play week in week out made Martinez hungry for more and with his stock at an all-time high, decided to leave Arsenal for Aston Villa. A scenario that isn’t unlike what young Azri Ghani is experiencing by making the move from Kedah to Perak for the 2021 M-League season. The 21-year-old Azri had been warming the bench for large parts of the season behind Ifwat Akmal and Shahril Saari but found himself given an opportunity in the game against Sabah with just three matches remaining of the Super League season....
The K-pop idol rapper’s last release was his second studio album, COSMOS, released in November last year. All the songs on the album were written and co-composed by the rapper himself, and the album peaked at No. 5 on the Gaon music charts. The K-pop rapper is now returning with new music and the promotional content is being rolled out on a much larger scale than before. B.I announces 2022 Global Album Project in an exciting teaser The 25-year-old Korean rapper surprised fans with the news of a larger-scale release on April 21....
In 2010, Balali’s Geeta Phogat gave India the first gold medal from the sport at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Four years later, her sisters Babita Kumari and Vinesh won gold medals in Glasgow to make the family proud and famous. In fact, the Glasgow Games could easily be termed a landmark event as six of the 13 medals from wrestling came from women. Silver medallists Lalita, Geetika Jakhar and Sakshi Malik hail from Haryana while bronze medal winner Navjot Kaur is from neighbouring Punjab....
Zakari Bennett-Eko was hurled into the River Irwell by Zak Bennett-Eko, 23, on September 11, 2019, in an incident that was witnessed by members of the public who raised the alarm. It took emergency services an hour to rescue Zakari due to the conditions of the river that made it inaccessible. Prosecutor Rob Hall told the court: “Due to the inaccessibility of the river and strength of the current, it was about an hour before emergency services were able to rescue Zakari, by which time his heart had stopped and he was very cold....
