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IPL 2025: The Impact Player rule will continue to be a part of the tournament.© BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made some significant changes in rules for IPL 2025, which begins on March 22. BCCI has introduced rule changes in IPL 2025, including the lifting of the saliva ban, the continuation of the Impact Player rule and slow over rate ban cannot be imposed on Captains anymore, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal to ANI The removal of the saliva ban, introduced as a COVID-19 precautionary measure, is a major move.The rule against using…
The Justice Department is in the midst of an urgent and chaotic effort to review sensitive materials from the FBI investigation into the convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, with Attorney General Pam Bondi pushing the FBI and her own department to release more files from the case amid continued pressure from President Donald Trump’s supporters, multiple sources told ABC News.As many as a thousand FBI agents, many of whom are usually focusing on national security matters, have been enlisted to help with the effort, sources said.The push comes two weeks after Bondi handed out binders with Epstein case…
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an “extraordinary moment”. At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest ever person to hold the most powerful position in sports governance. Coventry, the Zimbabwean sports minister, is a close ally of the German Thomas Bach, who steps down as IOC supremo after 12 years. She told her fellow IOC members she would work with the six other heavyweight rivals she beat in the election.”This is an extraordinary moment. As a nine-year-old…
Tesla arson defendants will face the “full force of the law” for allegedly using Molotov cocktails to set fire to the electric vehicles and charging stations, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Thursday.”The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” Bondi said in a statement. “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”Bondi is referring to the three people charged for their alleged involvement in recent attacks in Salem, Oregon; Loveland, Colorado; and Charleston, South Carolina.Tesla CEO Elon Musk…
A proposal in Tennessee that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex” is headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his approval. The Republican-dominant Senate easily cleared the legislation on Thursday over the objections of LGBTQ+ activists and the chamber’s handful of Democratic members. The legislation is just the latest effort targeting the transgender community in Tennessee, where Republican lawmakers have over the years repeatedly enacted bills aimed at the LGBTQ+ community as the party pursues such legislation nationwide.Earlier this year, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed off on a transgender restriction…
File image of Dilip Vengsarkar.© PTI Former India captains Dilip Vengsarkar and Diana Edulji were on Thursday conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mumbai Cricket Association. MCA also celebrated the city’s cricketing excellence and recognised the top performers of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. A key member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, Vengsarkar captained India in 10 Tests and 18 ODIs and later served as MCA Vice-President and Chairman of BCCI’s Selection Committee. Edulji, whose international career spanned over 17 years, played a pioneering role in establishing and promoting women’s cricket in India.Former MCA Vice-President…
George Glezmann, a U.S. citizen who was detained by the Taliban for more than two years, has been released, according to the State Department.”Today, after two and a half years of captivity in Afghanistan, Delta Airlines mechanic George Glezmann is on his way to be reunited with his wife, Aleksandra,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.Rubio thanked Qatar, which said it “facilitated” the release of Glezmann, for its “steadfast commitment and diplomatic efforts,” calling Qatari officials “instrumental in securing George’s release.””George’s release is a positive and constructive step,” Rubio added. “It is also a reminder that other…
Representative image.© AFP India has submitted its bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Gujarat, a top sports ministry source told PTI on Thursday. The last date to submit the ‘Expression of Interest’ to host the Games was March 31 and India’s letter was sent by the Indian Olympic Association a few days ago. “Yes, it is true, India’s bid has been submitted by the IOA and the state of Gujarat,” the source stated. This was after sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya recently asserted that the country was interested in hosting the Games India, which last hosted the…
The “Die Hard” actor turned 70 on Wednesday, three years after stepping away from acting due to aphasia, as his wife asked fans to “flood him with love.” Source link
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot without special equipment and a trained eye.“The glare from the sun makes it really, really difficult to see,” said Michelle Nichols with Chicago’s Adler Planetarium.A conjunction happens when two celestial bodies appear close together in the sky. It could be two planets, or a planet and the sun. An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth.Such…