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The player auctions prior to the season held in May, saw franchise owners spending close to Rs. 50 crores with an aim to build the strongest possible squad replete with talent, skills and equitable balance in the attack and defence. For the last two season, the men in green from Patna Pirates have emerged as champions and due credit has to be attributed to the team management who ensure each time that they have the best players in the team ranks in order to enable them to go the distance....

The home side came into the match with an ominous streak of four losses on the trot and hoped to get their home leg off to a positive start. They lay at the bottom of the Zone B standings but still had an outside chance of qualification for the playoffs due to matches in hand. Telugu Titans played their original lineup tonight from the start of the season with Vishal Bhardwaj and Abozar Mighani occupying the corners and the duo of Rahul Chaudhari and Nilesh Salunke leading the raiding unit....

The Lilywhites have picked up five points from their opening three games so far, keeping a clean sheet in all of them - the only side that’s yet to ship in a goal. Following back-to-back goalless draws, Preston picked up their first league win against Luton Town on Saturday, just days after a 4-1 thumping win over Huddersfield in the EFL Cup. Rotherham, meanwhile, are also unbeaten - a 1-1 draw with Swansea City on the opening day followed by a 4-0 drubbing of Reading last weekend....

Regardless of the extent of damage to the heart after a heart attack, appropriate drug therapy and lifestyle changes can be effective in delaying or preventing the onset of heart failure. How the Heart Heals Itself After a heart attack, the undamaged parts of the muscle stretch in an attempt to take over the work of the damaged muscle. (The clinical term for enlargement of the heart is cardiomegaly.)...

Though Kings lost to Knights by 28 runs in the first qualifier in Kolkata on Wednesday, they bounced back to beat Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs for the third time to make their first appearance in IPL final. With dashing opener Virendra Sehwag back in form, as evident Friday from his flamboyant 122 in 58 balls (8x6, 12x4) against CSK, Kings’ middle order - Glenn Maxwell, David Miller and captain George Bailey - have to fire again as in the league games, which made them head the points table (22), with a record 11 wins and three losses....

The two in-form teams in the Super League (MSL), Kedah and Pahang are set to battle it out as the winners of this tie could set an early pace for the title race throughout the whole season. Both teams are undefeated so far this season, with Pahang the surprise leaders together with Perak on seven points, while Kedah are in third with five points after three matches. For the Red Eagles, their head coach Tan Cheng Hoe has already urged his team to buckle up at the back, as they have conceded four goals so far this season....

Defensive blunders and poor finishing were to blame for the 2-0 loss to Lyon in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Schalke’s efficiency led to a 3-1 result in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Previously unbeaten Leipzig had been leading the league but now finds itself among five teams one point behind Bayern Munich. The pressure is on for Saturday’s visit to Bayer Leverkusen. “I don’t want to make it a bigger issue than it is, but to lose two games in a row is not good,” Leipzig midfielder Emil Forsberg said....

Virginia Giuffre filed a bombshell civil claim against Queen Elizabeth II’s son on the eve of the two-year anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein’s death on August 10, 2019. Her lawyers accused the royal of “sexual assault and battery” when she was 17 years old in a court filing alleging abuse in London, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The case was brought in New York under civil law, meaning Prince Andrew faces no risk of extradition or imprisonment through this particular action....

Virginia Giuffre is suing Andrew, the Duke of York, for sexual assault and battery through a court filing that says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. Queen Elizabeth II’s second-eldest son must now decide whether to engage in the court process or try to avoid being dragged into the civil lawsuit. He has previously denied any wrongdoing. He is not facing criminal charges and would not be extradited to America, but the court could rule against him in his absence and award damages to Giuffre....

The Duke of York has been accused of sexual assault and battery by Virginia Giuffre in a court filing submitted in New York this week. She says she was made to have sex with Queen Elizabeth II’s second son in London, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands when she was aged 17. Britain’s biggest police force will now review the available evidence for a third time—after previously declaring the U....

Accompanied by his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales received a formal welcome from the Māori, known as pōwhiri, and listened to speeches from elders at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Waitangi. Following this, he confirmed that future generations would honor the Treaty. According to NZ History, the Treaty of Waitangi is “a broad statement of principles” that founded New Zealand as nation state and saw the Māori cede the sovereignty of the country to Britain....

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down as senior working royals at the end of March and moved to California. However, they faced an initial period of uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe. Omid Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom, told Grazia: “To be at the point they are at now, having set up an empire and a charity in just over nine months, shows just how hard they have worked to make this transition a success....

Harry and wife Meghan Markle posted their road map out of royal life to a website in January but did not consult with other members of the family. New biography Finding Freedom reveals how Queen Elizabeth II was left “devastated” by the move. Now Omid Scobie, who co-wrote the book with Carolyn Durand, has revealed Prince William was so angry to the point the brothers did not talk again until they saw each other in March....

The royal attended the event, founded in 2010, as part of an official visit to the U.S. and is reported to be the basis of his idea for the new world-renowned Invictus Games. The prince’s founding of the Invictus Games is referenced in the new biography Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind The Crown by prominent British royal correspondent Valentine Low. The book has already made headlines, detailing the working relationships between members of the royal family and their closest staff....

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is well known for its use of the series’ iconic combination of combat and climbing puzzles, but it was also the first Prince of Persia game to add parkour and a particularly skillful implementation of real-time, in-game time manipulation mechanics. The game also served as the beginning of an entirely new story within the franchise starring a more complicated version of the Prince....

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge set off on their eight-day tour of Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas to celebrate the queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which marks her 70 years on the throne. However, there was always the possibility of a charged atmosphere after Barbados removed the Monarch, 95, as head of state in November and amid editorials in Jamaican newspapers about the country becoming a republic. If there had ever been a hope that William and Kate would turn Jamaicans off the idea then it fell flat fairly quickly when a protest was announced before their arrival in the country....

William arrived at Aberdeen Airport in a private plane also carrying Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, at 4 p.m. U.K. time following an announcement made at lunchtime from Buckingham Palace revealing that the monarch had been placed under “medical supervision.” “Following further evaluation this morning, The Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” it read. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral....