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Both teams are yet to open their account in the tournament so far - KKR were thrashed by the Mumbai Indians, while SRH registered an unfortunate loss against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. There are a lot of questions surrounding the team composition of both teams heading into this game. Mitchell Marsh is likely to miss the reminder of IPL 2020, and either Kane Williamson or Mohammad Nabi could take his place in the SRH playing XI....

“It’s been just a month that I had this surgery. It will take some more time, maybe two months to recover and attain the required fitness to get back to international cricket. So aiming for sometime in August for a comeback, probably can make a comeback for the Sri Lanka series. I miss playing cricket, being part of the IPL, it is the biggest tournament in India and the Champions Trophy, would have been the first world (ICC) tournament that I would have played”...

Thompson left Game 2 against the Raptors with left hamstring tightness early in the fourth quarter after he landed awkwardly while attempting a 3-pointer. Thompson told coach Steve Kerr after the game “he’ll be fine.” “But Klay could be half-dead and he’d say he’s fine,” Kerr told reporters. “We’ll see.” The Warriors went on to win Game 2 109-104 in Toronto. The victory evened the finals at 1-1, with the series set to shift back to Golden State for Games 3 and 4....

Ancelotti, a three-time winner of the competition, described Liverpool as one of the strongest sides in Europe in the build-up to Wednesday’s tie. Liverpool reached the final of last season’s competition but lost to Real Madrid after Mohamed Salah was injured and Loris Karius made two dreadful mistakes. The Reds opened their 2018-19 campaign with a thrilling 3-2 home win against Paris Saint-Germain, while Napoli drew away to Red Star Belgrade....

The teams meet on Saturday in the Champions League final, Madrid seeking to defend the title for the second year in a row. Liverpool are the top-scoring team in the competition with 40 goals, while the six clean sheets recorded by Klopp’s men is level with Barcelona as the joint-most this term. But Madrid are considered by many to be favourites for the Kiev showpiece, with Klopp indicating his tactics will be more complicated than targeting left-back Marcelo with Mohamed Salah....

The 27-year-old Sturridge, who has not scored in his last five appearances for the Premier League club, has struggled with injuries throughout his career. “Usually, and it’s not about speed, Daniel scores twice. But he is a human being and he missed the chances. Of course longer injuries can have an impact. Ask a sprinter,” Klopp told reporters on Friday. Sturridge’s ability to adapt to Klopp’s high-pressing playing style has also been doubted after the striker missed a series of chances as Liverpool were knocked out of the League Cup by Southampton on Wednesday....

Reports in the Bosnian press indicated on Tuesday that Buvac was a surprise contender to replace Arsene Wenger, who is leaving the Emirates Stadium at the end of the season. There has also been speculation in the media that Klopp and Buvac - who will not be involved with Liverpool’s first team for the remainder of the season for personal reasons - have fallen out. But, speaking to the media ahead of the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Roma, Klopp was giving nothing away....

Speaking ahead of the second leg of the Champions League semifinals at Roma on Wednesday, Klopp said: “We gave a club statement to that and that’s all we say at the moment. Nothing else.” Assistant coach Zeljko Buvac remains a Liverpool employee and his position will not be affected by his absence. Liverpool leads the semifinal 5-2 from the first leg at Anfield last week. Klopp and Buvac played together at Mainz in the early 1990s....

He was wrong. It’s not government that threatens privacy today; it’s Internet commerce. The Web has evolved into a marketplace, and in the process transformed privacy from a right to a commodity. High-speed networking and powerful database technologies have made it possible for businesses to amass, quickly and at low cost, a wealth of personal information on nearly 200 million Americans, especially the 40 or so million who cruise the Web....

Criticism of the controversial superstars comes from near and far. Your co-worker criticizes Bryant and so does Charles Barkley. MORE: Must-watch NBA games of 2015-16 | Predicting the 2016 Olympic team | Kobe puts D’Angelo Russell in his place The entertaining “NBA on TNT” analyst did not so much criticize the Bryant During an interview with SiriusXM NBA radio on Friday he hoped the much the Bryant would learn to Know When enough is enough, via Fox Sports....

The crash occurred about 9:45 a.m. PT in the hills above Calabasas, Calif., in extremely foggy conditions, according to The Los Angeles Times, and created a brush fire that made it difficult for emergency personnel to reach the helicopter. All nine passengers on board the aircraft died, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a news conference Sunday afternoon. MORE: Sports world reacts to Kobe Bryant’s death Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was also killed in the crash....

MORE: Top photos from the conference finals “If making history was easy, why bother?” Green said Bryant texted him after Game 4. Bryant’s text, of course, alludes to the fact the Warriors are one loss from being eliminated from the Western Conference finals. DeCOURCY: Magic greatest Laker ever, even if he won’t say so Green can probably use all the encouragement he could get. He scored just 12 points in the Warriors’ back-to-back losses — their first consecutive losses of the season....

After an evaluation by team doctors prior to Tuesday night's game, the Lakers announced that Kobe Bryant would be out for about three more weeks because the pain and swelling in his knee had not yet fully subsided. Bryant has been sidelined since Dec. 19 with a tibial plateau fracture in his left knee. At that time, the team believed the injury would keep him off the court for six weeks....

Given to him as a Christmas gift from his wife Vanessa in 2006, this convertible lowrider was built by West Coast Customs, and is available for purchase on eBay. So far, only three people have made offers for the vehicle, all of which have been declined by Exclusive Motorcars, the company handling the sale. Holidays at the Bryant household sure seem like a lot of fun. (H/T @Marcel_Mutoni)

Lukaku & Barkley see off West Ham Barkley’s late strike sealed a 2-0 victory at Goodison Park on Sunday, ending a four-match winless run in the top-flight as the home side consolidated its grip on sixth position in the table. The 22-year-old has had a difficult 2016-17 campaign, losing his place in the England squad since being an unused member of the Euro 2016 group and being left on the bench for his club’s draw with Manchester City earlier this month....

The former WWE Champion revealed that he got to celebrate Halloween with his family in nearly seven and a half years and that he was still feeling ecstatic. Kofi Kingston wrote that his children got to pick their costumes separately and since both of them dressed up as dinosaurs, he decided to dress up as a dragon/dinosaur as well. A post shared by Kofi (@thetruekofi) on Nov 1, 2020 at 6:25pm PST...

‘The Leave India’ remark from Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli celebrated his 30th birthday last week and the fans wished ‘The King’ all success in the coming years. However, he was in the news very shortly as he remarked a fan to leave India on seeing the latter’s comments, which is now called the ’leave India’ statement. Just after he had turned 30, Virat Kohli launched an app called Virat Kohli official and he had planned to read out some comments from fans and respond to those....

On Monday, Kojima took to Twitter to post a photograph of himself and star of The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus. The actor was confirmed to be a part of the project back in 2014, when his likeness appeared as part of a trailer attached to the infamous P.T. demo. Obviously, plans for Silent Hills fell apart when the relationship between Kojima and Konami turned sour during the developent of Metal Gear Solid 5....

One of these big questions is whether or not the upcoming game would be coming to any other platforms as the exact phrasing of ‘console exclusive’ was a little odd. In a Q&A posted on Medium by a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe community manager (which has since been deleted) , the company confirmed that Kojima Productions’ first post-Konami game would indeed be coming to PC after PS4, though Sony didn’t state how long after the PS4 launch....

The high profile exhibition match will be a tribute to the late Dutch legend Johan Cruyff. The former Barcelona player and manager is considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of football. Real Madrid legends Amancio Amaro, Isidoro San Jose and Richard Galeo confirmed about the match through an announcement at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. Also read: Confirmed: Real Madrid’s kit for the Champions League final...