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Fletcher, who has played more than 200 T20 matches all around the world, joined fellow West Indian Nicholas Pooran in the Melbourne Stars dugout. The franchise was quick to sign a replacement following the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decision to recall Bairstow for England’s winter tours. Fletcher, on the other hand, sounded excited on joining hands with the Melbourne-based franchise. Check the BBL fixtures 2020 here. Melbourne Stars head coach David Hussey regretted missing the services of Bairstow, but heaped praise on the new signing....

Mumbai off-spinner Ankush Jaiswal, who was called for chucking in the Ranji Trophy league stage this season, bowled in the Times Shield ‘B’ Division match at Cross Maidan last week. Parsee Gymkhana’s cricket secretary and Vice-president Khodadad Yazdegardi has demanded an explanation from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) over Jaiswal being allowed to bowl. Jaiswal starred in Mumbai Customs Sports Club’s comprehensive victory over Nirlon Sports Club, claiming four wickets in the match ....

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is being forced to postpone the elections after the Supreme Court earlier this week ignored pleas to reinstate Srinivasan as its president. It also gave two more months to the Mukul Mudgal Committee to submit the final report in the spot-fixing and betting scandal in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The scam involved 13 people, including some prominent cricketers....

Iterating that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had a zero tolerance approach to fraud and corruption, Dalmiya stressed the need for “every effort” to make cricket pure and spotless. “Already a full-fledged Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the BCCI is in existence,” Dalmiya, who took over as president last month, said in a statement. “However, in order to further strengthen the Anti-Corruption Unit of the BCCI, especially in matters related to the Indian Premier League (IPL), it is being contemplated to bring in someone with impeccable reputation and having experience in presiding over challenging investigations relating to sporting frauds as a consultant in addition to the existing set up....

BCCI to be covered under RTI Act The Law Commission of India concluded that the status, nature and functional characteristics of the BCCI fulfil the required conditions of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act. Section 2(h) of the Act defines criteria under which a body can be declared as a public authority under the RTI Act. “The SC has also reaffirmed that the BCCI is the ‘approved’ national-level body holding virtually monopoly rights to organize cricketing events in the country,” Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu said in a 37-page long order....

The five-match Youth ODI series between the two sides finished 3-2 in favor of Bangladesh U19. The home side won the first three matches in a row before Afghanistan U19 bounced back and registered victories in the last two matches. This will be the only Test match of the tour and will take place across four days in Sylhet. BD-U19 vs AF-U19 Probable Playing 11 Today BD-U19 XI Mahfijul Islam, Iftikher Hossain, Ariful Islam, Aich Mollah, SM Meherob, Tahjibul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun, Golam Kibrai, Naimur Rohman, Ashikur Zaman, Mushfik Hasan...

Pompeo is currently visiting Israel as part of a 10-day visit to the Middle East ad Europe. On Thursday, he became the first American secretary of state to visit a Jewish settlement in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Such settlements are considered illegal by the United Nations and most of the international community. Pompeo and the Trump administration dispute this. Pompeo used the visit to laud the close ties between the Trump administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and celebrate the pro-Israel achievements of the Trump presidency....

And get yourself a good coffee machine, too. Some things never change, and whether it’s just you and your spouse or you and 50 employees, keeping a business alive and thriving requires long hours and a taste for cold pizza–especially at the beginning. Herewith: four success stories from the frontier. Burch LaPrade never really bought into the dot-com madness. There was something in the air, for sure, but it just didn’t smell right to the skeptical LaPrade....

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil’s male and female beach volleyball pairs enjoyed mixed results on Monday, with the men losing to Austria but the women crushing Argentina to book a place in the final 16. Both pairs are considered gold medal favourites on their home sand, but male duo Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt lost to Austria’s Alexander Horst and Clemens Doppler 23-21, 16-21, 15-13. Austria, reeling from a straight sets defeat against Italy on Saturday, fed off a hostile crowd to rumble the Brazilian pair with slick serving and confident spikes....

Allen Minish had been inputting data to his GPS during a real estate surveying trip near Gulkana, around 190 miles northeast of Anchorage, when he noticed the animal standing just 30 feet away. The 61-year-old, from the village of Chitna, tried to hide behind spruce trees but the bear charged towards him. He brandished the pointed end of his surveying pole but the bear simply knocked it aside. “As he lunged up on top of me, I grabbed his lower jaw to pull him away,” Minish told the Associated Press....

Ken Mauldin was sleeping at his home in Steamboat Springs when he was jolted awake by screams at two o’clock in the morning, KUSA reported. As Mauldin jumped out of bed, his wife was screaming: “There’s a bear in the house.” “So, I grabbed a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun,” he told KUSA. There are an estimated 17,000 to 20,000 black bears in Colorado. The population has been expanding in recent years, making conflict with humans more common....

Cutler, who joined Chicago in 2009, is now signed through 2020. MORE: Playoff schedule | Broncos no lock | Lovie Smith to Bucs The deal is reportedly worth $126 million over seven seasons, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported. He missed five games this season because of injuries, but managed a career-best 89.2 QB rating. He threw for 2,621 yards with 19 TDs and 12 interceptions. Chicago has reached the playoffs one time — in 2010 — since Cutler arrived....

You might also like: 20 best activity trackers 2015/2016 Connect it to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, and every morning, you’ll get a sleep score on the dedicated app, also available for Apple Watch. That score is based on seven different categories: Sleep amount, time to fall asleep, sleep efficiency, away from bed, awake, restless sleep and snoring. It’ll measure your heart rate and respiration throughout the night, too....

One of the main issues that EA addressed in its blog post was its choice to introduce specialists into Battlefield 2042 instead of making use of the class system like other Battlefield titles before it. Fans felt that the specialist system was not suited for large-scale battles and would therefore hamper teamwork. EA claims that the reason teamwork was hampered in the Battlefield 2042 beta was the result of its full roster of specialists not being playable as it stated, “you weren’t able to go hands-on with all Ten of our Specialists, and see them all in action on the Battlefield....

Moreover, backpacks will extend these gadget slots, but that doesn’t mean players should pick up everything they find. Selectively picking is important, especially given that players will be able to carry 4 different ammo types at once, each specific to a certain weapon type. There are 16 primary weapons currently available, with each divided into three rarity tiers: Common, Rare, and Epic, with these tied to the number of attachments and specializations equipped to the weapon....

As seen in the image below, DICE and Electronic Arts have updated the official Battlefield website to reflect the forthcoming sequel’s inclusion of what is presumably the Roman numeral “V”, but there’s still a chance that it could actually be the letter itself and pronounced “vee”. The companies have also provided exact times for the reveal date’s livestream, with fans of the franchise getting their first look at the game next Wednesday at 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET....

Health mattered more than history. Bauer was pulled by manager Terry Francona after seven hitless innings and 117 pitches, and sat in the dugout watching as Toronto’s Freddy Galvis broke up Cleveland’s bid for a combined no-hitter with a leadoff single in the ninth inning of the Indians’ 4-1 win Thursday night. Bauer was attempting to throw Cleveland’s first no-hitter in 38 years — on the 25th anniversary of Progressive Field’s opening — but was taken out when his pitch count climbed too high for Francona....

Mets outfielder Jose Bautista, on the heels of his first series as a visitor against the Blue Jays in 14 years, crushed a walk-off grand slam on Friday as the Mets beat the Rays 5-1. It’s Bautista’s fourth home run since joining the Mets and sixth of the season he hit two with the Atlanta Braves. For his career, Bautista has 337 homers, but Friday’s blast was the first walk-off of his career, per ESPN Stats and Info....

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District said in a statement online that they have “relaunched [their] Clean Cars for All program with more than $8 million available for qualified residents to purchase a clean air vehicle.” The program will target low-income communities that are disproportionately affected by air pollution. Clean Cars for All will allow residents to “retire older vehicles and replace them with a new or used hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric, or fuel cell vehicle, or get a transit card or e-bike,” the statement continued....

Although in cruise control for large portions of the game, it wasn’t what one would label as relentless or deadly, as Niko Kovac’s side were made to play the patient game. The hosts were up and running in the encounter right from the outset, as it took just a couple of minutes for them to test the opposition goalkeeper. By the end of the first 45 minutes, Bayern had 18 attempts on goal, with six of them on target....