India, the defending champions, held on to a blistering 100 and some intense Super Over drama before beating Sri Lanka in a dead rubber to keep their unbeaten run in the Asia Cup on Friday.
The Super Fours clash was intended to be of academic interest, but it ended up being the most exciting game at the tournament, with India already taking home the spot they did against Pakistan and eliminated Sri Lanka.
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After Nissanka (107) smashed the first individual hundred of the tournament, Sri Lanka defended their position and defeated India by 202-5 to win the Super Over.
In the Super Over, Sri Lanka only managed two runs before Arshdeep Singh’s five deliveries, which totaled two, gave them both.
Suryakumar Yadav, the skipper of India, took three runs from Wanindu Hasaranga’s first delivery to declare the victory.
India, the 20-overs world champions, had earlier recorded their third consecutive fifty against India, which came after its 200-plus-total opening.
The top-ranked T20 player in the world, Abhishek, continued to impress with a sizzling 61 runs out of 31 balls.
Pathum Nissanka and India’s Kusal Mendis [Raghed Waked/Reuters] in action.
Shubman Gill, the opening man, lost four.
and Indian skipper Suryakumar’s (12) form continued, but Abhishek’s 22-ball fifty prevented the team from really suffering.
Abhishek was taken out by Sri Lankan bowler Charith Asalanka, but Sanju Samson (39) and Tilak Varma (49 not out) made a 49-run save.
In the first over, Sri Lanka lost Kusal Mendis for a duck in the chase, but the pair won 72-1 with six powerplay overs.
Before leaving the field, Hardik Pandya bowled just one over while Jasprit Bumrah was rested.
Kusal Perera’s (58) half-century could not be denied, just like Nissanka could not be denied. He also needed 25 balls to bring up his fifty.
When Perera was dismissed, Spinner Varun Chakravarthy broke the 127-run rule.
Shirley Ballas, the Strictly judge, gave her fans an insight into their sweet friendship and how she supported her through chemotherapy, as Amy Dowden has revealed the kind gesture she received from the Strictly judge.
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Strictly judge’s heartwarming gesture to Amy Dowden lifts the lid on friendship.
Strictly’s Amy Dowden has revealed Shirley Ballas’ heartwarming gesture, as she returns to the show following her cancer treatment last year. The 35-year-old professional dancer was forced to leave the BBC dance competition after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023.
She shared her journey on social media with her fans, and thankfully announced in February 2024 that she had ‘no evidence of the disease’ after her treatment. In an Instagram story post today, she told her fans about how Shirley had supported her throughout her chemotherapy, giving a sweet insight into their friendship.
The Welsh singer said, “I know what I’m doing with my Friday night!” in a statement to the media. Best Foot Forward, Shirley’s book, is what I just received.
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She wrote me the most exquisite, exquisite note. She even claims to have mentioned me in her book, which is an honor, my goodness. Shirley, I appreciate it.
Amy went on to explain how Judge Shirley continued to support her throughout her cancer treatment. She explained, “She actually used to write me handwritten letters when I was undergoing chemotherapy, and they would make me smile.”
“Stories about her mother Audrey,” she said. I’m so glad you sent me your book, Shirley, because I know what I’ll be doing tonight.
The actress continued by explaining how she spends Friday nights before Strictly Live, explaining that it was “extremely difficult” to sleep on Friday nights or to turn off or concentrate. This will be fantastic, so we’ll be grateful, Shirley.
Make sure you tune in tomorrow, Amy continued. Everyone appears to be amazing, and I’m incredibly excited.
Partnered up with Amy is Apprentice contestant Thomas Skinner, but the pairing hasn’t been without its controversy. When he signed up to the show, he ruffled feathers among viewers, with many thinking he wasn’t a right fit for the family-friendly BBC show due to his outspoken nature and Twitter rants.
He snatched a reporter’s phone and fled shortly after the show’s press conference earlier this month. He later admitted to cheating on his wife Sinead shortly after their wedding.
Many fans were shocked to learn that he and Amy Dowden, a well-known professional dancer, were paired last Saturday. After receiving criticism for his signing, Thomas enraged, saying, “Now I see people are fuming that I’m on Strictly, and the majority of them got to write “be kind” in their bios.
You couldn’t possibly make up.” Let me share this with you. I won’t be canceled. Some of you want me to kill myself, but I won’t. I’m still here. I’m still standing. Believe me when I say that I am stronger than most people think. Every insult, lie, attack, and lie… “It doesn’t break me; it makes me stronger.”
The BBC show was thrown into further chaos earlier this week when it was revealed Love Island star Dani Dyer was forced to pull out following an injury.
She addressed the audience by saying, “I had a fall on Friday during rehearsals and it was funny. My foot swelled up severely over the weekend, and it turns out I’ve broken my ankle after an MRI yesterday.
I was forced to leave the show because it seemed like performing the quickstep on a broken bone was inappropriate. The doctors have since told me that I am not allowed to dance. The biggest understatement is to say I’m heartbroken. Although I’m going to miss Nikita dancing, I’ll of course be watching closely and cheering all the couples on.
After revealing an awkward question she was posed while recently at a gym and saying it “p***ed her off,” pop star Jessie J responded in the only way she knows how.
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Jessie J savagely hit back at a fan for a cheeky question while she worked out. The Price Tag songstress, 37, took to Instagram to share her response with her followers – and was met with a lot of sympathy.
A woman said to me at the gym today, according to Jessie’s captioned song, “Do you still sing?” I’m posting this because my period is coming up, and she offended me.
A flawless live performance of her belting out her hit song Thunder was captured in the video. And her followers responded quickly. Deborah Cox, a fellow singer, was one of them. With an eye-rolling emoji, the American singer said, “Isn’t it annoying when that question is asked?” “Like…. Can’t we also live?
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You should have told her Nonononoooo Nooo *nobody’s perfect singing &, riff* Lol, according to another user, who called the “singing thing” the best voice of our time.
Earlier this week, the super star admitted she plans to leave the UK again following her cancer surgery. She previously revealed she she had a mastectomy in June and plans to undergo more breast surgery in the coming weeks to try to deal with her diagnosis.
She acknowledges that she is struggling with life in the United Kingdom and misses LA’s “community.” She described London as “distant” and “isolating,” and wrote, “I forgot how anti-social London is.
It’s really a lonely place to live in and I’ve been there for ten months. Man, I long for my neighborhood in LA. I might just reserve a flight and arrive before my surgery. I need some [battery emoji]].
After revealing she had a breast cancer diagnosis in its early stages, she underwent the mastectomy in June. She explained that she was restraining herself from the word early, saying in a video that she had been diagnosed with “early breast cancer.”
Cancer stinks in any way, but I’m keeping the word “early” in mind. It’s a very dramatic way to work as a boob. After my surgery, I’ll leave for a while before going to Summertime Ball, where I’ll return with a lot of t**s and more music.
Throughout her journey, she has kept fans informed of her condition. She shared a clip from her recent performance at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, saying, “It has been 4 weeks since my mastectomy for breast cancer, and I have to wait for my next operation.
“I feel like I’m only just starting to think about how much I’ve accomplished since receiving my diagnosis five months ago. I’m not ashamed to admit how proud I am of myself.
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After they discovered more breast cancer in other locations following my MRI, they conducted 5 more biopsies in the afternoon. At this point, no one was aware. Knowing what I have endured and overcame just makes watching this back feel so special.
“In everything that life has given me this year, I have done and am still doing my best.” I’m genuinely so inspired. Although I’m still very much in it, I believe it’s crucial to honor these milestones. So that’s what I’m doing right now.
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Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, has approved the Rivers State Pensions Board’s immediate dissolution.
The Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State will now be in charge of the board’s functions, according to the governor’s statement released on Friday by Dr. (Mrs.) Inyingi Brown, the head of service.
The statement further directed the director of administration in the pensions office to turn over all of the board’s assets and properties to the director of administration.
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The governor will soon form a new board to manage pension issues in the state, according to the statement.
After decades in exile, Assata Shakur, a Black American liberation activist who was granted political asylum in Cuba, passed away at the age of 78, according to her family and Cuban officials.
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, had advanced age and health problems.
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Kakuya Shakur, her daughter, also provided a Facebook post about her passing. She wrote, “Words cannot describe the depth of loss I am feeling right now.”
The former Black Liberation Army (BLA) member, who was a hero of many activists, escaped a US prison in 1979 after serving a life sentence for the killing of a police officer.
Four years after a shootout between BLA members and two state police officers who had stopped them for a traffic violation in New Jersey, Shakur was found guilty in 1977 of first-degree murder. Shakur always disputed her innocence, claiming that the incident occurred while she was hunched in the air.
According to the FBI, which later placed Shakur on its “most wanted terrorist” list and offered a $2 million reward for her capture, one of the police officers, Werner Foerster, was killed “execution-style” at point-blank range while his colleague was hurt.
Shakur was on the lookout for a number of crimes, including bank robbery, according to the statement.
One of Shakur’s fellow BLA members passed away in the incident, while Sundiata Acoli, a third BLA member, served almost 50 years in prison before receiving parole in 2022.
“Due to fight for freedom.”
The BLA, a Marxist-Leninist organization that split from the Black Panther Party, invited Shakur’s female prisoners and forced them to leave the Clinton Correctional Facility.
She vanished in 1984 and was reunited with her family in Cuba, where Fidel Castro granted her asylum.
Later, Shakur’s artwork became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. Some people, however, criticized her for incorporating Marxist and communist ideology.
“We have a duty to fight for our freedom,” he said. In her 1988 autobiography, Shakur wrote, “It is our duty to win.” We must support and love one another, according to nbsp. Our chains are everything, not ours.
A group of American racial justice activists called her name in a statement on Instagram after her death was revealed. As we fight in her memory and honor, “may our work be righteous and brave.”
The already tense relationship between the US and Cuba was strained by the case of Shakur, who was close to the late rapper Tupac Shakur’s family.
A resolution by Russia and China that would have delayed the lifting of sanctions against Iran by six months has received a vote in the UN Security Council.
World leaders on Friday voted to reimpose sanctions due to Iran’s nuclear program, 4 to 9, with 2 abstentions. As of 8 p.m. on Saturday in New York (00:00 GMT on Sunday), the sanctions will resume.
Russian and Chinese diplomats pushed for the Security Council to halt the lifting of sanctions, but they were unable to sway enough other members.
Iran has been accused of violating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement, which was intended to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as well as the E3. In 2018, Donald Trump resigned from the JCPOA without authorization.
Iran has repeatedly disputed its nuclear weapons’ right to pursue nuclear energy peacefully.
Iran and the world’s leaders, including the US, signed the JCPOA, which lifted sanctions and put an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, described the imminent lifting of UN sanctions on Friday as “legally void.”
According to Araghchi, the “pursuit of the so-called “snapback” is clear and consistent, but it is legally void, politically reckless, and has procedural flaws.
He continued, “E3 has buried diplomacy, but the United States has betrayed it.”
They have actively and intently opened the door to a dangerous escalation by disobeying facts, spreading false claims, disproven Iran’s peaceful program, and blocking diplomacy.
No more negotiations, please.
Before the vote, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s deputy UN envoy, stated in the chamber that while Western powers had tried to avoid any compromise, Iran had done everything.
However, Jerome Bonnafont, France’s permanent representative at the UN in New York, refuted that and claimed Iran had not taken any serious steps to prevent the sanctions from being renewed.
However, Bonnafont added that negotiations should continue and that a negotiated resolution should not be reached at the end of the day.
According to James Bays, a journalist for the UN, “It doesn’t seem like there will be any further negotiation.” All week long, negotiations took place in New York.
However, Bays noted that Iran was aware of the possibility of a new round of sanctions. The Iranian supreme leader said he didn’t believe there would be any progress and that snapback was likely. “I don’t believe there is much more effort being put forth in terms of negotiations right now.”
The already stringent Western sanctions against Iran will be layered on top of them.
“All the international sanctions and UN sanctions that were in place before 2015 are what we are talking about here.”
Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran in June, with Israeli and US forces striking a number of nuclear facilities, escalating regional tensions. The UN nuclear watchdog board declared the Israeli-US bombing a day after Iran violated international nuclear safeguards.
