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Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusinha had pleaded guilty to violating the spirit of the game last month during Sri Lanka’s second Test against the West Indies. The ICC said a judicial commission hearing ended overnight, hours before the first Test against the visiting South Africans was due to start at Galle today but a decision would be announced “in due course”. “In the interim, Chandimal, Hathurusingha and Gurusinha, who have pleaded guilty, have agreed not to participate in both Tests v SA,” cricket’s governing body said on Twitter....

The McCloskeys became the center of controversy after video of them waving firearms at protesters in their neighborhood went viral. Mark McCloskey could be seen holding an assault rifle in the direction of the demonstrators. Patricia McCloskey appeared to be holding a semi-automatic pistol. While some have supported the McCloskeys’ actions, others believe that they violated the rights of the protesters. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said on Monday that it “is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protests, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate in deadly force, this type of conduct is unacceptable in St....

Still, offensive tackle is rumored as a position in the Rams' crosshairs for the No. 2 overall selection in the 2014 NFL draft, particularly Texas A&M's Jake Matthews and Auburn's Greg Robinson. The loss of guards Shelley Smith and Harvey Dahl in free agency, Long's knee injury and the relatively small sample size of Barksdale's success make St. Louis' offensive line worth addressing with this draft class. The St. Louis Post Dispatch's Jim Thomas has St....

Stadia performs well, but far from flawlessly, with game streaming performance that was mostly satisfactory, but very occasionally abysmal. Google Stadia Performance My play test was conducted on my home Wi-Fi network, on which I averaged 129 Mbps download and 36 Mbps upload across multiple speed tests conducted when not using Stadia. I have in my apartment Optimum 200, so while far from gigabit, my service easily clears the Stadia threshold....

In the heart of Ukraine, STALKER 2 is set to arrive early next year, and while that is some time away the developers have regularly dropped interesting-hype inducing information to keep gamers entertained. With claims such as hundreds of hours worth of content and huge maps, it has been revealed the environment players will creep through, with handgun and gas mask, will be gloriously rendered in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5....

The Cardinal coach said Monday night that the growing mention of his name for NFL jobs is "very flattering." MORE: College football’s top coaching jobs | Bowl schedule He said he was bothered by the speculation last year but now "it's just a testament to being a really good college football program." "No matter what I say, the rumors aren't going to stop," Shaw said. "It doesn't bother me. Every good football program in the last 15 years, after two good years, the head coach is going to be rumored to go someplace else....

Caps forward Devante-Smith Pelly indicated he would likely skip a championship visit to the White House if his team wins the Cup and receives an invitation. “The things that [President Donald Trump] spews are straight-up racist and sexist," Smith-Pelly said a day before a potentially clinching Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Golden Knights in Las Vegas, according to The National Post. “Some of the things he’s said are pretty gross....

GOLDEN STANDARDHow Vegas became the most successful expansion team in sports history Well, Sajak is a Caps season-ticket holder, and he does know his way around a microphone. STANLEY CUP FINAL: SN’s Game 3 live blog | Ovi gets his moment The bad news? He plodded through a mini-standup set before getting down to business, and then went 11 for 12 on player names. We go to the judges on Twitter, the home of informed, evenhanded analysis, for their verdict:

However, some folks used the hashtag to tweet their negative views on Gabbard. “I’m not a Dem but it’s good to see someone on the other side to stick to what they they is right She proved she doesn’t follow the herd like all the other [sheep],” tweeted @PyroGod681. “If she could show that she could keep the economy growin & keep jobs increasin I’d consider voting 4 her.”...

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss-based court reduced a ban on Friday on a FIFA official who checked part of Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup, clearing the way for his return to soccer this month. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it had set aside a charge that Harold Mayne-Nicholls violated world soccer body FIFA’s rules forbidding offering and accepting gifts and other benefits. The Chilean official headed FIFA’s panel deciding the venues for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups....

Alvaro Morata We start with Juventus star Alvaro Morata, who is expected to head back to Real Madrid this summer. The La Liga giants have an option to buy him back for €30m from July 1st to July 15th this year, but reports suggest he could be sold to another club for a profit. Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United have been linked with a move for the Spaniard, but latest report on Spanish website AS claim Real Madrid have decided to keep Morata as Benzema’s understudy for next season....

But for reasons buried deep in the stars, recent sightings indicate that graphology may be moving out of the kooky closet. Last year the U.S. Labor Department gave it an imprimatur of sorts, promoting the job title of graphologist from the “amusement and entertainment” category to “miscellaneous professionals” (alongside Dianetic counselors and taxidermists). Lately more companies-to the horror of skeptics seem to be turning to handwriting analysis in screening job seekers....

Players Conventional Wisdom Clinton neutral Strong on “60 Mins,” bashes hate radio, detours to the waffle house. And go easy on the syrup. NRA down See those militia wackos? Let’s give arrow ’em more assault weapons! Bye-bye, ban repeal. Kids up Sons elbow in to Take Daughters to Work arrow Day. CW still scraping off the spitballs. Ito neutral Bill Clinton of the bench finally gets tough. But nobody’s watching anymore....

Farquhar’s spring training appearance for the New York Yankees was his first game since the 32-year-old reliever collapsed in the Chicago White Sox dugout on April 20 because of a ruptured aneurysm and brain hemorrhage. The right-hander got one out and was charged with five runs in an 8-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. “I felt great out there,” Farquhar said. “I was happy to be back on the mound....

College football’s recruiting dead period ended at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, three days after Alabama was crowned the 2015 season’s national champion, and the sprint to National Signing Day — less than three weeks away on Feb. 3 — has begun in earnest. MORE: Last week’s 10 biggest commitments | Early Top 20 for 2016 Between today and the first Wednesday in February, head coaches and assistants will be fanning out across the country for in-home visits with prospects and their families, trying to put the finishing touches on recruiting classes that will stock FBS programs with what, if the prospects listen to the coaches, will be the keys to all future success in college and in some cases a steppingstone to the NFL....

Tottenham re-signed star striker Kane on a long-term deal but they failed to reinforce their team before Thursday’s Premier League deadline. Spurs were linked with Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish, however, a deal was not completed, leaving manager Pochettino without any fresh faces in London. Reflecting on the transfer window, Pochettino highlighted the cost of Tottenham’s new stadium, which will open this season. “We have a very good squad, we have very good players and it is not easy to add players that improve that,” Pochettino said....

The anime follows a spy of a nation called Westalis, whose codename is ‘Twilight.’ His mission essentially requires him to have a fake family in order to execute it successfully. While the series focuses on them extensively, it’s worth wondering just who makes up the Forger “family”. RELATED: Test Your Skills as Anya in This New Spy x Family Dodgeball Game Loid Forger Loid’s true identity is unidentified, but he goes by’ Twilight....

With reports of two simultaneous Hitman projects in development and an alternating release schedule planned by Square, it appeared as though Agent 47 was all set to receive the Assassin’s Creed/ Call of Duty treatment. Sadly, for fans of the cue-ball killer, it now appears that SE Montreal’s contribution to this dual-wielded series has fallen by the wayside, to be replaced by an Android and iOS-only title. The news comes after Videogamer unearthed a series of explicit references to the project discovered in the CVs of three former developers....

The company expects sales to continue to rise as the year progresses. It’s unexpected that the game is still selling well, given Marvel games have proved to have a lengthy shelf life when it comes to attracting new players. Few expected Eidos Montreal and Square Enix to be able to totally flip the script and deliver a really successful product the following year after the contentious and much-ridiculed launch of Marvel’s Avengers....

India began the day in a very sedate fashion. Ishant Sharma was the first to go as he lost his wicket to Rangana Herath. He made 10 from 23 deliveries. Shikhar Dhawan looked to block his way through the first hour or so and scored his first runs of the day off his 36th delivery with an inside edge boundary. Rohit Sharma had another outing to forget which has now put his spot in the side for the second Test under threat....