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India have been placed in Pool A where getting past Thailand on Thursday is not expected to be a problem. The real challenge would be to upset hosts Kazakhstan, who have two top-100 singles player, on Friday. Kazakhstan’s world number 43 Yulia Putintseva and Zarina Diyas, ranked 96, won’t be easy to beat for the Indian players in their quest to top Pool A. The winners of Pool A and B, which has four teams, will clash to determine the nation which will qualify for World Group II....

Headlining the eShop’s Annapurna Interactive sale is the 2018 game Gone Home, which is a first-person exploration game that was initially released back in 2013 for the PC. Players can pick up Gone Home for the Nintendo Switch for $7.49, which is 50% off its original list price of $14.99. During its first release to the PC, Gone Home became a favorite title among fans of the genre given its touching story and exploration of themes that were then rarely tackled in a video game....

Of course, in the world of corporate silliness Dilbert inhabits, characters are far more likely to flaunt their idiocy than any body part, and are aggressive mostly in their incompetence. Which is just how the more than 150 million daily readers who’ve made ““Dilbert’’ the fastest-growing syndicated comic strip like it. In bringing the travails of his lovable techno-nerd to UPN, Adams, along with ““Seinfeld’’ and ““Mad About You’’ alumnus Larry Charles, who serves as the show’s executive producer, enjoys the blessing of a built-in audience–as well as the curse of trying to live up to the beloved original....

Despite being a loyal Twitch streamer and one of the most popular female streamers on the platform with nearly 3.5 million subscribers, Imane Anys, otherwise known as “Pokimane,” recently revealed that she is in the process of finalizing a new streaming contract. If Pokimane does, in fact, leave Twitch for Mixer she would be the first major female streamer to do so. RELATED: Mixer is Still Losing Ground to Twitch in Livestream Viewers...

Earlier this month, Mad Dog PAC, a pro-Democrat group, was behind a digital sign claiming the GOP lawmaker “wants to ‘date’ your child.” The Department of Justice is investigating Gaetz over accusations of sex trafficking and sex with a minor. He denies all the allegations and has not been charged. Mad Dog PAC founder Claude Taylor described as “absolutely extraordinary” the reaction to the first billboard on State Road 85, Crestview....

The upcoming Iceborne beta for the PS4 will commence on August 30, at 12:01 AM PT and will run through September 1, at 11:59 PM PT. It will then be available on the Xbox One on September 2 at 12:01 AM PT, up until September 4, at 11:59 PM PT. RELATED: 10 Easter Eggs Only True Fans Caught In Monster Hunter: World The second round of beta testing for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne will include the three monsters (Great Jargas, Banbaro, and Tigrex) that were available to hunt during the last two sessions....

Before resigning Monday, Kaidanow served as a senior advisor on defense trade, becoming the first person to lead the Pentagon’s international cooperation program. She joined the department in September 2018 after a long career with the U.S. State Department. From 2008 to 2009, Kaidanow served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo. A statement that the DoD supplied to The Hill declined to provide further information about the resignation, except that the department “remains committed” to their international cooperation while they wish her “continued success....

Robert Zemeckis (“Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Back to the Future,” “Forrest Gump”) has always been on the cutting edge of new movie technologies. Here he lays 3-D on top of the motion-capture technique he explored in “The Polar Express.” (Perhaps the most famous, and successful, example of motion capture is the computer-generated character Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, enacted by Andy Serkis.) Here Crispin Glover gets to play Grendel, a grotesque, misshapen giant whose skinless body resembles a nightmare version of a peeled anatomy in “The Body” exhibit....

Irving took to Reddit today to give fans an update on what would be in the upcoming Anthem patch, much to the delight of many fans. In the post, Irving detailed several changes that will be rolling out in Anthem either on February 28 or March 1. The update plans to address a number of issues fans are raised regarding loot. The big three changes revolve around Inscriptions, Loot Tables, and Masterwork Embers....

It’s a storybook ending for Davis and the start of something special in Los Angeles considering the 27-year-old is just now entering his prime. Of course, none of it would have been possible without Davis and his agent, Rich Paul, blowing up the Pelicans’ 2018-19 campaign with a midseason trade request. MORE: Could this be the start of a new Lakers dynasty? Back in January 2019, Davis took the bold approach of going public with his request....

Fairbrass, 67, who is best known for the pop group’s 1991 hit song, I’m Too Sexy, was taken to a hospital in Berkshire, southern England, by ambulance last weekend after he reported struggling to be able to breathe. The singer spent four nights in the hospital under observation before he was released from the medical center to recover from the virus at his home in Windsor, situated in Berkshire....

Khudobin made 31 saves to help the Stars beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 on Thursday night. “He’s such a great teammate,” Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said. “He brings energy every day. He puts a smile on everyone’s face. With (Bishop) playing so well it’s been hard to get him in as many games as we’d like. “But it’s great for his confidence, great for the team morale how good he played....

“The trigger was someone telling me that I’m not allowed to feel pain,” Brown explained in January. “I acknowledge my past. But my past does not make me a second-class citizen. My past does not forfeit my right to be heard when I am in pain.” It appears the drama is continuing, even after Brown and Arians are both out of the league. Arians raised some eyebrows Sunday in a brawl between the Buccaneers and Saints the former Tampa Bay coach was on the sideline for....

The receiver has reenrolled at Central Michigan University in the wake of his release from the Patriots on Friday. Brown posted a photo of his four-class schedule — which is entirely online — to his Instagram story on Monday with the caption “Back to school.” An unnamed source confirmed Brown’s enrollment to MLive.com, but a school spokesperson had not returned messages seeking comment. The 31-year-old attended Central Michigan from 2007-09 before declaring for the 2010 NFL Draft....

After Jose Mourinho’s reign quickly went stale, and Nuno Espirito Santo’s time at the club never truly took off, the Italian was expected to bring a sense of structure and direction to a club that seemingly lost its way. With an impressive honors list, including last season’s scudetto with Inter Milan, and a driven personality, Conte seemed the obvious choice to get things back on track at the north London club....

According to the reforms suggested by the Lodha Panel, there has to be a 15-day gap before and after the IPL. The Champions Trophy 2017 is scheduled from 1 June to 18 June while the IPL is likely to end somewhere around the last week of May. BCCI president Anurag Thakur held a special general meeting at the headquarters in Mumbai. Speaking to the media Thakur said that, “I don’t know whether India will be able to play Champions Trophy or not....

Greene, a Georgia Republican, tweeted on Friday that Ocasio-Cortez had “launched an insurrection” by calling for abortion-rights supporters to protest the Supreme Court striking down the landmark 1973 ruling, adding that “any violence and rioting is a direct result of Democrat marching orders.” The New York Democrat soon hit back, suggesting that Greene was guilty of attempting to “overturn democracy” and alluded to recent claims that she had attempted to secure a pardon from former President Donald Trump following the January 6 Capitol riot....

What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. Hill, who wanted to make her harassment charges against Thomas anonymously, and then confidentially, was pulled into the public arena when her written statement to the Senate was leaked by her anti-Thomas allies. But her misadventure began weeks earlier, when her friend Susan Hoerchner told Senate staffers that while living in Washington in the spring of 1981 she had been told in a telephone conversation with Hill that Hill was being sexually harassed at work by Thomas....

The Pitch Perfect star took to Twitter to condemn “suburban white boys” in a tweet that has gained more than 73,000 likes. “I don’t know enough to speak on a lot of this, but I know angsty suburban white boys,” she wrote. “If you want to break s*** to live out your teenage anarchist fantasy, do it on your own time. If you think you’re doing that s*** to show how MUCH u care about black lives, ur deluding yourself....

The reports recently had to apologize for some racially insensitive tweets that were found on her account from years ago. In one of her now-deleted tweets, she talked about Colin Kaepernick kneeling. Annie Agar tweeted: She, also, made some insentive tweets about Mexico. After the tweets were rediscovered, Agar tried to apologize for them. Should Annie Agar be forgiven? Annie Agar is not the first, and she won’t be the last celebrity to make a huge mistake like this; she is just the latest....