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Tuesday, August 30 is going to be a huge day for Xbox Game Pass, and arguably the biggest day for the service for the entire month of August. It’s on that day that Xbox Game Pass subscribers can look forward to the addition of not one, not two, but three day one releases. Those three day one Xbox Game Pass games will also be joined by a relatively well-received open world action-adventure from major publisher Ubisoft, so it should all add up to being an exciting day for subscribers....

While they fought in two epic bouts on back-to-back occasions, Aung La believes that this will be a totally new experience for both of them, as well as the fans. He said: ‘The Burmese Python’ lost their first matchup in January 2017’s ONE: Quest for Power. Back then, he stepped in as a late replacement to Bigdash’s original opponent, Marcin Prachnio. However, Aung La came back better prepared five months later at ONE: Light of a Nation to even the score with Bigdash....

Unlike the previous occasion, the words were more meant for fun and were enjoyed by everyone listening. In the act, Paine was accompanied by the senior campaigner, Aaron Finch who later revealed that Rohit Sharma didn’t react to it. The Australian captain used the Indian Premier League (IPL) to excite Rohit who likes to go after the bowlers, which usually costs him in the Test cricket. “It’s a bit of a toss up between Royals and Indians for me....

He snatched a significant win over Indian IM Al Muthaiah (2408) in a ninth and concluding round game to emerge the champion. The 22-year-old Aussie of Indian origin finished with seven points, the same as the three overnight leaders, Vietnamese GM Tran Tuan Minh (2524), and Indians GM Abhimanyu Puranik (2544) and young talent IM D Gukesh (2466), who all drew their final games. The Vietnam Grandmaster was held to a draw by the 12-year-old Indian lad Gukesh while Puranik shared honours with Russian GM Ivan Rozum (2589) as they played out a draw....

In a tweet at 12:58 p.m. ET, the Austin-Travis County EMS said that local police, fire and EMS were “responding/on-scene of a declared Active Attack/Shooter incident in the 9600 blk” of Great Hills Trail in the Arboretum area. At 1:11 p.m., the Austin-Travis County EMS reported that three adult patients had died on the scene and advised residents to keep away from the “active scene.” “No additional patients have been reported or located at this time,” the Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted....

Dillon said after he exited the infield care center he was “just a casualty of Ross Chastain once again.” “I told myself we were going to race hard all day, wasn’t one of those things that I wanted to ride in the back and be there at the end, but when you’ve got guys like [Chastain] out there wrecking half the field, you might as well take different strategies sometimes,” Dillon said....

Initial reports of a shooting led the Knoxville Police Department to confirm on Twitter Monday of a shooting at the high school that resulted in multiple gunshot victims, including one police officer. In a press release issued after the shooting, the KPD confirmed that the officer was struck by “at least” one bullet and was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Those injuries were sustained after the officer approached a male subject who was “possibly armed” on the school grounds....

One of the most intimidating bowlers in the world at his best, Starc appeared low on confidence during Australia’s previous series against India, taking 13 wickets at an average of 34.5 across four tests. He was also relatively quiet in the first test against Sri Lanka, taking 2-97 as Australia won by an innings and 40 runs. But he bowled with some of his usual fire in the first innings of the second test, taking 5-54, and followed up with a second five-wicket haul on Monday, the 11th of his career, as Australia bowled out Sri Lanka 149 as it chased an unlikely 516 to win....

Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were given long bans for their roles in the ball-tampering scandal at Newlands last March. It was reported in the Australian media this week that Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon would have refused to play in the final match of the series in Johannesburg in the wake of the Cape Town fiasco if Warner was in the side. With Warner and Smith now eligible to resume their international careers as of this week, the quartet have refuted claims they would have made themselves unavailable if the former vice-captain had been selected....

Smith said ahead of today’s pre-Test press conference that a “line in the sand” had been drawn regarding physical contact and said he was surprised he had not been asked his opinion during the appeal hearing. Having been banned for the remaining two Tests in the series for brushing against Smith’s shoulder after taking his wicket in the second Test, Rabada was cleared to play in the third Test starting tomorrow after a successful appeal....

Hibernian winger Boyle, who scored twice against Lebanon last month and looked set to feature prominently in Graham Arnold’s plans, dropped out of the 23-man squad after suffering a knee injury in last weekend’s 5-0 friendly win over Oman. Arnold is already without Huddersfield Town midfielder Aaron Mooy, while key attacker Mathew Leckie could be unavailable until the knockout rounds as he nurses a hamstring problem. AEK Larnaca striker Giannou, who has scored once in six international appearances, edged out the likes of in-form Adelaide United winger Craig Goodwin and discarded Luzern target man Tomi Juric....

Former cricketing all-rounder Imran Khan is Pakistan’s latest Prime Minister since August 18, 2018 and a team of officials under him are planning a massive upheaval in Pakistan cricket. However, the Australian Cricket Board, Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that none of such changes will affect a slated two-match Test series against the Asian nation in October. In case you didn’t know Imran Khan, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) party, got the chance to be at the helm of his country’s governance after the PTI won a majority of seats in the general elections held on July 25th, 2018....

The second T20I will be played in Visakhapatnam on February 27, followed by five ODIs. The first ODI will be held in Hyderabad on March 2), followed by matches in Nagpur (March 5), Ranchi (March 8), Mohali (March 10) and New Delhi (March 13). Both T20Is will be night matches starting at 7pm, and all five ODIs will be day-night affairs, starting at 1:30 pm, according to a BCCI release....

Australian head coach Darren Lehmann said Wednesday: “I’ve taken the opportunity to look at our current coaching structure and the levels of support I feel we need moving into the future. “I’ve mentioned previously that I believe our players can really benefit from more dedicated skill-based training, which means more regular support from technical experts to help work on specific areas of performance. “This will see various coaches and experts in their field working with the team as and when it is needed....

2 out of 4 KL Rahul’s misery run continues as he was dismissed in the very second over the Test match trying to drive Hazlewood’s fifth off-stump teaser, edging it straight to the hands of Finch at gully. Seems like KL Rahul is waiting for the last match of the tour to score a ton and seal his spot in the squad. However, retaining him anymore will be tough with Murali Vijay, Prithvi Shaw, and Shikhar Dhawan competing for the spot....

“At the moment he just doesn’t seem to have that rhythm. If you’ve got a good rhythm in your run-up, good intent running in and building up pace … a strong front arm and getting through the crease (you’re likely to be bowling well). I just think it’s got to do with his run-up firstly, and then when he gets to the crease he doesn’t have his normal rhythm. He’s probably leaning back a little and overstriding, and then you don’t get through the crease as well,” Glenn McGrath said on Channel Seven while doing the commentary on Day 4....

If not for Pujara, India would not have made 250 in the first innings. At the end of the second day, Australia were 59 runs behind the Indian score with three wickets in hand. Indian bowlers who bowled exceptionally to the top-order could not wrap up the tail-enders. On the third day, Australia added 44 runs to their total before getting bowled out. For the last four wickets, Australia added 108 runs, thanks to Travis Head’s half-century....

Earlier, Guptill, Broom and Neesham took New Zealand to 286 and the total seemed more than adequate as Boult and Southee wrecked havoc in the Australian top order minus David Warner. Also read: Stats: Marcus Stoinis breaks multiple records en-route his knock of 146 against New Zealand At 67/6, Australia were all but out of the game but Stoinis had other ideas. The all-rounder slammed his first ODI hundred in just his second match and took Australia to the brink of victory before Hazlewood was run out with the side still 6 runs short....

Pakistan lost the second Test by an innings and 48 runs on day four in Adelaide after Nathan Lyon took 5-69 in their second innings of 239 all out. The tourists were following on after Australia declared on 589-3 in a first-innings onslaught inspired by David Warner’s 335 not out. Also see - IND vs WI schedule 2019 Pakistan also lost the first Test by an innings but Azhar was unwilling to completely write off the tour ahead of two matches against Sri Lanka later this month....