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England’s leading wicket-taker lifted his tally at ’the home of cricket’ to 99 by claiming five victims as India was skittled out for 107 on Day 2 of the second test. Rain prevented play on Thursday and more showers allowed only 8.3 overs before the first prolonged passage of action began shortly after 5 p.m. India was already 15-3 at that point, mainly thanks to Anderson. The 36-year-old paceman quickly justified Joe Root’s decision to put India in to bat as clouds gathered in northwest London, taking five balls to bowl Murali Vijay (0) with a late away swinger and then inducing an edge from Lokesh Rahul (8)....

Most top teams in the world have world-class midfielders orchestrating their play from the middle of the park or acting as an effective conduit between attack and defence. Some of the most prominent active names in this regard are Kevin De Bruyne, Thiago Alcantara, N’Golo Kante, Bruno Fernandes and Toni Kroos. Five world-class midfielders who do get as much attention as they deserve It so happens that some midfield players, despite being of world-class pedigree, do not get the attention or recognition they deserve for a plethora of reasons....

AEW is the next exciting step in Cody Rhodes’s post-WWE journey. The WWE mid-carder requested and was granted his release from the company back in 2016 as the promotion refused to allow Rhodes to retire the opening match gimmick Stardust character. Therefore, Rhodes decided to branch out on his own, wrestling for a large number of independent promotions before finding a home in Ring of Honor and New Japan Wrestling....

They undergo difficult matches, pressure situations, injuries and many other things, to win Championships and outperform other superstars. Similarly, in 2018 also, many wrestlers have worked extremely hard and won several accolades. They underwent ups and downs and showed to the world that they are indeed Champion material. Here are five such wrestlers, who had a roller-coaster ride this year, and yet manged to cast an everlasting impression for themselves....

Four words that well and truly define ICW. However, you only need one. “Insane.” For anyone unfamiliar with Insane Championship Wrestling, the Glasgow-based promotion has gone from putting on shows in front of 20 people in Maryhill to selling out the 5,000-capacity SECC and putting on monumental shows at Glasgow’s 11,000-capacity SSE Hydro. The promotion is the brain-child of founder Mark Dallas, and has seen some of the biggest names from around the world compete in an ICW ring, and no less than 40 WWE Superstars....

In WWE, everything moves so fast. Not just the superstars in the ring, but all the latest news and rumors that reach the public every single day. With WWE Crown Jewel now in the history books, the WWE are quickly building towards Survivor Series, with the men’s RAW team for the 5-on-5 men’s Survivor Series Elimination Match, being partly announced on this week’s most recent RAW. Here are 5 rumors from wrestling from this week that you need to know....

Even at 48, Triple H is in great shape and can go for a few more matches before he ultimately retires. He is set to partner up with his wife, Stephanie McMahon against the team of Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34. He has been the Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative for WWE since 2013, as well as the founder and senior producer of NXT....

Overall it had been a pretty successful year, despite the usual head-scratchers fans have grown used to. But 2016 was also the year of the new era (I’m still waiting on an official name). Many superstars have evolved and grown through the year, and their hard work has paid off. For me, there wasn’t just one most improved Superstar. There have been several, and each improved in their own way....

Reflecting back on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey makes us remember Phoebe, how some small choice affected a bigger role, the end of the game, and all of the weird moments that make the game stand apart from others in the AC franchise. Because of this, here are 5 weird facts about AC: Odyssey. SPOILER WARNING: Due to the nature of some of these weird facts, this article will contain SPOILERS, so those who haven’t picked it up and want to save the story for itself should turn back now....

Number one Test team in the World, India, is now ready to host the West Indian side for a brief two-match Test series. The action begins on 4th October with the first Test match scheduled at Rajkot. India maintained its numero uno position in Test cricket despite conceding series losses such as 1-2 in South Africa and 1-4 in England on their recent away tours. West Indies, on the other hand, drew a series against Sri Lanka and defeated Bangladesh this year at home....

This week on Dynamite, he and Sammy Guevara will challenge for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, as Jericho wants ‘all the gold’, meaning there is another division this group will likely want to conquer. While there is no female in the group currently, Jericho has made it known that he’s open to the idea, and with so many talented women working with AEW and in the wrestling world outside, there’s plenty of options....

With the sheer volume of horror features coming out every year, viewers are faced with a tough choice of determining which of them are worth their attention. To make this process easier, here are the 5 worst movies of 2021 that one should avoid at all costs unless looking for additions to a trash marathon. RELATED: 5 Horror Movies That Should Have Spawned Franchises (But Never Did) An awkward mix of a teen slasher and supernatural horror, Seance, directed by Simon Barett, falls flat in either genre....

Underachieving teams in the NBA 2020-21 season However, in this report, we will be looking at teams that have struggled in the 2020-21 NBA season. A difficult season was inevitable for some teams in the NBA. However, some other well-constructed squads have simply been massive disappointments in the current season. #5 Minnesota Timberwolves From a statistical point of view, the Minnesota Timberwolves are the worst team in the NBA, with a 12-38 record....

Now as you can expect, with WWE’s roster almost doubling in size, the logical expectation would be that WWE would now be able to do their own version of the Monday Night Wars but under their own banner and unified creative direction. A logical person would expect that WWE would take all the biggest WCW stars and put them into feuds with WWE’s biggest stars, with all rivalries culminated at a WrestleMania filled with dream matches....

But, let’s be honest. There are also plenty of superstars that folks really don’t want to see come down the ramp for one of the 30 spots in the Royal Rumble match. Now, most of these aren’t because the superstar isn’t good in the ring. In fact, jobbers can be a lot of fun in the Rumble. But these five men each come with their own reason why we wouldn’t want them in the match....

Over the past couple of decades, there have been multiple performers who, in spite of not setting the stage on fire with their performances, had the opportunity to win a world title in a major wrestling promotion. You have to find yourself at the right place, and at the right time to get such an opportunity, and while it is truly an honor and a privilege to join the list of legends who became world champions, not all of them deserved the honor....

Things are certainly getting interesting in the world of wrestling and as of this writing, the Draft in WWE is still incomplete. We’re going to get a clear picture of the direction ahead for the coming few months. For all we know, the seeds for WrestleMania may even begin to be planted. With that being said, October may not be the most exciting month in WWE as we’re building towards Crown Jewel, a PPV that doesn’t have too much buzz or excitement surrounding it....

This week saw yet another massive round of releases as the company let go several top names from the main roster as well as NXT. Just a couple of days before this, one of the released superstars thanked Charlotte Flair and Bayley for helping him out during his tough days. Big E revealed that he pushed for a major match at Crown Jewel 2021. Veteran referee Mike Chioda made a major claim about returning to WWE....

This means that more often than not there will be a handful of WWE releases every year and even though there haven’t been a lot of main roster releases in 2018, there were still some notable names who took laced up their wrestling boots for WWE for the last time. Some of these names have made the decision to continue to wrestle outside of the business, whilst others have taken this as a hint that they no longer belong in the ring and have looked at different outlets for their creativity over the past few months....

And the most notable change was finally giving certain underrated stars a chance to shine, from Mustafa Ali to Apollo Crews, superstars from all over the main roster were given a healthy chance to shine, even if it was for a short time. Now that we are finally in a new year, it seems certain that WWE is looking to get more of their stars a shot at glory, and the main shot at glory for a wrestler is a title reign....