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Starting as sixth and eighth seeds respectively, Sindhu and Saina could face tough competition going ahead. If Sindhu wins her first two rounds, she will be up against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. Saina will face third seed Chen Yufei in the semifinals if she goes on to win all her group stage matches. Expectations will be high from Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the duo begin their campaign in the men’s doubles category....

Hyderabad, Feb 4 (PTI) He was the last to win the All England Championship for India and chief national coach Pullela Gopichand Monday hoped that one of the three prodigal talents he has shaped will end the 18-year-old title drought at the event this year. “I hope that we have one of our players win the All-England tournament this time around. We have had good performances by Saina (Nehwal), (P V)Sindhu and (Kidambi) Srikanth has also been in good form....

Meanwhile, a member of the BCCI said, “If we want to play Pakistan we can’t get up one day and say, we will be playing them. We need the government’s clearance way in advance so that we can plan it out.” In case you didn’t know… India were slated to play a series against Pakistan in November this year as part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP). However, that will not be possible taking into account the government’s stand....

“Announcing ASC’s Fall 2020 Digital Education Curriculum!” the American Shakespeare Center tweeted. “Whether you are a parent, a student, an educator, or just an excited fan — we’ve got you covered.” As many are adjusting to a semi-remote or completely remote school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, resources can feel limited. So the ACS is making it easier, and safer, for students to learn about the Bard’s work from home....

“Responding officers located 14 victims suffering from gunshot wounds and began rendering aid,” Las Vegas police said in a news release tweeted on Saturday, adding that the victims were then transported to local hospitals. “At this time, one male adult has been pronounced deceased and two other victims are in critical condition. The rest of the victims are currently in stable condition,” police stated. Police said that their preliminary investigation has found that the shooting occurred after two individuals got into an altercation during a party at the lounge....

Of course, the water pipes known as hookahs, narghiles, sheeshas or hubble-bubbles have been around for centuries. But the smoking experience that was once the domain of old men in Middle Eastern cafes is now attracting new and younger audiences all over the world. Cafes from Kiev to San Diego are offering hookahs to their patrons; Paris alone has more than 50 sheesha cafes with evocative names like the Bagdad Cafe and Salon Egyptien....

“He is batting really well. He is hitting the ball well. I hope he continues like that and hopefully he gets a chance to play for India as well,” Raina told IPL’s official website. The 27 year old Raina hopes for Uthappa to make his return to team India, as the latter last appeared in Indian colors on March 30, 2012. “He is in good form right now and most importantly there are some very important series coming up after the IPL and he is in good nick....

The former Dundalk winger, who joined Preston in December, was named in the starting XI by Simon Grayson after impressing in the FA Cup third-round defeat to Arsenal a number of days earlier and rewarded his manager’s faith by supplying the assist for his side’s insurance goal in their 2-0 win. Rumours: Preston linked with Robbie Keane Given the role he played in toppling Chris Hughton’s side, Horgan was pleased with his own display, but was keen to emphasise the team’s overall performance as they look to make a push into the play-off positions in the second half of the season....

Expectations are high for Horizon Forbidden West, and Guerrilla Games appears to be eager to not leave gamers disappointed. From trailers, podcasts, and blog posts released, it is evident that Horizon Forbidden West will significantly expand on its predecessor and improve on as many aspects as possible. Aloy will be traveling to the Forbidden West, a dystopian version of San Francisco with huge swaths of it submerged underwater. Here, Aloy will face dangerous tribes and killer machines she has never seen before....

With Horizon Forbidden West, everything is bigger and better. Aloy travels to the Forbidden West to figure out the mystery behind a strange blight that is infecting nature and threatening to bring a host of disasters. The game packs plenty of content including new machines to discover, tribes to learn about, weapons to play with, and collectibles to find. One of these collectibles is the relic ruin ornaments which are scattered throughout the Forbidden West....

One prominant announcement at this month’s State of Play was a remake of Resident Evil 4, which had another spotlight during the Capcom Showcase on June 13. This wasn’t the only bit of news for fans of the classic survival-horror franchise. Capcom also unveiled Resident Evill Village: Gold Edition complete with the Winters’ Expansion that features a third-person mode, an expanded Mercenaries character roster, and the “Shadows of Rose” DLC....

This expansion, combined with extra horsepower from Sony’s PlayStation 5, makes the Guerrilla Games sequel is an early Game of the Year contender for many - even if its release was unfortunately close to FromSoftware’s Elden Ring. Another element more robustly packed into the Forbidden West are collectibles and obstacles that Aloy will need to be further along her journey to overcome. While there are a lot of positives to this Metroidvania-inspired approach of returning to older areas, it may leave a sour taste in some Zero Dawn fans’ mouths during Forbidden West’s early hours....

Horizon Forbidden West takes everything good from its predecessor and improves upon it. Traversal has been made easier thanks to the inclusion of a grappling hook and a glider. Combat will also be more engaging due to Guerrilla Games’ overhaul of the combat system. Aloy will have plenty more options available for melee combat, and new weapons and moves will help her deal with the tough foes she will encounter....

In the exchange, McCaw was pretty open with fans, even going as far as revealing bits of information that the public wasn’t aware of. When asked about the biggest or coolest element that was ultimately cut from Horizon Zero Dawn, McCaw revealed that the team had to cut a quest that would have sent Aloy to the Oseram territory of the Claim. While he didn’t reveal any specifics on the question, he did go on to reveal that Aloy would have shaken things up in there....

Much like Supermassive’s games The Dark Pictures Anthology and Until Dawn, The Quarry is an interactive horror game where the player’s actions determine who ultimately lives and dies over the course of the game. The Quarry, specifically, follows a group of camp counselors in the fictional Hackett’s Quarry summer camp who find themselves stuck at the camp for one final night and decide to make the most of it. However, the fun night quickly turns to terror as the group finds themselves stuck between the supernatural terrors and violent residents of Hackett’s Quarry, and the counselors must rely on their wits and each other to survive the night....

Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists and the Canucks extended their winning streak to five games with an 8-5 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. “There is a lot of resiliency in this room,” Horvat said. “We played a pretty good game in Detroit and after a tough loss like that to come back shows a lot. In preseason, people didn’t think we were going to be that high-scoring of a team, but we keep proving people wrong and that’s what we need to continue to do....

Since the outset of the pandemic, one goal of “flattening the curve” has been to prevent health care systems from being overwhelmed by increased hospitalizations. However, each wave of COVID-19 cases has pushed hospitals to a breaking point, and the added strain on health care workers, particularly nurses, has caused many to rethink their current job. The pandemic has exacerbated a shortage of nurses, and as resources were deployed to the hardest-hit areas, some nurses saw a financial opportunity....

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the new rules on Thursday, stating they will bring requirements for land travel in line with those currently in place for incoming international air travel, which requires inbound travelers to be vaccinated before boarding flights. When the pandemic first took hold in March 2020, the U.S. government issued restrictions on travel to slow the spread of the virus. Those restrictions limited entry to trade, emergency responses and public health to essential travel at the U....

The automaker categorizes its CR-V, HR-V, Odyssey, Passport, Pilot and Ridgeline models as light trucks. Honda says that not all of the models will get the TrailSport treatment, rather it will be “applied step-by-step, to certain models”. That treatment will include rugged front and rear styling, durable cladding and exclusive interior touches. High-contrast orange stitching and all-weather floor mats make the features list. Each of the vehicles will come equipped with torque-vectoring all-wheel drive....

Maybe it is because we are drawn to a long-ago world in which people did not presume intimacy, a culture in which emotions were expressed with a degree of reticence, a society in which people –quaint phrase-minded their manners. A society, in short, quite unlike our own. Most people today are accustomed to a culture that is courser, more flagrant, more intrusive, more rude–more in your face. Just a few minutes before the first episode of “Pride and Prejudice” came on the air, millions of TV viewers watched a couple of star players for the Dallas Cowboys (“America’s Team”) look right into the camera and utter the F word and S word to express their joy at having won the NFC championship....