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Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi Waveriders continued their impressive run in the second edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) by beating hosts Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4-3 to extend their lead at the top of the table at the Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium here Saturday. The two teams had finished 1-1 in their previous encounter in New Delhi and the reverse clash turned out to be an exciting game as it rained goals throughout the match, much to the delight of the spectators....

Call of Duty: Warzone 2 also added a new game mode called DMZ, which has a heavy focus on survival and extraction. In a match of DMZ, players are tasked with completing various objectives on the map along with collecting loot and valuable items. Users can then sell those items to upgrade their gear, with a final goal of safely extracting at the end of the run. Now, one Call of Duty: Warzone 2 fan came across an unexpected taxi service in the middle of a game....

Reddit is a goldmine of fan content, with talented artists from all over the world posting their creative artwork on relevant subreddits for the world to see. The accessible nature of this site means that people who put effort into their posts are bound to enjoy some traction, which is why so many people were surprising enthralled by a piece of fan art that showed the beloved SpongeBob SquarePants taking on the role of Kratos in a ridiculous yet amusing combination of both characters....

Star Wars Battlefront and The Elder Scrolls are storied game franchises that offer players a chance to become legends. In order to do this, players must chew through various enemies to become stronger. In Star Wars this might look like taking on waves of Stormtroopers, units that seem to canonically be bad a hitting anything in front of them. In Skyrim, players can trek all over fighting different creatures, though they might run into groups of hunters from time to time....

Even to some conservatives, the prejudice is unmistakable. Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly charges that a biased media are trying to engineer the election in Obama’s favor. According to the nonpartisan Center for Media and Public Affairs, O’Reilly might actually be right: from December to mid-February, 83 percent of network-news coverage of Obama was positive. For Clinton, the number was 53 percent. After Super Tuesday, the study says, even as Clinton supporters demanded more-balanced coverage, Obama’s proportion of good press dropped only to 67 percent, while Clinton’s remained at about 50 percent....

“The meet provides an opportunity to the veteran athletes to maintain their health and happiness,” the chief minister said. At the meet, athletes above the age of 35 are participating. He said that it was good to see a large number of veterans running and participating in their events. He congratulated the eldest athlete Ramachandra Reddy, 93, from Telangana for participating in the meet. The chief minister said the state government was committed to harnessing the energy of youth for the eradication of social evils, besides motivating them to work for the progress and prosperity of the nation....

The royal appeared on Thursday’s installment of James Corden’s The Late Late Show, where the pair discussed Harry’s departure from the royal family. “My life is always going to be about public service and Meghan signed up for that,” Harry explained. “The two of us enjoy doing that and trying to bring compassion and try to make people happy, and try to change the world in any small way we can....

According to the Walt Disney World website, ticket sales, hotel reservations, dining experiences, FastPass+ and Extra Magic Hours have been altered because of the coronavirus outbreak. The resort’s parks were shut down in mid-March, and Disney revealed some changes to its previous protocols. Here’s what you need to know to make planning your next trip stress-free. Disney World is temporarily pausing new ticket sales and Disney Resort reservations. Accommodating guests with existing reservations will be the main priority upon reopening....

The next game in the popular pro-basketball franchise, NBA 2K21, has been generating a lot of buzz in fan communities, and a lot of the hype is culminating today. The NBA 2K21 demo released today at 7 AM PT for all consoles in the current gen, and fans downloading and playing the demo are having a pretty mixed reaction. RELATED: NBA 2K21 Gameplay Trailer Teases 2K Beach and More...

In a recent interview, Xbox boss Phil Spencer addressed the lack of the audio port for the Xbox Series X. Naturally, when designing a major piece of hardware, the team has to weigh certain factors like overall price, space inside the hardware, and even overall usage. To Spencer, the marginal cost of everything was very important, relaying an example where if one part costs 1$, you need to multiply that times however many consoles planned on being sold....

Bayern prised World Cup-winning France international Hernandez from Atletico Madrid in an €80million deal that was announced in March. Hernandez missed pre-season fixtures against Arsenal, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Fenerbahce, Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund after his 2018-19 campaign was cut short due to knee surgery. But fans got their first glimpse of Hernandez in action as Bayern crushed Rottach-Egern at their training camp in Tegernsee on Thursday. After coming off the bench for the second half, Hernandez said: “I feel very well, I’m at 100 per cent....

Jose Mourinho’s men are sixth in the table, but sit just five points behind second-placed Tottenham after 24 games. Tevez loses first game in China Herrera feels the teams above United will be acutely aware of their presence after a 15-match unbeaten league run. “The first six teams in the league, and I add also Everton because they have a very good team, the race will be very tough,” he said on Wednesday....

Walker’s son shared his spirited reaction to his gas bill on Saturday, which climbed to $98.37 after he filled up his tank with around 20.9 gallons. He posted a series of photos at the gas pump with a collection of his tweets emphasizing the issue. As he shared his serious reaction to the high prices on social media, Walker was also wearing a black Givenchy sweatshirt, which is listed as $1,295 on the company’s site....

The outlet reported Wednesday afternoon that Memphis was eyeing Smith to succeed Josh Pastner, who moved on to fill the vacancy at Georgia Tech last week. MORE: Nine replacements for Josh Pastner Smith has informed officials at Texas Tech he’s engaged in a conversation about the open Memphis job, which Tigers brass is hoping to fill by the end of the week, according to USA Today’s report. Sporting News honored Smith with its 2016 Coach of the Year award for his efforts at Texas Tech this past season....

Defending champions Bayern opened a nine-point lead atop the summit with a hard-earned 1-0 win at home to bottom-placed Cologne midweek. Robert Lewandowski broke Cologne’s stubborn resistance in the second half, scoring for the eighth successive league match at the Allianz Arena. Speaking afterwards, Bayern head coach Heynckes said: “You could tell we struggled a lot against a very defensively-minded Cologne team who were very well-organised. “I missed our quick play from defence, our precision and, especially in the first half, our changes of pace....

Aubameyang’s relationship with the Dortmund hierarchy appears to be at breaking point, with the Gabon international being strongly linked with a move to Arsenal. The striker incurred the wrath of club officials by missing a team meeting before last weekend’s 0-0 Bundesliga draw with Wolfsburg, resulting in head coach Peter Stoger dropping him from the squad. Stoger revealed on Thursday that he had spoken with the striker and things appeared to have been cleared up, but later that day Aubameyang was left off the squad list for Friday’s trip to Hertha Berlin - sporting director Michael Zorc suggesting he was not entirely focused....

It is well known throughout the gaming world that the eccentric director of the Metal Gear Solid series Hideo Kojima is a cinema lover. He regularly reviews movies on his Twitter account and constantly works in references to his favorite films in his games. Knowing that, it should come as no surprise that he wanted to work with one of Hollywood’s most celebrated composers on the sequel to his first 3D outing....

During the fourth quarter of the Friday night game, Earlham High School Quarterback Darrell Matchem apparently ran out of bounds and was told by a player from the opposing team from Southwest Valley High School to stand down, followed by a racial slur, Des Moines-based television news station KCCI-TV reported. There was no penalty against Southwest Valley for the alleged slur, but when Matchem used profanity while complaining about the slur to the referee, he was thrown out of the game and penalized, according to KCCI....

Researchers at Iowa State University believe this could be down to how fat cells affect blood cells involved in the immune system. Previous studies have uncovered links between obesity in middle-aged people and those in early late-life, and worse thinking skills, the team wrote in the Journal ofBrain, Behavior, and Immunity. For their research, the scientists wanted to find out more about how different types of body fat affect what is known as fluid intelligence, or the ability to problem solve in new situations....