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The Cricket World Cup will be staged in India from Oct. 5 to Nov. 19. The Associated Press takes a look at five players to watch during the 6 1/2-week tournament: Babar Azam, Pakistan Is the No. 1-ranked batter in the ODI format and a crucial anchor in Pakistan’s top …

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Cricket World Cup returns to India after 12 years with the hosts desperately seeking to end its trophy drought at a major ICC event. India last won the 50-overs World Cup when it co-hosted the event in 2011 with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. M.S. Dhoni …

Getty Images/Netflix Netflix’s upcoming disaster movie “Leave the World Behind,” based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, marks the first fictional movie from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions company. Barack included the novel on his 2021 summer reading list and was personally invested …

TOULON, France (AP) — South Africa will assess the Rugby World Cup readiness of flyhalf Handre Pollard after selecting him on Wednesday to start in the final pool game against Tonga for his first test in more than a year. Pollard was added to the squad as an injury replacement …

LYON, France (AP) — Uruguay capitalized on three yellow cards to Namibia by overcoming a terrible start and winning their absorbing Rugby World Cup pool match 36-26 on Wednesday. Los Teros recorded only a fourth ever win at a Rugby World Cup while extending Namibia’s tournament-record losing run to 26 …

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon. Mark Lennihan/AP Be ready for energy prices to spike and interest rates to climb higher, Jamie Dimon said. The JPMorgan CEO warns geopolitical threats like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are critical concerns. Carefree government spending was a “sugar high” for the economy that looks set to …

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — Tamim Iqbal opted out of next month’s 50-over World Cup after a dispute with a member of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the opening batsman said on Wednesday while describing the situation as “a dirty game.” “Someone called me from the top level of the board who …

PARIS (AP) — World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin defended the bunker review system at the Rugby World Cup after a red card was not issued for Tonga winger Afusipa Taumoepeau’s hit on Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie last weekend. Taumoepeau was given a yellow card for the first half incident last …

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — The situation for Japan and Samoa at the Rugby World Cup could hardly be tighter going into their pool match on Thursday. They are tied on five points in Pool D after two games each. They have the same number of tries — six — and …

In a recent address to his nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine has obtained crucial intelligence pinpointing vulnerabilities within Vladimir Putin’s military operations. Zelensky vowed to intensify attacks on Russia while targeting these identified weaknesses. It follows a series of devastating events in the region. Russian drone barrages …

LYON, France (AP) — Key Italy backs Tommaso Allan, Paolo Garbisi and Ange Capuozzo were rearranged again for the Rugby World Cup match against New Zealand on Friday. The game is a must-win for both in the race for a quarterfinal berth from Pool A. Italy has never beaten the …

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free This week, Wes Anderson will debut four new short films over four days, each adapted from lesser-known stories by Roald Dahl, whose work he has …

By Rob Harris, sport correspondent England will oppose playing matches against Russian football teams after UEFA suddenly lifted its blanket ban on the country competing in its competitions to allow under-17s fixtures. European football’s governing body took the decision at a meeting of its executive committee 18 months after banning …

NICE, France (AP) — Tonga No. 8 Vaea Fifita was suspended for their last two Rugby World Cup pool games against South Africa and Romania on Tuesday for his red card. Fifita shoulder-charged the head of Scotland’s Finn Russell in a ruck near the end of a pool match that …

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — Key batter Tamim Iqbal was left out of Bangladesh’s 15-member Cricket World Cup squad on Tuesday because of back injury concerns. Tamim, Bangladesh’s all-time top scorer in ODIs with 8,357 runs in 240 innings, returned to the squad for the New Zealand series after recovering from …

Russia’s former leader Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday he visited troops near the frontline in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, upon orders from President Vladimir Putin. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party, Dmitry Medvedev, front right, awards Russian servicemen during his visit at a military …