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It might be a bittersweet match-up for RCB fans with a bunch of local and former players playing for the opposition. However, they will be bullish about their own prospects, especially after an uncharacteristic-yet-brilliant comeback win against Sunrisers Hyderabad earlier in the week. For once, it was their bowling attack, led by Yuzvendra Chahal’s magical spell, that paved the way for their first win of the season. However, Virat Kohli and co are in for a stern test against Kings XI Punjab, who were undone by Marcus Stoinis in their opening encounter in IPL 2020....

They’ll be the ones to catch again at Dover. Busch and Harvick, who each have seven wins, will start 1-2 on Sunday at Dover International Speedway to kick off the round-of-12 playoff race on the mile concrete track. Rain washed out NASCAR Cup qualifying Friday, setting the lineup on points and giving the top dozen spots to the 12 playoff drivers. Sports betting is legal in Delaware, and fans can now place bets on the race winner and other prop bets at Dover International Speedway....

MORE: Danica hoping to win fan vote | Earnhardt, Logano warned about cheating | Power Rankings Busch broke bones in his right leg and left foot in a Feb. 21crash at Daytona, causing him to miss the season’s first 11 Sprint Cup races. He returned to action during practice Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway and will race for the first time since the injury in the Sprint All-Star Race Saturday night....

Busch has now won three consecutive Nationwide Series races at Bristol since last March, when he and Larson also went 1-2 to the finish. Of his 16 national wins at Bristol, five are in the Sprint Cup Series, seven are Nationwide and four are in the Truck Series. "I definitely like coming to Bristol, I always have," said Busch, who made his first trip to the .533-mile bullring in 2004 testing with Hendrick Motorsports....

Korver wound up with few chances and his NBA-record streak of 127 games with a 3-pointer was snapped in Atlanta's 102-78 loss to Portland on Wednesday night. "I'm a little bummed," Korver said. "The streak was good, it was good while it lasted. Someday I'll look on it and be proud. Not tonight, obviously. This was a tough game all the way around for us." Korver had surpassed Dana Barros' record of 89 straight, set from 1994-96, earlier this season....

Rittenhouse, who was cleared of two counts of murder following the highly divisive trial in November 2021, shared the clip on his Twitter account on Thursday, where it has since been reshared more than 4,300 times. The edited video shows Rittenhouse filling up a car at a gas station while in tears. The clip superimposes Rittenhouse’s body from when he was hyperventilating while describing to the jury the circumstances that led up to him shooting Joseph Rosenbaum during the Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020....

Two of the individuals allegedly shot by Kyle Rittenhouse—Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum—died as a result of their injuries, and the third—Gaige Grosskreutz—was injured in the shooting. Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of his arrest for the shootings, which occurred the evening of August 25. He was arrested the next day and charged on August 28. During a Zoom conference call that lasted less than four minutes, Rittenhouse sat beside his attorney, Mark Richards, who told Kenosha County Court Commissioner Loren Keating that his client was pleading not guilty to all charges....

Garoppolo is on injured reserve with an ankle injury and the San Francisco QB’s future has been thrust into the spotlight amid criticism, while the 4-6 49ers struggle to reach the lofty heights of 2019. The former New England Patriots quarterback, who led the 49ers to last season’s Super Bowl, has completed 94 of 140 passes for 1,096 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions in six games this season....

Kyocera has just upgraded a batch of five mono multifunction laser printers for small- to medium-size business users with a greater emphasis on speed of production, cost efficiency and environmental friendliness. (See all multifunction printer reviews.) The Ecosys M2030dn is one of the mid-range performers in this new group and outwardly it’s hard to distinguish it from its predecessor, the FS-1130MFP. It has identical dimensions of 494 x 430 x 448 mm, weighs in at the same comfortably solid 18kg and is styled in the usual Kyocera two-tone colours of cream and grey....

The five-time NBA All-Star was selected as the first overall pick in 2011 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers and went on to win the Rookie of the Year award after averaging 18.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He is also the 2013 NBA 3-point shooting contest champion, scored 23/30 in the final round. In his debut season with the Celtics, Kyrie averaged 24.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5....

Kyrie Irving says it’s a play he’ll have a hard time forgetting. MORE: Kyrie Irving’s big night still not big enough for Cavs “I’ll probably be replaying that play for a while,” Kyrie Irving said following the 118-113 loss. “It hurts. Did some great things tonight. Came down to the stretch, and they made some big time plays. But it definitely hurts. I’m human, as well as my teammates, and to lay it all on the line like that, you want to come out on the winning side....

Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving came up big as the Cavs held off the Pistons for a 106-101 victory in their first-round opener. PHOTOS: Best images from first round of NBA playoffs Irving scored a game-high 31 points and added six assists while Love scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. “It felt good. Between Kyrie and myself, we’ve had many conversations,” Love told ABC after the game. “We want to prove ourselves....

Previous reports indicated Irving would have been able to only play in road games, in accordance with New York City’s guidelines, meaning he wouldn’t be available for 41 home games in the regular season, however, Nets GM Sean Marks today confirmed in a statement that Irving will not be able to play or practice with the team until he is “eligible to be a full participant.” According to a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Irving, who hasn’t been with the team during pre-season, is not opposed to the vaccine itself, rather the broader implications of the workplace mandates in place, with a source saying “Kyrie wants to be a voice for the voiceless....

But 2017 was no ordinary summer. Two months earlier, after the Cavaliers — the only professional franchise Irving had known in his six years in the NBA — had been ousted from the NBA Finals by the Warriors, Irving asked Cleveland for a trade out of town. Shortly thereafter, Irving headed to Georgia to begin work on the first feature film of his career, starring his ornery, youngblood-trashing, fundamentals-loving basketball guru of a character, Uncle Drew....

According to the Cavs, Irving stayed behind after the team departed for a two-game road trip against Indiana and Houston in order to undergo further testing on his shoulder. MORE: Westbrook has surgery | Remembering Anthony Mason | Ezeli suspended MRI results revealed that Irving has a strain in his left shoulder, and he will be receiving additional treatment Saturday and Sunday in Cleveland. Irving, who already missed Friday night’s game against the Pacers, will miss Sunday’s game in Houston and have his status updated by the team on Tuesday....

The Belgium international played the full 90 minutes of the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea but was an unused substitute for last weekend’s 3-1 win over Hull City at Etihad Stadium. City face Southampton this weekend before travelling to Wembley for the FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal on April 23, with the rearranged derby with Manchester United taking place just four days later. Pep on Alexis: We have work to do...

The early look at the next addition to the PES franchise is available on a PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, or Xbox Series X, and can be found by searching for “New Football Game Online Performance Test” on either Sony or Microsoft’s storefronts. In a statement on its website, Konami clarifies that the test isn’t supposed to be evocative of PES 2022’s final product, noting that its graphics, gameplay, animations, and balancing are all still in development and will be improved in time for the game’s release....

Seoul did not seem to provide many answers at first. South Korea’s capital is a bustling, sprawling, neon-lit metropolis striving to get ahead in the world. It does not display its battle scars. People there do not spend time dwelling on a war that took place before many of them were born. It took a visit to Seoul’s War Museum to recall the violence of the conflict and the lives lost at such aptly named places as Heartbreak Ridge, Bloody Ridge and Massacre Valley....

Get 6/1 odds on Leicester to beat Arsenal Kaltrim Agushaj married Edisona Agushaj on Saturday in a lavish ceremony, with part of the celebrations centered around Kaltrim’s second biggest love — Arsenal. The groom’s closest friends and family wore Arsenal shirts and posed for photos before singing chants dedicated to their team. “It was a spontaneous idea of my friends to make a part of our wedding Arsenal themed,” Kaltrim told Goal....

Chasing a paltry 102 to win, Bharath Chipli and MG Naveen got the Bulls off to the perfect start, scoring 46 runs in the Powerplay. Chipli was dismissed in the very next over thanks to a brilliant delivery by Shreyas Gopal. However, MG Naveen carried on from there and ensured the runs kept on coming. He was dismissed after scoring 43 but he had done his work by then. In the end, Kaunain Abbas, KL Shrijith, and Naga Bharath ensured no further hiccups for the Bulls as they strolled to victory....