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Hugh Fernyhough

Hugh Clifford Fernyhough (22 September 1872 — 9 October 1947) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Early life and military service. Fernyhough was born at Hampstead in September 1872. He graduated from the Royal Military College into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) as a second lieutenant in October 1893, and was promoted to lieutenant in December 1894. He then went with the KOYLI to British India, where he served in the North Western Frontier. His service there saw him partake in the Tirah campaign, where he saw action at the Battle of Shinkamar in January 1898. Whilst serving in British India, Fernyhough made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Parsees in the Bombay Presidency Matches of 1895–96 and 1898–99. He scored 18 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 12. Soon after partaking in his second first-class match, Fernyhough went to South Africa to take part in the Second Boer War, during which he was promoted to captain in March 1900. He took part in the Advance on Kimberley in 1899, seeing action at Battles of Belmont and Enslin, with him being wounded in action in the latter engagement. He later took part in the engagements in the Orange Free State (May to August 1900), the Transvaal (August to November 1900) and the Cape Colony (January to March 1901); he was seriously wounded during actions in the Cape Colony. Fernyhough was mentioned in dispatches several times during the war, and was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in September 1901 in recognition of his service during the war. He was also decorated with the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps and the King's South Africa Medal with two clasps. Following the war, he remained in South Africa seconded as a signalling officer. In February 1906, he was transferred to the Army Ordnance Department as a 4th Class Ordnance Officer. First World War and later life. Fernyhough was promoted to major in May 1913, at which point he advanced to become a 3rd Class Ordnance Officer. During this period, he served as Chief Ordnance Officer in Sierra Leone. He served in the First World War on the Western Front. He was made a temporary lieutenant colonel and Ordnance Officer 2nd Class in April 1915, whilst serving as an Assistant Quartermaster-General at General Headquarters. He was made a brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1916, before being appointed by George V to the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1917 New Year Honours. He was further honoured by Belgium in July 1917, when he was appointed to the Order of Leopold. Fernyhough was appointed assistant director of Ordnance Services in May 1918, at which point he was made a temporary colonel and a temporary 1st Class Ordnance Officer. He was mentioned several times in dispatches throughout the war. Following the war, he was appointed to the War Office in July 1919 and relinquished his acting ranks of colonel and 1st Class Ordnance Officer in the same month. He regained these temporary ranks in February 1921, Fernyhough was appointed to the Order of the Bath in the 1924 Birthday Honours. He gained promotion to the full ranks of colonel and Ordnance Officer 1st Class in July 1927, before retiring in September 1929. Having exceeded the age for recall, he was removed from the Reserve of Officers list in September 1932. Fernyhough died at Aldershot in October 1947.

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Eshun Kalley

Eshun Singh Kalley (born 23 November 2001) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex and Essex 2nd XI. He is a right-handed batsman, who also bowls right-arm medium-fast pace. He made his first-class debut against Ireland on 26 May 2023 in tour match.

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Noah Thain

Noah Robin Mostyn Thain (born 13 January 2005) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex and Essex 2nd XI. He is a right-handed batsman, who also bowls right-arm medium-fast pace. He made his first-class cricket debut against Ireland on 26 May 2023 in a tour match.

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Richard Thompson (cricket administrator)

Richard William Thompson (born 1966) is a British advertising executive, sports administrator, who since 2022 serves as Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board. Life. Educated at Cheam High School in Surrey, Thompson joined a computer sales company in Croydon before founding sport and entertainment talent agency, Merlin Elite (now M&C Saatchi Merlin), in 2002. After selling a 60% stake in the firm to M&C Saatchi in 2013, Thompson continued as Chairman of M&C Saatchi Talent, where he acquired other talent agencies including Red Hare and Grey Whippet. In 2021, he was appointed non-executive Chairman of the M&C Saatchi UK Group. Thompson has held various chairmanships including of Debrett's Limited (2012–18) and Twofour Group (2014–19). A keen cricketer, he served as Chairman of Surrey County Cricket Club (2011–22), before being elected Chairman of the ECB in 2022. An Honorary Life Vice President of Surrey CCC and a member of Marylebone Cricket Club, Thompson is also a Freeman of the Haberdashers' Company. He and his wife, Danielle, live at Kingston, Surrey, with their three children.

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Edward Haughton

Edward Juxon Henry Haughton (19 January 1883 — 17 November 1955) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer. The son of Colonel Thomas Hutchinson Haughton, he was born in British Burma at Moulmein in January 1883. He was educated in England at Bedford, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated from there into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a second lieutenant in January 1902. He was transferred to the British Indian Army in November 1903, being appointed to the 78th Moplah Rifles and being promoted to lieutenant in April 1904. With the abolition of the 78th under the Kitchener reforms of 1907, Haughton was posted to the Maratha Light Infantry. He was promoted to captain in July 1911. Haughton played first-class cricket in India for the Europeans cricket team, making his debut against the Parsees at Poona in the 1912-13 Bombay Presidency Match. He played for the Europeans until September 1914, making six appearances in the Bombay Presidency Matches. He scored 211 runs in these matches, at an average of 17.58 and a highest score of 55. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70, with best figures of 3 for 30. In addition to playing for the Europeans, Haughton also made a single first-class appearance for J. G. Greig's XI against the Hindus in August 1912, scoring 77 runs in the match and taking 2 wickets. Haughton served in the British Indian Army during the First World War, where he saw action in the Mesopotamian campaign. As part of the 105th Maratha, he joined up with the 3rd (Lahore) Division in September 1916 to take part in the attempt to relieve British forces besieged of Kut, with him seeing action in the First Battle of Jebel Hamlin in March 1917. He had been promoted to major in January 1917. During his deployment to Mesopotamia, Haughton was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving the life of a member of the Gurkha Rifles who had fallen into the Shatt al-Arab, with him jumping into the river to save the Rifleman. He was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in February 1918. In the closing stages of the war, the 3rd Lahore Division was transferred to Egypt, but Haughton returned to India. There he served as a brigade major, and saw action in the Third Anglo-Afghan War, where he was wounded in action. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1926, before retiring from active service in April 1931. Haughton later retired to England, where he died suddenly while playing golf at Burhill Golf Club in Surrey on 17 November 1955.

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Christopher Shaw (musician)

Christopher Alden Shaw is a folk musician specializing in the music and folklore of the Adirondack Mountains, recognized nationally as a notable practitioner of this milieu. His first album, "Adirondack", a collection of traditional and original tunes, was selected for inclusion in the folk music collection of the Library of Congress. "Shaw's new songs sound like ancient ones," said Geoffrey Himes of "The Washington Post". The "Ambassador of the Adirondacks" frequently collaborates with his wife, fellow singer-songwriter Bridget Ball. Capital Region Magazine called him "a walking, talking, singing National Geographic Special." Early life. Born in 1954, Shaw grew up in Adirondack community of Lake George, where his father owned and operated sightseeing tours on the mahogany steamboat "Sayonara". Shaw left Lake George in 1972 to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University, graduating with a degree in biology. In college, Shaw began to play guitar and formed a folk trio that eventually performed a concert on the Sloop Clearwater. It was also in college where he met future friend and mentor, folksinger Bill Staines. In 2022, Shaw served as Master of Ceremonies at Caffè Lena's concert tribute to Staines in remembrance of his passing. In 1977, he found work in the emergency room of Albany Medical Center. He also frequented Saratoga Springs' Caffè Lena, where proprietor Lena Spencer provided a mentorship role. "Lena had kind of taken me under her wing from the first...when I was broke she'd lose my bill," said Shaw. He later headlined at the venue. He began collecting traditional tunes, many he had heard growing up, aided by field recordings from song collectors and folklorists Marjorie Lansing Porter and Frank and Anne Warner. He met singer-songwriter Bridget Ball in 1981 at a punk rock concert in Albany, NY. Shaw had just decided to quit his job and focus on music full time. Three years later, they were married. Early years as a household of two professional musicians was difficult, as they attempted to land distribution deals for their music with little luck. They formed their own company to release music in response, and primarily marketed directly to stores and consumers. In 1987, they decided to quit playing in bars and focus on touring. Career. "Great Acoustics". Inspired in part by DJ Wanda Fischer's "Hudson River Sampler" program, Shaw and Bridget Ball began a live radio series airing weekly on Northeast Public Radio. "Great Acoustics: Live from the Hudson River Cafe" debuted in 1986, broadcast live with a live in-studio audience and modeled after A Prairie Home Companion. Airing throughout the northeast, it received national distribution for some shows. Live guests included Happy Traum, Artie Traum, Josh White Jr., Rory Block, Greg Brown and Garnet Rogers. The show ended in December 1988. Albums and performances. In 1985, Shaw debuted his self-released cassette "Without a Net" at Saratoga's Caffè Lena, consisting of a live recording from Mother's Wine Emporium coffeehouse at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Shaw release "Adirondack" in 1988. Produced by Rory Block, "Adirondack" also featured Jay Ungar and Artie Traum. The album represented a change of direction for Shaw, moving away from the more conventional singer/songwriter mode he had pursued in years prior. It was picked up for national distribution by Silo/Alcazar, and proved popular on college and acoustic radio. WHRB and WNHU both named it one of their top albums of the year. "It's a wonderful album," said WNHU DJ Cliff Furnald. "If the Adirondacks have a voice, it sounds like Chris Shaw," said "The Daily Gazette". It included a rare cover of "Honest Sam" by reclusive songwriter Paul Siebel. Other songs include portraits of Adirondack hermit French Louie and acclaimed North Country violinist Nick Goodall (previously immortalized in a bestselling novel by Irving Bacheller). In October 1989, Shaw performed at the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History. Shaw's 1991 album "Born and Raised" was produced by Rory Block with contributions from Vassar Clements, John Sebastian and Garth Hudson. It featured the biographical song "Working Ships" praised by "Dirty Linen" for its "weight, structure and simplicity." "The Year of 88" was lauded by "The Washington Post". "Together with his earlier album, "Adirondack," Shaw is emerging as the foremost musical interpreter on the scene today of the North Country's rich folk tradition," observed the "Albany Times Union". "In crazy times like these, music like Christopher Shaw's is not only welcome, but necessary. "Born and Raised" should be required listening for all Adirondack residents," remarked the Plattsburgh Press-Republican. One track from "Born and Raised", also featured on 1991's holiday album "Mountain Snow and Mistletoe", became a signature song. "Ten Dollar Christmas" is based on the true story of a Depression-era family. In December 1991, it was included in the Mainly Adult Contemporary CD, distributed nationally to adult contemporary radio stations. It entered national radio rotation as a result. "As sick as I am of listening to Christmas carols, I just can't bear to eject this CD from the stereo," concluded the Meriden "Record-Journal". In 1992, Shaw performed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, appearing alongside Dan Berggren, Carl Heilman, Anne LaBastille, Bill Smith and Bill McKibben as part of a series of statewide events commemorating the Adirondack Park centennial year. On 1993's "Fireside--Adirondack Stories, Humor and Downright Lies", Shaw exhibited his storytelling and humorous tales that featured prominently in his live performances. "Chris Shaw is in his storytelling element, with crickets chirping and fire crackling making this an unusually intimate audio experience," said critic Ellen Geisel. "Shaw's voice is smooth, comforting in the night as he weaves yarns that familiarly cloak you," remarked another critic. Many of the stories are tall tales, inspired by the stories and experiences with his uncle Walter Blair. That same year, he performed at the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian Associates' "City Sunsets" series. "Been to Town and Back Again" was released in 1994, with Shaw accompanied by Jay Ungar, Tony Trischka, Cindy Cashdollar, Steve Riley, John Sebastian and John Herald. It was produced by Shaw and Tony Markellis. An appearance at the Old Songs Festival served as an album release party. It was praised for "consistently appealing story songs with a sense of tradition and place that most contemporary acoustic music sorely lacks" by "Dirty Linen". "Shaw's fifth album is easily his best yet," according to critic Greg Haymes. A sequel holiday album "Mountain Snow and MistleTWO" also appeared in 1994, with Bridget Ball, John Kirk, David Malachowski and Brian Melick. Shaw performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1996, where he also taught a workshop on narrative song. He released a third collaboration with Bridget Ball that same year, a departure from previous releases that focused on original songs. "Songs from the Big Front Porch", a collection of traditional folk tunes, was accompanied by guitar chords to foster a sing-along atmosphere. Shaw's last solo album, "Adirondack Serenade" was released in 2000, coinciding with a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts which was also streamed live on the internet. In 2003, Shaw formed a group called Big Trout Radio with Artie Traum and author Connelly Akstens. An album, "Songs About Fishing", along with a tour, followed. Shaw toured widely for many years. In addition to appearances at Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Kennedy Center and Smithsonian Institution, he has also performed at Old Songs Festival, Adirondack Music Celebration, the Music Festival in the Adirondacks, the Adirondack Music Festival, GottaGetGon Festival, headline concerts in Escondido, California, at me&thee Coffeehouse, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Vergennes Opera House, "Mountain Snow and Mistletoe". A cassette tape of Christmas tunes recorded at home with wife Bridget Ball led to the holiday-themed album "Mountain Snow and Mistletoe" in 1991. That year, the two began presenting a live show with same name, featuring original Adirondack folk music mixed with traditional songs. Initially performed in libraries and church basements, they quickly graduated to larger venues, including Caffe Lena. In 1994, they released a sequel and began expanding their holiday production to meet demand. After touring their show in the Midwest, they began presenting it annually at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall starting in 1996. The concert became a popular regional tradition. The show has featured guest artists including Kevin McKrell, Camille West and Tony Markellis. In 2010, it moved to The Egg. After 25 years, "Mountain Snow and Mistletoe" gave its final performance in 2015. Later life. In addition to music, Shaw performed historical reenactments for schools, including presentations about the French and Indian War and Robert Rogers. Ancestor John Shaw fought in Rogers' unit at the Battle on Snowshoes. For 15 years, Shaw worked as a guitar clinician for Taylor Guitars, specializing in folk fingerstyle playing alongside other musicians such as Livingston Taylor and Artie Traum. Shaw briefly served as the executive director of the Adirondack Folk School, a not-for-profit dedicated to preserving and teaching the skills of Adirondack folk craft. He retired from music in 2015 after obtaining a degree in culinary arts. He is now a food writer for the online publication "Nippertown".

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Burntisland Thistle F.C.

Burntisland Thistle Football Club was an association football club from Burntisland in Fifeshire, Scotland. History. The club was formed in 1876, being one of the first five clubs in Fifeshire, as an activity for members of the Burntisland Thistle Cricket Club. The Thistle's first competitive match came in the Edinburgh Cup in 1879–80, losing 2–1 at home to Hanover in the first round. Thistle managed its first competitive win in the same competition in 1880–81, beating Addiewell 7–1 away from home, but its reward was a second round tie with Hibernian and the Thistle was hammered 15–0. Thistle did not enter the newly-named Edinburgh Shield in 1882–83; in 1881–82, it lost 9–0 at Dunfermline in 1881–82, but for 1882–83 as there were now enough clubs in Fifeshire for a competition between themselves, rather than face humiliation in a competition dominated by the well-established Edinburgh clubs. Accordingly, in April 1882, the Fifeshire Football Association was established, and the first Fife Cup took place in 1882–83. Thistle was a founder member and played in the initial competition, losing to Cowdenbeath in the semi-final. The club did return to play in the Edinburgh Shield, albeit without significant success. The club's best performance was reaching the semi-final of the Consolation Cup (for clubs eliminated before the final) in 1886–87, being beaten 5–3 by Bo'ness, the Thistle handicapped by being without its two best players (Hailstanes and David Dair, the latter replaced by brother Willie). 1886–87: double runner-up. Thistle never won the Fife Cup; it was twice runner-up. In 1886–87, the club met Dunfermline Athletic in the final, at Lady's Mill. After 55 minutes, with the score 1–0 to Athletic, a fight broke out between the players, on the basis that the Athletic's Knight claimed to have been struck by Thistle's goalkeeper Mackenzie who was trying to clear the ball. The fight spread to the crowd, and lasted half-an-hour before the fighters were separated. Referee M'Kay of Northern awarded the match to Athletic on the basis of rough play by the Burntisland goalkeeper, After a protest, the final was re-played, and at the third time of asking Athletic won 3–1 at Cowdenbeath. The club was also runner-up in the first Percival King Cup, for East of Scotland clubs outside Edinburgh, winning the semi-final against Champfleurie when the Thistle charged the Celestials' goalkeeper Sneddon over the goal-line while he was still holding the ball. The Thistle lost 4–1 to Mossend Swifts in the final at Easter Road. 1886–87 was the club's first as a member of the Scottish Football Association, and thus the first season in which it entered the Scottish Cup; Dunfermline scratched from the clubs' first round tie and the Black and Whites lost to Cowdenbeath in the second. 1887–88: second Fife Cup final. The club reached the Fife Cup final again in 1887–88, losing 6–1 in a replay against Lassodie at Lady's Mill in Dunfermline in the final. In the 1887–88 Scottish Cup, the club seemed to have gained revenge over Dunfermline Athletic, after a 4–2 win, but the club was disqualified because of the non-registration of H. M'Leod. The one consolation the club had in the season was its second XI winning the Fifeshire Second XI Cup - albeit by default as Alloa Athletic's reserves did not turn up for the final. Final years. The club let its Scottish FA subscription lapse for 1888–89, only taking part in local competitions. Its only win in the national competition came in the 1890–91 Scottish Cup, 4–2 over Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in the first round. The Thistle scratched to Heart of Midlothian in the second. The Scottish FA introduced qualifying rounds for the Cup from 1891–92; in the first qualifying round, at home to Linlithgow Athletic the club looked in a positive position with a 4–1 half-time lead, but lost a man to injury for the second, and was beaten 6–4. The club left the Scottish FA for the second and final time at the end of the season but it had already quit the senior game for the Scottish Junior Football Association, playing in the Scottish Junior Cup for the first time, and losing 8–1 at East Benhar Heatherbell in the second round. The club does not seem to have continued afterwards. Colours. The club played in black and white jersey and hose, with blue knickers. Ground. The Thistle's ground was Lammerlaws Park, a 10-minute walk from the station.

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2023 Netherlands Women's Tri-Nation Series

The 2023 Netherlands Women's Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) series which took place in the Netherlands in July 2023. The series was contested by Netherlands, Scotland and Thailand. All the matches of the series were played at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd in Utrecht. Thailand won the tri-series on net run rate after all three sides earned two wins and two defeats. Ahead of the tri-nation series, Netherlands and Thailand played a three-match bilateral One Day International (ODI) series, which was played at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen. The second match was abandoned due to rain, and the ODI series was tied 1–1. Tri-Nation T20I series. Squads. Olivia Bell and Katherine Fraser were ruled out of Scotland's squad before the start of the series due to injuries, with Nayma Sheikh and Emma Walsingham being named as their replacements.

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Adeel Shafique

Adeel Ahmad Shafique (born 7 June 1994) is English cricketer who now plays for the Oman national cricket team. On 9 April 2023 he was named in Oman's squad for the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup in Nepal. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Oman on 21 April 2023 against Nepal in 7th match of the tournament. On 24 May 2023 he was name in Oman's squad for 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.

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Newmains F.C.

Newmains Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Newmains, Lanarkshire, Scotland. History. The club was formed in 1876, as a winter activity for the Newmains cricket club, its football captain being the cricket captain Archibald Munn. It was linked to the Coltness iron works and gave the works as its correspondence address. The club's first match at the end of the 1876–77 season, against Shotts, who sent a team "for the purpose of inaugurating the association game in that district". The ensuing defeat did not discourage Newmains; the teams had a convivial entertainment after the match and Newmains joined the Scottish Football Association three months later. The club's first competitive match was in the first round of the 1877–78 Scottish Cup, losing at home to Uddingston. The club entered the Scottish Cup twice more, but did not win a fixture. In the first round of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, the club was decimated at home by Upper Clydesdale, the final score being 12–0 and three of the Upper Clydesdale scoring hat-tricks. In the 1879–80 Scottish Cup, the club passed into the second round after first round opponents Avondale dissolved before the tie; in the second the club lost 2–0 at Plains Blue Bell. Newmains continued playing football over the next few years, mostly at a low-key level, but the club did beat Edina of Edinburgh away from home in a friendly in 1882–83, and entered the Lanarkshire Cup for the only time in 1883–84. The 7–1 defeat at Hamilton Academical seems to have put the club off undertaking any more serious football activity, and in 1883 it lost two key players to emigration; the club does not have any matches recorded after 1885. Colours. The club originally wore blue and white hoops. In 1881, the club changed to orange and black. Grounds. The club originally played on the cricket pitch near Brown Street, using the local school's club house for facilities. In 1879, it moved to Crindledyke Park, a quarter of a mile from Newmains railway station.

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Bruntridactylus

Bruntridactylus is a genus of African and Palaearctic pygmy mole crickets in the subfamily Dentridactylinae, erected by K.K. Günther in 1979. Species have been recorded from: tropical Africa, eastern Europe, central and southern Asia and including Taiwan (this distribution is almost certainly incomplete). Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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Ellie Anderson

Ellie Anderson (born 30 October 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire, Central Sparks and Southern Brave. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. Early life. Anderson was born on 30 October 2003 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Domestic career. Anderson made her county debut in 2018, for Worcestershire against Warwickshire. She was the joint sixth-highest wicket-taker across the entire competition in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking 12 wickets at an average of 12.00. She played one match in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking 1/22 from her four overs against Warwickshire. Anderson was included in the Central Sparks Academy squad between 2021 and 2023. She was promoted to the full squad ahead of the 2023 season. She made her debut for Central Sparks on 29 May 2023, against North West Thunder in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. International career. In October 2022, Anderson was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. She took eight wickets at an average of 5.62 at the tournament, including taking a five-wicket haul, with 5/12 against the West Indies.

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Ben Kellaway

Benjamin Ian Kellaway (born 5 January 2004) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club. Born in Newport, he is a right-handed batter and bowls off spin. He came through the Glamorgan academy and was named in their team to play against Cardiff MCCU in a pre-season match in April 2022. He earned his first senior contract with Glamorgan in October 2022. He was then included in the squad for Glamorgan's first three games of the Twenty20 season in 2023, against Gloucestershire, Somerset and Middlesex. He made his debut on 26 May 2023 in a two-wicket win against Gloucestershire; he bowled one over, conceding seven runs, and scored three runs off six deliveries with the bat. He played in the four-wicket defeat to Somerset two days later, scoring just one run off four balls with the bat, and conceding 10 runs off his single over of bowling, though he did take a catch. He was left out for the game against Middlesex on 31 May due to a clash with his university exams, and was not included for their first home game against Kent on 2 June. With several senior Glamorgan players having been called up to play in The Hundred or simply rested, Kellaway returned to action in the opening match of Glamorgan's 2023 One-Day Cup campaign against Worcestershire. Coming in with Glamorgan at 72/4, he shared a stand of 65 runs with captain Kiran Carlson and eventually top-scored with 82 runs as they finished with a total of 199; however, Worcestershire chased down the target to win by four wickets, Kellaway conceding 18 runs off his four overs.

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Musafir (company)

Musafir is an online travel agency founded in August 2007 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani and Sachin Gadoya in Sharjah, UAE. It has 245 employees and 9 branches in the UAE, India and Qatar. The company is headquartered in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), UAE, and has offices in India, and Qatar. History. Musafir.com started as a retail travel agency, with its first retail branch opening in Sharjah in 2005. It was co-founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani and Sachin Gadoya. In 2005, the flagship branch was opened in Rolla (Al Soor), Sharjah. In 2008, the company launched a website, which was the first online travel portal in the UAE and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) under the name musafir.com. Musafir launched its first corporate branch in India in 2010. In 2012, the company launched a brand campaign featuring Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. In 2018 it launched Musafir Business Platform, a travel management portal for corporate entities. In 2021, the first technology center was opened in the UAE. In 2022, the company moved to new corporate offices in Sharjah and Qatar, and the second Technology and Innovation Centre was opened in Pune, India. Founders. Musafir was co-founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani and by Sachin Gadoya. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani is the co-founder and Chairman of Musafir.com and also a member of the board of directors at Air Arabia. Sachin Gadoya is the CEO of Musafir.com and its co-founder. He graduated from the American University of Sharjah with a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering. Additionally, Sachin is the Managing Director of Gadoya Holdings, a conglomerate with 14 diverse companies. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani and Sachin Gadoya together launched Musafir in 2008 as the U.A.E.'s first online travel agency. Operations. Musafir.com is a travel company that provides all types of travel services, including flights, hotels, holiday packages, UAE Tourist visas and global visa assistance services to different types of travelers through its online platform, which operates as an OTA (online travel agency). In 2018, Musafir.com decided to expand from B2C to B2B business with the launch of its corporate travel platform Musafir Business. The platform is used by over 2,000 corporates and travel agents in UAE, Qatar and India that book their travel through Musafir Business. The all-in-one Business Travel Management platform developed by Musafir.com enables organizations to manage their business travel through automated approval workflows, travel policy compliance, visa assistance, preferential flight, and hotel rates.

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Sidadiye Samanaliyo

Sidadiye Samanaliyo () is a 2023 Sri Lankan drama thriller teledrama broadcast on Swarnavahini. The series is directed by popular actor Dhananjaya Siriwardena in his directorial debut and written by Aruna Jayawardena. It is produced by Panduka Weerasekara and music directed is by Thilina Ruhunuge. The serial stars an ensemble cast of Yashoda Wimaladharma, Akila Dhanuddara, Tharindi Fernando, Michelle Dilhara, Manoja Fernando, Sajini Roy, and Woshika Perera in lead roles. The media introduction of the teledrama was held at Nawala Grand Solis Restaurant on 22 April 2023. The telecasting started on Swarnavahini from Mondays to Fridays at 7.30 pm from 10 May 2023. The serial became very popular after telecasting first few episodes where first episode reached more than 800,000 views in YouTube. Plot. The teledrama portrays the life story of five different young girls: Malki, Disni, Anuradha, Revathi and Umali- who arrives to Colombo from five different areas just to find a decent career and earn a living. They are boarded in Mangalika's (played by Yashoda Wimaladharma) boarding house. The five young girls consider Mangalika as their sister, mother and friend. No matter what problems they face, all of them finally remains as one family facing all the life challenges together. Malki (played by Michelle Dilhara) who is a nurse in profession, works at Bernards house, taking care of Bernard (played by Vishwajith Gunasekara) who is in a wheelchair, and faces many challenges in an unfriendly environment. Disni (played by Tharindi Fernando) is a taxi driver. She meets a challenging customer, Wishwa (played by Akila Dhanuddara), who is CIA agent and involves in trapping arms dealers and gradually faces life threats. Anurada (played by Manoja Fernando) is a salon employee where she meets Migara (played by Ashen Siriwardena), a cricketer, and tends to start a relationship with him unknowingly. Revathi (played by Sajini Roy) is a chef and Umali (played by Woshika Perera) is a Singer. Production. The television serial made a directorial debut for popular award-winning actor Dhananjaya Siriwardena. The story is written by Aruna Jayawardena and Panduka Weerasekera is the producer. Kapila Sugath Wijeratne is the cinematographer, whereas Malinda Madhusankha contributed with production management and assistant direction and Nalinda Danaranjan as the still photography. Sampath Vanniarachchi is the art diector and is assisted by Gihan Balarachchi. Nuwan Wijeratne and Chamara Hettiarachchi handled the costume department, whereas Samira Madu Kindelpitiya and Asanka Colambage are the make-up artists assisted by Hashan Thidelpitiya and Damith Hasalanka. Hair styling is done by Thushara Vidanagamage, production management by Malinda Panamura, and transportation was handled by Nishantha Warnasiri. Nirmala Weerasinghe and Roshan Weerasinghe are the technicians, whereas Wishwa de Silva and Saman Thilakasiri contributed with sound recording.

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List of Turkey women Twenty20 International cricketers

This is a list of Turkey women Twenty20 International cricketers. A Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is an international cricket match between two representative teams. A T20I is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 women's matches played between member sides from 1 July 2018 onwards. Turkey women played their first WT20I on 29 May 2023 against Sweden during the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in Jersey. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won her first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won her first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. Players. "Statistics are correct as of 2 June 2023."

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2023 Continent Cup T20 Africa

The 2023 Continent Cup T20 Africa was a men's Twenty20 Intertnational (T20I) cricket tournament that was played in Nairobi, Kenya, in June 2023. The tournament was organised by the International League T20. The participating teams were Kenya, Botswana, Rwanda and Uganda. The tournament was to be contested as a single round-robin followed by semi-finals and a final, but this was changed to a double round-robin and a final after the withdrawal of Nigeria, and later to a triple round-robin and final after the withdrawal of Tanzania. All of the matches were played at the Gymkhana Club Ground. Uganda and Kenya advanced from the round-robin to the final. Uganda won eight of their nine matches, while the hosts won six. The only defeat for Uganda in the round-robin was the first of their three matches against Kenya. In the final, Uganda collapsed to 5/4 before posting 125 all out. Kenya were in a good position in their chase but ended just short of their target, meaning that Uganda won the inaugural Continent Cup T20 Africa by one run. Squads. Vishil Patel replaced Tanzeel Sheikh in the Kenya's squad after Sheikh was injured during the opening game of tournament. Round-robin. Points table. Advanced to the final

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Garuda Aerospace

Garuda Aerospace Private Limited is a drone startup company based in Chennai, India established in 2015 by Agnishwar Jayaprakash, a young entrepreneur and an Asian gold medalist swimmer. Garuda is approved from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India. In 2022, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi inaugurated the drone manufacturing facilities of Garuda Aerospace. Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni serving as its brand ambassador and shareholder. Garuda Aerospace has also become the official drone partner of the Chennai Super Kings, an IPL team, for the year 2023. As a "Make In India" venture, Garuda Aerospace has collaborated with IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, HAL, Swiggy, DRDO, Invest India, MIT Boston, Intel, and Wipro. Works. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested delivering medicines and food to its employees using Garuda's drones. Garuda Aerospace assisted in rescue operations after an avalanche in Uttarakhand's Chamoli District in 2021. During COVID-19, Garuda Aerospace offered drone services to more than 10 states in India, including Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh. The Drone Skilling Platform of Garuda Aerospace was inaugurated and launched by Union Minister Anurag Thakur. Agnishwar Jayaprakash, the founder of Garuda, received the Global Humanitarian Award from the UK-based organization World Humanitarian Drive (WHD) for their work during the global COVID-19 crisis. Garuda provided drones to support relief efforts after the Turkey Earthquake.

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Clydach F.C.

Clydach Football Club () is a Welsh football team based in Clydach, a village and community near Swansea, Wales. They play in the West Wales Premier League which is in the fourth tier of the Welsh football league system. History. The club was established in 2021 through the merger of two long-standing Clydach clubs, FC Clydach and Clydach Cricket Football Club. For the 2021–22 season the club joined the tier four West Wales Premier League having been promoted as runners-up of the Neath Premier Division.

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Walter Chamberlain

Walter William Chamberlain (March 1862 – 26 July 1923) was an English tennis player then later surgeon and general practitioner. He was active from 1881 to 1886 and won 6 career singles titles. Tennis career. Walter Chamberlain Walter Chamberlain son of, was born in Aston, Warwickshire, England in March 1862. In 1881 he played his first event at Gloucestershire Lawn Tennis Tournament. He won his first singles title at the Edgbaston Open Tournament in the same year. In 1882 he moved to Edinburgh in Scotland to study medicine at Edinburgh University. His other career singles highlights include winning the West of Scotland Championships in 1883, Edinburgh University LTC Open in 1884, the Midland Counties Championships in 1884, the Burton-on-Trent Open and the Worcestershire County Cricket Club Open also in 1884. In addition he was a finalist at the Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament in 1886. He played his final tournament at the Scottish Championships in 1886 where he lost in the quarter finals to Archibald Thomson. Walter Chamberlain died 26 July 1923 age 62 at Rawdon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Work career. On leaving university in 1887 he was appointed house surgeon at Birmingham General Hospital. The appointed senior surgeon at the Royal Halifax Infirmary. his final appointment was as Chief Medical Officer Health of Rawdon District Council. Education. Chamberlain studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating M.B. C.M. in 1887. Honours. Chamberlain was personally decorated by King Albert I of Belgium, King of the Belgians for services for Belgian and Allied troops under his care at Rawdon during World War I.

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Frank Noon (tennis)

Frank Seymour Noon (March 1865 – September 1932) was an English tennis player during the Victorian era. He was active from 1883 to 1893 and won 9 career singles titles. Tennis career. Frank Seymour Noon was born in Blaby, Leicestershire, England in March 1865. In 1883 he played his first event at Teignmouth and Shaldon Open where he reached the quarter finals. He won his first singles titles at the Burton-on-Trent Spring Open in 1884. His other career singles highlights include winning the Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1886), Midland Counties Championships (1886), Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1887), Staffordshire Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887), Market Harborough Open Championship (1889–90), Darlington Open (1889), the Northumberland Championships (1889) and the Darlington Open (1890). In addition he was a losing finalist at the Midland Counties Championships (1887), Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1888), Leicester Open (1888), Leamington Open Tournament (1889), Norton Lawn Tennis Open Tournament (1889), and the Warwickshire Championships (1890). Between 1891 and 1893 he left for the United States to play on the USNLTA Eastern Circuit where he competed in the Longwood Challenge Bowl. He reached the semi-finals of the 1891 edition, but lost to Philip Shelton Sears. He was a quarter finalist at the 1892 edition losing to Frederick Hovey. He played his final tournament at the prestigious Longwood Bowl tournament in the United States in 1893 where he lost Valentine Gill Hall. Noon died in September 1932 at Eastry, Kent, England age 67.

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Tom Morris (journalist)

Tom Morris (born 30 July 1991) is an Australian sports journalist who specializes in AFL and cricket. Career. In 2015, Morris was hired by Fox Sports. He has also held roles with 3AW, SEN, News Corp and the St Kilda Football Club. A keen cricket lover, Morris also worked for Fox Cricket and caught a ball at a Big Bash League match. Morris also contributed to Cricinfo. In 2022, Morris was attacked by Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge in a post-game press conference after the season opener over a team selection story Morris reported. This was overshadowed the following day, when offensive comments about a female colleague by Morris were leaked. Furthermore, a second clip featuring homophobic and racist slurs made by Morris also emerged on social media and Morris was sacked by Fox Footy. Morris apologized unconditionally for his comments. After a year away from the public eye, Morris broke his silence on the Don't Shoot the Messenger podcast. In March 2023, Morris returned to the media hosting Sunday Crunchtime on radio station SEN with former Fox Footy colleague Sarah Olle. In May 2023, Morris broke the story that Richmond coach Damien Hardwick was to announce his resignation effective immediately. Morris received praise from his peers for the scoop.

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Lluciapomaresius

Lluciapomaresius is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by J. Barat in 2012. To date (2023) species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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Sabaterpia

Sabaterpia is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by J. Barat in 2012. To date (2023) species have been recorded from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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Coracinotus

Coracinotus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by J. Barat in 2012. To date (2023) species have only been recorded from the Iberian peninsula. Species. Barranco & Gómez (2014) provide a key to the species of "Coracinotus". The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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List of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup controversies

There were various controversies relating to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup; such issues predominantly saw figures within women's football negatively responding to decisions undertaken by FIFA, the world governing body of football, as well as players from several nations taking collective action against their national football associations. Concerns were particularly raised where decisions would clash with LGBT+ rights, something FIFA have acknowledged women's footballers are passionate about, as well as on player welfare and pay. There were also other team-specific issues. Women's football journalist Suzanne Wrack noted that the types of controversial issues at the Women's World Cup were different to those of the Men's World Cup, and were mainly issues related to the gender gap in professionalism of football; she opined that the 2023 Women's World Cup and the controversies surrounding it were deeply connected, that the on-pitch performances would reflect the progress, or not, made with the off-pitch issues, a situation she described as "fascinating". Sky Sports noted the breadth of the issues, that similar issues affected teams with different backgrounds from all over the world, even if there was greater focus on the "star-heavy" European teams. Some of these issues becoming public controversies ahead of the Women's World Cup was attributed to women's players being vocal about their concerns, due to typically having to advocate for themselves in the sport, with TIME explaining that "female players, it seems, never have the luxury of just sticking to sports". Hosting and organisation. England host bid vote. After the 2020 vote on which bid would be awarded hosting rights to the 2023 Women's World Cup, co-winners Football Australia criticised the Football Association (the FA; England). The UEFA Council members, including England, agreed to vote for Colombia together, so the FA had not voted for the Australia-New Zealand bid; Football Australia and media in Australia called England's vote "disrespectful" and "a betrayal". Due to colonial ties, the two nations traditionally have fierce sporting rivalries. Timezones and travel. A review of the development of women's football suggested that the location of the tournament so far from the main women's football markets in Europe and the Americas, meaning games will be played at unfavourable times for these audiences (typically overnight or in the early morning), "does cause some problems", but there are ways to still drive engagement through investment. It was noted that a major tournament being held in Australia for the first time meant that it was immensely popular in the host country. Brazil also recorded a different problem with the match schedule: anticipating that people would come to work late in order to watch the team play, the government moved the working hours for the civil service to later in the day for Brazil's group stage games. Morning mass in the hometown of one of the Ireland players was moved earlier so that people could watch their games, while several bars in Washington, D.C. operated 24-hour service during the World Cup after the city approved extended alcohol license hours. Canadian writer Cathal Kelly was scathing in an opinion piece on the game times, which typically fell in the early morning or late evening in Toronto; Kelly opined that "North America is not the centre of the world, but it is the centre of the women's soccer world", and so should have been prioritised when scheduling matches in Australia and New Zealand. He suggested that many fans would want to watch Spanish star Alexia Putellas play but would not be able to without staying up late on weeknights, though some of the Spain matches were at more reasonable times for viewing in Western Europe. He described the fact not all games were played at appropriate times for North Americans as diminishing the importance of the World Cup, saying it was instead "a half-the-World Cup". The amount of travel required for teams between host cities was also criticised; due to the size of Australia and the distance between it and New Zealand, all teams playing the group stage in Australia, and all teams from the New Zealand groups that qualify for knock-out stage, will travel over a thousand miles. Broadcasting rights controversy. After FIFA president Gianni Infantino had said that comparatively low broadcasting rights bids for the tournament from the "big five" countries was an insult to "all women worldwide", and that FIFA had a "moral and legal obligation" to demand more money, he and FIFA were faced with criticism for causing the issue themselves and then lecturing on it. Former FIFA Council member Moya Dodd and sponsorship partner Ricardo Fort opined that FIFA should invest money from previous combined bids into the women's game (though past bids were for both Men's and Women's World Cups, FIFA attributed it all to the men's). Dave Roberts, who has worked with FIFA's in-house streaming broadcaster FIFA+, suggested that FIFA created the problem so that they could exclusively broadcast the tournament in the biggest markets themselves, while Glen Killane (executive director of Eurovision Sport) and former player Rebecca Sowden blamed FIFA for not discussing growth of women's football with broadcasters to assure them of financial viability. FIFA had originally tendered for bids for broadcasting rights in June and July of 2022, and had not expressed dissatisfaction with these bids until May 2023, almost a year later and shortly before the tournament was set to begin. Ofcom wrote that late rights acquisition was not the fault of broadcasters. In a press conference the day before the tournament commenced, Infantino said that he would only talk about positive things until it was over, but still criticised broadcasters. Sydney Football Stadium plaques. As part of FIFA's "clean stadium policy", host venues are required to remove their own sponsorship and branding (e.g. taking a neutral name for the tournament duration) from ten days before the tournament begins until 24 hours after it ends, in order to protect the commercial interests of FIFA's sponsorship partners. Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium, fulfilled this but was also told to cover the plaques adjacent to some statues of sports personalities surrounding the stadium. Some of the plaques featured logos, which FIFA may have considered to be a commercial interest. From the start, FIFA advisors had suggested not covering the plaques, but FIFA did it anyway. When the plaques were covered in July 2023, it drew outcry in Australia, with people angered that their sporting heroes were being hidden, especially during a related event; the daughter of Johnny Warren, one of the players whose plaque was covered, said that it was "beyond stupid[,] but it is not the first thing that FIFA has done that is really dumb." FIFA immediately backtracked and said the plaques should be uncovered; however, this revealed that many had been damaged in the process, drawing further complaints. Sponsorship deals. Criticism was levelled at FIFA for not giving the tournament "an opportunity to sell itself". FIFA only secured sponsorship deals late before the tournament began, not allowing time for adequate promotion of the tournament with commercial partners: major sponsors like McDonald's and Unilever signed up two months before the World Cup, and a TikTok collaboration was announced only a week before. The late threat of not selling broadcasting rights to major markets also stopped advertisers from partnering, at the risk of significantly fewer people tuning in. It was suggested that the late deals pointed to a lack of planning on FIFA's behalf, not considering that brands need time "to invest and create brilliant campaigns". Wellington public transport. Metlink, which operates public transport in Wellington, provided free travel to World Cup ticket-holders. However, they underestimated the number of people who would be using this service; Metlink said that the poor weather in Wellington had caused more people to want to take public transport than typical, which was the reason they were not prepared for the number. Trains were overfilled and there were still fans unable to get on, missing the start of games. The public strongly criticised the planning operations, as well as the effect it had in preventing people accessing the World Cup. A separate bus company stepped in to provide replacement transportation, with Metlink saying that they were reviewing the service and would increase train carriages to the maximum possible from the third game onward, after the first two games demonstrated the demand. Metlink then said they would not run additional bus services if knockout games went to extra time; acknowledging that fans would have to leave the match early in order to travel home, Metlink said that adding buses would require reallocating drivers and the change in scheduling would have a knock-on effect to services the next day. Legacy plan. Australia. The legacy plan, set to capitalise on the presence of the tournament in its host nations and cities, was criticised by Australian sports personalities and particularly Indigenous Australians. During the tournament, critics said that the Legacy 23 plan did not have enough focus on Indigenous groups in sports. Some criticised Football Australia, while the Indigenous Football Australia group wrote to FIFA, Football Australia, and the government. Football Australia responded by saying that the plan did not have a lack of funding for Indigenous football. Critics still felt that there was not enough designated funding in Legacy 23, and that there was no enduring commitment to First Nations football in the plan. Football Australia responded that there were other projects with funding devoted to football programmes "that had a specific First Nations element". New Zealand. As part of the legacy plan, host cities were awarded funding to encourage women and girls into football. The New Zealand city of Hamilton spent $170,000 of their $500,000 grant to build a sculpture of a giant football in bright colours. Only $50,000 went to football programmes in the region. Critics alleged that the funding had been misused, and said the sculpture was unlikely to empower female football players. The sculpture was also unveiled at the same time as one of New Zealand's warm-up matches on 10 July, preventing fans from participating. The planners said that girls taking photos with the sculpture would inspire them. Infantino absences. While Infantino had spent nearly a year before the 2022 FIFA World Cup in its host country Qatar in order to "fulfill his presidential duties", he had rarely visited Women's World Cup co-host New Zealand in the run-up to the 2023 tournament, and did not visit Australia at all. During the tournament – despite having made a point of attending every match of the 2022 Men's World Cup, and encouraging fans to buy more tickets to Women's World Cup matches by saying "do the right thing, come to watch the matches" – Infantino only watched a few matches in New Zealand at the start of the tournament before leaving for Tahiti. While the distances involved made it impossible to attend every match as he had in Qatar, he was criticised for staying less than a week, avoiding one of the host nations completely, and for cynicism (having said others were disrespectful towards the event). Player payments rescinded. After several national associations had not paid their women's team players at previous tournaments, global player union FIFPRO had helped players from around the world organise an open letter requesting FIFA to provide equal pay; though FIFA did not oblige, it did promise ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup to make sure that some of the prize money would be given to players. Initially stated to be paid separately to the association prize money, it was revealed that the FIFA player payments would instead go to the national associations and FIFA would make sure the associations paid the players. During the tournament, Infantino then further amended this to say that FIFA had "issued recommendations" to the associations and did not have the means to check how much money players received, while also suggesting that different tax situations in various countries could be a cause of some players receiving different amounts. Qualification. Russian participation. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) initially handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated laboratory data to investigators. However, the Russian national team could have still entered qualification, as the ban only applies to final tournaments to decide the world champions. The WADA ruling allowed athletes who were not involved in doping or the coverup to compete, but not a team representing Russia that uses the Russian flag and anthem. The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which upheld WADA's ban but reduced it to two years. The CAS ruling also allowed the name "Russia" to be displayed on uniforms as long as the words "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" have equal prominence. Had Russia qualified for the tournament, its female players would have been able to use their country's name, flag and/or anthem at the Women's World Cup, unlike their male counterparts, as the reduced ban expired on 16 December 2022. However, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced a number of sanctions impacting Russia's participation in international football on 27 February 2022. Russia was prohibited from hosting international competitions, and the national team had been ordered to play all home matches behind closed doors in neutral countries. Under these sanctions, Russia would not be allowed to compete under the country's name, flag, or national anthem; like the Russian athletes' participation in events such as the Olympics, the team would compete under the abbreviation of their national federation, the Russian Football Union ("RFU"), rather than "Russia". The women's team had remained largely unaffected with participation in qualifications, albeit suspended "until further notice". On 2 May, UEFA announced further sanctions regarding the ongoing suspension, ruling the women's team ineligible to compete further in the UEFA qualifiers. As a result, the Russian team were automatically unable to qualify, with Denmark automatically qualifying due to no further competition. Qualification process. UEFA's qualification process for the Women's World Cup did not include preliminary rounds, and as such each group contained both top and low level teams. Due to goal difference being used as a tie breaker, nations would be encouraged to run up the score when facing a weaker opponent; in November 2021, Belgium defeated Armenia 19–0 and England defeated Latvia 20–0, the latter heavily criticised due to England's high global ranking. People from both the England and Latvia camps said that the qualification process was too uneven, not posing a challenge for stronger teams while serving to demotivate weaker ones. UEFA subsequently changed to the Women's Nations League format as qualifiers for future major tournaments, with nations to compete against others of a similar level and able to move up and down in grouping based on performance. All other confederations used their continental tournament as the qualifiers for the Women's World Cup, which global player union FIFPRO criticised, saying that they should be held separately to improve participation. It particularly highlighted CONMEBOL for using the Copa América as qualification into three international tournaments. Zambia players eligibility. Ahead of the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), which also served as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women's World Cup qualification competition, the CAF requested the participating member associations to perform sex verification (or "gender eligibility") tests on all their players, despite FIFA only requiring such testing if concerns are raised about individuals. Four players for Zambia were ruled out due to failing the test administered by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ), with the most prominent of them being captain Barbra Banda. What test the FAZ used was unclear, but Banda's agent has suggested it was not suitable. The FAZ offered the players hormone medication, but they reportedly all refused due to hearing of side effects in the case of Caster Semenya; Banda already took testosterone suppressant medication. With supporters of Banda displeased that the fan favourite would not be able to compete, the FAZ and CAF both blamed the other: the CAF said that the FAZ had simply not named the four players to their squad, with the FAZ arguing that they did not do so as they expected the CAF to ban them. The FAZ lodged an appeal against the CAF for the tests; the CAF response was brusque and maintained their same argument. Though Banda and the other players were unable to be involved in WAFCON, they were able to participate in the Women's World Cup. Qualification conditions. The qualification series for the Women's World Cup was criticised by FIFPRO in a report published in June 2023 that assessed the different competitions. It said that players were put at risk through a variety of factors, describing many of the conditions as non-elite, and specifically highlighted that 70% of the players had not received an electrocardiogram – a type of heart health check considered routine in men's football – before continental competitions and 54% had not had any form of pre-tournament medical. Among the open responses, many players surveyed indicated that they were worried about mental load. Teams. Sexual misconduct allegations. Zambia – Bruce Mwape. In September 2022, the FAZ announced that it had referred accusations of sexual misconduct made against Bruce Mwape, the head coach of its women's team, to the police and FIFA for investigation. In July 2023, several testimonies were published, and a source close to the players revealed that they were receiving threats saying they would be punished for speaking out; the source also said that FAZ continued to employ Mwape because Zambia was performing well. With FIFA's investigation process being opaque and not acknowledged by the organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised FIFA for not having "good governance measures to get sexual abuses out of sport"; a spokesperson also commented on FIFA's hypocrisy of partnering with UN Women for the tournament in a campaign to end violence against women, while not appearing to follow this itself. When Zambia exited the tournament, players reported Mwape to FIFA with claims that he had groped a player during a training session before their final game; the players had waited until they were leaving to report for fears of repurcussions. FIFA confirmed they had received this complaint; the FAZ said they had not received a complaint or heard of any issue, and stated their surprise when media asked them to comment about it. The FAZ provided a statement saying that all their training sessions were filmed but they had no footage to share. Haiti – Yves Jean-Bart. The president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, had been banned from football in 2020 after a FIFA investigation determined he had abused his position to sexually harass and abuse "various female players, including minors". However, this ban was overturned in early 2023 by the CAS. In July 2023, FIFA appealed the decision but was rejected by CAS. The CAS was criticised by HRW, primarily for not offering identity protection for witnesses and so discouraging them from testifying. HRW also criticised FIFA "for not ensuring that harm reduction practices were in place". Haitian players did not want to talk about Jean-Bart when interviewed ahead of the tournament, saying they were united and focused on the present and future to perform well at the World Cup instead. Spain – Luis Rubiales. During the medal ceremony after Spain won the World Cup, Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales kissed Jennifer Hermoso on the lips, despite her visible displeasure. The action drew criticism, particularly towards the continued sexism in the sport, and calls for Rubiales's resignation. In a separate incident at the end of the match, Rubiales was filmed pointing to the Spain players before grabbing his crotch, with the obscene gesture further criticised as he was standing next to the teenage Infanta Sofía. After Hermoso had said she did not expect or like the kiss, Rubiales entered the players' dressing room, reportedly throwing his arm around Hermoso and joking about marrying her in Ibiza. While on a layover returning from Australia, Rubiales published an apology video in which he said that he had no bad intentions and was sorry for distracting from the celebration, saying: "I have to apologise, learn from this, and understand that when you are president you have to be more careful." Rubiales faced heavy criticism for his actions, and calls for him to resign from various Spanish footballing bodies as well as the government. He and Vilda tried to make Hermoso support Rubiales, issuing a fake statement when she would not. Hermoso issued a statement through her union, Futpro, with the union saying the kiss was unacceptable and that they were working on seeing it punished. The RFEF called an extraordinary general meeting for 25 August. Players' disputes with national associations. In the run-up to the Women's World Cup there were multiple instances of disputes between collective players and their national football associations relating to matters of professionalism. "The Athletic" noted that these disputes, no matter their scope or resolution status, "will all have caused disruption of some degree before the World Cup... It is, to say the least, not ideal." Spain. Ahead of and during the 2022 Women's Euro, Spanish players attempted to express concerns about the quality of their national team training. Experiencing push-back from the RFEF, fifteen players withdrew from selection in September 2022. Spain manager Jorge Vilda recalled three of the fifteen players to the squad for the Women's World Cup, as well as two players, Alexia Putellas and Irene Paredes, who had supported them. When asked about the squad, Vilda did not talk about the extended absence or the missing players. Putellas and Paredes had both been captains of the squad before the dispute; despite their recall, the captaincy was not returned to them, though Vilda said he hoped they would help lead the team. Reportedly, Putellas' leadership was crucial to the players who returned doing so, and to bringing unity back to the Spanish squad. Canada. In February 2023, the Canadian team announced they were planning to strike indefinitely due to unpaid salaries from the Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) as well as other issues with the association. After sitting out of training ahead of the 2023 SheBelieves Cup, the players returned to the team when Canada Soccer threatened to sue them; Canada Soccer then began mediation with the players to resolve many of the other issues, though pay was still a "sticking point" in June 2023. In June 2023, the Canadian government ordered a financial audit of Canada Soccer, labelling this a requirement to receive future government funds due to concerns over Canada Soccer's financial transparency following the team's strike threat. In reference to the issues, captain Christine Sinclair said on 22 June 2023 that the players were "not at a point where [they're] not getting on a plane, but time's coming where [they] want it done". On 1 July 2023, Canada Soccer announced that it may need to file bankruptcy, among a list of possible outcomes, as it did not have enough funds to resolve problems, maintain its squads, or develop football in Canada. France. In March 2023, senior players in the French team said they would withdraw from the squad because of differences. The French Football Federation (FFF) held its own investigation and found that the issues between players and management had "reached a point of no return", and that the fracture would negatively impact the team's Women's World Cup campaign. As a result, the FFF fired coach Corinne Diacre later that month. Jamaica. In June 2023, Jamaican players shared an open letter on social media, criticising the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) for lack of planning, resources and funding. Indicating that these were longstanding issues, the players highlighted that logistics of training camps should not be their own concern ahead of a World Cup. By the end of June, two online crowdfunding campaigns had been opened to raise a combined $175,000 to fund the training camp and travel expenses. ESPN criticised the attitude of the JFF, which it said gave the sense that the JFF thought the reaction from the players was "out of the blue" despite a similar issue occurring at the previous World Cup, and described the need for players' parents to individually crowd-fund as depressing. South Africa. On 2 July 2023, South Africa were scheduled to play their final warm-up match before the Women's World Cup. Due to disputes with the South African Football Association (SAFA) over issues including pay, with SAFA refusing to include salary in contracts, preparation and training quality, and pitch quality, the entire squad withdrew from the match. Without any World Cup players, the match still went ahead, though was delayed, with SAFA asking local teams to send players so they could field a team; one player was 13. The team lost 0–5 to Botswana, a nation ranked 96 places below South Africa. Coach Desiree Ellis did not comment on the issues in post-match interviews. One SAFA official described the players as unreasonable, saying SAFA did not need to pay them as FIFA was; another official leaked to local press that the organisation thought the players were "mercenaries" and "traitors". Former captain Portia Modise spoke out against SAFA on 4 July, saying that the same issues had existed when she played and that SAFA always promised to work on them but never did. Modise also criticised Ellis not supporting the players. The next day, the Motsepe Foundation, which had been set up by Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe, stepped in to give money to the players. Captain Refiloe Jane later said that the dispute had been settled before the tournament, with the confirmation that the team would receive the standard pay from FIFA and money from the Motsepe Foundation donation. England. Media publications on behalf of the England team also expressed frustration towards their association on 2 July 2023, following a breakdown in negotiations between player union the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), representing players, and the FA: the FA did not want to give bonuses to the players despite having done so at previous tournaments, feeling that they did not need to pay players now that FIFA was, as well as already funding the team's travel and accommodation. FIFA had said that its payments should be "the base level and not a ceiling" for player pay; the England team statement said they felt that the FA was acting like a federation aiming for the bare minimum and not a world leader, with players from other major teams (including the United States, Spain and Australia) at the Women's World Cup set to receive bonuses. The team said they hoped the issue would be resolved before the tournament began and that a collective agreement would be put in place for the future; in 2020, the FA had promised to pay the women's team the same fees and bonuses as the men's team going forward. England head coach Sarina Wiegman said that while she was not part of the payment dispute, and that the players were not letting it affect them during training, she hoped it would be resolved positively before the tournament began. The dispute came as part of wider frustration regarding commercial opportunities for the team, with the FA having also restricted players from making appearances for sponsors ahead of the Women's World Cup, an important marketing period, further limiting their ability to make money. As part of the media announcement on 2 July, the team said they had been pressured "not to rock the boat" so close to the tournament. Lucy Bronze later explained that they found having to push "frustrating", but said it is the way improvements are achieved in women's sport. Some players had also previously been unhappy at being put in the middle of the release date conflicts between the FA and their clubs, with the commercial strategy said to further strain the relationship. On 5 July, the FA announced that they would allow players to use social media at certain times during the tournament in order to fulfill sponsorship deals, having previously announced a complete social media blackout stated to be in order to prevent distractions. The relaxed terms were agreed to by the team, though with the understanding that there will be further discussions after the World Cup and before any future tournaments. The discussions around bonus pay resumed, with reports that the FA had made an offer for pay supplements from commercial partners. The team was reportedly considering forms of strike action short of affecting their participation, including potentially boycotting England media duties. The FA did not change their stance on paying players, but acknowledged the wider concern of the commercial strategy needed improvement. On 18 July, four days before their first match, the players themselves published an open letter which said they were pausing the discussions until after the World Cup, with the full intention to resume; it also noted that they had first gone to the FA with their commercial concerns in 2022. The PFA chief executive, Maheta Molango, criticised the FA for underestimating the players and for resisting progress. The FA was reportedly taken by surprise that the players would take the "extraordinary action" of issuing a statement themselves. Nigeria. In June 2023, there was controversy when Nigeria coach Randy Waldrum announced his team selection, with suggestion that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had pressured him into choices. The player list remained the same as previous selections, except for the omission of veteran player Ngozi Okobi in favour of teenager Deborah Abiodun; the latter had shortly before committed to join the University of Pittsburgh soccer team, which Waldrum also coaches, so he knew her current fitness. There was suggestion that Waldrum received pressure from the NFF to drop Okobi, but an official said that the squad list was all Waldrum's choices. Waldrum said that he was choosing blind due to lack of national training camps, caused by lack of NFF financial support; the Nigeria team was supposed to begin training for the Women's World Cup in June but were unable to, with Waldrum unable to assess the players before needing to announce a squad list and so going off the fitness of players at previous camps. The Nigeria team began training after arriving in Australia in July 2023. It was later revealed that the NFF had canceled the earlier training camp because they considered it a "waste of resources". On 7 July, the Nigeria team announced that they were planning to boycott their opening game of the World Cup, set to be against Canada in Group B, due to the NFF informing them that they would not pay the players bonuses, either. The captain later denied rumours that the team had planned to boycott the whole World Cup. Nigeria players had staged a training strike, for the same reasons, in July 2022 ahead of the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Upon the team's arrival in Australia, six members of the Nigeria team acted as representatives and held a meeting, during which agreed that they would be prepared to strike, especially as the squad morale "plummeted" when they were told they would not receive bonuses nor the 30% cut of FIFA grant money to the federation that was supposed to be earmarked for players. Waldrum separately continued speaking out against the NFF, including defending the players and publicly saying that the federation had cut players from the national team unilaterally when they gave feedback that the NFF had requested but did not want to be so negative. He said that his players do not have the same pride in being selected as players for the United States do, as the Nigerians are not treated with respect. The NFF first prevented Waldrum from bringing assistant coach Lauren Gregg to the World Cup, and then gave a statement calling him deficient. Waldrum accused them of stealing money intended for the team, and on 8 July the rumour emerged that the NFF were considering firing him. Zambia. On the first day of the World Cup, a media publication for the Zambia team reported that the players had not been paid since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The players boycotted training for two days ahead of their World Cup warm-up match against Germany, in which Zambia recorded a surprise victory, and mounted silent protests while at training camp in New Zealand. One expression of this was not singing in usual tradition during travel. On 17 July, the president of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, held a video meeting with the team and suggested that the payment issue would be resolved, telling them "Do your part and your government will do its part". The players were also reportedly made to sign a code of conduct for training camp, imposing restrictions on them. Players' disputes with coaching staff. Norway. In the press room after Norway lost the opening match to New Zealand in a surprise defeat, Norwegian players Caroline Graham Hansen and Ingrid Syrstad Engen spoke about where they felt the approach had been lacking. Ahead of Norway's second match, Graham Hansen missed a training day and a media appearance due to a reported sore throat, though manager Hege Riise said she was fully fit. Reported in the days before, both the players were then removed from the starting lineup for the second match, against Switzerland; there was particular focus on the benching of Graham Hansen, considered one of the best players. News media reported that there were growing tensions between Norway players and coaching staff. Riise received criticism, before and after the match, for benching an important player; she defended it as a tactical decision. Graham Hansen and Syrstad Engen were used as substitutes in the match, but the team still recorded a draw. After the second game, Graham Hansen answered media questions about how she was frustrated at the benching; that she had felt "stepped on" in the national team for a year; that Law of Jante ideals are strong in the team; and that she was shown no respect, in a series of responses that drew significant attention. Though speaking about her experience, she did not answer questions that would implicate anyone in particular. In response to hearing Graham Hansen's comments, Riise told the media "bluntly" that she was not stepped on. The next day, Graham Hansen made a surprise appearance in Riise's press conference, reading a statement from a mobile phone to say that she had been too emotional and while she still meant her statements, she was sorry for voicing them and distracting attention from the football. She also gave an explanation for her comment about being "stepped on", saying that one of the first things Riise had done when she took over a year earlier was to remove Graham Hansen from the team's leadership group; Graham Hansen said that she still disagreed with this, but should not have mentioned it, either. Graham Hansen had withdrawn from the team with a heart condition shortly after Riise's appointment, returning months later. Riise said that she forgave her, with Guro Reiten adding that Graham Hansen had sent a message to the team asking for forgiveness. Syrstad Engen then told Norwegian media that she agreed with Graham Hansen and was in the same situation, understanding why her teammate had made the statements. Julie Blakstad said that she and the team were not impressed that Graham Hansen had made the statements; Reuters reported that many of the Norway players sympathise with Graham Hansen, even if they did not want her to talk about it. Before Norway's third match, Norwegian media published "a detailed report" of issues the players have with Riise's management. Ada Hegerberg also did not play in Norway's second match after being named to the starting lineup, pulling out with a groin injury after the anthems; her absence was considered suspicious by some, though, which noted Hegerberg had previously spent six years away from the team while vocally criticising them. After the match, Riise said she did not know about Hegerberg's injury and had not spoken to either Hegerberg or medical staff about an injury. Republic of Ireland. Shortly before the tournament, allegations of the Republic of Ireland's head coach Vera Pauw being abusive while in a former coaching position resurfaced. Whenever this was brought up with Ireland players, they did not give Pauw full support, with their silence reportedly being loud. In July 2023, Ireland captain Katie McCabe admitted that she and Pauw had clashed but kept professional. After Ireland's final game, Pauw admitted that McCabe had asked for changes in the match that Pauw did not allow; McCabe then posted on social media with a zipped face emoji (🤐), with the BBC saying "You can read into that whatever you want", but suggesting that it showed the feud between players and Pauw had been made public. Pauw was also, with Ireland being knocked out after two matches, feuding with the FAI Women over her potential renewal. In her last pre-match press conference of the tournament she criticised the FAI Women for being "unfair", saying she deserved to know her employment future and suggesting that the FAI Women were also harming the players by leaving them uncertain as to their coach and in the position of being asked about the issue. Republic of Ireland chant video. Upon winning a match against Scotland that saw the Republic of Ireland qualify for the World Cup, many Irish players performed "Ooh, ahh, up the Ra", a chant that originates from a Scottish football song and which glorifies the guerrilla Irish Republican Army. A video of this was uploaded to social media by one of the players and met with criticism. There was particular criticism from the people of Birmingham; several of the Ireland team play for Birmingham City, and it was the site of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Police Scotland investigated the incident and the Football Association of Ireland, Women's (FAI Women) was fined €20,000 by UEFA for violating rules of decency; the team offered an apology and said they had spoken to the players, with Birmingham City also disciplining players. Kheira Hamraoui exclusion. When France's team selection was announced, midfielder Kheira Hamraoui was not included. Manager Hervé Renard said that this was purely a sporting decision, but Hamraoui rejected this, calling her exclusion an injustice; the pair had reportedly had long discussions about the possible selection. In 2021, Hamraoui had been the victim of an attack, with reports the police suspected jealousy from other French players was the motive. The attack and the fallout caused deep fractures between Hamraoui and other players, though former France manager Diacre had included her in the squad in February 2023. Hamraoui and her agent had felt the communication with the team was positive, with the agent giving the example of the United States as a successful team even though "all the players don't like each other." Colombia flight. The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) had booked the Colombia staff and players on two flights: the staff and some players to depart Colombia on 8 July, with most of the players following the next day. The players were booked into first or business class (a requirement per FIFA's updated rules on player accommodation) but airline LATAM had overbooked the section and moved the team to a later flight, which would interfere with their camp schedule. The FCF managed to move eleven players to an Avianca flight for the original departure time, but was still criticised for their logistics not being able to include everyone on the same flight. Haka imitations. The official social media accounts of two football associations, the RFEF (Spain) and the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB; Netherlands), uploaded videos of their training camps in New Zealand that each featured clips of players appearing to imitate haka, specifically the Ka Mate often performed by the New Zealand men's rugby union team (All Blacks). Haka are Māori ritual dances and, while having associations with sports in New Zealand, it is controversial for non-Māori people to perform haka, even when doing so correctly, if they do not have permission. The videos of the Spanish and Dutch players showed them "attempting" the haka and then laughing; the RFEF quickly took down their video, but was still heavily criticised in comments. They did not respond to questions about the video, but the Spanish captain apologised to tribal elders ahead of the tournament on behalf of the players. The KNVB also later took down their video, saying that there was no reference to the haka at all and that the video had shown players doing "an exercise that was focused on channeling your inner strength". Days later, one of the Dutch players made an apology post for her part in the video, while saying she had meant no disrespect. FIFA responded to questions about the videos by saying they would not comment; they had previously sent communications to teams about cultural respect while in Australia and New Zealand. Australia video. On 17 July, the players of co-hosts Australia, supported by Football Australia, published a video criticising FIFA for the tournament prize money continuing to be several times less than that of the men's competition. They also noted the positive developments in their own pay since establishing a collective bargaining agreement in 2019, criticising other national associations for not negotiating with players over payment. When Infantino was asked about the video and the wider issue of pay disparity on the day before the tournament, he declined to comment, saying "to focus on the positives" and that "if somebody is still not happy about something then I am so sorry." Zambia kit. Zambia arrived in New Zealand without any football boots or shinpads, as the team does not provide custom kit. They expected to be able to purchase these items while in Hamilton, the city they were based in; football is less popular than rugby union in New Zealand, limiting their options and forcing them to go to other cities to find what they needed. Replica goalkeeper shirts. On the first day of the World Cup, it was revealed that Nike does not produce replica women's goalkeeper shirts for commercial sale when an interview with Mary Earps, England goalkeeper and The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper, was published. In it, Earps said that she had been trying to find a way for the shirts to be produced, including discussing with both the FA and Nike and offering to front production costs herself, for some time. Acknowledging that it sounded frivolous compared to other issues, Earps said she was quite hurt by the fact that fans cannot buy women's goalkeeper shirts and that it sends the wrong message to young players that goalkeeping is not an aspirational position to play. Nike produce replica men's goalkeeper shirts in limited numbers, with Earps saying that a smaller run is very different to not being available at all. In early matches of the tournament, the starring performance of goalkeepers was a particular trend, and cartoonist David Squires illustrated a comic mocking the irony of this in light of Nike's decision. United States national anthem. Most of the players of the United States team refused to sing their national anthem before matches, part of wider political U.S. national anthem protests that had been ongoing since 2016. The action, like other anthem protests, was widely criticised by different groups in the United States. American journalist Megyn Kelly said that player Megan Rapinoe had driven the protest, saying Rapinoe had "poisoned" the rest of the team to hate the United States. In 2019, Rapinoe had said she would never sing the anthem again as a protest against injustice in the United States and the response of sports to punish other players protesting the anthem. Kelly called the team "morons" and "shameful", while some American fans called them disrespectful on social media; the squad's two captains and Julie Ertz did sing the anthem. Player welfare. "ACL club". Ahead of the Women's World Cup, concerns of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in women's sports grew, with a number of high-profile injuries and noted lack of women-focused research despite the greater likelihood of women suffering the injury. In June 2023 it was reported that there would be at least 36 players likely to have participated in the tournament either missing it with or having just returned from ACL injury, dubbed the "ACL club", including England captain Leah Williamson and striker Beth Mead, Catarina Macario of the United States, and France's Delphine Cascarino. The injury being the cause of so many significant players being unavailable for the World Cup was a cause of controversy over the lack of measures taken around the injury, as well as reportedly creating tensions between national teams and the players' clubs. With several injuries affecting the England team ahead of the World Cup, Caroline Nokes, a British MP and chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, petitioned major football boot brands and manufacturers to provide information on their approach to design and any women-specific designs they produce. The poor fit of football boots designed for typical male feet has been suggested as one factor increasing the risk of injury to women's players. Swedish coach and pundit Jonas Eidevall criticised the pitch quality of the Allianz Stadium, suggesting the turf was too dry and so studs getting caught in the ground (which can cause injury) was more likely, during the group stage match between England and Denmark. In the first half, Lauren James had attempted a knee slide after scoring but fell over, and Keira Walsh had caught her boot and had to be taken off with a knee, though not ACL, injury. England players who were asked did not think there was an issue with the pitch. Squad size. Due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, squads were expanded in 2021 from 23 to 26players, with the new limit applying to various international tournaments, including the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Despite this, FIFA set the squad size limit for the 2023 Women's World Cup at 23players again. It did not give a reason for the decision, but sport media said that FIFA preferred fewer players and suggested that it did not see the same fitness concerns at the 2023 World Cup as at the 2022 World Cup, due to the latter taking place in the middle of many domestic football seasons (in Northern Hemisphere winter), while the former will take place during a typical break in the summer. Several top women's team coaches, including 2022 Euro finalists Wiegman and Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, asked FIFA to allow 26-person squads at the 2023 World Cup, with England manager Wiegman saying in November 2022 that larger squad sizes would be "a necessity to safeguard players' welfare". Wiegman reiterated the message when she named her squad in May 2023, saying that a larger squad does not prevent injury, but gives the option to use other players if someone needs rest or has a minor injury. She added that the congested international schedule for women exacerbated the fitness concern, also asking for better scheduling. European mandatory release date conflicts. Wiegman also expressed frustration over the European mandatory release date – when clubs must allow players called up to the World Cup to join their national team – proposed by FIFA, considering it too late to adequately prepare for a major tournament, especially one on the opposite side of the world. The mandatory release date is 10 July 2023; there were initial widespread criticisms from various national teams. These national associations, in particular the FA, objected to the late release date for the reason it may have a negative impact on player welfare if they have inadequate training. European clubs were reluctant to release players earlier, as FIFA's protection programme (which compensates clubs if their players are injured on international duty) would only cover from the release date. Due to the criticism, FIFA announced in May 2023 that the protection would be extended to cover "from the moment that players leave their club for their duties with their national team until their return". The European Club Association (ECA), which represents domestic clubs in European leagues, criticised the national associations for ignoring the date and announcing earlier training camps, but acknowledged 10 July was too late. After these criticisms and discussion with the ECA, FIFA announced an extended release window, starting on 23 June 2023. The ECA felt that any earlier and the national teams (several of which did start earlier) could be causing their players mental fatigue. The release date caused even further conflict and debate in England, with their training camp starting on 19 June. The FA and Wiegman had given extensive criticisms of the late release date, saying that their plans for England's preparation had been made by experts months in advance to benefit player welfare and were at risk of being disrupted, adding that the plans would be hard to change due to FIFA announcing the release date so late. England players were drawn into the conflict by being asked outside of their clubs if they would show up for the planned training camp, and told they would not play a preparation match if they did not; Beth Mead, who was not part of the squad due to injury, said that players "don't want to be the middleman" in club and country disputes, as it causes them unnecessary stress. While Wiegman was said to be reasonable, FA leaders reportedly "burned bridges" with its players' clubs, especially those in the Women's Super League (WSL), by insisting on the earlier release and by involving players; in the hours before the 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final, the FA held an emergency meeting in Eindhoven (the location of the final) involving representatives from most of the clubs and lead figures in the FA. The clubs were primarily unhappy that they had not been consulted and that the FA was unwilling to compromise, but all WSL clubs as well as Barcelona allowed their players to be released early. Though "The Guardian" opined that the FA put its World Cup ambition ahead of good club relations, it pointed out that FIFA was ultimately to blame, as it had created "a mess of a calendar" in women's football that was overloaded with tournaments. Netherlands training ground. The training ground for the Netherlands team in New Zealand (ahead of travelling to their base camp when the tournament began) was the Bay Oval, a cricket ground. The team had been promised ahead of the tournament that the ground would be made suitable – including removal of the cricket pitch, a hard surface, from the middle of the ground – but this did not happen. Manager Andries Jonker expressed concern for the welfare of his players; highlighting the biomechanical dangers of running from grass onto the hard surface, as well as potential harm if falling onto it, Jonker said the team were unable to do any full pitch practice or play practice games in their training as the pitch would be unavoidable. Other exercises, which could be spaced around the pitch, went ahead. He said the alternative solutions presented to them were to fly to their base camp earlier, which would disrupt the training schedule, or to use a training ground in a city an hour and a half away, which they considered excessive travel. Ireland–Colombia warm-up match. Several warm-up matches were played on 14 July 2023 after teams arrived in the host nations. One of these, between the Republic of Ireland and Colombia, was abandoned after 23 minutes of game time due to what the FAI Women called "overly physical" play on behalf of the Colombian team; the FCF responded that their players were trained in the spirit of "healthy competition" but they respected Ireland "preferr[ing] not to continue". The Irish team staff had spoken to match officials about the game being played too physically for a warm-up friendly after several rough challenges and a particularly hard tackle from an unnamed Colombian player that saw Denise O'Sullivan taken to hospital during the early stages of the match. The officials agreed to end the match. Ireland coach Vera Pauw had already asked Colombia coach Nelson Abadía to calm his players after an earlier tackle on Ruesha Littlejohn. After Colombian player Daniela Caracas said that the Ireland players were "just girls" who should "eat shit" for worrying about the rough play, Pauw noted that her team were known for their physical play themselves, but the level of Colombia's physicality had been "outside the rules of the game". Pauw also confirmed that O'Sullivan had not suffered serious injury, but she was still unable to train. Linda Caicedo. The Colombia team was criticised first for playing Linda Caicedo in their group stage match against Germany, and then for not taking her off. In training a few days before the match, Caicedo collapsed seemingly unconscious and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance, with the team releasing a statement saying she had only been tired, but had recovered. During the match, in which she scored, Caicedo appeared to collapse again and was attended by medical staff but not substituted until the sixth minute of injury time (90+6'). Human rights. Saudi Arabia and Qatar sponsorships. On 1 February 2023, it was reported that Visit Saudi, the tourism board of Saudi Arabia, was going to be one of the main sponsors of the tournament. FIFA had pursued the sponsorship without consulting either of Football Australia or New Zealand Football, the host football associations. Shortly after the announcement, the World Cup Organising Committee asked FIFA for clarification on the sponsorship and how the partnership would work. HRW said the decision showed disregard for how Saudi Arabia treats women, with the decision called sportswashing by human rights campaigns. Another major concern was the mixed message of the partnership as many players at the World Cup, as members of the LGBT+ community, would not be able to visit Saudi Arabia without fear of prosecution. Players and coaches including Alex Morgan, Emma Hayes, Becky Sauerbrunn and Megan Rapinoe publicly denounced the deal and urged FIFA not to partner with Visit Saudi. In March 2023, Football Australia and New Zealand Football publicly opposed the potential sponsorship; later in the month, FIFA announced they would drop the sponsorship deal, though this reportedly angered Saudi officials. Infantino described the reaction from players and associations as a "storm in a teacup", also calling Football Australia hypocrites due to Australia having diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. Some people in Australia criticised the fact that little attention was given to Qatar Airways' late sponsorship of the tournament, especially compared to the backlash for the 2022 men's tournament; Qatar has similar human rights issues to Saudi Arabia and, in 2020, several Australian women were forced at gunpoint to do an invasive gynaecological strip search by the local authorities while on a layover in Doha after an abandoned baby was found in the airport. OneLove armband. Following condemnation of FIFA in the Western world for banning the OneLove rainbow armband at the Men's World Cup in 2022, FIFA agreed to pursue discussion of captains wearing the armband in advance of the Women's World Cup to "have a solution in place" before the start of the tournament. In May 2023, two top-level female executives at FIFA, Fatma Samoura and Sarai Bareman, announced to the media that discussions had begun, including consulting with national teams and their captains. On 30 June 2023, FIFA announced that both OneLove and Stonewall rainbow armbands would be banned at the tournament, with the same regulations as the Men's World Cup. They instead provided eight options of armbands: seven resembled the inclusivity armbands of the Men's World Cup, with the other armband, which bears the slogan "Unite for Inclusion", featuring a heart logo of the same colours and meaning of the OneLove armband. FIFA said that after "open talks with stakeholders" they decided to use the alternative armbands, with the slogans a product of consultation with participating teams and the United Nations. Like the OneLove armband, the Unite for Inclusion armband intentionally does not use the colours of the rainbow pride flag. "The Telegraph" debated whether to consider the look-a-like armband a "significant compromise" or not, as FIFA's armband regulations were just as restrictive anyway and players would still be sanctioned for wearing the OneLove armband. In the May 2023 announcement, Samoura and Bareman had conceded that football was an appropriate platform for players to advocate for human rights, with Bareman saying that FIFA wants players to "feel [like] they were able to use their voice" at the tournament and that they "understand, very well, that our female footballers like to use the sport as a platform to speak about issues that they're passionate about and one of those is the rainbow". About 1 in 8 of all players at the tournament were openly LGBTQ+, including a quarter of captains. The host nations also have LGBT rights, with many competing teams having regularly worn rainbow armbands for years. Samoura opined that there would be less tension around the armband than at the Men's World Cup due to discussions having taken place beforehand. Despite this, "The New York Times" reported that the discussions between FIFA and the women's teams had not run smoothly, with teams frustrated at times after FIFA indicated as early as March 2023 that OneLove armbands would not be allowed. Days after the May announcement, Football Australia CEO James Johnson said that the talks with FIFA were positive and that he expected there would be players wearing rainbow armbands at the World Cup, but did not comment on if OneLove armbands would be permitted. Australian sport network Optus Sport noted that the cultural differences that were part of the controversy for the Men's World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, should not be a factor in a decision for the Women's World Cup. Still, the spokespersons did not indicate that FIFA would permit the OneLove armband, instead saying they were seeking a solution with "balance". Samoura told Optus in May 2023: "if there is a way for us to promote human rights and the One Love band is a way to do it, we should find common ground with whoever would like to flag issues we don't discuss enough." Ahead of the announcement of the permitted armbands on 30 June 2023, FIFA sent a letter to all participating nations with the armband rules, intending to prevent the breakdown in relations that occurred at the Men's World Cup when FIFA had declined to communicate and banned the OneLove armband only hours before matches were played. Johnson, who had been part of the discussions, acknowledged that FIFA had made progress since Qatar 2022 but said that FIFA's armband options "didn't go as far" as the representatives wanted or expected. "Outsports" was pleased that FIFA had not upheld the complete ban of rainbow symbols as in Qatar, but was still disappointed, while the "i" opined that FIFA had turned the intended activism into "meaningless 'live laugh love' symbols", saying the armbands matter as a point of symbolism, allyship and visibility. It criticised FIFA on several fronts: for not including any meaningful messaging and instead using buzzword slogans on their approved armbands; for restricting armbands in the first place, saying that minorities cannot use their voice or express choices when they only have pre-selected options; and for not explicitly including an armband that mentions sexuality. "The Athletic" levelled the same criticisms, and Johnson said he was disappointed in FIFA for banning rainbow armbands and not offering one supportive of LGBTQI. Sam Kerr, the openly lesbian captain of co-host Australia, said ahead of the tournament in July 2023 that every team had wanted to wear the OneLove armband but would not due to FIFA threatening sporting sanctions; Kerr said that they will use their voices in multiple other ways instead. Actions during the tournament considered to be promoting LGBTQ+ visibility in ways other than an armband, also generally considered criticisms of FIFA's ban, include New Zealand's Ali Riley painting her fingernails in the colours of the transgender flag on one hand and rainbow pride flag on the other; venue Lang Park lighting up in a rainbow at halftime during the England–Haiti match; and South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana dyeing part of her hair in rainbow colours. Transgender inclusion debate. While doing publicity for the tournament and in light of FIFA beginning a review into its transgender policy following a 2022 announcement, American player and LGBTQ+ rights advocate Megan Rapinoe said that she would support the inclusion of transgender players in her squad. As well as advocating for the human rights of transgender athletes, Rapinoe also expressed her anger that women's sports, historically inclusive, were being weaponised to discriminate; that people who do not care for women's sports claim they do when they want to remove transgender athletes; and that these people did not try to achieve equity or fairness in other elements of women's sports, but used the concept of fairness as an excuse. Rapinoe's comments were unpopular among American conservatives, many of whom responded with insults, comments about Rapinoe's impending retirement, and criticisms of the Nike advert describing her as an "All-American hero". The tournament features Canada's Quinn, the first transgender player at a World Cup; Quinn was assigned female at birth. Broadcaster Piers Morgan, a vocal critic of transgender athletes in women's sport, launched a tirade directed at Quinn after Canada's first match. Occasionally misgendering Quinn, Morgan said that he did not believe someone could be non-binary and transgender, and that people who do not identify as women should not play in the Women's World Cup. Canada Soccer said that there will always be people with closed minds. Iranian protests solidarity. The Brazil team travelled to Australia on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring images of Mahsa Amini, who died in custody of the Iranian Morality Police in 2022, and Amir Reza Nasr Azadani, an Iranian men's footballer serving a 26-year prison sentence for protesting Amini's death, on the tail wing. The plane also included decals along the fuselage with messages saying that nobody should be forced to wear a headdress, and nobody should be killed for speaking out against it. After the action drew attention to the team, "The Sydney Morning Herald" reported that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) had chartered the plane and was not responsible for the decals; the plane reportedly belongs to Argentine aviator and filmmaker Enrique Piñeyro. Media incidents. Pundits and commentators. Ahead of Australia's opening match, pundits for free-to-air network Channel 7 in Australia talked over the Welcome to Country speech, an Aboriginal ritual that was performed before the matches held in this nation. A dance from an Aboriginal dance clan accompanying the ritual was not broadcast, with pre-match punditry shown instead. With the World Cup having heavily promoted the inclusion of the native peoples of its hosts, and the hope from the people involved in the performance that it would get more visibility, the network's choice was controversial. Aunty Julie, the speaker for the Welcome to Country, described people speaking over her words as "culturally devastating" and a manner of silencing her culture. Australian viewers on social media said that the move, which was generally found disrespectful, was something they expected of Channel 7. During this match, viewers in Australia noted that the pundits for Channel 7 were constantly discussing how many mothers were playing, with a journalist noting that how many fathers are on the pitch is not mentioned in men's games. There was particular criticism for Channel 7 commentator David Basheer, who said that "motherhood hasn't blunted [Katrina Gorry's] competitive instincts". Some viewers considered this to have sexist overtones, including other journalists taking to social media to remark that it is insulting to think a woman's skills would be compromised by giving birth. Others responded to criticism of Basheer by saying that his comments were just clunky and he had supported women's football for a long time. When Gorry was asked about it, she said that she does not let that kind of comment get to her personally. Optus Sport, the main Australian broadcaster and a partner of the Women's World Cup, was criticised for using two male pundits to deliver pitchside commentary, with no women. Optus then made a "fiery" social media post defending the choice, with the male pundits in question also responding negatively to individual social media users who criticised the lack of female pundits. The New Zealand network Sky Sport received complaints for its lack of New Zealander commentators during matches, especially those contested by the home team, for the opening matches; the broadcaster had not hired any of its own commentators and instead used FIFA's global feed. There was particular criticism that New Zealand viewers could not hear a reaction to the nation's landmark first goal and win from a local. Sky Sport hired Rosie White and Jason Pine as commentators for the remainder of New Zealand's games in response. Morocco press conference. At a press conference before Morocco's opening match, a reporter from the BBC World Service asked captain Ghizlane Chebbak if any of her team's players were gay and how they were treated in Morocco, where all same-sex activity is illegal. Chebbak had already refused to answer a different journalist's question about player Nouhaila Benzina wearing a hijab. The moderator encouraged the World Service reporter to retract the question, but he responded that LGBTQ matters are not political and that his question was about players, pushing to ask it again; Chebbak did not answer and the conference was ended after the next question. Other journalists in the room criticised the reporter for, variously, asking something irrelevant and unnecessary; trying to out players; and asking Chebbak to make political comments that could put her at risk. One journalist explained that while it was natural to talk about "the intersection of politics and sports", it was important to do so without causing more harm to people affected by the politics. The BBC apologised and said that the reporter was inappropriate, with "The Guardian" reporting that "the matter was addressed by Fifa after the conclusion of the press conference." When footage of the question, and Chebbak's uncomfortable reaction, was shared on social media, it provoked criticism for how journalists report on women's football; a popular channel for women's football content that shared the video added commentary saying that the question was based on the homophobic stereotype that female footballers are all lesbians, as no journalists asked similar questions of men's teams from homophobic nations during the 2022 Men's World Cup. In various African countries, footballers accused of being lesbians have lost their jobs and homes. Anima Adjepong, a scholar in Queer African Studies, said that the question reflected a culture of focusing on female footballers' sexualities that, in Africa, was often used to cover up "everyday forms of workplace sexual harassment". Based on her cultural research and interviews with Ghanian national team footballers, players who did not "give in" to sexual demands from coaches were accused of being lesbians; if players complained of harassment, they were accused of being lesbians and the complaints were not taken seriously, leading to fewer complaints. The coaches may also have sought to harm players who reported them by removing them from teams and spreading rumours of their sexuality in homophobic societies. Adjepong did call on the African football associations with a platform at the World Cup to "[champion] the rights of LGBTQ+ citizens" with an aim to create positive change in their countries. Yamila Rodriguez tattoo. Argentina player Yamila Rodríguez has a leg tattoo of Portuguese men's player Cristiano Ronaldo, with images of it circulating on social media after she appeared in Argentina's opening match at the World Cup. Ronaldo had a long rivalry with Argentine legend Lionel Messi, with some Argentina fans thinking Rodríguez' tattoo was offensive and insulting to Messi, as well as disloyal, sentiments they posted widely on social media, drawing further attention. Rodríguez then posted to share that the "awful things" her nation's fans were saying about her were troubling her while she was trying to represent them, also noting that she has a tattoo of an Argentine player, Diego Maradona, as well. Zambia press conference. Ahead of Zambia's second match, the press conference was cut short when the gathered media would not stop asking about the allegations of sexual misconduct against Zambia coach Bruce Mwape. The conference began with football questions until a Spanish journalist breached the subject, asking what image Zambia was giving to the world that they would keep someone accused of serious misconduct in such a visible role. The moderator requested the next question; the journalists in the room were displeased that it had been completely brushed aside and began to all ask variations on the same question, refactored to relate to football. Australia press conferences. In the conference before Australia's second match, coach Tony Gustavsson faced questions about his training methods after two players sustained concussions during training in separate incidents; Gustavsson defended that "it was completely normal training". He had also selected a player still recovering from injury for the tournament, and was asked to defend this choice in light of the squad facing more injuries. Gustavsson then faced criticism for his response to questions about Sam Kerr in the press conference before Australia's last group match. Kerr had been absent in earlier matches with a calf injury, with Gustavsson having said she would be assessed before the last group match. In the press conference, Mark Schwarzer asked if Kerr was fit and had been training, with Gustavsson first responding as if confused and then giving increasingly bizarre answers and laughing when Schwarzer continued to ask. Kerr had previously confirmed she had been training and would be available for the match, but would not give further details that their opposition, Canada, may be able to use to plan. Spain press conference. After Spain's surprise loss to Japan, Spanish media suggested that besieged coach Vilda had lost any remaining supporters except for the RFEF. When Vilda spoke to the press after this match and in advance of their round of 16 tie, he was asked where the team needs to improve and any tactical reflections. Instead of answering, he put on a team scarf and said his team would play for love of Spain and football; noticing "negativity" among the journalists he then led a "let's go" chant. Vilda was twice asked about how the players felt going into the match and refused to answer; instead, player Olga Carmona, who was also in the conference, spoke about how the players would make positional improvements. Vilda was further criticised in the media for lack of tactical nous exhibited in front of the press. Attacks on the United States team. Carli Lloyd. Following the United States tie with Portugal, former U.S. player and commentator Carli Lloyd criticised the behavior of the team, stating that they were celebrating and partying with fans instead of showing a willingness to improve after their poor group stage performance and near elimination from the tournament. She stated that the goalpost was the player of the match since Ana Capeta's shot had missed and bounced off and then said that she wouldn't have put the United States in the top ten. However, she received backlash from fans, the media, former teammate Ali Krieger and coach Vlatko Andonovski, with some stating that her criticisms were self centered and that the team still had the desire to win. However, some fans and other individuals like fellow former player and commentator Alexi Lalas agreed with her criticisms and stated that he shared her sentiments. Jason Whitlock. During the tournament, conservative pundit and former American football player Jason Whitlock went on a lengthy rant on his podcast about Rapinoe specifically, and the United States team generally. Whitlock has disdained feminism and LGBTQ+ rights. He said that Rapinoe "hates America because she hates herself", among other insults, and that the team as a whole have no interest in sports or representing their nation, accusing them of treating the World Cup as a platform "to demonize their investors" and "to go viral and cash in on the feminism pimp game". He blamed this attitude on Rapinoe as a veteran of the squad and supposed toxic influence. He also criticised the team for being ungrateful to the United States and male sportspeople who had "diminished opportunities for boys and men" in order to help the women's team be successful. Donald Trump. Following the U.S. team loss on penalties during the knockout stage against Sweden, former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "many of our players were openly hostile to America - No other country behaved in such a manner, or even close. WOKE EQUALS FAILURE. Nice shot Megan, the USA is going to Hell!!! MAGA" Others. Several conservative commentators applauded the fact that the U.S. team lost on penalties during the knockout stage against Sweden. Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly said she was "thrilled they lost" and that "You don’t support America, I don’t support you." Anti-Islam activist Brigitte Gabriel had written before the tournament that "I love America and that’s why I am rooting against the woke U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team this year." The conservative "Washington Examiner" accused the team of being "far more concerned pushing a woke agenda regarding equal pay for female athletes and the rights of LGBT citizens than they have been with winning games." Adam Boulton comments. British broadcaster Adam Boulton was discussing the World Cup on his podcast when he was told which teams had been knocked out and asked if the tournament was "serious" or "just a kind of random kick around", also belittling the players. A female presenter told him the players were professional athletes. The comments came to light when radio host Scott Bryan shared it, criticising Boulton's comments. Accusing Boulton of sexism, Bryan's listeners then shared the clip with their criticisms of Boulton on social media.

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Rebecca Odgers

Rebecca Niamh Odgers (born 10 February 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Cornwall and Western Storm. She plays primarily as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. Early life. Odgers was born on 10 February 2003 and grew up in St Austell, Cornwall. She studies medical sciences at the University of Exeter. Domestic career. Odgers made her county debut in 2018, for Cornwall against the Netherlands, in which she made 39. In her second match for the side, she hit her maiden List A century, scoring 122 from 97 deliveries against Dorset. She went on to be the side's second-highest run-scorer in the Women's County Championship that season, with 240 runs at an average of 48.00. In 2019 for Cornwall, she scored 118 runs at an average of 29.50 in the Women's County Championship and 106 runs at an average of 17.66 in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. She also appeared in one match for Somerset, against Devon. In July 2019, she played two matches for England Academy. She was Cornwall's leading run-scorer in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 73 runs in four matches. Odgers was named in Western Storm's first Academy squad in 2021, and was retained on the programme in 2022 and 2023. In May 2022, she scored a century for the academy side against Wiltshire. She was included in Western Storm's senior squad for the first time in 2023. She made her debut for the side on 4 June 2023, against Central Sparks in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

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Charis Pavely

Charis Rebekah Pavely (born 24 October 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire, Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Early life. Pavely was born on 24 October 2004 in Redditch, Worcestershire. Domestic career. Pavely made her county debut in 2021, for Worcestershire against Berkshire. In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she took 3/7 from her four overs in a match against Shropshire. Pavely was included in the Central Sparks Academy squad between 2021 and 2023. She was promoted to the full squad ahead of the 2023 season. She made her debut for the side on 4 June 2023, against Western Storm in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. International career. In October 2022, Pavely was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. She played six matches at the tournament, scoring 93 runs with a top score of 45 from 26 deliveries against Zimbabwe.

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Ali Naseer

Ali Aamer Naseer (born 9 March 2004) is a cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm fast-medium. Personal life. Naseer was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He moved to Dubai at the age of four and attended GEMS FirstPoint School. He moved to England to attend university, studying sports management at the University of Leeds. International career. Naseer attended the ICC Academy where he was coached by Mudassar Nazar. He represented the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team at the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, aged 15, and returned to the squad for the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. At the 2022 World Cup he scored 73 runs against Canada and 54 against England. In May 2023, Naseer was named in the UAE senior squad for its home series against the West Indies. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the first match of the series, scoring half-centuries in his first two matches. Naseer made his Twenty20 International debut for UAE against New Zealand on 17 August 2023. Franchise career. In January 2023, Naseer was named in the Desert Vipers squad for the 2023 International League T20.

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Maharashtra Premier League

The Maharashtra Premier League is a Twenty20 cricket league in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was founded by the Maharashtra Cricket Association, the governing body of cricket in the state. The inaugural season was held at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in 2023, with six franchises. Administration. The Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) founded the league in 2023. The league is affiliated to the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI). The league plans to expand to eight teams and add a women's league in 2024. Teams. Six teams played in the inaugural season representing Pune, Nashik, Sambhajinagar, Kolhapur, Solapur and Ratnagiri. External links.

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LBW Smith

LBW Smith is a 1958 Australian radio serial drama from the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It was produced to coincide with the 1958–59 Ashes cricket series between Australia and England, and it is notable for its innovative production which incorporated the results of games in the scripts at the last minute. The serial was written by George F. Kerr who was the ABC's most prolific writer at the time. Premise. The cricket-mad Duke of Bootle from England and Mrs Flinders from Australia bet on who will win the Ashes. Both travel around Australia following the Test matches. They discover a player, LBW Smith, who might be eligible for either country. Production. The series incorporated elements of the real-life Ashes including up-to-date scores, crowd noises, and cameos from commentators such as Johnny Moyes, Alec Bedser and Alan McGilvray. The writing of the serial was adjusted at the last minute for what actually happened in the games. Richie Benaud appeared as himself in the final episode.

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Eugryllodes

Eugryllodes is a genus of Palaearctic crickets in the subfamily Gryllomorphinae and tribe Gryllomorphini, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1927. There is currently (2023) a very discontinuous recorded distribution of species that includes: Ghana, southern France and the Iberian peninsula and Afghanistan. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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Ovaliptila

Ovaliptila is a genus of European crickets in the subfamily Gryllomorphinae and the tribe Petaloptilini, erected by A.V. Gorochov in 2006. The known distribution – possibly incomplete – of species includes: the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and the Crimean peninsula. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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Baseball United

Baseball United is an upcoming professional baseball league in the Middle East and South Asia. It plans to begin play in Dubai in 2023, with four teams representing cities in India, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. History. The United International Baseball League was founded on July 26, 2022, with a mission of bringing professional baseball to India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. Baseball Hall-of-Famers Mariano Rivera and Barry Larkin were announced as founding stakeholders. Rather than build new baseball fields, the league plans to redevelop existing cricket fields into baseball diamonds. On August 18, 2022, the UIBL announced that it would play nine of its inaugural games at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In November, the UIBL announced it would rebrand to "Baseball United". Baseball United partnered with Pakistan Federation Baseball to organize the West Asia edition of the 2023 Asian Baseball Cup in Islamabad. In April 2023, active MLB shortstop Elvis Andrus joined the league's ownership group. On May 15, 2023, the league announced its first franchise as the Mumbai Cobras. Former MLB All-Star Chris Sabo was named the team's first manager. On May 30, 2023, the second team of the league was announced as the Karachi Monarchs. The Monarchs name references both the Karachi Kings cricket team, as well as the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro leagues. League officials said that the Monarchs and Cobras are expected to be the league's biggest rivals, noting the fierce India–Pakistan cricket rivalry and likening it to the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. On June 5, 2023, Karachi appointed former major leaguers Adrian Beltre and Miguel Tejada as its general manager and manager, respectively. On August 4, 2023, The Baseball United announced Dubai Wolves and Abu Dhabi Falcons as their latest two baseball teams representing Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Teams. The four teams that will take part in the first season are

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San Francisco Unicorns

The San Francisco Unicorns are an American franchise cricket team based in San Francisco, California that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). In 2023, it was announced as one of the six teams to participate in the league's inaugural season. The team is owned by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, co-founders of Cambrian ventures. Plans are underway to build a stadium at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The stadium is expected to have a capacity of 15,000 people. During the first MLC season the team will play at Grand Prairie stadium in Texas. In March 2023, Cricket Victoria announced their partnership with the Unicorns for the opening season. History. Background. Cricket has been growing steadily in San Jose, thanks to cricket clubs like the Northern California Cricket Alliance. Looking at these growing numbers, the county supervisors have been planning to build a stadium in the Santa Clara Fairgrounds. The Unicorns' minor league affiliate are Silicon Valley Strikers, which competes in the developmental league, Minor League Cricket, and were the champions of the 2021 edition. In March 2023, the team ownership, name, and logo was unveiled prior to the inaugural MLC domestic draft. The team is owned by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, and the team partnered with the Australia's Cricket Victoria for the first season. Justin Gaele, MLC tournament director emphasizing about the Unicorns, told that the Bay Area could serve as the launchpad for cricket in the United States. 2023 season. The Unicorns signed the first overseas player signed in the inaugural MLC — Australian international Aaron Finch. He was subsequently announced as the captain. Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh and Smit Patel were prominent names picked in the domestic round of the draft; Marcus Stoinis was also announced as another overseas signing by the Unicorns. In May 2023, the team announced direct signing of South African pacer, Lungi Ngidi. On 20 June 2023, Unicorns announced former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson as their head coach for the 2023 season.

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Brooklyn International High School

Brooklyn International High School (BIHS, school code: K439) is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York City. It is a part of the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the Internationals Network for Public Schools. Its building was previously used as a factory for torpedoes. History. It was established in 1994. In October 2004 there were students stating that they were not granted permission to get leave from school for Ramadan even though NYCDOE policy stated that students should have time off for religious activities. They responded by forming a petition asking to get such permission. The NYCDOE clarified that students do have the right to take leave for Ramadan purposes. Demographics. In 2016 the school had 370 students from 41 countries, with some living in Brooklyn and some living in Queens. Each of the students have been located in the United States for fewer than four years, and the school does not admit persons who had been in the United States for longer than four years. Instructional style. Each class has students of different demographics, including native language and prior background in formal education. In 2007, the 9th and 10th grade students were placed in the same classes, and groups of teachers in fives shared the same classes. Academic performance. In 2016 the rate of graduates attending tertiary education was 81%, and the graduation rate was 91%. In 2007 the four-year graduation rate was 80%. Athletics. the school has its own cricket team.

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Alan Hugh Hornby

Major-General Alan Hugh Hornby CB CBE MC (1894–1958) was a British Army officer who served in both world wars. Military career. Born in 1894, Hornby was educated at Winchester before going on to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. Upon his graduation from there on 17 July 1914, he received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. As with many others of his generation, he fought in the First World War, seeing action on the Western Front, where, promoted to lieutenant on 7 October 1915, he was wounded in action, mentioned in dispatches, and awarded the Military Cross (MC). His first few years of military service during the interwar period were spent in Iraq from 1919 to 1920. After marrying in 1923, he went to England where he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1930 to 1931. From 1938 to 1939 he served as a staff officer at the War Office in London. In 1940, as the Second World War entered its first year, Hornby, promoted on 24 May to lieutenant colonel, was briefly chief of staff at Combined Operations Headquarters. After serving from 1940 to 1941 as the Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of the 46th Infantry Division, his service from then onwards was primarily overseas, notably in the Mediterranean theatre of the war, in Sicily and Italy. In 1943 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and on 1 June 1944 received a promotion to major-general. He commanded the 2nd Anti-Aircraft Group from 1945 to 1947. After retiring from the army in 1948, Hornby, keen on both cricketing and sailing, was Commissioner of the Kent St. John Ambulance Brigade and Honorary Colonel of the Kent Auxiliary Cadet Force. From 1953 until his death in 1958 Hornby, a Freemason for more than half his life, was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.

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2023 Inter-Provincial Trophy

The 2023 Inter-Provincial Trophy, also known as Rario T20 Inter-Provincial Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 11th edition of the Inter-Provincial Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket competition being played in Ireland in 2023. It was the sixth edition of the competition played with full Twenty20 status. The tournament was played as a series of three-day festivals between four teams, with the fixtures being confirmed by Cricket Ireland on 5 June 2023. Leinster Lightning are the defending champions having won their 7th title in 2022. Points Table. Champion Fixtures. Round One. ---- ---- ---- ----

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Dilshan De Silva

Manimel Wadu Dilshan De Silva (born 3 February 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was the secretary of Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) for two decades. He also a member of the Sri Lanka Cricket Umpires’ Association. Playing career. Dilshan de Silva who represented Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda and was a member of the Ambalangoda Rio CC. He was a left -handed batsman and a wicketkeeper.

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Lovepreet Singh (cricketer)

Lovepreet Singh (born 5 December 2002) is a cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg spin bowler. Personal life. Sharma was born on 5 December 2002 in Jalandhar, India. He moved to the UAE with his family at the age of three, after his father secured work in Fujairah. The family settled in Al Dhaid and he grew up playing tape ball cricket in the streets. Career. Sharma attended the Goltay Cricket Academy in Dubai where he was coached by Shahzad Altaf. After impressing with the bat in a 50-over tournament in Ajman, in May 2023 he was named in the UAE national squad for an ODI series against the West Indies. He is the first Sikh to play international cricket for the UAE. Sharma made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the UAE against the West Indies on 7 June 2023.

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2023 Men's T20I Inter-Insular Series

The 2023 Men's T20I Inter-Insular Series, consisting of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, took place at the Farmers Cricket Club Ground in St Martin in July 2023. This was the fourth Twenty20 Inter-Insular series, and the third to be played with official T20I status. Jersey were the defending champions, having won the 2022 series 3–0. Jersey and Guernsey have played an Inter-Insular cricket match annually since 1950, generally as 50-over contests. A Twenty20 series was played for the first time in 2018. Since the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup the T20 series has had official T20I status, following the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019. Jersey won the first match by seven wickets, helped by a century opening partnership between Charlie Brennan and Harrison Carlyon. Jersey sealed the series by winning the second match by four wickets, before the third game was abandoned due to a heavy downpour. Immediately after the series, Guernsey captain Josh Butler switched his focus to managing the island's table tennis team at the 2023 Island Games.

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Callum Brown (footballer, born 2000)

Callum M. Brown (born 15 August 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life. Callum M. Brown was born in Luton, England to English mother Dee and Jamaican father Trevor. He grew up playing soccer which he excelled in. At the age of 5 he moved to Limavady in Northern Ireland where he played soccer and rugby union. A friend spotted him playing soccer and encouraged him to try gaelic football. Gaelic Football. Brown first made the Derry GAA underage representative squad at the age of 14. He reached the All-Ireland minor final in 2017 with Derry and played for Derry's Under 20 side in 2018. Switch to Australian rules football. Brown was identified as an AFL prospect from as early as age 14, when he was coached by former Northern Ireland AFL recruit Chrissy McKaigue. In 2018 Nick Walsh, Jason McCartney and Heath Shaw travelled to Ireland to entice 18 year old Brown to move to Australia to play for the Giants in the AFL, signing him as an international rookie through the 2018 AFL draft. Brown spent 3 years developing in the club's reserve side in the NEAFL and later the Victorian Football League before a series of consistent performances earned his call up to the senior side in 2021. AFL career. Brown was selected as a medical sub against the Brisbane Lions at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in round 11 on 29 May 2021, however he wasn't given any game time and was subsequently dropped. It wasn't until round 21 against the Geelong Football Club that he played a full game, kicking a respectable 2 goals from 4 kicks. As a Category B rookie, Brown spent much of the 2022 season as a medical substitute. With limited opportunities in the way of game time, Brown began to talk about returning to Ireland. However in a Round 16 home game against Hawthorn, Brown, replacing an injured Lachlan Keeffe, kicked a career record 4 goals being named among the best afield. He was offered a one-year contract extension in August, 2022.

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Pentacentrus

Pentacentrus is an Asian genus of crickets, typical of the tribe Pentacentrini and subfamily Pentacentrinae; these names are based on "Pentacentrites" coined by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1878. Species in this genus have been recorded from: China, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia and northern Australia (distribution is probably incomplete). Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" lists:

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Sophie Morris (cricketer)

Sophie Morris (born 2 January 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire and North West Thunder. She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Domestic career. Morris made her county debut in 2022, as part of the Lancashire delegation of the North Representative XI against North East Warriors. Overall, she took two wickets at an average of 22.50 in her two matches in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. Morris was named in the North West Thunder Academy squad in 2022 and 2023. In a match against Lightning Academy in May 2022, she took six wickets for zero runs from her 2.1 overs. In June 2023, she was promoted to the senior squad, and made her debut for the side on 7 June 2023, against Northern Diamonds in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

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Poodří Protected Landscape Area

Poodří Protected Landscape Area () is a protected landscape area in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It was declared on 1 May 1991. Geography. The protected landscape area aims to preserve the harmoniously shaped landscape of the floodplain of the Oder River and its tributaries, with natural processes of the riverine ecosystem, characterized by a mosaic of meadow alluvial vegetation, floodplain forest stands, a significant presence of non-forest tree species, old river arms, permanent and periodic ponds, springs on river terrace slopes, and ponds with a diverse flora and fauna. It serves as an important stopover for migratory waterbirds and has natural landscape values based on the preserved dynamics of natural river processes of meandering streams and surface flooding regimes. The protection also includes wetland communities and associated rare and specially protected plant and animal species, the distribution and urban structure of municipalities, including preserved historical settlement sites, and the protection objects of the European Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas of Poodří and Cihelna Kunín. The Poodří PLA is located in the Nový Jičín and Ostrava-City districts of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The PLA stretches between Jeseník nad Odrou and Ostrava. It marginally extends into the municipal territories of the city of Ostrava and the town of Studénka. The Poodří PLA stretches along the course of the Oder River and includes the central part of the northeastern half of the Moravian Gate. Due to its location in the valley, there are no significant differences in elevation. The lowest point of the Poodří PLA is the river bed of the Odra in the northernmost part of the PLA at above sea level, and the highest point is in the southernmost part of the PLA at above sea level. Climate. The Poodří PLA is located in a moderately warm area. The average annual temperature ranges from approximately 7 to 8.5 °C. The average annual precipitation is around 700 mm, and the average snowfall is about 1 meter. Nature. Flora. The Poodří PLA is home to a variety of aquatic, meadow, and forest vegetation. The areas around ponds are covered with sedge and reed stands. Within the ponds, rare aquatic plants such as water caltrop, floating fern, and water-carnivorous plants like bladderwort can be found. Endangered species like the water violet and floating fern the yellow water-lily bloom near the blind river branches. The Poodří PLA is also characterized by periodically flooded floodplain meadows with distinct plant communities. Forests cover about 10% of the Poodří PLA area and consist mainly of trees such as common hornbeam, pedunculate oak, small-leaved lime, and ash. In the herbaceous layer of the forests, flowers such as snowdrop, wood anemone, early purple orchid, and bear garlic can be found. Funga. The Poodří region is known for the presence of numerous rare and often thermophilic species of mushrooms. Some of the wood-decaying species include the hen of the woods ("Grifola frondosa"), umbellate polypore ("Polyporus umbellatus"), cauliflower fungus ("Sparassis nemecii"), Hartig's fire fungus ("Phellinus hartigii"), oak bracket ("Inonotus dryadeus"), dryad's saddle ("Inonotus dryophilus"), resinous polypore ("Ganoderma resinaceum"), glossy polypore ("Ganoderma lucidum"), ash tree bracket ("Perenniporia fraxinea"), coral tooth fungus ("Hericium coralloides"), lion's mane mushroom ("Hericium erinaceus"), bearded tooth fungus ("Hericium flagellum"), and orange-toothed crust ("Sarcodontia crocea"). Fauna. The ponds, the Oder River, and the pools in the Poodří area are home to many species of aquatic mollusks, including the endangered thick shelled river mussel and the thin-lined river snail. Poodří also hosts two endangered species of crustaceans – the noble crayfish and the snowflake water louse. The insect fauna is rich, with many local species, such as the marsh fritillary butterfly, black hairstreak, stag beetle, brown chafer, and bush-cricket "Stetophyma grossum". Endangered fish species in the Oder River include the spined loach, bitterling, and brook lamprey, while the striped rudd can be found in the pools. The Poodří PLA is home to many amphibian species, with the great crested newt, fire-bellied toad, and European tree frog being among the most significant in terms of nature conservation. With its ponds and wetlands, the area is a popular refuge for water birds, including nesting species such as the grey heron, great cormorant, red-necked grebe, red-crested pochard, coot, greylag goose, great bittern, and bittern. Many other rare bird species can be observed in the area, although they do not nest there but spend part of the year there. Protected mammal species found in the Poodří PLA include the European beaver and Eurasian otter. The PLA territory is home to 16 bat species, which represents 76% of the bat fauna in the Czech Republic. Administration and legal framework. The Poodří PLA administration is located in Studénka. The protected landscape area was declared on 1 May 1991. A new declaration was made by Government Regulation No. 51/2017 Coll. on the Poodří Protected Landscape Area, which simultaneously revoked the original declaration regulation, on 15 February 2017. Within the Poodří PLA, there are ten small-scale protected areas, managed by the administration of the PLA: The Pusté nivy Nature Monument was abolished in 2014. In addition, the administration of the PLA manages several small-scale protected areas outside the PLA.

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Let's Get Married (2023 film)

Let's Get Married is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Ramesh Thamilmani in his directorial debut. It stars Harish Kalyan, Nadhiya and Ivana with Yogi Babu and RJ Vijay in supporting roles. It was producedby Dhoni Entertainment. The film was announced in October 2022, without a title, which was announced in January 2023. Principal photography commenced in January 2023 and wrapped in May 2023. The film has music composed by Ramesh Thamilmani, cinematography handled by Vishwajith Odukkathil and editing by Pradeep E. Ragav. Plot. The story revolves around a couple who want to get married after dating for two years. However, the to-be-bride objects to the groom's plan to be in a joint household with his mom after the wedding. The bride decides that in order to go through the wedding, she needs to get to know her future mother-in-law first. They decide to go on a family trip to determine if they will get married or not. Production. Development. In mid-May 2022, former cricket player MS Dhoni was reported to make his film industry debut by producing a project starring Nayanthara in the lead role. That September, Vijay and Mahesh Babu were reported to act together in the project. On 26 October, the company made an public announcement, stating that the project would be directed by debutant Ramesh Thamilmani. Harish Kalyan and Priyanka Arul Mohan were reported to play the lead roles. On 27 January 2023, Harish Kalyan and Ivana were announced playing the lead roles, Nadhiya, Yogi Babu and RJ Vijay were announced playing crucial roles in the project. The title of the film was also announced. Filming. Principal photography began on 27 January 2023. Shooting mostly happened in Chennai. Principal photography wrapped on 1 May. Music. The music for the film was composed by Ramesh Thamilmani. Release. The film was released on 28 July 2023. Reception. Logesh Balachandran of "The Times of India" gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "It's just yet another below average romantic drama that gives nothing to take back home." Janani K of "India Today" gave it 1 out of 5 stars and considered the film to be a poorly made romantic drama that serves as the right example of "not all good ideas make it great on the table". Meera Venugopal of "Mirchi Plus" gave it 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, ""LGM", M.S. Dhoni's maiden feature production, had the meat to become a great rom-com if fleshed out. But with zero effort in the writing, music, cinematography, and music departments, we are left with a cringe-fest." Pechi Aavudaiyappan of "ABP Live Tamil" gave the film a mixed review and noted that the film is a disappointment.

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Esmae MacGregor

Esmae Isabel MacGregor (born 31 July 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex and Sunrisers. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. Domestic career. MacGregor made her county debut in 2021, for Essex against Sussex. Overall, she took five wickets at an average of 25.80 in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup. She played one match in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking one wicket against Suffolk. She played three matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking four wickets at an average of 6.50. MacGregor was named in the Sunrisers Academy squad between 2021 and 2023. She was promoted to the senior squad in June 2023. She made her debut for the side on 7 June 2023, against Southern Vipers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

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Betty Byrne Henderson

Elizabeth Anne Byrne Henderson (born 1932) is an Australian philanthropist and retired businesswoman. Byrne Henderson is perhaps best known for her work in the automotive industry, but is also known for her advocacy in the health sector and for her financial benefaction to tertiary education. Early life. Byrne Henderson attended All Hallows' School in Brisbane. After leaving school, she worked as a stenographer, a book keeper and as a junior sales clerk. Career. Byrne Ford. Henderson established a Ford dealership called Byrne Ford in Brisbane with her husband Bernie Byrne in 1969. When her husband died in 1977, she took over the business as sole owner and governing director, despite experiencing sexism in a male-dominated industry. Under her guidance, the company rapidly expanded and grew from having a staff of 35 workers to having over 140 employees. In October 1991, the company became the first Australian car dealership to attain Quality Assurance accreditation. Henderson handed over the company to her son Peter Byrne in 1995. Philanthropy. In 1987, Henderson commenced an ongoing philanthropic relationship with the Queensland University of Technology when she gifted a substantial amount of money to the university to establish a fundraising course. Among other things, Henderson's donations are credited with assisting medical research, providing student scholarships, and enabling the restoration of Old Government House. In 1997, Henderson was awarded an honorary Doctor of the University degree from Griffith University, in recognition of her contribution to society. Her community involvement also extended to being a board member of the Brisbane City Council's Transport Committee and the Queensland Harness Racing Board as well as a member of the Brisbane Cricket Ground Trust and the Queensland Corrective Services Commmission. She was also a foundation member of the State Library of Queensland Foundation, and a member of the Ronald McDonald House Committee and Zonta International. Health. Henderson is also known for her work in the health sector. She had a lengthy association with the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, chairing the hospital board from 1982 to 1991. A women's health centre located within the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital is named in her honour. Henderson is credited with helping introduce mammography buses for women in remote areas as well as supporting the development of a midwifery system in Aboriginal communities. Politics. Henderson contested the 1989 Merthyr state by-election which was triggered after the resignation of Don Lane in the wake of the Fitzgerald Inquiry. As the National Party candidate, Henderson bore the brunt of a substantial swing against the government, polling third behind Santo Santoro (Liberal) and Barbara Dawson (Labor). Awards. In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her service to the community and to women's health. In 2011, she was named as a Queensland Great. In 2022, Henderson received the Queensland Community Foundation's Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Achievement.

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Port Moresby Australian Rules Football League

The Port Moresby Australian Football League (also known as the Port Moresby Australian Rules Football League or POM AFL) is the longest running Australian rules football league outside of Australia, founded in 1955. It is Papua New Guinea's most popular league in the sport and for a time in the 1970s shared similar prominence to the Port Moresby Rugby League competition playing to large paying crowds at Hubert Murray Stadium. Port Moresby's Koboni Demons club (founded 1965 it is one of the longest running outside Australia), consisting mainly of players from the Central Province with 19 premierships has dominated the competition along with its major rival West (consisting of players from West New Britain). The league since the 1980s has struggled for recognition, and following ongoing disputes with Cricket PNG over use of its grounds plays mainly out of Bisini Park Colts Oval - however due to the rapid growth of the sport in 2023 funding was allocated for its re-development to AFL standards. The POMAFL premiership is contested by 11 clubs with senior men's (10 teams), men's reserves (10 teams), senior women's (6 teams) and junior/colts divisions. History. The league began in Port Moresby in 1955. Initially it was mostly expatriate Victorians, including many from the Warrnambool district working in Moresby at the time, whose numbers rapidly swelled the competition to 8 teams. Port Moresby was one of the founding clubs. Initially the competition maintained a low profile, with rugby league being the main sport for locals in Moresby. Despite having several clubs, other Australian Rules Football leagues in Madang and Lae were more popular. By the end of the 1960s, the Port Moresby league had shrunk to a handful of clubs consisting almost entirely of expatriates. By 1970, a wave of interest in the sport across the country saw the Port Moresby league grow rapidly. This saw an influx of players to the national capital. With Boroko, Goroka, Elcom and PIR entering the league, it now had 6 clubs. An increase in the number of Papuans in the league saw its media profile lift considerably. In 1972 the league played its first match at the newly developed Hubert Murray Stadium under lights. The match was a success and during the 1970s due the league's increasing popularity, it played a match of the round there at night, drawing large crowds despite charging spectators for admission. Due to the popularity of the games the league scheduled all of its matches at the stadium in 1973. During this period, the league ran A, B and C grades with most clubs fielding a side in all three grades. In 1975 all matches were played at Boroko Sports Ground. In 1976 the competition expanded with 3 new sides: Police, NBC and Bomana. By this time, most of the Australian expatriates had left the competition, due to the increasing standard and increased competition with Papua New Guinean nationals. The league along with the sport across the country, reached a height in popularity in 1977 with the Grand Final that year attracting a record crowd of 6,000 paying spectators to the Hubert Murray Stadium. Despite booming in the 1970s in the 1980s the sport in Papua New Guinea went into rapid decline following a failed restructure by Australian interests and the POMAFL came close to folding due to withdrawal of funding for the sport at senior level. The league considered radical changes to stay afloat including shifting the season to the summer months to avoid clashes with other sports, primarily rugby league. The competition expanded to ten clubs in 2013 with the addition of 3 new teams. Due to ongoing disputes with PNG Cricket in the 2010s, the league was restricted from utilising grounds used for cricket. Access to Amini Park for occasional finals matches was granted in the 2010s before the league had to find its own facilities. While member clubs sell naming rights to local business sponsors the league suffered from inadequate infrastructure, relying heavily on support from Australia. Matches were played at Murray Barracks Oval before settling on its current home in 2019, the Bisini Colts Oval one of its historic homes which was in desperate need of redevelopment due to its degraded surface after funding for its redevelopment was reallocated. The league receives donations of equipment from its affiliation with AFL Queensland. The league added a women's division in 2022. However the season was cancelled during the finals series due to controversy over player eligibility with clubs fielding star rugby players who had not played sufficient games during the season proper to qualify. Due to the rapid growth of the sport in 2023 funding was allocated for the re-development of Bisini Park Colts Oval to AFL standards.

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Shoaib Bashir

Shoaib Bashir (born 13 October 2003) is a cricketer who plays for Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He made his first-class debut for Somerset against Essex on 11 June 2023. He made his T20 Blast debut for Somerset against Hampshire on 7 June 2023. Early life. From Chertsey, Surrey, Bashir attended Fullbrook School and Woking College. Career. Bashir played club cricket for Guildford, age-group cricket with Surrey and Middlesex, and Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire, prior to signing with Somerset in 2022. He spent the winter of 2022-2023 playing club cricket in Australia. Somerset. In October 2022, Bashir was given a contract for the 2023 season by Somerset after impressing in Somerset Second-XI fixtures in which he took nine wickets at an average of just 14.11 with a best of 5 for 44 against Warwickshire Second XI. He played warm-up games in red ball cricket prior to the start of the County Championship in April 2023, whilst continuing to play Second-XI matches for the county in the start of the 2023 season. On 7 June 2023, he made his T20 Blast debut for Somerset against Hampshire. On 9 June 2023, he took his first wickets as Somerset beat Gloucestershire in the T20 Blast with Bashir claiming 3-26. On 10 June 2023, Somerset announced that Bashir had signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him with the county until the end of the 2025 season. He made his first-class debut for Somerset against Essex on 11 June 2023. On 15 July 2023, he featured on finals day as Somerset beat Surrey and Essex to win the T20 Blast at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

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Stanley McAlindon

Stanley James C McAlindon (born 28 April 2004) is an English cricketer from Cumbria who plays for Durham County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. Early life. McAlindon attended Trinity School in Carlisle. He began playing cricket with the Great Corby Cricket Club as a five-year-old. He joined Carlisle Cricket Club and progressed to play for the first team in the Cumbria League Premier Division by the age of fifteen. He also played in the age groups at Carlisle United F.C. but chose to prioritise cricket and signed up to the Durham Academy in 2018. Career. On 11 July 2022, McAlindon made his debut for Durham in first-class cricket against Derbyshire. McAlindon scored his first half-century in a one-day cricket match for Durham against Leicestershire on 23 August 2022, scoring 60 from 50 deliveries, in the 2022 Royal London One-Day Cup. In the same match he also record new career-best List-A bowling figures of 4-29. McAlindon signed a rookie contract with Durham in November 2022. International career. McAlindon was called up to the England under-19 cricket team in August 2022 for marches against the Sri Lanka U-19s. In December 2022, McAlindon was included in the England U-19 squad for a tour of Australia in the winter of 2022-23. Personal life. He was coached by his father Mark McAlindon at Corby Cricket Club.

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Rafi Nasim

Rafi Nasim (1931–2020) was a Pakistani cricket administrator and writer. Life and career. Born on January 10, 1931, in Lyallpur, British India (now Faisalabad, Pakistan), Nasim served two terms as the Honorary Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP). His tenure saw him navigate through challenging times for Pakistani cricket, and he spearheaded initiatives to develop cricket infrastructure. Despite his subsequent dismissal from the BCCP in 1986, just ahead of the 1987 Cricket World Cup, Nasim's contributions significantly prepared Pakistan for co-hosting duties. He later focused on writing, contributing to several sports magazines, newspapers, and websites. A brain hemorrhage in 2015 curtailed his writing, but he remained engaged in the cricket world, advocating for the game's love over its increasing commercialization.

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Martyn Ford (bodybuilder)

Martyn Ford (born 26 May 1982) is a British bodybuilder, actor, and social media personality. Ford gained significant attention and recognition for his physical stature and height, standing at around 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm) tall. He is often referred to as "The Nightmare" due to his intimidating appearance. Biography. Ford was born in Minworth, Birmingham. Initially, Ford had a background in cricket, playing at a professional level. However, he transitioned into bodybuilding and quickly made a name for himself in the fitness industry. Ford became widely known for his extreme physique, particularly his massive size and muscularity. He has competed in various bodybuilding competitions and has amassed a substantial following on social media platforms such as Instagram, where he shares his fitness journey and motivates his fans. Beyond his involvement in bodybuilding, Martyn Ford has also ventured into acting. He has appeared in a number of films, including ' (2016), ' (2017), and "Redcon-1 "(2018). He is regarded as a prominent figure in the fitness and bodybuilding community, known for his dedication to training and his ability to transform his physique. Acting career. In 2016, Martyn Ford made his debut in the film industry with a role in ', where he portrayed the character Koshmar. Following his debut, he continued to build his acting portfolio with appearances in various films. In 2018, he appeared in "Robin Hood: The Rebellion", playing the character Brimstone, and featured in the action-comedy film "Kill Ben Lyk", where he portrayed the character Bale. That same year, he was also seen in ' as Oscar Hayes, alongside renowned professional wrestler Shawn Michaels and actor Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin. Ford's involvement in the film industry expanded further in 2018 when he appeared in "Final Score", starring alongside Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson, and Dave Bautista. In the film, Ford portrayed the character Vlad, contributing to the action-packed storyline. Additionally, he showcased his acting skills in the zombie horror film "Redcon-1" as Corporal Jacob Gallagher, adding depth to his repertoire. In 2021, Martyn became part of the highly popular "Fast & Furious" franchise with his role as Lieutenant Sue in "". Aside from films, he has also made appearances in television series. In 2021, he joined the cast of "The Nevers", a fantasy drama series, where he portrayed the character Nicholas Perbal (also called "Odium") in three episodes. In June 2023, he was announced as the actor to portray Shao Kahn in the sequel to the 2021 "Mortal Kombat" film.

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Hunter Valley bus crash

On the night of 11 June 2023 a bus overturned at Greta in Australia's Hunter Valley region. The bus was transferring guests from a wedding at Lovedale to Singleton. Ten people were killed and another twenty-five were taken to hospital. The bus driver has been charged with dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death. It was the worst Australian road crash since 1994 when twelve people were killed when a bus overturned near Boondall, Queensland. Crash. At 11:30 p.m. AEST on 11 June 2023, a 2009 Volvo B7R bus operated by Linq Buslines overturned while negotiating a grade separated roundabout at the M15 / Wine Country Drive interchange near Greta. The bus was taking guests from a wedding at a winery in Lovedale to a Singleton hotel. Ten passengers were killed and a further twenty-five were taken to a hospital. The injured were treated at John Hunter Hospital, Maitland Hospital and Calvary Mater in Newcastle, and one was airlifted to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Aftermath. The 58-year-old bus driver was arrested and taken to Cessnock police station. A drug and alcohol test produced a negative result. On 12 June he was charged with ten counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and one count of negligent driving occasioning death. He was released on bail of $10,000 to appear at Newcastle local court on 9 August 2023. The bride and groom were members of the Singleton Roosters Australian football club. The groom was previously a member of Warrandyte Cricket Club, as were nine of the injured guests. On 16 June 2023, the NSW Office of Transport Safety Investigations announced an investigation into the crash.

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Andreiniimon

Andreiniimon is a monotypic genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini, erected by F. Capra in 1937. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" includes the single species Andreiniimon nuptialis , sometimes called the "splendid bush cricket". The species is very localized and is considered uncommon, neverthless in recent years the recorded localities have greatly increased: from Greece and the Balkans west to Italy, where it is known only in a few localities on the Umbria-Marche Apennines, in the Trieste Karst and in the Ferrara area on the Po; there are some reports also for Lazio and Abruzzo. The type locality is: Portes, north of Durres, Albania. The IUCN Red List classifies "A. nuptialis" as a vulnerable species. Description and habitat. "Andreiniimon nuptialis" is a relatively unmistakable species due to its flamboyant white, red, green, black and yellow-orange colouration: especially in the males, where the configuration of the genital area is unmistakable amongst European genera. The ovipositor is relatively smooth and thin, with only a slight serration on the edge of the lower valve. The knees and tarsi areas are red. Females measure about 17 to 19 mm excluding the ovipositor, while males are around 16 mm. In the Trieste Karst, the species is mainly found on "Sambucus ebulus", on the Po it was found in a markedly damp wood on small "Rubus" bushes, while in central Italy on "Cornus sanguinea". Adults can be found from late May to July. The song is very weak and can barely be heard with the unaided ear, being partly ultrasonic; adults may sing during the day, but mostly in the evening and at night.

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Yusuf Bhamjee

Yusuf Suleman Bhamjee (born 10 January 1950) is a South African politician, academic, and former anti-apartheid activist. He was the Mayor of uMgungundlovu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal from 2008 to 2016. Before that, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature and National Assembly between 1994 and 2008. Early life and career. Bhamjee was born on 10 January 1950 in Wolmaransstad in the former Transvaal. His elder brother was activist Hanef Bhamjee. While attending high school in Natal Province, Bhamjee was an accomplished sportsman, matching the South African 100-metre sprint record at the national athletics championships. He later played cricket for as a bowler and batsman for Natal, and he was a member and later coach of Young Natalians FC. After attending university in Dublin, Ireland, Bhamjee became a politics lecturer at the University of Natal. During the same period, he was active in the anti-apartheid movement through the Natal Indian Congress and United Democratic Front; he was particularly active in campaigning for sports boycotts of South Africa. In 2019, Andrew Mlangeni awarded him the Andrew Mlangeni Green Jacket for his contribution to non-racial sport. Legislative career: 1994–2007. In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Bhamjee was elected to represent the ANC in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. Later the same year, he was the only Indian to win election to the Provincial Executive Committee of the KwaZulu-Natal ANC. He was elected to a second term in the legislature in the 1999 general election. In the 2004 general election, Bhamjee was elected to an ANC seat in the KwaZulu-Natal caucus of the National Assembly. However, midway through the term, on 10 August 2007, he resigned from his seat and returned to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature; his seat in the National Assembly was filled by Ntombikayise Sibhidla. Mayor of uMgungundlovu: 2008–2016. On 23 April 2008, Bhamjee was elected as mayor of uMgungundlovu District Municipality, with Tu Zondi as his deputy. His election followed the ousting of Bongi Sithole, whom the ANC removed in a vote of no confidence due to allegations of mismanagement and maladministration. Bhamjee was retained in the mayoral office after the 2011 local elections. In addition, he was co-opted onto the ANC Provincial Executive Committee in 2012. As the end of his second mayoral term approached, the ANC announced that Bhamjee would not stand for another term as mayor. After the 2016 local elections, he was succeeded as mayor by the ANC's Thobekile Maphumulo but was re-elected to the council and was elected as its speaker. Personal life. Bhamjee married Sabera Bhamjee in 1977 after seven years of courtship. They had two daughters, Suhayfa and Sameera. Sabera was the only woman gynaecologist in Pietermaritzburg at the time of her death. Sabera died on 2 June 2006 in her consulting room at St Anne's Hospital after being stabbed more than 60 times in her neck, head, and chest. There were no witnesses and no forensic evidence and the motive for the killing was unclear. As of 2017, the police had not found any leads in the murder investigation.

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People's Park, Grimsby

People's Park is a late 19th-century public park in the centre of Grimsby in Lincolnshire. The Park is Grade II* listed as, although enhanced, the park's design is essentially unchanged from its original layout of the early 1880s. History. In 1881 Edward Heneage offered land between Welholme Road and Weelsby Road in Grimsby for the purpose of establishing a public park in Grimsby. In 1882 a Park Committee commissioned the planting of a double avenue of trees around the park. In 1883 a competition was held for the design of People's Park, which was won by the gardener, nurseryman and landscape gardener William Barron (1805–1891). His design, 'Semper Paratus' ('Always Ready'), laid out strong axis and curvilinear paths. The Park was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught on 17 August 1883 during which they planted a tree, an event pictured in "The Illustrated London News". In 1884 two large arched entrance gates at the two junctions to Park Drive and Welholme Road were erected with a plaque detailing the gift of the land by Heneage. These dramatic entrance features were built be Young & Akridd of Hull for £150 per set in 1884. The gates unfortunately were removed in 1943 due to the war effort. It is believed the gates were a standard design produced by Grahamston Iron Company Ltd, Falkirk, Scotland. The entrance gates provided a grand entrance to the houses built facing the park and gave a feeling of privacy to the residents. In 1887 a Glass House was built, which today has been replaced by the Floral Hall, while in 1889 a drinking fountain was installed, paid for by public subscription. In 1894 the Smethhurst Memorial was unveiled. This commemorates Alderman Henry Smethurst (1819–1892), Mayor of Grimsby in 1886 and 1887. The monument is Grade II listed. In 1900 the Observatory was built to commemorate the 80th birthday of Queen Victoria; this was demolished in 1949. In 1911 a Commemorative Avenue was planted in honour of the coronation of George V, which is largely intact today, while in 1918 the original Aviary was built. The current Aviary is a replacement. From 1919 to 1930 a World War I tank was displayed in the Park, and in 1928 whale jawbones were installed near one of the entrances; this feature was subsequently lost. In 1973 a new fountain was installed in the lake, and in 1975 the new Floral Halls were built containing tropical, temperate and cool sections. In 1980 the Circular Garden was made into a play area, and in 1990 a new bandstand was erected on the site of the old rustic timber one. In 1992 the old lodge (built in about 1885–89) by the gate was demolished and was replaced by a chalet for the use of the park keeper. Design. The idea of a public park in Grimsby was first proposed in about 1860, and in 1869 the 'Great Grimsby Improvement Act' was set up. Mr Billing, the Superintendent of Grimsby Cemetery, was responsible for organising the planting of about 700 trees, including about 120 elm trees, about 240 lime trees, about 120 sycamore trees, and about 120 chestnut trees. These trees had been purchased and planted before the winning design to lay out the new park had been decided. Of the 24 designs submitted the winning design was that of William Barron and Son of the Elvaston Nurseries in Derbyshire, who was awarded the contract in June 1882. William Barron's design was a figure of eight with the top loop in the north containing the lake and various mounds, made with the soil dug out to create the lake, together with clusters of trees and shrubs. The loop in the south was rather more flat and provided areas for the cricket pitch and other sporting and recreational facilities. The lake contains mallard, coot, moorhen and geese. The park opened in August 1883 and is located within an older residential area in south Grimsby where the houses date from the 1890s to the 1930s. Its area is about 9.3 hectares (23 acres). In 1883 a Mr Bennie of Hull received instructions to install iron railings around the main body of the park, and the 1889 Ordnance Survey map shows that railings were put up along the northern side of the park, separating the park from the road. Today, the park's perimeter is almost totally open, with the exception of a fence and hedge running along the north-east perimeter of the park for about 130 metres to protect the Aviary and Floral Hall.

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2023 Nottingham attacks

On 13 June 2023, three people were fatally stabbed and three others were injured when a van was driven into them in three connected attacks in Nottingham, a city in the East Midlands in the United Kingdom. The attacks were carried out in the early morning, beginning around 04:00 BST with two fatal stabbings of university students in the street, continuing with the fatal stabbing of a school caretaker whose van was stolen, and ending when the suspect was arrested by police after driving a van into people who were standing at a bus stop. On 16 June 2023, the suspect was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. On 17 June he was remanded in custody. Attacks. At 04:00 BST on 13 June 2023, two 19-year-olds were found fatally stabbed on Ilkeston Road, Radford, Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Police received a request to attend at 04:05. An anonymous eyewitness told police that he had seen the two students being attacked, heard an awful scream, and saw a man dressed in black with a hood and rucksack fighting with some people. He watched the male victim collapse in the centre of the road, while the woman moved towards a house before disappearing by the side of the house. CCTV footage was later found apparently showing the suspect attempting to break into a bedroom at Seely Hirst House hostel on Mapperley Road, less than an hour after he had attacked the two students. At 05:25, police were called to an incident in which a van had been driven into people waiting at a bus stop near the Theatre Royal in the city centre, in which three people were injured. The suspect then attempted to run over two other pedestrians in the Sherwood Street area; they were believed to have suffered minor injuries. A man was found stabbed to death on Magdala Road in the Mapperley Park area of the city, close to Seely House Hostel. At about 05:30, after a man approached police with a knife, he was tasered outside a convenience store in Bentinck Road, Forest Fields and was arrested on suspicion of murder. Victims. The first two people killed in the attacks were 19-year-old first-year students at the University of Nottingham, one studying History and the other Medicine. The third victim was a 65-year-old man, who was the owner of the van, which had been stolen from him on his way to work as a school caretaker. All the injured victims were wounded after they were ran into at a bus stop; one was in a critical condition. On 15 June, a Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust spokesman said the man left in a critical condition was now stable. Investigation. Police were said to be working closely with counter-terrorism police but keeping an "open mind" as to the motive. Police said they believed that the perpetrator had acted alone. On 16 June 2023, the suspect was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Suspect. The suspect is a 31-year-old dual Guinea-Bissau/Portuguese national. He has settled status through his Portuguese citizenship. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2022. The man came to the United Kingdom in 2007 with his parents and the family moved to Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where they were regular worshippers at the Calvary Church. He attended the Sir Thomas Picton High School and was academically successful. He did not have a criminal record and was not known to the security services, but had a history of mental health issues. On 14 June, detectives applied to Nottingham Magistrates' Court and were granted another 36 hours to question him. On 17 June, the suspect, of no fixed address, made his first appearance in court and was remanded in custody. On 20 June, the suspect appeared in court for a second time, at Nottingham Crown Court, when a provisional trial date was set for 12 January 2024. He will enter pleas to the six charges in September 2023. Aftermath. On the evening of 13 June 2023, a vigil for the victims was held at St Peter's Church on St Peter's Square in the city centre, led by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, Paul Williams. Hundreds of students attended the vigil, leaving flowers and lighting candles for the victims. A moment of silence was held before the County Championship cricket match between Essex and Somerset, and the flag was flown at half mast with players wearing black armbands. On 14 June, thousands of members of the public gathered at the University of Nottingham's University Park Campus at a memorial vigil and were addressed by the fathers of the two student victims. A further, city-wide vigil took place from 17:30 on 15 June, at Old Market Square, with Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West, the Lord Mayor Cllr Carole McCulloch and Leader of the Council Cllr David Mellen. To support people who wished to attend, transport on the city's buses were free of charge between 15:00 and 20:00. Close family members of all three of the victims addressed the crowd and a minute's silence was observed at 18:00. Reactions. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer all expressed condolences. The Archbishop of Canterbury responded on Twitter "The terrible and tragic incident in Nottingham this morning. I join with everyone praying for all those affected, for grieving family and friends, and for the emergency services in their ongoing response." The Archbishop of York posted: "Pray for Nottingham today, for those who have died, for the injured, for those who mourn, and for those who care for them. Lord, have mercy." The Nottingham University Graduation Ball on the evening of 13 June was cancelled by student union officers due to the attacks. Both student victims were members of sports teams, causing many athletes and clubs to respond to the attacks. The Bishop's Hull Cricket Club in Taunton asked for people to leave flowers and respects and the ex-England cricket captain Michael Vaughan paid tribute to one of the deceased. England Hockey, the Southgate Hockey Club, Woodford Wells Cricket Club, and Essex Cricket all offered their condolences for another of the deceased victims. On 16 June, the England and Australia men's cricket teams wore black armbands as a mark of respect and observed a minute's silence, before the national anthems, at the opening day of The Ashes test series at Edgbaston. On 22 June, both countries' women's counterparts followed suit for the opening day of The Women's Ashes series, at Nottingham's Trent Bridge. On 15 June, Nottinghamshire Police confirmed that they had referred part of the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), as a marked police car had followed the van driven by the suspect, before the van collided with two pedestrians.

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Ashiq Hussain Qureshi

Ashiq Hussain Qureshi (1949–2019) was a Pakistani cricket administrator, military officer, and sportsperson. Biography. Qureshi was born on November 28, 1949, into a landed gentry family. His father Sadiq Hussain Qureshi was a Governor Punjab and his cousin Shah Mahmood Qureshi is a former foreign minister. He was educated at La Salle Higher Secondary School, Multan and Aitchison College. He was interested in cricket from an early age and was a member of Pakistan Under-19 cricket team. Later, he joined Pakistan Army and attended the Pakistan Military Academy. After graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy, Qureshi served in the armored corps regiment before joining the Foreign Service, with tenures in Paris and London. Following his return to Pakistan in 1978, he focused on utilizing cricket for societal transformation, establishing the P & T Gymkhana cricket club in Lahore. Qureshi held the position of France's consul general in Lahore, for which he received the French honor, the Légion d'honneur. His cricket team, the Pepsi Cola Lahore Club, won 14 of 18 national club cricket tournaments from the 1980s to the 1990s. In 1983, Qureshi made his first-class cricket debut for Pakistan Railways against United Bank Limited. Beyond cricket, Qureshi was an athlete, holding multiple records at various levels. He was also an active philanthropist, contributing significantly to the establishment and functioning of Imran Khan's Shaukat Khanum Hospital, and heading its for underprivileged students and disaster relief. In his later years, Qureshi played a pivotal role in the establishment of veterans cricket in Pakistan, leading the over 50's side to the World Cup final. He is also remembered for his iconic photograph greeting captain Imran Khan after Pakistan's World Cup victory in Melbourne.

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Mansoor Ali Khan (journalist)

Mansoor Ali Khan (; born 22 April 1976) is a Pakistani journalist, television anchor, video blogger and podcaster. He began his career in 2007 as a sports journalist for Dawn News and CNBC Pakistan, and joined Geo News in 2008, where he was based as a newscaster and anchorman for six years. He worked briefly for Star Asia News, BOL Network and ARY News, and joined Express News in 2016, hosting the current affairs talk show "To the Point with Mansoor Ali Khan" (2016–2022). Khan then hosted the talk show "Meray Sawaal" (2022–2023) for Samaa TV and is currently affiliated with Hum News since June 2023. In addition to his presence on television, Khan also maintains a YouTube channel focusing on news, politics and current affairs. Early life and education. Mansoor Ali Khan was born on 22 April 1976, the son of Shaukat Ali Khan. His father ran an electronics business and is a Punjabi from Lahore, while his mother belongs to a Hazara family from Quetta. On his maternal side, he is a great-grandson of the Hazara tribal chief, Yazdan Khan and grandson of the army general Musa Khan; a nephew of the squash player and golfer Hassan Musa, and of Air-Marshal Sharbat Ali Changezi; and cousin of Mehdi Hassan Musa, a former provincial minister in Balochistan. Khan completed his schooling from Aitchison College in Lahore in 1995, before going on to study at Government College University, where he majored in political science, history and English literature in 1999. During his studies, he was an avid swimmer, performing at the national level. In 2020, Khan obtained a master's degree in media studies from the Virtual University of Pakistan. Journalistic career. Khan began his career on television as a sports journalist and broadcaster for the English-language Dawn News in 2007. He had a brief stint as a producer and sports show host on CNBC Pakistan, before joining the Urdu channel Geo News as a newscaster and anchorperson in October 2008, based in Karachi. During his time at Geo, he notably covered the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan, the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup and the operation against Osama bin Laden in 2011. In addition, he made appearances on Star Asia News as a sports reporter. In 2012, he travelled to the United States to cover the U.S. presidential election for WTTW, featuring on "Chicago Tonight" as an international exchange journalist. In December 2014, Khan left Geo and joined the upcoming news channel BOL Network as a content manager and anchorman. In August 2015, he parted ways with the media group in the aftermath of the Axact scandal and issued a statement, announcing that he had joined ARY News as a senior anchorman. He worked at ARY for one year, before taking up a new role with Express News in Islamabad in August 2016, hosting "To the Point with Mansoor Ali Khan"; a political and current affairs talk show aired at primetime. After a tenure of almost six years with Express, Khan moved to Samaa TV in May 2022, holding the slot for the talk show "Meray Sawaal" (lit. "my questions"). He served with Samaa for 11 months, until eventually tendering his resignation in May 2023 and joining Hum News the following month. Khan is known for his hard-hitting questions and journalistic style. Alongside his talk show, he also runs his personal YouTube channels, where he offers his analysis on Pakistani news and politics through vlogs and podcasts. As of June 2023, his main channel had crossed over 570,000 subscribers. Controversies. In her 2018 memoir, Reham Khan – the former wife of politician Imran Khan – addresses the tabloid rumours attributed to the breakdown of her marriage with Imran, including one where she was accused of "poisoning" Imran, causing him to become hospitalised in 2015. Reham claims that her former husband had in fact been hospitalised due to substance abuse, and credits Mansoor Ali Khan for "digging out the original report from the hospital" to clarify her position in the media; an act that allegedly earned Mansoor a reprimanding phone call from Imran's sister, Aleema Khan. Whilst acknowledging his role in reporting the story of Khan's hospitalisation, Mansoor has denied that he was ever contacted by Aleema Khan and has raised questions about the accuracy of Reham's book. In March 2020, Khan and his family were trolled online by anti-feminist groups after pictures of him and his wife attending an Aurat March rally in Lahore surfaced on social media. Reacting to the trolling, Khan said that despite his detractors' attempts, his stance and support for the movement "won't move an inch". Mansoor's critique of Imran Khan and his political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has often invited backlash and trolling from members and supporters of the party. He is known to frequently address Imran as "mera kaptaan" (lit. "my captain"), a popular, tongue-in-cheek reference to his nickname. He subsequently shared that when he confronted Imran about his use of the moniker, Imran did not object to it. In April 2022, a senior producer working with Khan at Express News, Faisal Rao, resigned from his position citing differences of opinion with Khan's political views. In March 2023, Khan interviewed PML-N political leader Maryam Nawaz for a podcast on his YouTube channel, from which an off-air segment was later leaked onto social media and became viral. In the segment, Khan is noted to have questioned Maryam about gifts that she and her father, former premier Nawaz Sharif, had allegedly acquired from foreign dignitaries while in government, in contravention of the laws governing official gifts and the legal process to retain them. Maryam denied knowing about such gifts and responded that she could not entertain Khan's question without having access to the facts behind the allegations. She requested Khan to keep the conversation off-the-record. The leaked video, which landed Maryam in hot water amongst opposition politicians, evoked a clarification from Khan. Condemning the leak as "unethical", Khan explained that the segment had been omitted because he did not have the consent of the interviewee. Accepting responsibility for the incident, he attributed the leak to a breach of data. Khan's resignation in May from his television channel, Samaa TV, and his subsequent joining at Hum News sparked rumours that the video leak may have led to his ousting from the channel. However, Khan rebuffed these speculations, stating that he had simply resigned to take up "a promising career opportunity". Personal life. Khan is married and has three sons.

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John Clarke (footballer, born 1946)

John Leslie Clarke (23 October 1946–1 January 2011) was an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Clarke was a one-club man who played his entire career with his home-town club, Northampton Town. Career. John "Nobby" Clarke won youth International honours for England in the early 1960s, before Northampton Town manager Dave Bowen signed him on in the summer of 1965 beating Leeds United to his signature. He played (and scored) in the side that lost 8–2 to Manchester United in 1970. Overall he made 262 league and cup appearances for the club, with his only goal coming in his penultimate season, when he scored against Barnsley. He retired due to injury in 1974 and was awarded a testimonial against Leicester City. Following his professional football career, Clarke took over as manager of British Timken's football team. He was also a talented cricketer a once turned out for the Northamptonshire Second XI. Death. Clarke died in 2011 on New Year's Day after suffering a heart attack.

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Lemon pepper wings

Lemon pepper wings are unbreaded chicken wings coated in lemon pepper seasoning. The dish was invented in Miami, Florida, and is considered to be emblematic of the city's cuisine. History. Lemon pepper wings were invented in Miami, Florida, where people began adding lemon pepper to buffalo wings to reduce their spiciness. Wings which came dressed in lemon pepper seasoning later became popular at the city's restaurants. Another reason for the popularity of lemon pepper wings in the early 2000s may have been the fact that they were less likely to stain clothes than buffalo wings, and were preferred by rappers who commonly wore white t-shirts at the time. The dish is strongly associated with Atlanta cuisine. Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms commented that "Lemon pepper wings are Atlanta" in 2017. In 2022, Eric Kim of "The New York Times" wrote that "in Atlanta, lemon pepper is queen" and described the wings as "central to [the city's] social fabric." The wings have inspired various items such as lemon pepper tacos, french fries, pierogies, pizza, beer, and soda. Lemon pepper wings are frequently served in the city's strip clubs. Chris Kirschner of "The Athletic" observed that high-quality food was often a hallmark of Atlanta strip clubs, particularly wings, and their food was known to draw celebrity guests. It is also served throughout the United States by chain restaurants. Description. The dish is prepared by frying or roasting unbreaded chicken wings. After cooking, they are tossed in lemon pepper, a seasoning made with lemon zest and black pepper as well as other ingredients such as sugar. Many recipes use premade lemon pepper. Lemon pepper wet. "Lemon pepper wet" is a variation in which the wings are coated in a sauce. They may be tossed in a lemon sauce instead of a dry rub. This version of the dish was invented at the American Deli in Atlanta. Other versions of this dish involve coating the wings with butter or buffalo sauce and tossing them in dry lemon pepper seasoning. In popular culture. Lemon pepper wings are commonly referenced in music and television related to Atlanta. The 2 Chainz song "Hot Wings" (2018) includes the verse "She just want her 20-piece/ All flesh with the lemon pepper". They are mentioned in the Drake song "Lemon Pepper Freestyle" (2021) featuring Rick Ross. Ross, who owns several Wingstop locations, has mentioned them in numerous other songs including "Buy Back the Block", "Dope Dick", "U.O.E.N.O." and "Thug Cry". They have also been mentioned in songs by rappers like Gucci Mane and the group Migos. They appeared in the second episode of the television series "Atlanta", in which a character receives "lemon pepper wet" wings from the real life restaurant J.R. Crickets. The scene went viral on social media and popularized the dish online. At the time, "lemon pepper wet" wings were not on the restaurant's menu although they had a similar dish called "Fester" wings which customers frequently referred to as "lemon pepper wet". The "lemon pepper wet" depicted in the show was actually inspired by a dish served at the American Deli, a different restaurant in Atlanta. Writer Stephen Glover explained that he wanted the character to be "hooked up" by receiving an item that was not on the menu at J.R. Crickets. In 2017, J.R. Crickets added "lemon pepper wet" to the menu in honor of the show. Mike Jordan of "Eater Atlanta" claimed that the episode had popularized the dish. In 2020, Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers was nicknamed "Lemon Pepper Lou" on social media when it was reported that he ordered lemon pepper wings with Jack Harlow at the Magic City strip club during a trip outside the NBA Bubble. Williams was previously known for frequenting the club to purchase its wings, where the dish "Louwill Lemon Pepper BBQ Wings" was named after him. He objected to the nickname but later trademarked it.

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Associate international cricket in 2023–24

The 2023-24 Associate international cricket season includes series from late September 2023 to March 2024. All official twenty over matches between Associate members of the ICC are eligible to have full Twenty20 International (T20I) or Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams). The season includes all T20I/WT20I cricket series mostly involving ICC Associate members, that are played in addition to series covered in International cricket in 2023–24.

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2023 Men's Gulf T20I Championship

The 2023 Men's Gulf T20I Championship was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Qatar in September 2023. The participating teams in the inaugural edition of the Gulf Championship were the hosts Qatar along with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. All of the matches were played at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha. The top two sides in the round-robin advanced to the final. Oman defeated United Arab Emirates in the final by 5 wickets to win the championship. A few days after the final, the same venue will host the T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A tournament, which will feature Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as Maldives.

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South Africa women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2023

The South Africa women's cricket team toured Pakistan in September 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. On 16 June 2023, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the schedule of the tour. It was the South African women's team's first tour of Pakistan. Pakistan won the T20I series 3–0. It was Pakistan's first ever whitewash of South Africa in the format. South Africa won the ODI series 2–1. Squads. Pakistan named Anoosha Nasir, Omaima Sohail and Waheeda Akhtar as reserves for the T20Is, while Najiha Alvi, Natalia Parvaiz and Tuba Hassan were named as reserves for the ODIs. Initially, South Africa did not name any captain. However, on 24 August 2023, Laura Wolvaardt was appointed to lead the side for the tour.

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FanCode

FanCode (formerly known as NT 7) is an over-the-top streaming service in India. It broadcast international and India based sports tournaments live on its website and android application. It has exclusive streaming rights in India of Bundesliga, West Indies cricket, New Zealand cricket (domestic), Malaysian Cricket and Major League Baseball. History. The company was founded in 2019 by Yannick Colaco and Prasana Krishnan. Colaco previously worked with NBA India as managing director, while Krishnan was a former executive at sports pay-television broadcasters Sony Pictures Networks and Neo Sports. FanCode acquired streaming rights for the American football league, National Football League in January 2020. It also received streaming rights of the season of I-League in India from Lex Sportel Vision in January 2019. Origin and Finance. In May 2021, Fancode raised $50 million from its parent firm Digital sports' investment arm Dream Sports Investments (DSI). It was founded in 2019 by Prasana Krishnan and Yannick Colaco. Fancode has 3 D2C lines that is Fancode live (Sports broadcasting), Fancode Stats (Sports insights).

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Greg Fredericks

Gregory Abraham Fredericks (born 1953 or 1954) is a South African sports administrator, civil servant, and politician. He represented the African National Congress in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament and was later the chief executive officer of the Gauteng Cricket Board from 2013 to 2019. Early life and education. Born in 1953 or 1954 in the Eastern Cape, Fredericks qualified as a teacher at Dower Training College and also studied at the University of South Africa. He completed his master's degree in education at the University of Manchester in 1992. Post-apartheid career. In the 1994 general election, Fredericks was elected to an ANC seat in the National Assembly, though he did not complete the full legislative term in his seat. He later worked as a chief director in the Department of Education and Department of Sport and Recreation; in the latter capacity, he was appointed in 2002 to Sport Minister Ngconde Balfour's inter-ministerial committee on transformation in cricket. He was also involved in planning for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In October 2013, Fredericks succeeded Cassim Docrat as chief executive officer of the Gauteng Cricket Board, owner of the Lions. He held that position until October 2019, when he was succeeded by Jono Leaf-Wright.

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Alectoria superba

Alectoria superba is a species of Australian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Alectoria. The genus is placed in the genus group Ephippithytae; both genus and species were described in 1879 by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" includes the single species "Alectoria superba" , which is sometimes called the "Australian crested katydid"; the type locality is Peak Downs, Queensland.

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TNR Mohit

Tadakamalla Narsing Raj Mohit also known as TNR Mohit is an Indian cricketer born on 23 July 2001. Mohit plays for the Hyderabad Cricket Association. He is a right arm off spinner, and a right handed batsman, who plays the role of a bowling allrounder. Career. Mohit began playing cricket at the age of 7. He represented the state of Telangana in the U-19 boys cricket trophy in the 64th National School Games, organised by the School Games Federation of India in 2018. He is mentored and trained by MSK Prasad and Kanwaljit Singh. He was first picked into the Hyderabad cricket team for the CK Nayudu Trophy in the 2021-22 season. His consistent performances in the club league matches organised by the HCA lead way for his selection, with the press citing him as a promising young cricketer, bound to make it to the national team. He captained the MSKICA cricket team against the touring Zimbabwe U-23 team and picked up 5 wickets while conceding only 37 runs in the inaugural match, which took place in Hyderabad. He was picked into the Ranji Trophy squad for Hyderabad in the 2022-23 season .

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New Zealand women's cricket team in South Africa in 2023–24

The New Zealand women's cricket team is touring South Africa in September and October 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI series is being played as a part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. Squads. Before the start of the series, New Zealand's Bernadine Bezuidenhout was ruled out of the tour after getting diagnosed with pericarditis and was replaced in New Zealand's T20I squad by Izzy Gaze.

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Daredevil Musthafa

Daredevil Musthafa is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by debutant Shashank Soghal. The film is based on Poornachandra Tejaswi's short story of the same name from "Abachoorina Post Office". It was produced by more than 100 fans of writer Tejaswi. The film stars an ensemble cast of Shishir Baikady, Aditya Ashree, Abhay, Supreeth Bharadwaj, Aashith, Srivatsa, Prerana, M. S. Umesh, Mandya Ramesh, Mysore Anand, Sunder Veena, Harini Srikanth, Nagabhushana, Poornachandra Mysuru, Vijay Shobhraj, Chaithra Shetty, Karthik Pattar, Krishnegowda and Mahadeva Prasad. Plot. The goal of Ramanuja Iyengari and his gang is to expel Musthafa from the college. After a series of entertaining escapades, everyone's fate will be decided in a thrilling cricket match. Production. When Shashank Soghal, a short film maker who was inspired by Poornachandra Tejaswi's short story, couldn't find producers for his intended directorial debut with the story "Daredevil Musthafa", he turned to crowdfunding to raise the money. Both Aditya Ashree and Shishir Baikady, who come from theater backgrounds, reduced their weight to fit their characters as college students. The film was shot at Hardwick High School and College, while some scenes were shot in Melukote and Madikeri. The filming was completed within sixty days. The cinematography of the film was done by Rahul Roy and the editing of the film was done by Rahul Roy, Sharath Vashisht and Harish Komme. The trailer for the film was released on 4 May 2023. Music. The music of the film was composed by Navaneeth Sham and released under PRK audio label. Release. The film was released on 19 May 2023. Home media. Online streaming rights to the film were acquired by Amazon Prime Video. Reception. Siddaramaiah, the chief minister of Karnataka, has granted tax exemption for the film and posted a message on social media congratulating the cast and crew for all of their work. Critical reception. The film received positive reviews from critics. Harish Basavarajaiah of "The Times of India" gave it 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, ""Daredevil" is one of the best literary adaptations in Sandalwood in recent times and will surely be remembered as a classic in the years to come." Latha Srinivasan of "India Today" gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "It is a contemporary classic because it is an entertaining college drama with a religious twist." Vivek M. V. of "The Hindu" wrote, "an entertaining college drama that does justice to Poornachandra Tejaswi’s famous short story" Subha J. Rao of "The News Minute gave it 4 out of 5 stars noting its "a wholesome, precious watch in today’s world filled with division and hate." Prathibha Joy of "OTTplay" gave it 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, ""Daredevil Musthafa" was a pleasant and heart-warming surprise, although, at two hours and 40 minutes, Shashank’s adaptation of the short story felt a tad too long drawn out." A. Sharadhaa of "Cinema Express" gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, ""Daredevil Musthafa" promotes communal harmony is a treat to watch." Shashiprasad S. M. of "The South First" gave the film 4 out of 5 stars noting its "a must-see even if you haven’t read Tejaswi’s work and more so if you have!"

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John Adams (bishop)

John Lewis Adams (born 18 November 1963) is a New Zealand the third bishop of Palmerston North, having been appointed by Pope Francis on 22 June 2023. His episcopal ordination took place on 30 September 2023. Early life and background. Adams was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. His mother trained for five years to be a "an SMSM sister" before leaving and meeting her husband, who was a very proficient snooker player and who had represented New Zealand at the sport. Adams was educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch before attending several tertiary facilities to become a trained teacher. Adams is a keen sportsman. He has played "top class table tennis", "senior cricket" and, as a hunter, he has been helicoptered, with others, "onto the top of the Southern Alps" and spent a week in permanent snow there. He enjoys a game of golf. Adams trained as a priest at Good Shepherd House, Christchurch in 1995 before moving to the Holy Cross Seminary, Auckland, in 1996. Priesthood. Adams was ordained as a priest on 4 July 2003 in Christchurch New Zealand. During his time as a priest in the Christchurch Diocese, he held many positions: Adams was a priest, assistant priest and administrator in both Christchurch and Greymouth. Episcopacy. On 22 June 2023, Adams was appointed as the third bishop of Palmerston North by Pope Francis and he was consecrated and installed on 30 September 2023. Approach. Episcopal ministry. Adams said that he intended "to take seriously the role of the episcopal ministry of sanctifying, teaching and governing the People of God. So that, to quote the second Vatican Council, we might continue to become 'a people brought into unity from the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.' " Tradition. Adams has stated that the church is ever ancient and ever new. "We tend to be rather good at one side of that. We are either on about the ancient, or on about the new. I would like, during my time here, to see a way in which we might live out both those things. There is a deep Catholic instinct to suggest both/and, rather than either/or. And I think the Church does itself or its people no favours when we choose one or the other." Parish renewal. Adams has expressed his desire to "go deeply into the issue of parish renewal. What are our parishes like? Are they vibrant places? Are they places where the faith is lived in a deep and ardent way? Are they schools of the spiritual life? Is there a strong desire to evangelise and take - you know, we are custodians of the greatest love story ever told? Are we taking it out to the people, and are they hearing it?" "I think they are important issues and I hope to foster a great sense of parish renewal, if we can do that, during my time here."

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Project Imran Khan

Project Imran Khan was allegedly an unofficial political project of the Pakistani military establishment to launch the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as a mainstream national leader and his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as the third force in the country along with Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan People's Party. The project started in 2011 and ended in 2022 with the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan. Background. Since the 1958 Pakistani military coup, the armed forces have been playing an active role in politics both directly in the case of martial law and indirectly by creating, promoting, and supporting favorite politicians and political parties. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, and several other politicians were members or products of the military establishment in one way or another. History. The "Project Imran Khan" was initiated in 2011 by Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence. After his retirement in 2012, the project was taken forward by the Pasha's successor Zaheer-ul-Islam and used Imran Khan to remove Nawaz Sharif from the government. Imran Khan's march towards Islamabad in 2014 and then the "dharna" at D Chowk was also allegedly the result of ISI's planning but it failed. After the retirement of Zaheer-ul-Islam, the file of "Project Imran Khan" was temporarily closed. The file was reopened when General Qamar Javed Bajwa became the Army Chief. Before the 2018 election, Bajwa had a meeting with Imran Khan, but he was not much impressed by him. Bajwa wanted Shahbaz Sharif to take political separation from his brother Nawaz Sharif but Shahbaz refused to betray his brother for the sake of the prime ministership. After Shahbaz's refusal, Bajwa again approached Khan. The relaunch of "Project Imran Khan" in 2018 was aimed at bringing many constitutional and political reforms in the country. Khan, on the other hand, began using the army to take revenge on his political opponents. He developed personal relationships with some military officers who did not like Bajwa. Failure and unforeseen consequences. In 2019, differences between Bajwa and Khan began to arise. Bajwa wanted the removal of Faiz Hameed as the DG ISI but Khan refused to do so. Also, the Chinese government was reportedly unhappy working with Khan's team on the CPEC project. This was also worrisome for the army. Eventually, they withdrew all the support they were giving to Khan's government. This led to expulsion of Imran Khan from the government through a no-confidence motion in April 2022. Khan blamed Bajwa and the army for the removal of his government, and PTI supporters started a huge social media campaign, mainly on twitter with trends being there for days, against the army and ISI. Bajwa retired on 29 November 2022 but Khan continued to criticize the army leadership. In fact, PTI supporters had declared him as their 'red line'. Therefore, when he was arrested on 9 May 2023, his supporters initiated a violent protest that had been seen never before in the political history of Pakistan. They entered the cantonment areas and burned a Corps Commander's house in Lahore. The angry protestors shook the GHQ's gate and upset the statues of decorated soldiers. This all was more than enough for the army and its newly appointed chief Asim Munir. Hence, a country-wide crackdown against PTI was started and thousands of its supporters were arrested on the charges of anti-state activities.

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Shamir Tandon

Shamir Tandon is an Indian music composer and director who works in Indian cinema. He made his debut as a Music Director with Raveena Tandon's 'Stumped' in 2003. He is known for the movies like Page 3, Traffic Signal, Inkaar, Bal Ganesh, Mission Istaanbul and Corporate. He has made singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Jagjit Singh and Manna Dey sing to his tunes. He also written and composed music for Sachin Tendulkar's singing debut in 2017 with the 'Cricket Wali Beat' song in collaboration with singer Sonu Nigam. He is also the founding managing director at 'Music Boutique' He has created an anti-piracy song titled 'Salaami ho jaye' to spread awareness about intellectual property rights which was released on the occasion of World Intellectual Day. Early life. Shamir Tandon was born into a middle-class Hindu family located in Mumbai, Maharashtra and lost his parents early in life. He completed his cost accountancy and MBA and then entered the corporate world where he last worked for EMI Virgin Group. Career. Shamir Tandon with an MBA in Cost Accounting from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies started his career as a merchant banker with firms like Kotak Mahindra and then Birla Global which was then followed by a couple of years at Plus Channel. He then joined Virgin EMI, as a marketing manager where he played a key role in marketing and distributing global acts like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra to Norah Jones, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue. Tandon was involved in coordinating performances of internationally acclaimed bands such as Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, MLTR, and Richard Clayderman in India. Over the course of his nine-year tenure, he progressed from the position of Marketing Manager to the CEO of Virgin EMI Indian Subcontinent. Tandon is the founder and managing director of a brand solutions company called Music Boutique. Tandon also collaborated with Spotify for a podcast titled "De Taali - Life of a Transgender", which was the number one podcast on Spotify globally within a week of its release and remained the same for almost four months. Tandon has composed over 150 commercial jingles for prominent companies including Ambuja Cement, Idea, Big Bazaar, ICICI, Pepsi, Samsonite, SBI, LIC, Airtel, LG and JK Tyre. Shamir curated the world's first transgender band, 6 Pack Band. The band was launched by Sonu Nigam. Apart from him, the band has also collaborated with stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The band’s goal for acceptance was also met internationally when they won the Cannes Grand Prix Glass Lion Award in 2016, while also becoming the first-ever South Asian band to perform on the stage of the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity in 2017. Shamir went on to curate the 'isspeshal' 6 Pack Band 2.0 consists of children with special needs in the mental health space. The collaborations included celebrities such Rani Mukherji, Tiger Shroff, Mika Singh, Vishal Dadlani, Neha Kakkar & other celebrities including Maniesh Paul, Divyanka Tripathi, Nakuul Mehta, Rithvik Dhanjani, Rannvijay Singha, Anusha Dandekar. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Karan Kundra & RJ Malishka. Music experience. Shamir Tandon entered Bollywood with the film "Page 3". He composed music for Madhur Bhandarkar's acclaimed movies "Corporate" and "Traffic Signal". Tandon collaborated with Shemaroo for the "Bal Ganesh" series and worked with Sudhir Mishra on "Inkaar" and the recent film "Afwaah". His collaborations include filmmakers such as Balaji for "Ragini MMS", UTV Disney for "Pizza", Ashtvinayak for "Superstar", Sony Pictures for "Piku", Viacom 18 for Inkaar, Sangeet Sivan for "Click", Sanjay Gupta for "Acid Factory", Percept Sahara for "Jail", Sanjay Leela Bhansali for "My Friend Pinto". His non-film music work includes a composition for Asha Bhosale's album "Asha and Friends" released in 2006 which also featured the vocals of Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Bret Lee etc. Tandon did a composition of a popular cricket-themed song, featuring the voice of Sachin Tendulkar & Sonu Nigam. In 2012, Shamir in collaboration with Flipkart India created an anti-piracy song to spread awareness about intellectual property rights featuring Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mohit Chauhan, Shaan, Kailash Kher and Zanai Bhosle. He recently collaborated with Sudhir Mishra for his mystery thriller film "Afwaah". The film starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar and Sumeet Vyas in lead roles.

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Ancistrura

Ancistrura is a monotypic genus of European bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1921. Species. The "Orthoptera Species File" includes the single species Ancistrura nigrovittata , which is found in the Balkans and Greece; it was originally placed in the genus "Barbitistes".

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Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union

Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union is the governing body for rugby union in Bangladesh. It was founded in 2005 for the controlled & development rugby in Bangladesh. History. The Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union is was founded on 5 May 2005 for the controlled and development rugby in Bangladesh alongside football and cricket also hockey. The governing body headquarters in Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The organization vice president said his team will qualify in the Rugby World Cup in his tenure period. They have commences several schools and inter district age levels rugby tournament to get some skills full players for national men's and women's team. Competitions. Bangladesh Rugby Federation Union arrangements some minor tournaments all over the country. Although rugby still not as much famous in there. Some schools and district levels tournaments holding in the country.

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Ken Donald

Kenneth John Donald (born 9 August 1936) is an Australian pathologist, academic and former rugby union player. Donald played ten test matches for the Wallabies and was part of the 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He was later appointed as the team manager of the Wallabies from 1979 to 1981. He is perhaps equally known for his extensive medical career, having been appointed to a number of senior positions throughout his career including Director of Pathology at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, General Manager of the John Hunter Hospital, Director of Medical Services at the Royal Darwin Hospital and as Deputy Director-General of Health in Queensland. Among his contributions to the medical field, Donald has been praised for his work in controlling AIDS in Australia and for his work pertaining to veteran's health. Life and career. Early life. Donald was born in Ipswich, Queensland where he attended the Ipswich Grammar School, of which he was school captain. After graduating in 1955, Donald began studying medicine at the University of Queensland. Sporting career. While at Ipswich Grammar School, Donald proved to be talented at athletics, winning the school's Open 100 yard dash in 1954 and the Open 220 yard dash in 1955. He progressed to the Australian Open 100-yard-dash which was won by Hector Hogan. Donald made his representative rugby union debut playing in the Queensland team against New South Wales in 1957. Having since been described as a "lightning fast, diminutive winger", Donald showed potential early on and was selected to play for the Wallabies when they played New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground during their 1957 tour. His debut was not without incident, breaking three metacarpal bones in his right hand during a Don Clarke tackle. Despite the injury, Donald continued to play the remainder of the match. Including his games with Queensland, Donald played 15 representative rugby union matches throughout his career including all four tests during the 1957-58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He scored his first try in the game against Scotland in Murrayfield on 15 February 1958. Deciding to retire to focus on his medical career, Donald's final match with the Wallabies was on the second test against the British Isles in 1959. However, at an Australian Rugby Union Council meeting in October 1978, Donald was appointed as Australia's team manager with David Brockhoff re-appointed as coach. Donald served as the team's manager until 1981. Medical career. Donald graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1962. In 1973, he obtained his PhD in immunology. Initially working as a pathologist, Donald served as the director of pathology at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and professor of anatomical pathology at the University of Australia. After his stint as the Wallabies team manager, Donald was appointed as the deputy director-general of health in Queensland from 1981 to 1989. Donald was appointed as the chairman of the drug testing committee for the 1982 Commonwealth Games where he led a team of 140 people who conducted compulsory steroid tests on all competitors across the ten venues. He also authored the book "The Doping Game" which was published in 1983. As Deputy Director-General of Queensland Health, Donald chaired the 1985 Queensland inquiry into racehorse caffeine doping. This ultimately proved to be embarrassing for the Queensland Government and the Queensland Turf Club when it was found the sticks used in the testing to detect caffeine actually contained caffeine themselves. More than 150 racehorses had tested positive to caffeine with horse trainers and owners having received disqualifications and fines. After months of investigations which saw Donald fly to London and Hong Kong to consult experts on horse doping, he and Minister for Racing Russ Hinze held a press conference on 16 May 1985 to explain the mistake. In 1988, Donald was appointed as the chairperson of the Community Taskforce on AIDS Control in Queensland which was established to report to the Queensland Cabinet with details relating to prevention and management of HIV/AIDS in Queensland as well as its potential social and economic impacts. In 1992, Donald was appointed as the head of University of Queensland's Department of Social and Preventative Medicine and in 2000 was appointed as the head of the university's Graduate School of Medicine. The Queensland Government asked Donald in 2007 to investigate why there was a list of 140,000 patients waiting to see specialists. Donald's findings discovered the status of some patients were listed as "never to be seen" which health minister Stephen Robertson described as "unacceptable". Also in 2007, Donald was appointed as the chairman of OBJ Ltd's transdermal vaccines subsidiary OBJTV to help oversee the development of the company's ability to administer vaccines to patients through the skin. As of 2011, Donald's academic work consisted of more than 90 published journal articles and textbooks. As of 2013, Donald was the professor of assessment and evaluation at the Griffith University's School of Medicine. Donald has also served as the president of the Australian Cancer Society and was the inaugural chair of the Repatriation Medical Authority. Honours. In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Donald was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to the field of medicine as an academic and administrator, specifically his contributions to pathology and community health. Donald was named as a Queensland Great in 2012. For his role in helping establish the Repatriation Medical Authority, the Returned and Services League of Australia made Donald an honorary life member.

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Labor Day (soundtrack)

Labor Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2013 film of the same name directed by Jason Reitman. The film's original score is composed by Rolfe Kent who previously composed for Reitman's "Thank You for Smoking" (2005), "Up in the Air" (2009) and "Young Adult" (2011). The score album was released by Warner Bros. Records on December 17, 2013 digitally followed by a CD release on January 28, 2014. The musical score also accompanies the guitar pieces by Andrés Segovia and Shin-Ichi Fukuda, in addition to the songs "I'm Going Home" from Arlo Guthrie's studio album "Alice's Restaurant" (1967) and Here Before" from Vashti Bunyan's "Lookaftering" (2005). "Wings" from Birdy and "Take Us Alive" from Other Lives were featured in the promotional trailers. The music received positive response from critics. Development. In June 2012, Kent was recruited to score music for "Labor Day", who described it as an "extremely intense drama" Kent recalled that, "there was a moment where we were talking about certain scenes with the idea that there’d be crickets in the background" and he experimented with cricket sounds using the keyboard that slowed down cricket choir. Some of the acoustic instruments such as guitar and charango, were incorporated with a number of plucked instruments being processed such a way that create the organic washes, which are carefully structured to flow along with the film. He initially thought of not having any melodies but there are two strong melodies that appear numerous times throughout the film, against the fact that majority of the score is not melodic. This appreciated him the idea of being extremely spare with melodies, where instead of flooding a film with specific cues all over the place, there are two tunes being used carefully and specifically. The two sequences where the music takes over, includes the pie-baking sequence and the climatic sequence, which are different elements in the film. For the former, it was "really the moment when I began to get a handle on how to voice this film, using both interesting but very slowly shifting textures that I had recorded and layered, as well as string chords fading in and out". The cue for the miscarriage sequence was the last to be written as the piano was set to be the "strong melodic character" challenging Reitman that the music had to be emotionally, for which he played a delicate piece to structure a "simple melody of longing, tenderness, fragility, and heartbreak". Reception. "Film Music Magazine's" Daniel Schweiger praised the soundtrack as "most impactful insights to the human condition, while completely surprising with its cinematic, and musical authorships." Kaya Savas of "Film Music Media" gave the album four and a half star out of five and said that "There is beauty, sadness and uneasiness all tackled with a wonderfully calculated approach." Catherine Shoard from "The Guardian" reviewed that Kent's score "keeps us guessing as to the genre, then sustains tension once we're on solid ground." Todd McCarthy of "The Hollywood Reporter" reviewed "the low-keyed underscoring of composer Rolfe Kent, keeps the suspense at a purposeful low boil throughout the early going". Betsy Sharkley of "Los Angeles Times" commented that "in a year of excellent movie scores, British composer Rolfe Kent contributes another one." Matt Goldberg of "Collider" wrote "Rolfe Kent's thoughtful score can lull us into near complacency before an ear-piercing note and a heartbeat base". Alonso Duralde of "TheWrap" called the score as "insistent". Credits. Credits adapted from AllMusic.

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Abdur Rob (justice)

Abdur Rob is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life. Rob was born on 10 September 1958. He did his bachelor's degree and masters in political science from the University of Dhaka. He also finished his law degree at the University of Dhaka. Career. Rob became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1987. In 1990, Rob moved up to become a lawyer in the High Court Division and the Supreme Court in 2002. Rob was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010. He was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012. In July 2012, Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Bangladesh Biman to reinstate employees fired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme in 2007. Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Rapid Action Battalion in August to investigate the Aminbazar killing of seven students. Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub declared an amendment to the constitution of Bangladesh Cricket Board by the National Sports Council illegal. Their order was stayed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division. Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub summoned AM Md Sayeed, Kishoreganj District and Sessions Judge for failure to reinstate process servers fired in 2007 and who had secured a High Court verdict in their favor. In January 2014, Rob and Justice Shahidul Islam gave a split verdict in the 2007 Narsingdi murder case in which seven were sentenced to death. Rob upheld the death sentences while Islam had turned it down. Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha then heard the case and upheld the death sentences. In August 2015, Rob and Justice Md Nuruzzaman rejected a petition by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia seeking files on the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case. They lifted the freeze on the coal mine case and ordered proceedings to begin. Rob and Justice Md Nuruzzaman denied bail to the Mayor of Habiganj, Golam Kibria Gaus, in the Shah A M S Kibria murder case.

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Audrey Brisson

Audrey Brisson-Jutras is a French-Canadian actress and acrobat, known as a performer and acrobat for the Cirque du Soleil and for playing Amélie in the UK production of "Amélie," for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. Early life and education. Brisson is the daughter of Canadian composer Benoit Jutras, composer and music director for many of the Cirque du Soleil contemporary shows. As a child and teenager Brisson worked with the Cirque du Soleil, both as a vocalist and an acrobat. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Stage career. Brisson made her UK theatre debut in 2012 in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" as Miss Hedgehog. Brisson played Dea in "The Grinning Man", when the show opened at the Bristol Old Vic in 2016. The cast included Louis Maskell, who also played the role in the London transfer of the show, as Grinpayne, Julian Bleach as Barkilphedro, Patrycja Kujawska as Queen Angelica and Gloria Onitiri and Stuart Neal as the royal siblings. In 2017 she took the role of Jiminy Cricket in the National Theatre version of Carlo Collodi's "Pinocchio", with new book by John Tiffany. In the same year Brisson also played Bella Chagall in "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk" both at the Edinburgh Fringe and at the Bristol Old Vic"," show focusing on the young Marc and Bella Chagall navigating their difficult life, and created by theatre company Kneehigh. She originated the title role in "Amélie" when the show was retooled for a UK premiere in 2019, which opened at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury before embarking on tour and closing out 2020 with a London premiere at The Other Palace. In 2021 she reprised the role when it transferred to the Criterion Theatre in the West End where it ran from May to September for a limited engagement. The show's development team drew from Brisson's circus career by implementing a flying lampshade for her to swing from as well as her French-Canadian heritage by rewriting some of the script to be spoken in her native language of French. The final production presented some slight differences compared to the Broadway version, starting with the cast using French accents during the show, as well as the show being presented as more intimate, with more "French" instruments and musicality. In 2022 she was part of the company of "Into the Woods" at the Theatre Royal in Bath, where she played Cinderella, alongside Julian Bleach as the Mysterious Man, Nicola Hughes as the Witch, Rhashan Stone as the Baker and Alex Young as the Baker's Wife. Personal life. Brisson is in a relationship with fellow actor Chris Jared, whom she met when the two were cast in "Amélie" as Amélie and Nino respectively. They had a daughter in 2020, whose name pays tribute to the show in which they were brought together.

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AFL 23

AFL 23 is a 2023 Australian rules football simulation video game developed by Big Ant Studios and published by Nacon. It was released in May 2023 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, and after a long delay, it was finally released for the Xbox One and Xbox Series X in September 2023. The game is the most recent instalment in the long-running "AFL" video game series, and the first to be developed by Big Ant since "AFL Live" in 2011. Gameplay. "AFL 23" is an Australian rules football simulation video game which strives to emulate the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's. While the title is centred around the two pre-eminent professional leagues, it also includes several second-tier state leagues featuring both men's and women's competitions. Players mostly play AFL football games with real or created players and teams. The game features commentary from Anthony Hudson, Jason Bennett, Kelli Underwood, Garry Lyon and Daniel Harford, and its visual presentation aims to replicate that used on Seven Sport's AFL coverage. Along with standard quick play and online game modes, several other game modes are present. Season mode allows the player to play through an entire season in their selected league, controlling either the full competition or just one club. Management career expands on season mode to allow the player to control the club's finances, personnel, drafting and trading over multiple years. A card-based game known as Pro Team, similar to that of EA Sports' Ultimate Team modes, was announced in April 2023, but is yet to be included. Big Ant's popular Academy tool, first seen in "Don Bradman Cricket 14", allows users to create custom players, clubs, guernseys and stadiums that can be imported in-game for use in various modes. Academy creations can also be shared among online users via the 'community' tab. Leagues and stadiums. All 18 AFL and AFLW clubs from the 2023 AFL season and the 2022 AFLW season are in the game. All AFL teams have bonus guernseys, including older uniforms that are no longer worn. There are 38 stadiums in "AFL 23". Development and release. The game was originally set to be released on 13 April 2023. The game was then delayed to 4 May, supposedly due to physical copies of the Xbox versions not yet being in Australia. Days before the new launch date, it was announced that the Xbox versions of the game would again be delayed until mid to late June. The PS4, PS5 and Windows versions of the game were still released on 4 May. On 16 June, Big Ant Studios announced further delays to the Xbox release, this time until "late July to early August". This time period again passed without any release or comment from the developers. On 17 August, a customer support representative from JB Hi-Fi explained that the Xbox release was delayed until 31 October. The Xbox versions of the game were eventually released on 22 September 2023. Reception. "AFL 23" received mixed to negative reviews on release and was initially plagued by game-breaking bugs and crashes. The game currently holds a 'mixed' rating on Steam, with only 44% of players leaving a positive recommendation as of August 2023.

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Upper Clydesdale F.C.

Upper Clydesdale Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. History. The Strathclyde F.C. was one of the earliest senior clubs in Rutherglen, joining the Scottish Football Association soon after the club's founding in 1877. It entered the 1877–78 Scottish Cup, and beat West End 5–1 in the first round, but lost 8–1 at Partick in the second, being 2–1 down at half-time but conceding six in the second half. The last fixture recorded for Strathclyde is a return fixture West End in January 1878. Before the 1878–79 season the club was re-founded as Upper Clydesdale, playing in almost the same colours, at the same ground, and with the only two known Strathclyde players (Coulter/Colthart and Williamson, also the Strathclyde secretary) playing for the Upper Clysdesdale as well. There is one reference to a Strathclyde club playing against Eastern in October 1879 but as the game took place at Kelvinbank it refers to a different side. By this time, the club had a membership of 70, making it second in Lanarkshire only to Drumpellier, which was a long-standing cricket club as well as football club. The club entered the 1878–79 Scottish Cup and in the first round was drawn away at the established Newmains club. Upper Clydesdale ran riot, winning 12–0 and three of its players (Williamson, Muir, and Robert Colthart) scoring hat-tricks. However the club never won another competitive match. It lost 7–0 at Jamestown in the second round, illustrating the strength of the game in Dumbartonshire, and 3–0 to Hamilton Academical in the second round the following year, conceding the first goal after 2 minutes, after a first-round walkover. The club was a founder member of the Lanarkshire Association and entered the first Lanarkshire Cup in 1879–80, going out to Larkhall in the second round, having gained a walkover in the first when Cambuslang did not turn up. By 1880 its membership had reduced to 50, with many other Lanarkshire clubs now overtaking the club. It scratched from the next two editions of the Scottish Cup - in 1880–81 returning the favour to Cambuslang, who walked over into the second round - which meant it was automatically expelled from the Scottish Football Association. Colours. Strathclyde wore royal and navy blue hooped jerseys, and white knickers. As Upper Clydesdale, the club wore the same colours, but with a red star added to the left breast. The club's change colours were white and blue, probably in hoops. Grounds. The club played at Shawfield Park, Rutherglen Bridge, a five-minute walk from Bridgeton Cross. From 1880 the ground was shared by Glasgow Thistle.

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Lloyd Elsmore Park

Lloyd Elsmore Park is an urban park in East Auckland, New Zealand. The park is one of the largest venues for sports clubs in the city, and is home to both the Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool and Leisure Centre and Howick Historical Village. Description. Lloyd Elsmore Park is one of the largest parks for sports clubs in Auckland, and is located in Pakuranga Heights. The park is bound by Pakuranga Road, Cascades Road and the Pakuranga Stream. The Lloyd Elsmore Path is a walking track found within the park, and the park is adjacent to Cascades Path, an 8 kilometre cycling and walking track to the south-east along the Botany Creek, that ends in Somerville. Much of Pakuranga Stream, which flows along the eastern edge of the park, was converted into a concrete canal during the park's development. History. During the 1940s, the Manukau County Council proposed that a green belt would be created between Pakuranga and Howick as the areas began to be developed for housing. In 1950, the council lost a court battle with a farmer, who wanted to develop his farm into suburban housing. The remaining portions of the green belt eventually became the site of Lloyd Elsmore Park. The park was the former site of John Mattson's dairy farm, that the Auckland Regional Authority purchased from Neil Housing, in part to develop a bus terminal that was never constructed. In 1973, a deal was made between the Manukau City Council and the Auckland Regional Authority, where the council agreed to sell the Wiri Bus Depot on Norman Spencer Drive in return for the future sites of the Manukau Sports Bowl and Lloyd Elsmore Park. Development of the park began in 1973 despite not being officially opened, and various community groups began using the future park. Some of the first groups were the Auckland Pony Club in the early 1970s, Howick Little Theatre in 1974, and the Pakuranga United Rugby Club in 1975. The rugby club's land was not a part of the council-owned area, instead a space called Bell Park that had been donated by local farmer Dufty Bell in February 1968. Further groups included the Howick & District Netball Association (1975), Howick Cricket Club (1976), the Pakuranga Amateur Athletic and Harriers Club (1979) and the Lloyd Elsmore Park Badminton Club (1981). In March 1980, Howick Historical Village (then known as the Howick Colonial Village). Many of the historic buildings of the area are relocated to the village, including those that had been housed at the Emilia Maud Nixon Tainui Garden of Memories in Howick, and the former Mclaughlin homestead, Puhi Nui. Lloyd Elsmore Park was officially opened by Prime Minister Robert Muldoon on 28 March 1981. The park was named after the Mayor of Manukau City, Lloyd Elsmore, and the official opening marked the beginning of an eight-day festival, ending with a royal visit by Prince Charles on 3 April 1981. More community groups began using the park in the 1980s: the Pakuranga Combined Bowling Club (1983), Pakuranga Athletic Club (1984) and the Pakuranga Croquet Club (1985). In 1987, the Lloyd Elsmore Park Leisure Centre was opened as the first public pool in Pakuranga. Lloyd Elsmore Park was used as a venue for bowling events during the 1990 Commonwealth Games. The next year, a hockey centre was constructed at the park, and in 1998 a skatepark was constructed. In 2009, and all-weather running track was constructed in the park.

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Ugandan cricket team in Namibia in 2023

The Uganda men's cricket team toured Namibia in July 2023 to play four Twenty20 matches and two 50-over matches. All matches were played at the United Ground in Windhoek. This was the third consecutive year in which Uganda had toured Namibia, following similar bilateral series in April 2021 and April 2022. The series provided both sides with an opportunity to continue their preparations for the T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in November 2023. Ahead of the series, Namibia hosted a series of five 50-over matches against the Indian state side Karnataka in June 2023, which the visitors won 3–2. Meanwhile, Uganda travelled to Windhoek having recently won the inaugural Continent Cup T20 Africa in Nairobi. Squads. Riazat Ali Shah missed the tour due to losing his passport. Henry Ssenyondo and Simon Ssesazi returned home after the first match of the series following the death of their mother, and they were replaced in Uganda's squad by Fred Achelam and Pius Oloka. Juma Miyagi also left the tour after the first match due to injury, and was replaced by Joseph Baguma. Due to a shortage of players, Uganda added team manager and former player Charles Waiswa to their squad ahead of the second T20 match.

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Dykebar F.C.

Dykebar Football Club was a Scottish football team located in the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire. History. The club was founded in 1879, albeit in its early years it did not play competitive football, and did not even host a "conversazione" - the usual annual celebration of a club - until January 1886. Its first competitive football came in the Renfrewshire Cup in 1885–86, and its first match something of a false start; the club lost to Paisley Hibernians but the Hibernians had not registered a single one of the starting XI with the Renfrewshire FA, so Dykebar was put through to the second round; Hibernian secretary James Gildea accepted the blame, on the basis that, having registered the players with the Scottish Football Association, he had not thought it necessary to do so again with the county association. In the second round the club beat Northern (Greenock) 4–1, coming from behind, and lost 7–0 to Abercorn in the quarter-final in front of a "meagre" crowd. Dykebar joined the Scottish Football Association in 1887, at the same time as the re-formed Paisley Athletic. This helped in taking advantage of the gradual consolidation of clubs in the town; on the demise of the Olympic club, the Wee Dykies took on Robert Spruill, one of the first centre-midfielders in the game and who later became the club president. Dykebar's first Scottish Cup tie in 1887–88 was against Morton, and the Wee Dykies went nap, winning 5–2 in a result described as "the surprise of the round". Another 5–2 win at Lochwinnoch put the club into the third round for the only time; the home side protested to no avail about the "huroo" squad of fans which accompanied the team. In the third round Dykebar took Kilmarnock to a replay before losing. The club's best run in the county cup came in 1889–90, when it reached the semi-final, and only lost to Port Glasgow Athletic in a second replay. The club repeated the feat in 1892–93, but by this time most of the clubs in the shire had dissolved, and the club only needed one match to get so far; this time the club lost 6–3 to Morton at home in the semi. Dykebar did reach two competition final, that of the Paisley Charity Cup in 1889–90 and 1890–91; the competition was generally a four-team invitational. In 1888–89 the club walked over town rivals St Mirren in the semi-final but lost to Abercorn in the final. In 1890–91, the Wee Dykies went into the final on the back of a "splendid" win over Arthurlie in the semi-final and triumphing in a four-a-side tournament against Abercorn, St Mirren, and Port Glasgow Athletic. However the club was outclassed by the Saints in the final; St Mirren was now definitively the top side in Paisley and would never relinquish that distinction. The rise of professionalism (Dykebar's "modus operandi" was "strict amateurism") and loss of fixtures, combined with the cost of renting a cricket ground, meant the club ran out of money during the 1894 season. The club held a concert in December 1894, in order to raise enough money "for the purpose of defraying whatever debt remained against the name of Dykebar F.C."; at least in this the concert was successful. The club was struck off the Scottish FA roll before the next season. Colours. The club's colours were originally black and white vertical stripes and blue knickers. In 1888 the club changed its jerseys to white. Ground. The club originally played at Greenhill. From October 1885, the club played at Thistle Park, the ground of the Paisley Thistle cricket club, and formerly the ground of St Mirren and (the previous season) the now-defunct Olympic; facilities were spartan, without even a table for reporters. The biggest known attendance was "fully 5,000", with the ground "taxed to the utmost", for the 1888–89 Scottish Cup second round derby with St Mirren.

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Chakda 'Xpress

Chakda 'Xpress is an upcoming Hindi-language Biographical Sport Drama film written by Abhishek Banerjee, directed by Prosit Roy and produced by Karnesh Sharma under the banner of Clean Slate Film. It starrs Anushka Sharma, Renuka Shahane, Anshul Chauhan, Koushik Sen, Mahesh Thakur in lead roles. The film will mark Anushka Sharma's return to the screens, after 5-year hiatus with her last film being "Zero". Plot. The movie depicted the life of the Indian woman cricketer Jhulan Goswami and her struggle. Production. The teaser of the movie released on 6 January 2022. Filming. Principal photography of "Chakda 'Xpress" began on 19 June 2022. The team wrapped up on 26 December 2022.

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Josh Clarke (footballer, born 2004)

Josh Clarke (born 28 July 2004) is a professional footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Celtic. Born in England, he is a former youth international for Sweden and the Republic of Ireland, before opting to play for Northern Ireland in 2021. Early life. Clarke was born in London to a Swedish mother, and would visit his maternal grandparents in Skåne County as a child. He attended the St John's School in Leatherhead. As well as playing football, Clarke was enrolled in the elite academy of professional rugby club Harlequins, and represented Surrey County in cricket. Club career. Early career. Having grown up living near Premier League side Chelsea's Cobham Training Centre, Clarke joined the academy of "The Blues" in 2011. During his time in the academy, he won a Goalkeeper of the Tournament award at the Kevin de Bruyne Cup in 2019, as Chelsea went on to win the youth competition. After leaving Chelsea ahead of the 2020–21 season, Clarke trained with Portuguese side Porto, and was reportedly scouted by Turkish side Beşiktaş. He had been in touch with Bournemouth since January 2020, and he joined the club following the expiration of his contract with Chelsea. In December of the same year, he played the first sixty minutes in a friendly against the under-18 side of Millwall, before being replaced by under-16 goalkeeper Ollie Camis. However, just fifteen minutes later, Bournemouth went down to ten men due to injuries, and Clarke was substituted back on to play as a makeshift striker - going on to score a stunning equaliser in the eventual 1–1 draw. He trained with the first team during his time at the club, and was the backup goalkeeper for an FA Cup fixture against Oldham Athletic in January 2021. Glenavon. On 8 April 2022, Northern Irish club Glenavon announced the signing of Clarke. He had been brought in on a short-term, emergency deal, following the departure of Declan Brown and the suspension of James Taylor. He made his debut a day after signing, in a NIFL Premiership game against Ballymena United on 9 April, and after Glenavon defender Danny Wallace was sent off for a foul inside the penalty area, Clarke saved the resulting penalty from Leroy Millar as Glenavon went on to win 3–1. He went on to make five further appearances, including Glenavon's 2–0 away loss to Glentoran in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs, in which he made a number of saves, before his contract with the club expired. Clarke received the supporters' Player of the Month Award (April 2022). Celtic. Following the expiration of his contract with Glenavon, Clarke moved to Scotland to join Celtic, signing a two-year deal in August 2022 and being assigned to the club's B Team. He notably saved four penalties in Celtic B's penalty shoot-out win against Rangers B in the final of the Glasgow Cup, garnering national coverage for his performance. Loan to Airdrieonians. On 5 August 2023, Clarke was sent on a one-game emergency loan to Scottish Championship side Airdrieonians, following the absences of first-choice goalkeeper Josh Rae and player-goalkeeper coach David Hutton. He made his debut the same day, as Airdrieonians lost 2–1 to Dunfermline Athletic, before returning to Celtic. International career. Clarke is eligible to represent England, Sweden, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at international level. In 2019, he played for Sweden's under-16 team in two friendly matches against Norway and Finland. In late 2020, Clarke was called up for an England youth training camp at St George's Park. In March of the following year, he featured in a hybrid friendly for the England under-17 team, coming on as a first-half substitute for James Beadle in a 2–1 win over the under-23 side of Watford. In August 2021, he featured in a 2–0 friendly win over Hungary for the Republic of Ireland under-18 side. In September 2021, he was selected to represent Northern Ireland at under-19 level in two 1–0 friendly wins against the Faroe Islands. He received his second call-up for Northern Ireland in their 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification campaign, featuring in all three games as they failed to achieve qualification. He was called up again in March 2023, ahead of Northern Ireland's games in the elite round of 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. In March 2022, Clarke was called up to the senior Northern Irish team for the first time at the age of seventeen, but remained on the bench as Northern Ireland beat Luxembourg 3–1 in a friendly. He was called up again in May of the same year, ahead of UEFA Nations League fixtures the following month against Greece, Cyprus and Kosovo, but again did not feature.

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2023 Zim Afro T10

2023 Zim Afro T10 was the inaugural season of the Zim Afro T10. The tournament was played from 20 to 29 July at the at Harare Sports Club. In the final, Durban Qalandars defeated Joburg Buffaloes by eight wickets to win the inaugural title. Background. The league was founded by Shaji Ul Mulk, the chairman of the Abu Dhabi T10 league. The Zimbabwe edition was announced at the final of the 2022 Abu Dhabi T10 with the inaugural edition expected to take place in 2023. After the tournament Zimbabwe Cricket and Pakistan Super League Lahore Qalandars signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase the exchange of tallent between the two countries. The agreement includes eight young Zimbabwean cricketers going to Pakistan for a four-month player development program at the franchise's high-performance center in Lahore, starting on 1 September. The Qalandars will reciprocate by sending five Pakistani fast bowlers – with bowling speeds of 140-plus kilometers per hour – to play domestic cricket in Zimbabwe. Teams. Five teams competed in the first edition of the league: Squads. Players were chosen in a draft which took place on 3 July 2023. Each team had to select a minimum of 16 players for their squad, including a minimum of six Zimbabweans, including one classified as an "emerging player". As part of the pre-draft, each team selected four players for their squads as marquee players. A total of 700 players from 23 cricket playing countries participated in the draft. Zimbabwean batsman Sean Williams was the first pick. Points table. Advanced to the qualifier Advanced to the eliminator League stage. The full fixtures were confirmed on 10 July 2023. Play-offs. The play-offs ran for two days and the top four teams from the league stage advanced.

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2023 Celebration Bowl

The 2023 Celebration Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 16, 2023, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. The eight annual Celebration Bowl game will feature the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. EST and will air on ABC. The Celebration Bowl will be the only one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FCS football season. The bowl game will be sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket Wireless, and the game will be officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl. Teams. Based on conference tie-ins, the game will feature teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

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Vincent C. Ziegler

Vincent C. Ziegler (1911–1979) was an American business executive who served as a chairman and CEO of the Gillette Company. Career. Ziegler joined Gillette Company in 1946 and became its head in 1966. His tenure saw Gillette's revenues rise from $340 million to over $1 billion by 1973, marking the company's most successful financial period. Under Ziegler's leadership, Gillette introduced the Trac II razor and the Cricket Lighter. He also led the acquisition of non-toiletry companies. Prior to Gillette, Ziegler was employed by Chrysler Corporation and Hiram Walker Inc.

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Ashmini Munisar

Ashmini Munisar (born 7 December 2003) is a Guyanese cricketer, who is a right-handed batter and a right-arm off break bowler. She represents the Guyana women's cricket team in regional cricket. She captained the West Indies in the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. International career. In June 2023, she earned her maiden call-up to the West Indies women's cricket team for their series against Ireland. She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for the West Indies, on 28 June 2023, against Ireland. In July 2023, she was named in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for the same series. She made her WT20 debut for the West Indies, on 4 July 2023, against Ireland.

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2023–24 Bangladesh Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League 2024, also known as BPL Season 10 will be the tenth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). In July 2022, after the International Cricket Council accommodated the months of January and February for this league in its Future Tours Programme, the BCB announced the schedule of the BPL for the next three seasons. Accordingly, the tenth season was scheduled to be held from 6 January to 17 February in 2024. Background. During the ninth season, BCB awarded the franchise contracts for three years. But the owner of the Dhaka Dominators, Rupa Fabrics Limited being unable to pay the franchise fee, their contract was terminated and Newtext Knit Fashions Limited acquired the ownership of Dhaka franchise with the franchise being rebranded as Durdanto Dhaka. While other 6 franchises retained their ownership. Draft and squads. Before the draft Rangpur Riders signed up Shakib Al Hasan, Babar Azam, Wanindu Hasaranga, while Fortune Barishal has signed up Tamim Iqbal and Shoaib Malik. The players' draft was held on 24 September 2023, in a hotel in Dhaka.

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Khadim Hussain Baloch

Khadim Hussain Baloch (1939–2020) was a Pakistani cricket commentator and writer. Biography. Born on July 8, 1939, in Karachi, Baloch studied at St. Patrick's High School, Karachi and Liaqat Medical College, Hyderabad. His family was originally from Shikarpur, Sindh. Later, he became a cricketer and captained his college team in the 1961–62 Inter-collegiate tournament. His career in the UK began in 1965, where he managed his medical studies along with playing as a cricketer. Concurrently, he worte articles for the "Indus Times" in 1959, and later books such as "Imran's Summer of Fulfilment" (1987), "KH Baloch's Encyclopaedia of Pakistan Cricket" (2005), and "KH Baloch's Journey through The Bibliography of Pakistan Cricket" (2010). Baloch's also wrote for publications, such as "The News International", "Dawn", and "Wisden Cricket Monthly". Among his most recognized work include, "A Century of Karachi Cricket", co-authored with his brother, Mohammed H. Baluch. In 2004, he was named the honorary advisor to the Pakistan Cricket Board on Archives, Museum, and Library, underscoring his significant contributions to cricket literature. Baloch died in 2020.

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Perseverance F.C.

The Perseverance Football Club was an association football club from Dundee, Scotland. History. The Perseverance club was founded on 5 July 1879 at a meeting in the Cricketers' Arms in Dundee, with a reserve side called Perseverance Swifts in tow. At the end of 1881 the club obtained financial backing from Dundonian coach proprietor David Stratton and, after an unbeaten season, took the plunge into the senior game by joining the Scottish Football Association for the 1882–83 season, moving to a private ground to be eligible for SFA membership. The club found the step-up to senior football a major change. In its first senior match, the first round of the 1882–83 Scottish Cup, was a 7–2 defeat at Dundee Harp. In 1883–84, it lost in the first round of the first Forfarshire Cup to Strathmore (Arbroath), but did win in the first round of the 1883–84 Scottish Cup, beating Dundee Hibernian 4–3 in a replay, played at Our Boys' West Craigie, after a 2–2 draw. Hibernians protested to the Scottish FA in relation to some refereeing decisions; the Scottish FA dismissed the protest unanimously. The club withdrew from its second round tie with Arbroath, perhaps fearing an inevitable defeat, and the club seems to have ground to a halt before the 1884–85 season; its membership of 35 had not grown in three years and the club was much the smallest senior side in Dundee, the only other club with double-digit membership being West End, which had 60 members.<ref>

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Abi Norgrove

Abigale Emma Molly Norgrove (born 17 January 2006) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Oxfordshire and Southern Vipers. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. Early life. Norgrove was born on 17 January 2006 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Domestic career. Norgrove made her county debut in 2019, for Oxfordshire against Wiltshire in the Women's County Championship, taking 2/12 from 4 overs. She also played four matches in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 30 runs and taking two wickets. She was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with five wickets at an average of 13.80, and again took five wickets in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. Norgrove was named in the Southern Vipers Academy squad between 2021 and 2023. In August 2022, she scored 136* in a match against Northern Diamonds Academy. She was first named in a matchday squad for the senior team on 1 July 2023, and made her debut for the side the following day, against Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

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Ava Lee

Ava Georgina Lee (born 26 August 2005) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Berkshire and Southern Vipers. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. Domestic career. Lee made her county debut in 2022, for Berkshire against Shropshire. She went on to play seven matches overall in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking two wickets. She played three matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking four wickets at an average of 16.50. Lee was named in the Southern Vipers Academy squad in 2022 and 2023. In June 2023, she took 5/35 in a Second XI match for Vipers against South East Stars. She was first named in a matchday squad for the senior team on 1 July 2023, and made her debut for the side the following day, against Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking 2/43 from 10 overs.

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Megan Sturge

Megan Lily Sturge (born 3 November 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent and Southern Vipers. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. Early life. Sturge was born on 3 November 2004 in Kent. Domestic career. Sturge made her county debut in 2020, for Kent against Essex in the Women's London Championship. She played one match for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and four matches in the London Championship, scoring 64 runs at an average of 16.00. She played eight matches for Kent in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup as the side won their regional group, scoring 52 runs. She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup. Sturge was named in the South East Stars Academy for the 2021 season. She was again named in the Academy for the 2022 season, before signing her first contract with the first team squad in July 2022. She did not play for the side that season, however, and moved to the Southern Vipers Academy ahead of the 2023 season. She was first named in a matchday squad for the senior team on 1 July 2023, and made her debut for the side the following day, against Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking 1/67 from 10 overs.

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Darcey Carter

Darcey Elizabeth Morris Carter (born 31 May 2005) is an English-born Scottish cricketer who currently plays for Kent and South East Stars. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She made her international debut for Scotland in July 2023, in a Twenty20 International against Thailand. Early life. Carter was born on 31 May 2005 in Bexley, Greater London. Domestic career. Carter made her county debut in 2022, for Kent against Hampshire, in which she took 2/12 from her 2 overs. Overall, she took six wickets at an average of 16.50 in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking two wickets at an average of 8.50. Carter was named in the South East Stars Academy squad between 2021 and 2023. She was promoted to the senior squad in June 2023. She made her debut for the side on 2 July 2023, against Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking 2/31 from 5 overs. International career. In August 2022, Carter played for Scotland Under-19s in the Europe Qualifier for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup against the Netherlands. In the third match of the series, she scored 103* from 55 balls. In December 2022, Carter was selected in the Scotland Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. She played all four matches for the side at the tournament, scoring 54 runs at an average of 13.50. In July 2023, she received her first call-up to the senior side, for a Tri-Nation Series in the Netherlands. She made her Twenty20 International debut in the first match of the series, against Thailand on 10 July 2023.

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Amuruthaa Surenkumar

Amuruthaa Surenkumar (born 28 November 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Middlesex and Sunrisers. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. Domestic career. Surenkumar made her county debut in 2022, for Middlesex against Huntingdonshire, scoring 11*. She played one further match that season, also against Huntingdonshire, scoring 17* and taking 1/8 from her 2 overs. Surenkumar was named in the Sunrisers Academy squad between 2021 and 2023. She signed her first senior contract on 1 July 2023. She made her debut for the side on 2 July 2023, against Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 25 and taking 2/44 from 8.3 overs.

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Robert Davidson (rugby union)

Robert Davidson ("Robbie Davidson"), is a Latvian rugby union player who plays at Wharfedale in National League 2 North. Career. He began his career at North Ribblesdale RUFC where his father played, at 18 years old he moved to Wharfedale RUFC. He spent 4 years at Sheffield Tigers before rejoining Wharfedale. On the 25th May 2019 Davidson overtook Vladimir Nikonov (31 caps, 169 points) as Latvias top points scorer. Personal life. Davidson is one of four brothers playing for Latvia, they qualify through their grandfather, Helmuts Francmanis, who was born in Latvia. He fled from the communist invasion to England as a teenager in 1944. Davidson is an avid cricket player playing at Settle Cricket Club.