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After weeks of negotiation, Biden announced Thursday that a deal was made on a $953 billion infrastructure package. “We’ve struck a deal. A group of senators – five Democrats and five Republicans – has come together and forged an infrastructure agreement that will create millions of American jobs,” Biden tweeted. The progress comes just days after Manchin and Sinema reportedly met with Biden in two separate meetings to talk about pushing his agenda forward....

At first blush, the cowboy world of the old west may seem to be as different as possible from the lonely sci-fi exploration of Metroid Dread. However, fans of Red Dead Redemption often create artwork, and now that Metroid Dread has been released the creative craftsmanship continues with a brand new game. However, perhaps not many anticipated artwork combining the two. RELATED: Metroid Dread Breaks Franchise Sales Record Recently u/ArtlordKozu uploaded an image to r/NintendoSwitch on Reddit....

The 27-year-old France international showcased his talent in the Europa League final on Wednesday, as he scored twice to lead Atletico to a 3-0 success over Marseille in Lyon. The former Real Sociedad player took his goals with great authority to provide the platform for the Spanish side’s comfortable victory and Lucas hailed him after the match. “He’s incredible, one of the best players in the world,” he said....

Kyrie Irving’s fadeaway over Klay Thompson, who couldn’t have done a better job defensively on the play, closed the deal with 3.4 seconds to play. MORE: Breaking down the three huge calls that hurt Golden State But a special win? Sorry. “It’s not about those guys. It’s about our journey,” LeBron James said afterward. “That’s a helluva team over there. We know that over there in the Western Conference they’re going to be there in the long run....

Hardik Pandya smashed another match-winning knock - an unbeaten 22-ball 42 - on Sunday (December 6). India won the second T20I by 6 wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground to seal the series. With 14 runs to get off the last over, Hardik Pandya smashed two sixes off Daniel Sams to win the game with two balls to spare. Speaking on Cricbuzz, Zaheer Khan credited his six-hitting ability and said that bowlers tend to feel the heat while bowling to him in pressure situations....

Agarwal has struggled in the first two Tests with scores of 17, 9, 0 and 5, putting his spot in the playing XI in jeopardy. Speaking to Sportskeeda’s Indranil Basu in an SK Live session on Facebook, Gaekwad pointed out a flaw in Agarwal’s batting, saying in this regard: Asking the Indian batsmen to take a cue from Ajinkya Rahane, Anshuman Gaikwad added: On whether he thinks Agarwal should he dropped for the next Test, Anshuman Gaekwad admitted:...

The Saurashtra-based player celebrated his 13th half-century with his trademark sword celebration in Canberra. Cricket Australia shared a GIF of Ravindra Jadeja’s celebration on Twitter. Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya’s brilliant sixth-wicket stand gives Indian fans some hope The pitch at the Manuka Oval has always produced high-scoring contests. However, the Indian cricket team did not make a good start against Australia in the final one-dayer. Shikhar Dhawan departed after scoring 16 runs from 27 balls, while Shubman Gill also lost his wicket in the 16th over....

Aakash Chopra started by pointing out India is likely to make a couple of changes for the New Year’s Test, with Rohit Sharma coming into the team as an opener being one of them. He began the video by referring to the news that KL Rahul has been ruled out of the final two Tests due to an injury picked up during practice. The reputed commentator observed that, contrary to Sunil Gavaskar’s opinion, he wants Rohit Sharma to open alongside Shubman Gill, with Mayank Agarwal making way for the newly appointed Indian Test vice-captain....

Cheteshwar Pujara’s nerves of steel and Rishabh Pant’s late counterattack have kept the match evenly poised after the first session on Day 3 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. India went into lunch on 180 for 4, still trailing by 158 runs with 64 overs remaining on Saturday (January 9). Resuming on 96 for 4, India lost their in-form captain Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari to find themselves in a precarious position....

Team India has made a disappointing start in the Chennai Test match. Visiting captain Joe Root scored a double century after winning the toss and electing to bat first. Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes supported him with half-centuries as England ended Day 2 at 555/8 in 180 overs. Michael Vaughan had earlier predicted the home side to win this series 3-0. However, he expressed his desire to change his prediction in his recent tweet....

Mahindra had famously revealed through a Twitter post in January that he would gift SUVs to Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar and T Natarajan for their wonderful performances during India’s Test series triumph in Australia. On Thursday, left-arm seamer T Natarajan took to his official Twitter account to post pictures with the SUV he received from the renowned businessman. Along with the pictures, he shared an emotional message....

India had made a promising start to the session after Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Steve Smith for the third time this series. But that was the only shining light for the visitors, as the team missed the presence of Ravindra Jadeja as their 5th bowler. The session was marred by another incident of racial abuse against Mohammed Siraj, and security asked the guilty party to leave the stands. Brief scores: Australia 312/6 (Steve Smith 84, Marnus Labuschagne 81; Navdeep Saini 2/54, Ravichandran Ashwin 2/95) & 338 all-out lead India 244 all-out by 406 runs...

Australia had a much better afternoon session after struggling in the morning. The hosts will be happy to see the back of Pant and Pujara after the duo got them panicking with their century stand. With doubts about Ravindra Jadeja’s fitness, the Aussies will be confident when it comes to wrapping up the tail after they come back from Tea. Brief scores: India 280/5 (Rishabh Pant 97, Cheteshwar Pujara 77; Josh Hazlewood 2/26, Nathan Lyon 2/101) and 244 all out trail Australia 338 all out and 312/6 d (Cameron Green 84, Steve Smith 81; Navdeep Saini 2/54, Ravichandran Ashwin 2/95) by 127 runs...

Team India have won 37 of the 64 Tests they have played under Kohli’s leadership. The 32-year-old also has the best win percentage among all Indian skippers who have led in more than five Test matches. While previewing the upcoming fourth Test against England in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra was fine with Kohli’s five-bowler approach. He reasoned: The former Indian cricketer feels either Shardul Thakur or Ravichandran Ashwin will play the fourth Test in place of Ishant Sharma....

India would be disappointed with how things went after Lunch. None of their spinners, apart from Ravichandran Ashwin, looked threatening. And with Ishant Sharma bowling short spells, there seems to be too much responsibility on Jasprit Bumrah. Brief scores: England 140/2 (Dominic Sibley 53*, Joe Root 45*) against India (Jasprit Bumrah 1/30, Ravichandran Ashwin 1/52) after 57 overs After losing two wickets in quick succession just before Lunch, England made a measured start in the second session....

For a while, the visitors allowed their second innings to meander. England slowed down after tea, eventually getting bowled out for 178. Despite setting an unlikely target of 420 for India, it appeared as if England could have hastened proceedings in the afternoon session on Day 4 and insert the visitors early. Nevertheless, the visitors managed to secure a whopping 227-run win well before Tea on Day 5. Speaking to the media in the post-match press conference, Joe Root revealed why England opted against a declaration in their second innings....

On a wicket where the Indian bowlers failed to get a breakthrough in the 57 overs played, Southee broke into India’s batting with ease. He swung both the new and old ball to trouble the Indian batters and give New Zealand a stronghold in the Test match. The veteran, who is on his third tour of India, cited rigorous training with old balls and the appetite to succeed as a recipe for his stellar run on subcontinent wickets....

The selectors opted to replace Kohli with Rohit Sharma as Team India’s ODI skipper after the former gave up the T20I captaincy on his own. However, with Sharma ruled out of the ODI series against South Africa due to a hamstring injury, KL Rahul will be leading the side in his place. During a discussion on the Star Sports show Game Plan, Gautam Gambhir was asked whether we are going to see a new Kohli....

Ishan and Agarwal were added to India’s ODI squad after Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer, among others, tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the West Indies series. Speaking at a virtual press conference ahead of Sunday’s match, Rohit explained: The 34-year-old asserted that, keeping aside the loss in South Africa, India have done well in one-dayers over the last few years. He, however, agreed that if changes need to be made in their approach, the same will be done....

Team India have been hit hard with COVID-19 cases hitting the camp. Moreover, vice-captain KL Rahul will miss the first ODI due to personal reasons, and will only be back from the second game onwards. Reflecting on the development during a discussion on India News, former India wicketkeeper Karim highlighted the selection dilemma for Sharma and Dravid. He explained: The former India player termed the series against West Indies a challenging one for the captain-coach duo....