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A Tale of two leagues The paid functionaries of the HIL (some of whom were associated with the WSH earlier) are going bananas and calling it “the world’s best league” and the like, just like contracted employees of the WSH were dubbing it the best or “biggest” hockey league in the world or “a tournament of international calibre, featuring the world’s best players”. One anonymous blogger on ‘Malaysian Hockey’, incensed with the exclusion of the Pakistanis from the action, had this to say about the issue while pointing out various technical shortcomings in the conduct of the championship: “Far from being the best ever league in the world, it is now remarked as the four and the half countries league or even more sinister, is it being called the Australian Development League…....

Chandigarh, Oct 4 (PTI) Three-time Olympic gold medal winning hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior continued to remain critical after being admitted to a hospital here due to difficulty in breathing. The legendary centre-forward, who is 94, is being treated at the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU) of Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here and his condition was described as “critical” by the doctors attending to him. A senior doctor told PTI on Thursday evening that Singh has been kept on ventilator and under constant observation....

Had Johnny Bower’s luck been just a little different, he’d have never lived to fulfill a Hall of Fame hockey career. Or maybe his career would have gone a lot differently if he couldn’t lie so well. You see, Bower had decided to join the Canadian army during World War II, but there was just one problem: he was 15. Somehow, he convinced recruiters he was older, and soon enough he found himself a member of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders and shipped overseas....

The ninth-ranked New Zealand team went up against France in the first encounter of their campaign. Many would have expected this match to be a cakewalk for the Black Sticks but that was not at all the case. Darren Smith and his troops faced a tough challenge from France. Eventually, the Blair Tarrant led side went on to win the match 2-1 with goals from Kane Russell and Stephen Jennes but they were living dangerously throughout the match....

One of the main alluring factors that Hogwarts Legacy will offer to players is the opportunity to choose which iconic Hogwarts house that they will join. While at this point just speculation, the different choices of house could provide their own entirely unique spins on the core gameplay and wider plot of the title. An interesting house in its own right, Ravenclaw could easily provide interesting caveats to the story and gameplay of Hogwarts Legacy....

Hogwarts Legacy will expand on the universe in a significant way by stepping into uncharted territory. The 1800s in the Wizarding World have been lightly touched on, but never explored in the way they will be with Avalanche Software’s upcoming RPG by allowing the player to assume the role of a Hogwarts student and essentially write the Wizarding school’s history. The author herself has even admitted that she’s dug herself into some of these holes with her writing, but JK Rowling is mostly hands-off of this project....

Swinton is Hollywood’s anti-star, an actress who swats down the contemporary notion of her “day job” faster than you can say Nicole Kidman. She shuns the red-carpet limelight for her home in the Scottish highlands, where she lives with her beau, the artist John Byrne, and their 6-year-old twins. She has been known to read Nancy Mitford between takes and to quote poet Joseph Brodsky when trying to make a point....

Pakistan itself, meanwhile, is engulfed in civil unrest aimed at toppling Western-friendly autocrat Pervez Musharraf, which may be an even more frightening prospect than what is happening in Iran. Since Musharraf summarily ousted his nation’s chief justice in mid-May, prompting violent street demonstrations, rumors of a possible coup have begun to circulate in Islamabad. That prospect poses a fearful question: what would happen to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal of “Islamic bombs” if the country were to fall apart?...

A method of war that deliberately begins in the way that most wars end, with a street-fighting defense of the capital city, is certainly original. It is also undoubtedly appropriate for Saddam, whose everyday security system in Baghdad already includes an urban-defense force in the Special Republican Guard, which has 13,000 men. It is not clear how many additional street fighters Saddam could draw from his five separate and competing security forces, whose 25,000 to 30,000 men are distributed throughout Iraq....

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_Gpqoc1wQ Be warned, this trailer for Hitman: Absolution is not very suitable for work. (NSFW). It’s been a little over a year now since IO Interactive and Square Enix announced Hitman: Absolution. The developers first stated that they wanted this sequel to be “a more stylized, more serious, and darker game this time around in both the story line and the visuals.” Based on this trailer seen above, it looks like they have (somewhat) achieved their goals....

Part of that charm has to be attributed to voice actor David Bateson, who has provided the calm, cold, and calculated tone of Agent 47 for 17 years now. Recently, Bateson spoke with Game Rant about Agent 47, the Hitman series, and why both character and franchise have remained popular after nearly two decades. One of the first questions we asked Bateson was about his involvement with Hitman over a span of 17 years....

IO Interactive originally envisioned the trilogy as a “games as a service” like platform that would expand and evolve over time. The developer has now confirmed that Hitman 3 will be the realization of that original vision, allowing players to import all previously released missions from both Hitman (2016) and Hitman 2 into the new game, as well as an all-new universal progression system. RELATED: EA Teases Next-Gen BioWare, Battlefield, and More...

Much remains to be known about the effect of having COVID-19 and HIV simultaneously, but these findings emphasize how important it is for immunocompromised individuals to take all available safety precautions during this pandemic. Earlier in the pandemic, smaller studies also suggested that an HIV infection has no impact on hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Jaimie Meyer, MD, Yale Medicine infectious diseases specialist and associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health, tells Verywell Health that most of these studies do not clearly explain why people living with HIV have significantly a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease....

Hive’s new Thermostat Mini has all of these features, in a compact and affordable package. It’s sold only in the UK, and isn’t available in the US. Design & appearance Minimalist designMirror finish when not in useLimited functions on thermostat itself Like its predecessor – the Hive Thermostat – the Thermostat Mini is a beautifully designed device. When not in use, the small, square thermostat’s screen has a blank, mirror-like surface, marked only with two arrows and a circle to indicate where to press....

Malaysia were successful on their second penalty corner attempt through Muhammad Bin Saabah. New Zealand reacted immediately and scored on their fourth penalty corner attempt by Kane Russell to level the score. Malaysia took control of the proceedings early in second period as Muhammad Bin Baharom scored through a field goal. The Kiwis forced a penalty-corner and Russell converted again. Firhan Ashari finally managed to push the ball in the Canadian goal in the 63rd minute to give Malaysia three points....

The background The 25 probables of the senior Indian women’s hockey team are training at the SAI center national camp ahead of their New Zealand tour. With the Tokyo Olympics set to take place later this year, the officials want the players to focus only on the international fixtures. On the other side, Hockey India had suspended RSPB because of a player fraud committed by a male athlete in an all-India tournament two years ago....

As many as five goals were scored in the first quarter. Spain got the lead twice but Argentina equalised every time and eventually got the lead thanks to a penalty corner from who else than Gonzalo Peillat. There was no goal in the second quarter as both the teams opted for wait-and-watch approach. Spain got the equaliser in the third quarter but couldn’t hold that when Peillat scored his second from the penalty corner to secure the all-important win for his team....

New Zealand’s coach Darren Smith said before the start of the match that even a point would be a good result for his side and that is exactly what his boys managed as they came back from behind in scintillating fashion to draw the crucial game against Spain 2-2. The Black Sticks rotated the ball well at the start of the first quarter but fell short of options while passing as the positioning of players was not the best....

On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started off his daily COVID-19 press conference marking the anniversary. “From coast-to-coast-to-coast, we remember the 16 lives that ended much too soon and the many more that were changed forever,” he said, adding, “You, the community of Humboldt, along with all Canadians who stand with you have shown incredible strength and resilience and just like the people putting out hockey sticks or wearing the jersey you remind us that together, we can get through even the darkest of times....

Quidditch will be not playable in Hogwarts Legacy, but that doesn’t mean brooms won’t be featured in the game. It’s long been established that Hogwarts Legacy will let players fly on brooms for transportation purposes. In the Harry Potter books and movies, there are a variety of different broom models and types for the characters to choose from, but it seems those playing Hogwarts Legacy will not have the same luxury....