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While Netflix has not officially green-lit the project, the showrunner of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk, all but confirmed a second season himself. During a red carpet celebration for the show Monday in Los Angeles, Dong-hyuk told the Associated Press that “[the fans of the show] leave us no choice.” “There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season,” Dong-hyuk continued. “It’s in my head right now....

Former England captain Michael Vaughan said David Warner had “tarnished the whole Australia cricket team” with his alleged attack on Joe Root. Opening batsman Warner was dropped from the Australia side for their rain-marred no result Champions Trophy match against New Zealand at Edgbaston on Monday after his clash with England batsman Root in a Birmingham bar in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident followed the Aussies’ 48-run defeat by England in their tournament opener at Edgbaston on Saturday....

BRISBANE (Reuters) - England can look forward to further “aggressive” cricket in the second test in Adelaide, Australia captain Steve Smith said, after his team found their mean streak to rout the tourists by 10 wickets at the Gabba on Monday. Australia were matched by England for three days, with the unusually slow Gabba pitch blunting their bowlers’ pace and their batsmen struggling in the first innings barring a magnificent, unbeaten 141 by the skipper....

The Indian batsman will call time on his career after his 200th Test in November, having plundered a record 15,837 runs in 198 Test appearances. Here is some of the reaction via Twitter to Tendulkar's decision to quit the game at the age of 40. "Words can not define his greatness...greatest batsman ever and even better human being. u will be missed paji" – Fellow Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel described Tendulkar as paji, which translates to bigger or elder brother in Punjab....

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Thilanga Sumathipala said the board had accepted Mathews’ resignation after the shock one-day series defeat by Zimbabwe, which the all-rounder described as one of the lowest points of his career. Sri Lanka’s new captains have little time to adjust to their roles as the side hosts neighbours India in a full series from July 26, featuring three tests, five one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty20 match....

Australia, on the other hand, was no stranger to “Great Escape” semi-final entries. Three years earlier, Shane Warne and the West Indian batsmen had provided the Aussies a chance to make it to the last hurdle where they were thwarted by the effervescent Sri Lankans. This time also Warne was present – but doubts had surfaced over his match-winning ability by now. In the five months leading up to this match, Warne had gone through a shoulder injury, an unceremonious exit from the Test team, a missed opportunity to witness the birth of his son and a retirement discussion with Steve Waugh at Hyde Park....

The International Cricket Council (ICC) doesn’t allow the government’s interference in any country’s cricket body. In quite a few instances earlier, the apex council banned countries from participating in international competitions when this happened. With the South African government exercising its power to take over the board’s control, international cricket in the country could come to a halt. The situation that led to South Africa’s government intervention… Cricket South Africa’s structure Basically, there are two centers of power in Cricket South Africa (CSA): the board of directors and the members’ council....

You felt that he was being pushed into the lion’s den, for that series was against arch rivals Pakistan with their fearsome battery of pacemen - Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. But the manner in which the kid squared up to these awesome fast bowlers showed that someone in the selection committee had a discerning eye. Tendulkar lived up fully to the promise, and immediately carved out a permanent place in the Indian line-up....

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Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has confirmed around 30 people were killed when one of the bridge’s supporting towers collapsed in torrential rain on Tuesday but the death toll is expected to rise. Criscito, who returned to Genoa from Zenit in May, says he was travelling over the bridge shortly before its collapse and called on action to be taken to prevent similar accidents in the future. “I’m writing this message for all of those writing me worried about me and my family: we are all well, even if we crossed that bridge exactly 10 minutes before it collapsed,” Criscito posted on Instagram....

LONDON (Reuters) - Everton’s search for a new manager entered its sixth week on Monday after the team suffered two heavy defeats in four days and former players expressed anger at a club apparently in free fall. The Merseysiders are one of only seven sides never to be relegated from the Premier League in its 25-year history and have competed in England’s top flight for a record 114 seasons....

“Mr. Bahena Rivera, you and you alone forever changed the lives of those who loved Mollie Tibbetts and for that you and you alone will receive the following sentence,” Poweshiek County District Court Judge Joel Yates, who had presided over the case, said on Monday afternoon. Yates sentenced Bahena Rivera to life with no eligibility for parole and ordered him to pay $150,000 to the Tibbetts family. “I selected this particular sentence for you after considering the nature of the offense committed by you, the harm to the victim and the victim’s family, your need for rehabilitation and a necessity for protecting the community from further offenses by you and others,” Yates said....

The Portugal international took the top prize having enjoyed another standout year for club and country. Ronaldo wins 2016 Ballon d’Or His efforts for Real saw him land another Champions League winners’ medal, with Los Blancos conquering Europe for a record-extending 11th time. On the back of that success, Ronaldo went on to help Portugal to Euro 2016 glory – both on the field and as a cheerleader on the sidelines after picking up an injury in the final....

Juventus and Champions League titleholders Madrid will meet in the first leg of their quarter-final tie in Turin on Tuesday – a rematch of last season’s final which saw Ronaldo score twice in a 4-1 rout. Ronaldo has scored 12 goals in his eight appearances in the Champions League this term, while the 33-year-old has been on the scoresheet at least once in every match since the 2017 decider....

Before completing the challenge, Ronaldo extends the feat to Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez, likely because Weird Al Yankovic already took the Pope and the Dalai Lama. It’s a potato-level quality recording but you can still easily make out every tanned, perfectly-oiled muscle as the Real Madrid star takes not one but two buckets of cold water. Thanks for, ahem, raising awareness Cristiano.

The former Uruguay international slammed the Portuguese superstar’s attitude off the pitch in a recent interview. In case you didn’t know… Ronaldo stepped into the limelight when he joined the Red Devils from Sporting back in 2003 and established himself as one of the best players in Europe during his six-year stint under Sir Alex Ferguson. Forlan played alongside the five-time Ballon d’Or winner during his last season at the club before making his way to Villarreal in the summer of 2004....

Despite it only being March, Ronaldo has been directly involved in 25 goals, scoring 21 and assisting 4, achieving all of this in just 13 games! It’s a truly astonishing turn around considering his bad stretch of form domestically during the first half of the season, with many wondering whether Ronaldo was experiencing his inevitable decline. The footballing legend apparently didn’t get the memo and at the age of 33, he is still redefining the limits of longevity in football, proving once again why he is one of, if not the greatest player of all time....

In Guilford, Connecticut, school board activist candidates want to introduce critical race theory and double down on how schools are handling racism. Over the summer, conservative activists in the community won the GOP’s endorsement for school board for the upcoming Nov. 2 election. Conservative efforts to stop liberal curriculum and equity initiatives will be tested, but school administrators fear a new board could cause problems for professional educators. Schools have been addressing issues of diversity and culturally responsive teaching for years without stirring much controversy, but flames of frustration in some communities have been fanned by groups with bigger agendas, said Jeffrey Henig, a professor of political science and education at Columbia University....

In fact, not even going down one goal within the first five minutes of the game was enough to discourage them. LIVE STREAM: Watch the 2018 World Cup on fuboTV (7-day free trial) Kieran Trippier got the game’s scoring started early with a beautiful free kick that no one on Croatia’s defense was able to stop. As the game progressed, however, England seemed to sit back — satisfied with their one goal lead — and defend rather than go forward....