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Randiv gets one-match ban, Dilshan fined

August 18th, 2010

The Sri Lanka Cricket Board took a stern decision on Wednesday and handed spinner Suraj Randiv, who had denied Virender Sehwag a century with a deliberate no-ball, a one-match ban, also fining him 100 per cent of his match fee.The ban means Randiv will miss Thursday’s match against New Zealand in Dambulla.Senior Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, who apparently asked the bowler to bowl a no-ball, has also been fined 100 percent of his match fee.

“As such Sri Lanka Cricket has taken a stern decision against Suraj Randiv and TM Dilshan, for their actions during the 3rd ODI of the Micromax Tri-Series held on August 16, 2010, wherein Virender Sehwag was deprived of scoring his century due to the delivery of a no-ball by Suraj Randiv,” the press release by the Lankan Board said.

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Dominic Brown Called

July 29th, 2010

The future of minor league and now big league Dominic Brown has been up in the air over recent months, but that all changed on Wednesday July 28, 2010.On Wednesday, The Phillies called upon Dominic Brown to replace center fielder Shane Victorino, who strained his left abdominal. Victorino was sent to the disabled list for the Phillies, opening up the spot for Brown.

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Jamie McMurray wins at NASCAR

July 26th, 2010

The Brickyard 400, NASCAR’s biggest race of the summer at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was won today by Jamie McMurray. In a key moment that turned out to be the clincher for his victory, his pit crew only gave him two tires on his last stop.

Jamie McMurray’s win gave car owner Chip Ganassi the triple crown, after wins at Daytona 500, the Indy 500 and now the Brickyard 400. McMurray’s teammate Juan Pablo Montoya, had an unfortunate time today though in stark contrast to McMurray. After dominating the 400 he received 4 tires on the final pit stop and lost the edge, finally crashing out.

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Sounders FC beat Colorado 2-1

July 26th, 2010

With most of the attention on Blaise Nkufo’s Major League Soccer debut, it was another Congolese-born star for Seattle that shined brightest Sunday night.

Steve Zakuani scored twice in the first 17 minutes, upping his team-high goal total to seven, to lead Sounders FC to a 2-1 win against Colorado and its first victory against a Western Conference opponent in front of 36,333 fans at Qwest Field.

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Kyle Parker To Return for 2010

July 22nd, 2010

That is the question concerning quarterback Kyle Parker of Clemson. Parker led the Tigers to their first ever ACC Title game appearance in 2009. Since June he has been considering “a bird in the hand” opportunity to become a major league baseball player. Concern spread throughout the Clemson football community regarding the future plans of the Tiger signal-caller following last month’s baseball draft as Parker was taken 26th overall by the Colorado Rockies.

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alien swarm online games

July 19th, 2010

A new version of Alien Swarm – a top-down shooting game developed in-house by Valve’s mod team – will be released today, July 19.The new Alien Swarm will join the likes of Team Fortress, Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat, all of which were initially started off as mods by Valve; and subsequently converted into full games.

Alien Swarm was basically a total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 2004, created in 2008 Black Cat Games, which was later hired by Valve and assigned the task of developing Left 4 Dead series and Portal 2. Black Cat apparently also worked out a way to come up with the new, highly impressive Alien Swarm version.Alien Swarm is essentially a bug-hunting tactical shooter that will be completely free via Steam, Valve’s online distribution portal. The game boasts four-player co-op, a leveling system, and an armory of over 40 weapons.

In addition, since Valve is also updating the Source SDK, players who want to try putting levels together for the game, will have the requisite tools to do so.

Allowing the players a selection from eight different character skins, the squad-based tactical shooter features both single-player and multiplayer action, largely pertaining to the hunting down and slaughter alien bugs – with up to four players having the advantage of selecting from a quartet of IAF Marine classes.

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ESPY Awards 2010 Winners Photos

July 15th, 2010

Male Athlete: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Female Athlete: Lindsey Vonn, skiing
Team: New Orleans Saints
Coach-Manager: Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers
Breakthrough Athlete: Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans
Game: Canada vs. US, men’s hockey Olympic gold medal game
Record-breaking Performance: John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut, longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon
Championship Performance: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Play: Brett Favre pass to Greg Lewis, Minnesota Vikings
Moment: Landon Donovan, World Cup soccer, U.S. vs. Algeria
Upset: Northern Iowa upsets No. 1 seed Kansas in men’sNCAA basketball tourney
Sports Movie: “The Blind Side”
Male College Athlete: John Wall, Kentucky basketball
Female College Athlete: Maya Moore, Connecticut basketball
Male Action Sport Athlete: Shaun White, skateboarding-snowboading
Female Action Sport Athlete: Torah Bright, snowboarding
Baseball Player: Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
NBA Player: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
WNBA Player: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
NFL Player: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
NHL Player: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
MLS Player: Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy
Bowler: Walter Ray Williams Jr.
Driver: Jimmie Johnson
Fighter: Floyd Mayweather
Male Golfer: Phil Mickelson
Female Golfer: Lorena Ochoa.

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Xbox 360 drop on price

June 29th, 2010

Xbox 360 gaming consoles will attract all the game frenzies to the nearest gaming store, assures the makers at Microsoft.The proclamation claims a drop in price by close to 50 bucks, as stated by an internal memo from major retailer Target.Which means now the Xbox 360 Arcade will be available from $199.99 to $149.99 at Target. The Elite version will see a dip from $299.99 to $249.99.

Also the Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition will drop from $399.99 to $349.99. In a similar manner the Final Fantasy XIII and Splinter Cell Xbox 360 bundles will drop the same way.The recent dip in prices is made in view to make way for the latest model of 360 which will come with a starting range of $299.It is black 360 which is better than Elite, integrates Wi-Fi and a 250GB hard drive.

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call of duty black ops weapons

May 20th, 2010

Call of Duty game, has learned a few things from Infinity Ward. The newest trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been released, and if the trailer is any indication, the game’s campaign will follow a more cinematic track than Treyarch’s last entry, Call of Duty: World at War. WaW followed multiple storylines, but lacked the cinematic staging and “Hollywood movie” feel that Modern Warfare 2 thrived on.

Other than the way the game might be directed, the trailer doesn’t really show us anything new, but it does confirm what we have already heard. The conflict will take place in multiple locations, including a SE Asian setting (almost certainly Vietnam), it will feature Cold War era tech including an SR-71 Blackbird, and it features a new set of weapons including an explosive tipped crossbow. Oh, and it looks kinda awesome.Expect to hear more and more about this game as Activision tries to prove that they-n-need-no-stinkin’ Infinity Ward.

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