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Cricket Australia
organizationDavid Warner has been assured there will be no barrier to coaching and leadership roles once he retires from playing. Cricket Australia’s chief executive Nick Hockley came under sustained attack for the way his lifetime ban from captaincy had been handled. Former senior Cricket Australia figure suggested that it was “so bad for the game’ to see the matter still being talked about five years on.
Bhupendra Patel
personBhupendra Patel on course for second straight win from urban constituency of Ghatlodia. Patel has so far received over 23,000 votes, compared to 3,800 votes polled by his Congress rival Amiben Yagnik. AAP candidate Vijay Patel is currently running third with around 2,100 votes.
Dan Snyder
personWashington Commanders co-owner Dan Snyder "contributed" to the team's toxic workplace. The report also accuses Snyder of interfering with the investigation looking into that misconduct. An internal investigation by attorney Beth Wilkinson last year resulted in the NFL fining the Commanders $10 million.
Dave Galafassi
personSister Wives' Robyn Brown is fearful over Kody Brown’s mental state following his split from Christine Brown. Nick Carter has opened up about how “very emotional” he felt after the Backstreet Boys supported him following the death of his younger brother. Jerrod Carmichael will host next month's Golden Globe Awards. A new festival designed to celebrate Los Angeles will debut Dec 10.
Dina Boluarte
personDina Boluarte is the first woman to hold the office in Peru's 200 years of independence. She replaces Pedro Castillo, who was ousted in an impeachment trial. "What I ask for is a time to rescue the country," she says.
Viktor Bout
personViktor Bout, 55, was given a 25-year prison sentence by a U.S. court in 2012. Bout helped fuel civil wars across the world by supplying more sophisticated weapons. He was lured to Thailand in a Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation. Bout sold arms to warlords and rogue governments.
WNBA
organizationWNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian penal colony on Thursday. She is coming home to the United States in a one-for-one prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout. President Joe Biden signed off on the trade, which took place in the United Arab Emirates. Griner had been held in a Russian prison since February for possessing illegal cannabis cartridges.
Brittney Griner
personBrittney Griner was released as part of a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Paul Whelan, another American imprisoned in Russia, was not a part of the swap. Griner had been detained since February, when she was arrested on drug smuggling charges at an airport in the Moscow region.
AAP
organizationBJP is set to get 50% vote share after the part is leading in over 140 seats in Gujarat. AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia is trailing from Katargam. The Congress won 40 of the state’s 68 seats, up 21 from its 2017 tally.
Brittney Griner
personThe Mercury center was arrested Feb. 17 at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow. The 32-year-old was arrested for cannabis smuggling at the start of the year. She had been entering Russia to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg during the WNBA off-season at the time of her arrest. The exchange did not include the return of another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.
Anne Sacoolas
personAnne Sacoolas pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. The 45-year-old was driving on the wrong side of the road in Northamptonshire. She claimed diplomatic immunity to avoid arrest and was later revealed to be a spy for US intelligence. She was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for a year.
Viktor Bout
personBrittney Griner was jailed in February in Moscow for bringing marijuana into Russia. She was released today after widespread outcry among celebrities and Dems. Griner swapped for war criminal Viktor Bout, who is so notorious he is nicknamed the 'Merchant of Death'
Meghan Markle
personBuckingham Palace hit back at claims they refused to co-operate with series. Royal officials in London insist they were never asked to comment. King Charles, Prince William or any other royal was not approached. First three episodes of the six-part docu-series are now available to stream online.
Luis Enrique
personSpain lost 3-0 on penalties to Morocco in the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Luis Enrique had instructed his players to take 1,000 penalties before the tournament. The 52-year-old had been in charge since 2018 and led the Spaniards to the semifinals of UEFA Euro 2020.
Harry Dunn
personUS citizen Anne Sacoolas, 45, has been sentenced at the Old Bailey. Sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for 12 months. Admitted to killing Harry Dunn by careless driving outside RAF Croughton. Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 when his motorbike collided with her car.
BJP
organizationAAP won the MCD elections with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the civic body in the national capital. BJP bagged 104 seats while the Congress was reduced to nine in the 250-member municipal corporation. AAP wins 27 seats, a vote share of 28%, in the Surat civic body, replacing Congress as the main opposition party.
Paul Whelan
personBrittney Griner was exchanged for international arms dealer Viktor Bout in a swap that took place in the United Arab Emirates. The deal did not include Paul Whelan, a 52-year-old former Marine who was arrested in 2018 on accusations of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Republicans have accused President Joe Biden of favoring celebrities over veterans, as he is left to languish in a Russian penal colony.
Congress
organizationCongress has won a simple majority in the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won 44 seats in the previous assembly, has finished second with 25 MLAs. The ruling party has won four seats and was ahead in 21 constituencies.
Bharatiya Janata Party
organizationBJP seems to be winning big in the counting trends for the assembly elections in Gujarat. Early trends show the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is headed for a huge win. The BJP has ruled Gujarat continuously for 27 years.
David Warner
personDavid Warner posted a throwback to his primary school days on Instagram. He stunned many of his 9.6 million followers after revealing he was in the chess team in 1998 at Matraville Public School in Sydney's east. Warner was also later named school captain after being voted in by his peers. It comes as Warner withdrew his bid to have his lifetime captaincy ban lifted from Cricket Australia.