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The commission, led by former WADA president Dick Pound, was set up to investigate allegations of systematic cheating and cover-ups within Russian athletics — following claims made in a German television documentary last year. MORE: Spectacular photos from Sochi Winter Games | Police raid IAAF HQ In a lengthy report presented in Geneva on Monday, the commission revealed it had found existence of “widespread cheating through the use of doping substances and methods,” while suggesting the 2012 Olympics in London “were, in a sense, sabotaged by the admission of athletes who should not have been competing and could have been prevented from competing....

LAS VEGAS – Let the Madness begin! Yesterday we got our first taste of what we’ll be seeing over the next few weeks on the college hardwood. Today’s action gets a little more intense, as some teams’ only hope of making the Big Dance – winning their conference tournament – remains alive. While it’s never easy to pick winners and cash tickets, bettors can be assured of getting maximum effort from the teams on which they wager, and teams usually play to their expected rating this time of year....

I say yes, and the teams that either recently announced their starting quarterbacks like the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills, as well as a team like the Oakland Raiders that has yet to make any public proclamation, are perfect examples of that. MORE: Raiders’ coach delays official announcement | Geno gets nod | EJ Manuel’s up Let's start with why these teams either waited until Wednesday to make their announcement, or haven't done it at all in the case of the Raiders....

Well, fate and COVID-19 won’t be letting the MGM lion roar anytime soon, so with almost 5 months to go until No Time to Die has a chance of gracing movie theaters all over the world, it’s probably a good idea to line up a team of other spies that may take 007’s place for the time being. RELATED: Wonder Woman 1984 and James Bond Licensing Deals Hit Hard by COVID...

There’s just not another way to put it. As one NBA team executive put it to me, “there are going to be just random Wednesday nights where you turn on the TV and it’s like ‘oh, a pair of potential first-rounders in Jaron Blossomgame and Tyler Lydon are facing off.’ Or, ‘oh, Dennis Smith has to deal with Virginia and its physical guards.’” Every single night, this league is going to have a marquee matchup worth watching if you’re an NBA Draft fan....

Wales star Gareth Bale had, unsurprisingly, been highlighted as the dangerman before the last-16 tie at the Parc des Princes but was largely stifled in a tense all-British affair. However, the Real Madrid man showed his quality with a teasing left-wing cross that the unfortunate McAuley diverted into his own net when sliding to make a clearance with 15 minutes remaining. In truth the expected blood-and-thunder derby-type contest never materialised, but Wales will feel they did enough to justify their place in the last eight with Sam Vokes missing a great second-half opportunity and Bale testing Michael McGovern - so impressive in the 1-0 loss to Germany - with a free-kick....

But is this perspective really born out by the data? Our data suggests that the unvaccinated—even in red states—can be reached. Our Rutgers-affiliated NGO, the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), set out to create a data-driven forecast of vaccine reluctance. In collaboration with tech leaders from Google and Walmart, the NCRI developed a large-scale climate model of vaccine reluctance. And what we found was that vaccine reluctance was correlated with a number of factors, including ethnic composition, searches on Google about side effects, wealth and inequality, partisanship in voter outcomes, percentages of health-challenged individuals, and tweets about COVID-related conspiracies....

Usually, the prices of Xbox Wireless Controllers vary depending on the color. However, standard colors such as Black and White, are now lowered down to $39 and $43.49 respectively. These colors usually go for $60, giving players a total savings of up to $20. Moreover, Walmart is also offering other designs of the Xbox Wireless Controller including Phantom Black, Sport White, and several Walmart exclusive colors are available at a discount via the links below....

“You didn’t see that coming?” The Marvel Cinematic Universe received one of its all-time biggest surprises in the closing moments of WandaVision’s fifth episode. Though plenty of fans were awaiting a showstopping cameo, it’s hard to imagine anyone expecting just who was on the other side of Vis and Wanda’s front door: Pietro Maximoff, Wanda’s pseudo-speedster brother who was tragically gunned down during the Battle of Sokovia in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, appears miraculously alive and well....

Si te ha entrado la curiosidad, sigue leyendo para conocerlo todo sobre esta nueva serie de superhéroes. Te explicamos cómo ser el primero en ver todos sus capítulos, si es posible hacerlo de forma gratuita y quiénes conforman el reparto principal. ¿Cuándo se estrena Bruja Escarlata y Visión? Ya no hace falta que esperes más. Bruja Escarlata y Visión se estrenó el pasado 15 de enero en Disney+, día en el que ya pudimos ver los dos primeros capítulos de la serie....

The call came over Capt. Brad Velotta’s radio with the audible clarity that only shocking news can bring. Shots fired, the voice said, with one soldier down, “shot in the head by a sniper.” Velotta and his men jumped up from the chai -and-chat session in the home of a local sheik in Baghdad’s Shaab neighborhood, just north of Sadr City. They had been discussing the role of Coalition forces, the purpose of the Stryker mission and even such concepts as war and peace....

War Thunder is a war simulation game allowing players to take control of a vast selection of real tanks, helicopters, and planes to battle in massive maps. The game strives to feel accurate while still being fun to play, but occasionally slips up in true-to-life accuracy. RELATED: War Thunder: The 15 Best Aircraft In The Game, Ranked A player on the War Thunder forums who claims to have served as a real-life Challenger 2 challenger and gunnery instructor wanted the War Thunder tank buffed, and presented excerpts from what appears to be internal military documents not normally accessible to the general public....

RELATED: Warframe: All Tenet Weapons, Ranked For the uninitiated, Harrow is supposedly a dark priest warframe whose specialty is sacrificing something in order to bolster his and his allies’ offense and defense. He’s practically a support warframe but can rack up some dizzying damage potentials thanks to his stacking buffs. Players looking for an all-around frame that’s too vengeful to die ought to obtain him in Warframe. Meanwhile, anyone who loves Harrow’s design and theme will be pleased to know that he’s not too hard to acquire....

This latest demo comes as a part of TennoCon 2020, a sort of digital convention organized by Digital Extremes to show off the new content coming to Warframe this year to replace the usual live show hosted every year. Heart of Deimos specifically will be arriving to all platforms on August 25th, bringing all new missions and a new open world for fans who may have run to the end of their own personal objectives already....

RELATED: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - What Is The Imperium? To be what the group needs, gamers need to get the best feats that Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has to offer. Better weapons and gear will help, certainly, but they can’t replace the ways that feats can fundamentally change the game for the character. Level 5 Feat Players will have to choose a style early for the Skullbreaker. After taking in all the feats, the build seems to be one that focuses on boss fights; the toughest encounters in the game....

Having come from a family of doctors, VVS chose to listen to his heart and decided to follow his passion for cricket. Like the other gentleman from Hyderabad, he was also a classy and effortless wristy player. He personified understated and lazy elegance. He was an artist at work, who made batting look truly beautiful and enchanting. When he was on song, he would make batting look fluid, like a smooth flowing river with nothing to stop it....

WADA is prepared to unveil the names of “dirty” athletes performing in Sochi to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Reedie said. He said Russia had created a doping system to secure victory at home Olympics to bounce back after a disappointing performance in Vancouver, reports Tass. WADA’s independent commission, chaired by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren, released a report on July 18 on the results of its probe into accusations of doping and manipulation of tests by Russian athletes and officials at the 2014 Sochi Games....

Doe’s back was to the Atlantic Ocean, where a U.S. Navy task force with 2,300 Marines waited. They were there to evacuate about 800 Americans from Monrovia if necessary. They also awaited possible orders to take Doe away to exile. The dictator’s departure might provide a slim chance to reduce the bloodshed. But with Doe refusing U.S. evacuation offers, that chance seemed doubly remote. Diplomatic sources in neighboring Abidjan say Doe has requested instead that the United States escort him to his home region....

The Welsh Rugby Union on Monday confirmed Halfpenny’s injury. Kerevi smashed into Halfpenny in their test on Saturday in Cardiff, after the latter kicked to touch from inside his own 22. Referee Ben O’Keeffe took no action. Halfpenny was forced to walk off with seven minutes to go for a head injury assessment, and replaced by Dan Biggar, who kicked the penalty for Wales to win 9-6 and end a 10-year losing streak to the Wallabies....

The 46-year-old has saw his stock rise dramatically after guiding the Dragons to the Euro 2016 semi-finals this summer. And Coleman, who took over the Wales reins in 2012, has now confirmed he has no intention of staying on when his contract runs out in two years’ time, whether the nation qualify for the next World Cup or not. “I am sure this will be my last campaign whether we qualify or not,” said Coleman....