IPL 2026 Points Table after Match 50: LSG end six-match losing streak to shake up playoff battle | Cricket News

Lucknow Super Giants’ Prince Yadav, celebrates with teammates (AP Photo) The IPL 2026 points table after Match 50 may not have brought dramatic changes in the standings, but it turned out to be a hugely significant result in the playoff race. Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost the extra-game advantage they previously held over several rivals after … Read more

2026 World Cup Odds: Could Messi, Yamal Meet in Generational Final?

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is closer than you think, and the betting markets are already shaping up for what could become one of the biggest sporting events in history.  After 103 matches across North America take place, the tournament will officially culminate on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey in what … Read more

As housing insecurity grows, global leaders push for action

With nearly three billion people lacking access to adequate housing worldwide, the global housing crisis has become one of the most urgent human rights challenges, according to UN-Habitatthe UN agency focused on sustainable urban development and housing. More than one billion people live in informal settlements, while over 300 million people experience homelessness across the … Read more

March Madness: NCAA Tournament, Men’s and Women’s, Will Expand to 76 Teams

The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season, a move that will drop more early-round games into the first week of the highly popular and lucrative showcase without substantially changing its overall form. The new 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games — for … Read more

Mitchell Marsh ton helps LSG end home hoodoo at Ekana against RCB | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) survived a late fightback from Tim David (40 off 17 balls) to beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by nine runs in their IPL 2026 match at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday. Prince Yadav picked up three wickets as LSG defended their total in a rain-hit 19-overs-a-side game. … Read more

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says

Three people have died and several others have fallen ill aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, prompting a major international public health response involving countries across Europe, Africa and Latin America. The first alert came from the United Kingdom, which notified WHO under International Health Regulations (IHR) of the outbreak after passengers aboard the vessel developed … Read more

ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’

Are you even? online in 2026 if you haven’t experienced the verbal tics of ChatGPT? It loves goblins, em dashes, and “it’s not A; it’s B” sentence constructions. But what you might not know is that the chatbot also has plenty of strange phrases it loves to say in Chinese, and they are driving Chinese … Read more

How Michigan Built a Formula College Basketball is Racing to Copy

There was a moment during the three-week window between winning the national title on April 6 and the official announcement of his new roster on April 28 when Michigan basketball coach Dusty May toyed with making wholesale changes to a strategy that had worked wonders.  Towering positional size and NBA-caliber talent in the frontcourt propelled … Read more