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Tolo News voluntarily removed music shows and soap operas after the Taliban has issued vague directives that media must not contradict Islamic laws or harm national interest. Instead, the dramas have been replaced by a Turkish TV series set in the Ottoman era featuring more modestly dressed actresses. Saad Mohseni, the CEO and chairman of Moby Group, which owns Tolo, said the network made the decision to replace the shows on its own because “we didn’t think that they’d be acceptable to the new regime....

Once Rashid dismissed Joyce, the momentum was disrupted and Ireland just about managed their way to 229. The leggie bagged four as Afghanistan had a fairly easy target to chase down, or so it seemed. Stuart Thompson and Tim Murtagh put on an exhibition whilst opening the bowling and Ireland seemed to have clawed their way back into the game before Rahmat Shah’s second ODI hundred and Shamiullah Shenwari’s handy half-century took Afghanistan to their target....

New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) today launched its very own franchise-based T20 league, to be held in the UAE in October, but the BCCI is expected to maintain its current stand of not allowing Indian players to turn freelancers. The ACB claims that 40 overseas cricketers have showing interest in the league to be staged in Sharjah from October 5-24. While the top officials of Afghanistan board wanted BCCI to allow at least its non-contracted players to take part in the inaugural edition, India won’t make exceptions for one particular private league, even though it is a venture of a long-time ally....

The French club, which won the inaugural Champions League title, will face Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in the Europa League final. Both the title and a spot in next season’s Champions League will be on the line in Lyon. Marseille is the only French club to have won the Champions League, and the players are constantly reminded of that night in 1993 when Marseille beat AC Milan 1-0 on a header from defender Basile Boli....

That’s bad for the fossil fuel industry and the bad faith actors who do their bidding. They benefit from our ongoing addiction to fossil fuels. Public awareness of the dangers of climate change threatens business as usual—that is, our continued reliance on the burning of fossil fuels, oil, coal, natural gas, for energy and transportation, and the massive fossil fuel industry profits that go with it. Nothing offers greater potential to raise climate awareness than the sight of biblical fires engulfing our communities and countryside, people’s homes, our forested environs....

Schoop hit a grand slam after Ryan Braun was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning, and Milwaukee beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Sunday, completing a series sweep and preserving the Brewers’ lead in the NL wild-card race. Milwaukee moved within two games of the first-place Cubs in the NL Central heading into a three-game series at Chicago. In the sixth, Madison Bumgarner hit Braun with his third of three consecutive pitches inside to load the bases with two outs....

Post Kojima’s split up with Konami, Silent Hills, a survival horror video game that marked a collaboration of the former and Guillermo del Toro featuring Norman Reedus, was cancelled. Death Stranding emerged as the first game from Kojima Productions after becoming independent, and one could speculate that the company might set their foot on horro, yet again. Hideo Kojima’s recent tweet read that he would watch scary movies to make the “scariest horror game....

This was precisely the plan. With the window for terminating pregnancies narrowed to roughly six weeks, the measure has the effect of limiting abortion availability while stopping short of an outright ban that would run counter to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court precedent. The probable extinction of Roe later this Supreme Court term has energized some states to expand protections for the unborn. But as we wait for the Court to hand down a decisive ruling, those states should not kid themselves....

Of course, there’s bound to be one or more surprise(s) at the show! Let us just list out a few AEW All Out 2021 surprises to hype up the upcoming event, for your entertainment and enjoyment. If you think we may have missed out on one or more, share your thoughts in the comments. #5 Mark Henry comes out of retirement at AEW All Out 2021 in a truly stunning twist If there’s a lopsided match on the AEW All Out 2021 card it’s the one between Paul Wight and QT Marshall....

AEW Full Gear takes place inside New Jersey’s Prudential Center on November 19. Also on the card will be a rematch between The Acclaimed and Swerve In Our Glory for the AEW World Tag Team Titles, and Toni Storm defending the interim AEW Women’s World Title against Jamie Hayter. Chris Jericho defends the Ring of Honor World Title against Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Sammy Guevara. While Jade Cargill defends the TBS Title against Nyla Rose....

AEW has now announced a big segment featuring Sting for next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. Sting will speak up for the first time about his AEW debut on the next edition of AEW Dynamite. That’s not all; all Elite Wrestling has lined up many other matches and segments for the episode. Orange Cassidy will take on MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring. FTR will have a match against Griff Garrison and Brian Pillman Jr....

In case you didn’t know… Several months ago, AEW announced that they intended on putting out a weekly live show, before confirming a deal with the Turner networks - marking the first time in over 18 years that a wrestling program has aired on said network. Thus far, AEW has only run three one-off events - Double or Nothing, Fyter Fest and Fight For The Fallen. The heart of the matter All Elite Wrestling today confirmed details of their weekly television series coming to the TNT Network - confirming a two-hour weekly live show commencing on Wednesday, October 2nd....

Why did Cody Rhodes leave WWE? Rhodes was unhappy with his position in the company. He felt that he could be a main-eventer and believed that he could do it outside the company. But Rhodes had only known WWE and never worked for any other wrestling promotion. Rhodes took a leap of faith and decided to move on from the company that both his father and brother had been a part of....

All Elite Wrestling sold out their first TNT show in 3 hours. The first show will be taking place in Washington, D.C. and boasts 14,000 seats. While Cody Rhodes thanked the fans for their support, Chris Jericho insisted it happened because he was at the center of the poster. The debut show is set to take place on October 02, 2019. AEW on TNT will arrive in Boston on October 09 in the Agganis Arena....

The winner will receive a future match at the AEW World Tag Team Championship, and AEW has now announced the rules for the match. The match’s order would be selected by lottery, and as expected, two teams will kick off the contest. A new team will join the fray every ninety seconds, and a team would be eliminated only when both members are dumped over the top rope. Given below are the rules as revealed by AEW:...

On this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, founder Tony Khan started the show by announcing he had purchased Ring of Honor from Sinclair Broadcast Group. The deal includes ROH’s video library, brand assets, intellectual property, production equipment, and more dating back to 2002. MORE: When will Ring of Honor return to action? “Ring of Honor’s influence on modern professional wrestling is etched permanently in the history books, and this acquisition ensures that its legacy will be kept alive and treated with the utmost respect," Khan said in a release on social media moments after the announcement....

The home side appeared to have settled for a scoreless draw when Mohammad Nejadmahdi was dismissed for a second bookable offence late in normal time. But they almost immediately won a spot-kick courtesy of Rouzbeh Cheshmi’s handball and Giorgi Gvelesiani held his nerve to secure a handy lead heading into next week’s return leg. Zob Ahan are attempting to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2011, having lost in the final the previous year....

Lenny, who turned 27 on Saturday, failed to recover from a knee injury that he picked up in the final I-League game of the season against Salgaocar. Besides Lenny, the versatile Saran Singh, centre-back Sanjay Balmuchu, central midfielder Asley Fernandes and veteran Anthony Pereira are all unavailable for the Red Machines due to injury. On a positive note, attacker Bineesh Balan made it to the 17-man squad that is going to travel to Vietnam in the early hours of Sunday morning from Mumbai....

WEST ZONE SF - 2nd LEG: Al Zawra’a (IRQ) v Air Force Club (IRQ) After the first leg between Al Zawra’a and Air Force Club saw history being made with it being the first continental game to be played in Iraq since 2013, the second leg between the two Iraqi teams will be held at Doha’s Grand Hamad Stadium on Monday. The first leg in Arbil finished 1-1 with Al Zawra’a gaining a vital away goal advantage....

In an exciting tactical battle that ended 1-0, Qatar’s striker Almoez Ali scored the only goal of the game after Colts custodian Vishal Kaith lost control of the ball to show the striker an empty net. Coach Stephen Constantine rang the changes to his side after a disappointing defeat against Syria in the first game. Youngster Lallianzuala Chhangte and Alan Deory were among those who came in to energise the team....