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After all, Federer was done. He was never going to win another grand slam. And Rafa, sure, he was a contender, but only in Paris, really. But they made it through, and we all loved it, as those old favourites squared off once again. They’re still there at Melbourne Park this year, and favoured to do it again. And we’ll all love it once again. Yet there’s a flip side to two men in their thirties being the top two in the world. Tennis has been waiting for a new male face — that young star who was going to break the stranglehold of the big four. Look at the list of grand slam winners since Novak Djokovic claimed his first Australian Open in 2008. Juan Martin del Potro has only won one US Open, as has Marin Cilic. Andy Murray is in the Big Four, even though he has only won three slams. Stan Wawrinka might be the closest thing but he was in his late 20s when he broke through in 2014 at Melbourne Park. That’s it. But it’s not even necessarily about winning slams; it’s about c...

In a recent move, Reliance Jio revised its  R s.  153 prepaid recharge plan by increasing the daily data limits for Jio Phone users. Jio's new  R s.  153 prepaid recharge plan now offers 28 GB of 4G high-speed data with a daily cap of 1 GB data for Jio Phone users, apart from other benefits. However, Jio's  R s.  153 prepaid recharge plan is available only for Jio Phone users. Before the latest revision, Jio Phone's  R s.  153 prepaid recharge plan only offered 500 MB data per day for a period of 28 days to Jio Phone users. Other benefits remain the same of this prepaid recharge plan. Jio's new  R s.  153 prepaid recharge plan in detail Jio's  R s.  153 prepaid recharge plan offers 1GB of 4G daily data for a period of 28 days for Jio Phone users. The total data available with this prepaid recharge plan is 28GB. After the completion of daily data limit, the internet speed is reduced to 64kbps. Jio's  R s. ...

External Design Taking its cue from previous generations, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have the same general appearance of earlier devices. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have custom front and rear glass, made with a 50 percent deeper strengthening layer, fitted onto a steel substructure and surrounded with an aerospace-grade 7000 Series aluminum band.  At the top of the face side of both phones are the FaceTime camera, microphone, and speaker, with the Home button featuring Touch ID towards the base. At the bottom edge is a Lightning connector, another microphone, and a stereo speaker grille. On the left side are the volume buttons and the Ring/Silent switch, with a side button on the opposite edge.  On the back side are the familiar camera bumps seen in previous generations. The iPhone 8 uses a single camera lens while the Plus model has two camera sensors in the standard horizontal arrangement, with both sets of cameras flanked by a flash.  The iPhone...

The 2018 Winter Olympics are set for February 9-25. Here's a quick guide, including location, new events, venues, how to watch the Games, the mascot and ticket sales. Competitions will be held at 13 venues for the Winter Games. For the first time, TV viewers in all US time zones will have access to live coverage of the Games, instead of a delayed replay. The city is about 80 miles (125 kilometers) east of Seoul and about 60 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. A train between Seoul and PyeongChang takes about 90 minutes. Officials announced in 2011 that the city had beaten top bids from Munich, Germany, and Annecy, France. Has South Korea hosted before? This will be the second Olympic Games held in South Korea. (Seoul hosted the Summer Olympics in 1988.) Opening and closing ceremonies will be housed at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium, a temporary structure with capacity for 35,000 spectators.

Star Vijay TV’s most popular singing reality show Super Singer Season 6 is back. Star Vijay Super Singer 6 2017 auditions will be held across Tamil Nadu state. The show is searching for the best playback voice and singing talent in Tamil Nadu. All interested aspiring participants can give the audition of Star Vijay Super Singer 2017 who have the magical voice. The Star Vijay TV Super Singer 2018 audition will start with Coimbatore city on 26th November 2017. Airtel Super Singer is a show that discovers the amazing voice of Tamil Nadu. The participants have to sing Tamil song during the audition of Super Singer season 6. The show will air on Star Vijay TV. The Auditions dates for the Super Singer 6 2017 has been announced. Find how to do registration for the Super Singer 6 auditions .

Manchester United’s hopes of buying Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchezmay recede should Henrikh Mkhitaryan not wish to move to the north London club, with the Armenian carefully weighing up his options before a possible move from Old Trafford.   Manchester United spending a fortune to get Alexis Sánchez at 29 makes sense Barney Ronay   Read more There has not yet been contact between Mkhitaryan and Arsenal regarding his terms and potentially moving to the Emirates Stadium. It is understood Mkhitaryan does not view himself as a makeweight in any deal that would take Sanchez to United. Instead, the forward believes he is the key to United being able to purchase the Chilean. Jose Mourinho has said he expects “other big clubs” to go in for Sanchez but Antonio Conte does not believe Chelsea are trying to sign him. “I don't know but I don't think so,” the manager said. United’s prospective terms are thought to include Mkhitaryan being part of Sanch...

I would like to clarify that the story circulating on social media regarding the inspiration of Crayon Shin-chan series is just a false rumor. It is  not  true. I've been a big fan of the series ever since I first saw it on TV. I have seen all movies, read all mangas and seen almost all episodes in the original version. I have even read critics and reviews from Japan. The original author Yoshito Usui before beginning his career as a mangaka worked at a shop called Darakuya store. The founder and owner of the store was Shinnosuke Nikaidō. In 1987, he started his mangaka career by creating a manga called “Darakuya Store Monogatari” inspired by his experiences, which got published in the magazine Weekly Manga Action. Shinnosuke Nikaidō was one of it's characters and the manga depicted his growing up from a boy to becoming the store owner. The then editor in charge, Katsuyuki Hayashi, suggested Usui that if they make this character as the protagonist of another manga, it...

The album of Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren starring Vijay Sethupathi and Gautham Karthik was launched on Saturday in Malaysia during the Celebrity Cricket League event. The album scored by Justin Prabhakaran is heavy on percussion, the dominant part of the trailer. While “En Elumba Enni Enni” was launched earlier as a single, the other three songs of the film were released on Saturday. “Lamba Lamba” is a party style number with the music composer creates an interesting contrast with the lyrics and the techno flavour of the song. Looks like Vijay Sethupathi is Yemah (The Lord of Death) in the film. While the quickest film that has earlier dealt with the afterworld is Rajinikanth’s ‘Adhisaya Piravi’ where Rajini strikes a deal with the Lord of Death. While we don’t know if ONNPS will be on the same lines, it is definitely bound to tell an interesting story. Justin’s songs don’t have the effect his songs from ‘Pannaiyarum Padminium’ or ‘Oru Naal Koothu’ had. For example, I am...

For young South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, making his Test debut in front of his home crowd is a dream come true moment and said he too experienced goosebumps just like any other cricketer. Ngidi was instrumental in reducing India to 183 for five as he not only affected the first-ball run-out of Cheteshwar Pujara but also scalped his maiden Test wicket in the form of Parthiv Patel. “Test debut was a dream of mine and I am happy it came true on my home ground. I actually had goosebumps,” said Ngidi at the end of day two in the ongoing second cricket Test against India in Centurion on Sunday. “I was talking to Vernon (Philander) in terms of game plans on how to get that wicket. Listening to someone with so much knowledge, and it planned out exactly the way he was telling me. It made me really happy and I now believe that I can perform at this level,” he said. “I stuck to my lengths. We keep it as basic as possible. Being hypercritical, I think I could have done a little bit...

When it gets dark in a video game, it’s usually not all that dark. The cave you’re in may be  dim . The forest at night might be  shadowy . But video games almost never go pitch black.  Assassin’s Creed Origins  is a welcome exception. 00:00 00:00 I’ve been replaying  Origins  on PC, taking a more methodical approach than I did when I reviewed the game on PS4 last fall. I’m currently in Giza, a region of the map that’s home to a variety of pyramids and their enclosed tombs. Anytime you enter one of those tombs, the game will remind you (incessantly) that you should take out a torch to light dark spaces. Unlike most games, however, it really means it. Origins  isn’t the only game to actually require a light source in dark places, of course. But in so many other games, “dark” actually means “dim.” A cave in  Skyrim  or...

Pongal, celebrated mainly in Tamil Nadu, is a popular harvest festival and marks the auspicious beginning of the sun's northward journey towards the equinox, known as Uttarayan. Pongal celebrates the first harvest of the year. The festival, which is celebrated over four days, coincides with Makar Sankranti and Lohri, which is celebrated in North India. Pongal translates to "spilling over" and the festival derives its name from the tradition of boiling rice in a pot till it starts overflowing. Other popular traditions in the celebration of Pongal include the drawing of rangolis and  cooking of the Pongal dish , which is a Tamil preparation of rice boiled with milk and jaggery. This year, Pongal began on January 13 and ends on January 16. The first day of Pongal is called Bogi, or Bhogi Pongal, and is celebrated in honour of Lord Indra. Lord Indra is considered the God of clouds and rains, and is believed to bring plenty and prosperity to the land. 

It’s a new year, and with that new year we now have another new lawsuit in which someone has accused Ed Sheeran of ripping off their song. Thankfully, he’s not alone this time, as the lawsuit concerns a song he co-wrote for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill—both of whom are also named in the complaint.  This comes from  The Hollywood Reporter , which says Australian songwriters Sean Carey and Beau Golden believe that the McGraw/Hill/Sheeran joint “The Rest Of Our Life” is a “blatant” copy of their 2014 song “When I Found You” that would be “obvious to the ordinary observer.” Carey and Golden are being represented by Richard Busch, the attorney who won the “Blurred Lines” lawsuit for Marvin Gaye’s family and who also recently faced off against Sheeran in a lawsuit over his song “Photograph.” Sheeran ended up settling in that case, with the  THR  story noting that he gave up a “significant share of royalties” as part of the deal. Shortly before agreeing...