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Jamaica Kingsmen (JK) and Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) are set to face each other in Qualifier 2 of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2026 at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. The winner of this contest will keep their hopes of reaching the CPL final alive, while the losing side will be eliminated from the tournament.Guyana Amazon Warriors come into the game after a disappointing nine-wicket defeat against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in Qualifier 1. Shai Hope has been their leading run-scorer with 292 runs, while Imran Tahir has taken 15 wickets. However, their batting collapsed for just 76 in the…

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Alexander Nikishin still wants to be traded, and he has no intention of heading back to the KHL Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: More sources have confirmed that unsigned RFA Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Alexander Nikishin still wants to be traded. Even though he just won a Stanley Cup, he still doesn’t think he’s a fit. “It’s better if I keep our conversations just between us,” Tulsky said. “He has every right to expect that when he comes to me, that it’s just between us and not a conversation with the media, and I want to be respectful of that.” There…

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An air traffic control failure that sparked widespread travel chaos earlier this month was caused by a “software defect” affecting the system underpinning UK air space management, the national air traffic service Nats has said.The problem happened “in the space of a millisecond”, Nats said, leading to the system producing corrupted data.The failure led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled and hundreds of thousands of passengers affected, with some sleeping on airport floors or getting stuck overseas.Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander called the disruption “completely unacceptable”, while industry body Airlines UK is writing to Nats to demand immediate compensation for…

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The U.S. is continuing to target Iran’s use of bitcoin.  In a Thursday statement, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated BitBank, an Iranian crypto exchange, as part of Operation Economic Outcast — the Trump Administration’s whole-of-government economic campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers.  The U.S. has sanctioned Iran for decades. This year, the Middle Eastern country has stepped up its use of cryptocurrencies — including bitcoin — in order to skirt around economic penalties.  “Today’s designations of Iranian digital asset infrastructure make perfectly clear that efforts to finance the Iranian regime using cryptocurrencies are not…

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Oasis fans are set for a Wonderwall experience when they get the chance to bid for unheard recordings of the Supersonic boys at their peak.The archive includes recordings of 63 live shows, soundchecks and more than 100 hours of rehearsals from the band’s rise and rise in the 1990s.The lots, which also include original setlists, tour itineraries, a band-played Epiphone guitar and an Oasis tour parka, will be offered for sale on 3 October in Evesham, Worcestershire.The collection, known as The Desk Tapes, has been in the possession of Owain Richards for 20 years, after his dad, a former front-of-house…

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Anvay Dravid (File photo) India Under-19 held off Australia Under-19 by seven runs in a rain-shortened first Youth ODI in Rajkot on Friday, with Anvay Dravid providing the late push and Yashbardhan Chauhan scoring a half-century.The match was reduced to 20 overs per side after rain interrupted play at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. India posted 182 for six after being sent in to bat by Aussie skipper Jack Czosnek, with Chauhan making 54 off 34 balls and Anvay, son of former India captain Rahul Dravid, scoring 38 off 18.The match also marked the India U-19 debut of Aaryavir Sehwag, son…

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Following today’s Solana news, the network cut its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds on Friday, according to Solana blockchain data, pushing the network’s block cadence up by nearly 17%. That takes Solana from roughly 3.3 slots produced each second to a target of four, giving wallets, exchanges, and trading applications a fresher, more current view of the network. Here is the tension worth sitting with: Solana’s clock is now ticking noticeably faster, and validators are handing off control sooner than before, but the network’s sustained transaction capacity has not moved. The reason is mechanical, not marketing.…

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Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage CFTC staff said on September 17 that providers of passive crypto trading software will not face enforcement for skipping broker registration when they connect users to regulated derivatives markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued a no-action position, Release 9300-26, stating it will not recommend action against qualifying providers or their personnel for failing to register as introducing brokers or associated persons. The software must connect users exclusively to CFTC-registered firms and exchanges: futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, or designated contract markets. What the…

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