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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the prequel to the original The Hunger Games trilogy and will center around a much younger Corialanus Snow. The young boy who is trying to fight his own way through the Hunger Games in his era will eventually become the cutthroat and downright evil President Snow when he has to face off against Katniss Everdeen. Several members of the cast of the new movie have been announced already, including Euphoria’s Shafer, who will play a young Tigris Snow....

With the start of the NFL regular season still more than three months away, the talk at Cowboys OTAs is centered around the contract situations of star players Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper. The chatter is so loud in Frisco, Texas, that Jason Witten is no longer discussing his surprise return to the team. Instead, the veteran tight end is vouching for the loyalty of Jerry Jones and Company and predicting new deals for his fellow offensive playmakers....

The former India coach was impressed by the youngster’s unique action and the pace he could generate. Immediately after his match, he was asked about his interest in joining the MI camp. For a 19-year-old who started playing cricket only after 10th standard that was quite a shock and a great achievement. Bumrah was roped into the team having legends of the game like Tendulkar, Kumble and Ponting. He was given a great environment to settle in and learn the tricks of the trade from those great exponents of the game....

Williams was quickly downgraded to out with the injury and carted to the locker room, giving Melvin Gordon RB1 status for the Broncos for the time being. Williams had rushed for 28 yards on 10 carries in Sunday’s game, and 176 yards on 37 carries coming into Sunday. He left the game after a gang tackle by the Raiders in traffic seemingly twisted his leg awkwardly. MORE: Latest updates on Brian Hoyer’s injury that forced Bailey Zappe into action...

The news was first confirmed by ROH and AEW owner Tony Khan on his Twitter account. Tagging his brother Mark, the Briscoe Brothers are 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champions. Considered one of the best tag teams in the world, the Briscoe Brothers were fresh off an outstanding trilogy of matches with FTR and the news comes as a shock to the entire wrestling community. Tributes have been pouring in from ROH, IMPACT, NJPW, AEW, and even WWE, with NXT commentators announcing Jay’s passing during their live broadcast....

Typically, ESPN does not directly credit other sources when they are the first to report breaking news. The World Wide Leader either goes around them completely or refers to them as “Media reports.” MORE: Browns whiffed on Manziel vs. Hoyer | Marvin Lewis apologizes for calling Manziel a ‘midget’ On Tuesday, Glazer was the first to report the news that Johnny Manziel will start for the Browns this Sunday when they take on the Bengals....

Unless that citizen happens to be a star basketball player in the middle of an NBA season. Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell was recently summoned for jury duty, but the team let the state of Utah know that now is not a good time. LHM Sports & Entertainment, which represents the Jazz, wrote a letter on behalf of Mitchell asking that he be “excused from jury service during this time given his commitments and schedule during the NBA season....

Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) made heavy weather of their match against Magwe but did just enough to come from behind to win 3-1 and with that confirms their qualification to the knockout stage of the 2017 AFC Cup. JDT as expected, fielded a side closest to their best XI with Gabriel Guerra, Safiq Rahim and Marcos Antonio on the starting team sheet. Gonzalo Cabrera misses out but R. Gopinathan was given another start in the competition....

Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) and Malaysia defender, Junior Eldstal has revealed that he could be out for up to six months after confirming that he is suffering from a slipped disc injury. Eldstal, who has been constantly out due to injuries for the past two seasons, stated on his official Twitter account that after consulting with a specialist in Singapore, he is required to undergo between three to six months of intense rehabilitation to repair the slipped discs, before he can return to football again....

The left-hander and his partner from El Salvador, came out 6-2 7-6(5) winners against Adrian Menendez-Maceiras from Spain and Markn Vervoort from the Netherlands in the opening round of the USD 150,000 hard court tournament. Jeevan flew to Mexico from Chengdu in China where he reached the final but had to reschedule his tickets from Japan, from where flights were affected due to bad weather. Jeevan will play with Aravelo in a few tournaments as his regular partner Austin Krajicek is busy with family commitments....

Mejia has decided to appeal the ban, which he was hit with in February after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs for a third time. MORE: Notable players suspended for PED use “My client feels he has no choice but to fight,” Mejia’s lawyer Vincent White said Friday, via the New York Daily News. According to White, Mejia was under pressure from MLB’s “dirty cop tactics” and that a witness claimed MLB hacked players’ online accounts....

Roddick also revealed that Sinner reminds him of Robin Soderling - a player renowned for his devastating power off both wings. Jannik Sinner was one of the brightest spots on the ATP tour last year, where he reached his maiden Slam quarterfinal (Roland Garros). The 19-year-old followed that up with his first ever ATP tour title, at Sofia. Sinner has thus emulated Andy Roddick’s feat of winning his first title as a teenager....

Japan is suffering from an irrational lack of exuberance. With Japanese stocks bumping along at 20-year lows, the market now figures that hundreds of small companies like Exedy are worth less than their liquidation value. One reason is that many banks, fearing the country’s bad-loan crisis will only get worse, are dumping stock in firms that might fail outright. But that dim view is so indiscriminate that hundreds of profitable businesses are trading at “valuations that can be compared to those of the late 1930s in the United States,” says Shuhei Abe, a Tokyo hedge-fund manager....

The 20-year-old melted hearts when she broke down sobbing after thrashing her idol 6-2, 6-4 to become Japan’s first Grand Slam singles champion in New York last weekend. Japanese tennis legend Kimiko Date told AFP it made her “heart ache” to see Osaka reduced to tears and unable to savour her moment of glory. But after returning to Japan on Thursday, Osaka insisted there were no hard feelings towards Williams, who branded umpire Carlos Ramos a “thief” in an astonishing tantrum triggered by a code violation for coaching that culminated in a docked game....

According to recent updates from the Japan Meteorological Agency, Sakurajima has been emitting a steady stream of ash and lapilli—small fragments of rock—following recent seismic activity. According to Volcano Discovery, lava bombs—chunks of molten or semi-molten rock 2.5 inches plus in diameter—are being chucked distances of 2,624 to 3,608 feet from Minamidake summit crater, while ash emissions are reaching altitudes of around 11,000 feet. It said 26 volcanic earthquakes and 13 tremors have been recorded....

The promise of a hot dip in Japan’s golden age is an idea whose time has come. There’s even a term, iyashi-sangyo, or “healing business,” that refers to services designed to ease the anxiety of Japan’s seemingly endless recession. They include aromatherapy, massage and work trips in farm country, but none rivals the popularity of hot springs, long venerated for their reputed healing powers. A volcanic archipelago, Japan has 30,000 natural hot springs and 3,000 hot-spring resorts, most located in small country inns....

City officials last week said a bid for the 2030 Olympics seems more likely than pursuing 2026. Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and Tsunekazu Takeda, an IOC member and head of the Japanese Olympic Committee, met Monday in Tokyo and remained vague about the bid. “In the meeting, we did not discuss dropping our bid for 2026 and shifting it to 2030,” the mayor told reporters. “But we exchanged information including the schedule of the city’s planning program to decide whether we will continue our bid for 2026 or change it for 2030....

Why? Well, we’re not quite sure, but it could be because he dropped a very catchable pass in the end zone. Maybe Cook thinks it was quarterback Austin Davis’ fault, why else would he shove him on the sidelines? MORE: Week 3 scoreboard | LeBron TD celebrations | Manziel goes long…as a receiver The best part? The Rams were actually winning.

The founder and CEO of the news site Hollywood Unlocked has stood by his outlet’s story, stating: “We don’t post lies.” After his story alleging that the Queen of the United Kingdom is dead was published, the phrase “Queen is Dead” became a trending topic online. It was refuted by many other journalists and news outlets, then eventually became a running joke on Twitter. Responding to his critics, Lee wrote on Twitter: “We don’t post lies and I always stand by my sources....