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Conducted by Meco Motorsports and JK Tyre, it has received 38 entries thus far, a 15 per cent increase over previous year’s response. The event will see the country’s top teams like Rayo Racing, Dark Don Racing, India Karting, Mohites Racing and Meco Racing. The new entrant this time is BPC Racing. The competition will be held in three age-group categories – Micro Max, Junior Max and Senior Max. There is also a category for rookie drivers who have not won any race in the last five years as well as new entrants....

The former world number five, who previously won the competition in 2011, 2012 and 2015, dumped out seeds Nicoloz Basilashvili and Lucas Pouille en route to another decider. But it was Tsonga who faced an upset when the first-set tie-break went the way of Bedene. However, the one-time Australian Open finalist came up with an impressive response, edging another breaker in the second before starting the decider in fine fashion....

Q. Was there a point at which Apple stopped being fun? A. Well, Apple was about as pure of a Silicon Valley company as you could imagine. We started in a garage. Woz (co-founder Stephen Wozniak) and I both grew up in Silicon Valley. Our role model was Hewlett-Packard (the electronics company). And so I guess that’s what we went into it thinking. Hewlett-Packard, you know, Jobs and Wozniak. And, as you recall, it was a very small company for a long time....

The latest battleground survey by the Republican-founded firm Firehouse Strategies has revealed the commander-in-chief’s leads in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have slipped over the first quarter of 2020. According to the poll results, former Vice President Biden is within the margin of error of overtaking Trump in the states the latter narrowly won at the 2016 presidential election. The president’s leads over Sanders and Biden have taken the biggest hit in Wisconsin, with both primary frontrunners cutting the gaps between themselves and Trump by more than half....

Biden spoke at a CNN town hall event on Wednesday and warned that the leaders of other countries were “wondering” about whether the U.S. would “get it together” in the 21st century. The QAnon conspiracy theory posits, among other claims, that there is an international cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles which includes senior Democrats and possibly Biden himself. The president dismissed that conspiracy. Biden discussed the QAnon conspiracy theory and appeared saddened that some people believed it....

Title 42 calls for the removal of individuals entering the country from nations where a contagious disease was present, and was first implemented by the Trump administration in March of 2020. Despite criticism from human rights groups and politicians on the left, the Biden administration continues to uphold the policy. Lee Gelernt, the ACLU’s deputy director of its Immigrants’ Rights Project and lead attorney on the case, told Newsweek the policy disproportionately affects the rights of Central American asylum seekers....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and Mayor of Kingstown star, 51, was airlifted to hospital on New Year’s Day after the accident at his home in Reno, Nevada. TMZ first reported on the incident on January 2, detailing how Renner was using the snow plow “a quarter mile” from his home when the accident occurred. The publication reported that the machine, named a Snowcat, had accidentally run over one of Renner’s legs....

Ivory broke five (maybe six?) tackles on his way to a 31-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. And he made it look easy. MORE: With Jets riding defense, Ryan Fitzpatrick is perfect fit | NFL scoreboard | Week 12 in photos Just mean. Ivory finished with 21 carries for 87 yards and a score in the Jets’ 38-20 win. 

With Bell being so outwardly motivated by money and once tweeting that $60 million “ain’t enough to come run with the Jets,” the expectation of the player riddled with a history of injuries and suspensions was a new record for dollars paid to a RB in the NFL. A guarantee of $45 million, what Todd Gurley got from the Rams, was believed to be the minimum required to sign Bell, who sat out the 2018 season after refusing to sign an extension with the Steelers that reportedly would have paid him up to $70 million over five years....

Jets merchandise is flying off shelves, downtown office workers are decked out in team jerseys and organizers must cap attendance at 20,000 for street parties on game nights. The passion surpasses that of the glory days of 40 years ago when the Jets were champions of the World Hockey Association. Stars of that team are in town this week to join the festivities. “I don’t recollect any sporting event … bringing the fans into the downtown area and into the excitement that there is today,” Joe Daley, the 1978 squad’s goalie, said before the Jets hosted Game 1 against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday....

The suit, filed in August 2014 in Bergen County, N.J., covered 52 current and former members of the Jets’ cheerleading team — known as The Flight Crew — during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. According to a lawyer for one of the cheerleaders, the women were paid $150 for each game, but were not compensated for travel, practice time or expenses related to the job, such as hairspray and makeup....

On Tuesday, the Jets acquired third-year Indianapolis Colts cornerback Nate Hairston for a 2020 sixth-round pick, the team announced. Hairston joins a cornerback position that is littered with question marks. Beyond Trumaine Johnson, Darryl Roberts and Brian Poole, there weren’t many players viewed as locks for the 53-man roster. Hairston, who started 11 games across his two years in Indianapolis, gives the Jets another option they can be confident in....

In an interview with ESPN’s Colin Cowherd, Boeheim talked about Anthony’s free-agency prospects, looking outside of New York and analyzing whether the Chicago Bulls or Los Angeles Lakers would be the best fit. MORE: Cavs complete three-team trade | Cavs pursuing Allen, Miller | Free-agent tracker The situations are similar in the sense that both franchises have marquee players returning from major injuries and are located in large cities, but that’s where the similarities end....

Speaking at his alma mater of Syracuse University Saturday, Brown said Kaepernick had even reached out to him for advice. The 80-year-old Brown, regarded by many as the greatest running back in NFL history, said he admires Kaepernick’s sincerity. “Colin is a very beautiful human being,” Brown said, via Syracuse.com. “He reached out to me. He got my telephone number and he called me. We had a great conversation. I’m with him 100 percent in his sincerity and his right to bring these things out....

The chatter surrounding Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler’s war with Jay and Mark Briscoe at ROH: Supercard of Honor has refused to die down. The match was a dream encounter that many wrestling fans had wanted to see for years, and it’s safe to say that the two teams more than delivered on the promise. In the end, FTR captured the ROH Tag Team titles, further solidifying their position as arguably the most decorated team in the business today....

Previously going by the name The Undisputed Era in WWE NXT, Cole, KOR, and Fish recently aligned in All Elite Wrestling. The trio has been featured in a storyline involving The Young Bucks, AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker, who recently joined forces with her boyfriend, Cole, and Best Friends. While many are intrigued with the endless storyline possibilities for the faction, others feel they have been greatly diminished. One among them is Jim Cornette, who recently shared his views on his podcast Experience....

Bo Schembechler’s statue stood guard clutching a rose in its hand on what would have been the legendary coach’s 87th birthday. It stands as a reminder of the time-honored standard at Michigan — i.e. “We want the Big Ten championship, and we’re going to win it as a team." MICHIGAN: Jabrill Peppers, UM’s man of steel | Speight leads QB race Schembechler might not have recognized what’s going on in Ann Arbor this spring....

The Michigan coach, in attendance at the Kentucky-Vanderbilt basketball game on Tuesday, said he was asleep during the epic rematch of last year’s title game — but did take measures to watch it later. MORE: Way-too-early Top 25 rankings for 2017 Harbaugh is in Nashville, Tenn., to attend the American Football Coaches Association convention. To be fair, the game did end a little after midnight in Ann Arbor, so we can’t give Harbaugh too much flack....

The Michigan coach is interested in the Raiders’ head coaching position, where he initially began his career in 2003. According to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman, “multiple sources” inside Michigan football think if Harbaugh was offered the position in Las Vegas, he’d take it. “They also know that Harbaugh can be hard to read,” per Feldman. “Their hunches could be wrong— but they also know he’s never coached anywhere longer than four years prior to his seven years and running in Ann Arbor....