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The final warm-up session of the Margaret River Pro was called off on Thursday evening due to the surfers’ sudden brush with death, said Xinhua news agency. It comes after Australia’s three-time world surfing champion, Mick Fanning, survived a terrifying attack from a suspected great white shark while competing at South Africa’s J-Bay Open last year. Western Australia is a notorious hotspot for shark attacks, with 14 fatalities recorded on the state’s beaches since 2000....

Team India finished the truncated Day 2 at a score of 146/3 after the first day’s play was already lost due to rain. Virat Kohli (44*) and Ajinkya Rahane (29*) were holding the fort for India when play was called off for the day. While reviewing the day’s play in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra praised Ajinkya Rahane for showing stubborn resistance despite looking slightly ungainly in the middle....

X-Seven, a stacked card that ended the Attitude Era with a bang; III, which features a match considered by many to be the greatest of all time (Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage) and a moment considered by many to be biggest in professional wrestling history (Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant); and XIX, which had mat classics including Kurt Angle battling Brock Lesnar, and Shawn Michaels (in his WrestleMania return) facing Chris Jericho....

Pietersen, who had IPL stints with Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, said it was wrong to blame the IPL for India’s humiliating 1-3 Test series loss in England. “England play an Indian side desperate to turn their tour around after a hammering in the Test series which has led to some commentators taking lazy potshots at the Indian Premier League. It is a cheap shot to blame the IPL and portray the young Indian player as being uncaring about Test cricket....

This past weekend provided exciting fights for the fight fans. While Invicta FC 18 put on a mouthwatering card, UFC 201 saw a new Welterweight Champion being crowned. World Series Of Fighting rolled out with WSOF 32, which featured two titles fights, and an encounter which would’ve been a perfect fit in professional wrestling. The main card started with a middleweight bout between Louis Taylor and Phil Hawes. After a decent first round, Taylor took Hawes down to the ground in the opening minutes of round two, and locked in the guillotine choke, resulting in Hawes going limp....

As seen on Friday night, Phillips has been added to the Smackdown team with JBL and Michael Cole. Phillips commented to WWE.com after Tuesday’s tapings in Phoenix: “It was incredible to do that in front of the WWE Universe here in Phoenix. They are loud, they are having a blast. Sitting out there with Michael Cole and JBL, they’re pretty intense, but it was fun, man. I was a little nervous, but it was fun....

“Everything kinda went downhill very fast,” Hogan said. “There was an accident that my son was involved in, and a good friend of ours was in the accident with my son. Just the marriage basically crashing and burning. After the show [Hogan Knows Best], I kinda hit rock bottom. Everything got dark, everything happened at once. I was drinking alcohol very heavily. It just all kept piling up, it all kept mounting and mounting and I didn’t know how to handle it....

It has already been revealed that several members of Roman Reigns’ family will be in attendance for the show, but the one man that the WWE Universe is hoping to see is The Rock. There are so many reasons why The Rock should show up on Monday Night RAW, and the following are just four ways he could insert himself into the show. #4. Offers to buy the company from Vince McMahon It has become well-known in recent weeks that Vince McMahon has returned to WWE to push forward the sale of the company....

Punk makes his intentions clear This week on RAW, Paul Heyman’s client Curtis Axel faced R-Truth in a non-title match, but before they could get their offenses in, CM Punk ran down and attacked Curtis Axel, and tried to get his hands on his former mentor and friend, Paul Heyman. While Heyman escaped thanks to Axel’s interference, Punk took out his frustrations on Axel, dropping him with a huge clothesline and setting his sights on Paul Heyman....

Finally, he fielded a question about how he feels at the plate after starting out 5 for 8 through the first two games. He tied an obscure record with Babe Ruth by becoming the second player to have three hits in Game 1 of consecutive World Series appearances. MORE: SN’s NL All-Star team “I feel pretty good,” Zobrist said. “Obviously when you hit a few balls your confidence goes up and hopefully you can square a few more up....

Ghajini, a famous Bollywood movie, revolved around a business tycoon suffering from acute short-term memory loss. Wasim Jaffer noted that Kohli and Rahane were both beaten by a few deliveries from New Zealand pacers but didn’t ponder on them and stuck with their plans. India got off to a solid start with a 62-run opening stand. Three quick wickets destabilized their innings a bit but the old firm of Kohli (44) and Rahane (29) was up to the task with their unbeaten 58-run partnership....

When it comes to Beast Master Hunters playing through WoW Dragonflight content, they definitely have some stat prioritization rules they’ll want to follow in order to climb the DPS charts and make sure they’re a valuable addition to any heroic or mythic dungeon (and eventually end game raids, as well). RELATED: World of Warcraft Dragonflight - When The Primal Storms Pre-Expansion Content Starts Stat priorities do shift around for Beast Mastery Hunters (like any class) depending on where a player is in the game and whether they are concentrating on dungeons or raids and single target versus multi-target DPS....

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight - Rapid Fire Plans Walkthrough The first step toward completing this quest is to collect eight Primal Flame Fragments, items that can be looted from the mobs that appear near the coordinates 69.4, 64.8. For full clarity, this location has been marked on the map that is below, and World of Warcraft players should simply slay all the mobs that they encounter upon arrival. After doing this for a short time, fans should have the Primal Flame Fragments that they need and will be free to move onto the next part of the quest....

You’ll most likely start out as a Survival Hunter before eventually dipping into Marksmanship. Beast Mastery is not a viable DPS raid spec for 99% of people; there may be some speed-running applications, but that’s a big if. The best thing you can do to determine your best in slot gear for Wrath of the Lich King Classic is to simulate your DPS. Thanks to the efforts from theorycrafters throughout the years, we have a list of the best gear you can get pre-raid for Wrath....

This guide will focus specifically on level 80 content and abilities. It will be updated throughout the Wrath of the Lich King expansion as more content rolls out. If you haven’t seen our basic Hunter PvE Guide for Wrath Classic yet, check this out as well. It will have additional information that may not be covered in this specialization-specific guide. Important New and Reworked Talents and Abilities Auto Shot - A huge change for hunters in Wrath of the Lich King is how Auto Shot works with Hunters....

In case you didn’t know… Bruce Prichard’s podcast is among the most listened to wrestling podcasts today with around 400,000 weekly listeners worldwide. Bruce Prichard was a WWE executive and a former right-hand man of WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon. He has an incredibly storied career, as he spent more than twenty years with the company. After leaving WWE in 2008, Prichard has spent time working for Impact Wrestling throughout that time....

Ricketts and the team have been accused of violating their revenue-sharing contract with the businesses, participating in deceptive business practices and breaching antitrust laws. MORE: Wrigley’s 100th birthday in photos | New bleachers won’t be ready for start of season | Why we picked Cubs to win ‘15 Series Lakeview Baseball Club and Skybox at Sheffield own the buildings that house the rooftop seats. Ed McCarthy is the majority owner, although there are other investors....

The WTA tennis tournament in Danish capital Copenhagen has dropped plans to switch to clay courts from the existing hard courts, its organizers said Monday. “It is expensive to create three indoor clay courts that are needed at this level. It will cost the tournament roughly an additional 600,000 to 800,000 Danish kroner ($105,000-139,000) to hold the tournament on clay,” said Steen Thomsen, chairman of Nordic Sports Group, which organises the tournament....

The Undertaker is an icon - he can be gone for a long period of time and when the famous bell tolls, fans get excited. But it seems like the fans have seen The Undertaker more now than they have in the past two years. Between Super ShowDown and the past two editions of RAW, it looks like he’s becoming a regular again. In my opinion, this is not the best direction to take at this moment....

Last year, Ronda Rousey returned to the company where she won the Royal Rumble and then the SmackDown Women’s Championship on two occasions. Last week she lost the title to Charlotte Flair right after her match with Raquel Rodriguez. According to a report from PWInsider, WWE has some plans for the Baddest Woman on the Planet. She is listed as a heel on the roster and has been booked for several upcoming events....