“We are trying to see whether Test championship can generate interest. Because Test cricket is actually dying to be honest,” Manohar was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. “So to improve the situation, we are trying ways and means. The (ICC) board directors came to a conclusion that if we start a Test championship, it would keep Test cricket alive and generate more interest in the game. “If you look at the TRPs of the broadcasters, T20 has the maximum TRP....
The Argentina international is considering a move to the Chinese Super League, with Shanghai Shenhua hopeful of signing him in a big-money deal, and has also suggested he could be set to retire. But Tevez cemented his Boca legacy with a vital double as his side came from behind to win against their fierce Buenos Aires rivals. Both of last season’s Primera Division derbies had finished 0-0, but there was much more drama this time around....
‘Griezmann won’t join small team Man Utd!’ The 33-year-old completed his move to the Chinese Super League side from Boca Juniors in January reportedly becoming the highest-paid player in the world in the process. He made his maiden appearance for the club at the Hongkou Stadium but it was a night to forget for the former Manchester United and Juventus star as they failed to qualify for the group stages....
Cushing sustained a broken leg and a torn lateral cruciate ligament and is done for the season, according to Albert Breer of NFL.com. Foster injured his hamstring on the Texans’ first possession of the game, on his fourth carry, during a drive that ended in a field goal. Foster, who had struggled with hamstring, thumb and chest injuries all week in practice, did not return. MORE INJURIES: Sam Bradford | Jay Cutler | Nick Foles Cushing was hurt late in the third quarter as he was blocked at the line by the Chiefs’ Jamaal Charles on a swing pass to the right side....
Early reports indicated Savage was not dealing with anything serious, and he was expected to be back at practice Monday. MORE: Week 13 NFL scoreboard The infection is apparently just on the surface of the elbow, not on the inside. With Savage out of the lineup, NFL journeyman Brandon Weeden was the backup for Brock Osweiler against the Green Bay Packers.
There will be another top-10 showdown between Florida and LSU. The Red River Rivalry will take center stage in the Big 12 and Clemson will be back in action against Florida State in the ACC. MORE: Highlights from Saturday’s top-25 games Oct. 12 has the feel of a Separation Saturday, involving five or six games between ranked teams from teams ranked in the AP Top 25. For favorites such as LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma, the stakes will be obvious....
In addition to those three states, others that have seen case counts of the novel coronavirus are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Washington D.C. has also seen a decrease in cases over the past two weeks. Texas surpassed New York in total coronavirus cases in late-June, becoming the state with the third-most confirmed cases in the U....
A Texas Court of Appeals ruled that Governor Greg Abbott does not have the authority to ban mask mandates. In July, Abbott issued an executive order attempting to keep local governments and officials from instituting mask mandates, threatening an up to $1,000 fine for failure to comply. The order also sought to keep both public entities and private businesses that are receiving or will receive money from the state from requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19....
The boy, Daniel, accidentally grabbed the snake while picking up leaves with his uncle on June 1, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. The snake lunged at the boy, inflicting a venomous bite. Daniel’s uncle killed the snake using a pair of gardening shears before rushing him to the hospital, the news outlet reported. Brandy Smith, Daniel’s aunt, rushed to the hospital to meet the pair. Smith had “never been so scared” in her life, she said on a Facebook post....
July 10 marked the state’s third-highest daily death toll at 95 lives lost, and July 14 marked the state’s fourth-highest daily death toll of 87. On Monday, the Texas DSHS reported that more than 10,000 coronavirus patients remain hospitalized throughout the state, according to the Austin-American Statesman. In response to an expected surge in deaths, at least five Texas counties have made arrangements to obtain refrigerated trucks as makeshift morgues just in case city and county morgues get filled to capacity....
The Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston is “providing additional capacity through ICU [intensive care unit] and acute care beds across our hospital campuses to take on both pediatric and adult patients,” a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed in a statement. COVID-19 patients will be treated at an expanded special isolation unit at the hospital’s west campus in the city of Katy, just outside Houston. Texas Children’s Hospital will also be accepting non-COVID-19 adult patients to help hospitals free up bed space for COVID-19 patients, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed....
While Dean’s most recent performance review was positive, earlier incidents tell a different story. In a review panel video for his application to the force in 2017, Dean said that the “action and adventure” he believed came with the job was the best part of being an officer. He had originally wanted to be in the military, but saw becoming a policeman as a “way to do some of those same things without having to deploy overseas....
There are many types of headache disorders, and a range of other health conditions can bring them on; in some cases, the pain is localized in the temples. Sometimes accompanied by other symptoms, such as pressure and dizziness, temple headache can be a sign of a number of disorders and conditions, some of which require medical attention. This article provides a quick overview of the symptoms, causes, and treatments of this debilitating condition....
“Aaron McKie is not only Temple Basketball, but he is Philadelphia Basketball,” said Dunphy in a release “His name still resonates in the city, as he played his high school, college and professional ball in Philly. He is a tremendous representative of Temple University and possesses an astute basketball mind which will serve to help the program in so many ways.” “I am truly excited for the opportunity to come back and coach at my alma mater....
Like its predecessor, the MW5 still includes three routers, but it’s designed for more modest homes and has a different design that helps to provide quick and easy installation. But, as always with mesh routers, you need to remember that the MW5 devices don’t include a broadband modem for internet access, so you’ll need to connect one of them to your existing router and disable its Wi-Fi so the two networks aren’t competing....
“I did not see all the matches. Whenever I see, I feel happy for the way we (Indian team) are performing”, Tendulkar told reporters here. “I will give the credit to the whole team. Individuals come and perform well, some players play the series well, some players cannot perform as desired but eventually I’ll say that I feel happy after seeing the team effort,” Tendulkar said. The cricket legend was speaking after flagging off the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon from the Jio Gardens in suburban Bandra Kurla Complex....
The bill, HB 233, is scheduled to be heard in the House Civil Justice Committee on Wednesday and would establish common-law marriage between “one man” and “one woman,” but it does not include a minimum age requirement. Opponents of the bill said it could open up the possibility of child marriages. The current age for marriage in the state is 17 with parental consent, according to WKRN. “So, all this bill does is give an alternative form of marriage for those pastors and other individuals who have a conscientious objection to the current pathway to marriage in our law,” the bill’s sponsor, Republican Representative Tom Leatherwood, was quoted by WKRN....
WJHL reported that Van Huss, a Republican who represents the 6th District, filed House Joint Resolution 779 in response to what he sees as those organizations being “part of the media wing of the Democratic Party.” The two stories that inspired the bill were an October 2019 review of Steven Hassan’s book The Cult of Trump by senior editor Marc Fisher in the Post and a November 2019 interview with the same author by Brian Stelter on CNN....
It is the only Grand Slam where advertisements from sponsors are banned on the court. Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam which has a full day off without any play on the first Sunday of the tournament. The likes of Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, and Pete Sampras have all utilized the serve-and-volley technique to achieve fantastic dividends at SW19. However, with the surface not as quick as it once was, serve-and-volley is a fading art with many players opting to rather slug it out from the baseline....
The Swiss has endured a frustrating season that has seen him collect just one tour title, while his world ranking has slipped to six. But the 32-year-old appears to be hitting form at the right time as he reached the final of last week's Swiss Indoors Basel and took world number two Novak Djokovic to three sets in the semifinals of the Paris Masters. He will once again lock horns with Djokovic in his opening encounter at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday—his 10th match in the past two weeks....
