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The 46-year-old highlighted Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Imran Butt and Abdullah Shafique as Pakistan’s best openers right now. While he admitted they were not in top form, Misbah stated that the team management would work on their shortcomings in the coming days. Speaking to reporters in a virtual interaction after Pakistan’s historic Test series win against South Africa, Misbah-ul-Haq said: Shan Masood scored a career-defining ton against England last year at Old Trafford....

According to the FIH, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) had failed to meet the official deadline for submitting the travel documents of its players. The game’s world governing body announced Malaysia as a replacement for Pakistan in the tournament which will start on December 8 at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium. “The FIH regrets that Pakistan’s men’s junior team will not be able to take part in this year’s Junior World Cup to be held in Uttar Pradesh even though they had officially qualified....

Shehzad’s adverse sample was discovered in April from a test in Faisalabad during the Pakistan Cup. “Independent Review Board Report on doping case has been received by PCB,” read a brief statement on Twitter from the Pakistan Cricket Board. “Cricketer Ahmed Shehzad has tested positive for a banned substance. PCB will issue charge sheet today.” Shehzad last featured for his country in two Twenty20 internationals against Scotland in Edinburgh last month, making scores of 14 and 24....

Islamabad United have won two out of three games so far and have four points to their name. They comprehensively defeated Quetta Gladiators in their previous fixture in a high-scoring affair. After being asked to bat first, the United batters went berserk as they scored 229 in their 20 overs, the highest total in this year’s PSL, losing only four wickets in the process. Skipped Shadab Khan picked up a fifer with the ball as they knocked over the Gladiators on 186 to win the game by 43 runs....

The in-form attacker netted four goals in as many games as Palace collected eight points in the penultimate month of the season. Palace were in peril after losing each of their first seven league matches, but secured top-flight football for another season with a 2-1 win at Stoke City last weekend. Zaha has been integral to the recovery - netting eight times in total - and has now become his club’s first Player of the Month recipient since Andy Johnson in October 2004....

Among those who will carry his coffin for his funeral will be actor Will Smith and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, Ali’s family announced Monday. Smith received an Academy Award nomination for portraying Ali in the 2001 biopic “Ali.” Like Ali, Lewis became a heavyweight champion as a pro after winning an Olympic gold medal. MORE: Rare photos of Ali from Ebony | Other classic photos The other six pallbearers for Ali’s funeral in his hometown of Louisville, Ky....

India go up against hosts Australia in the World Cup semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground and although a lot of people are expected to skip work, Bamonoli’ s gram panchayat has taken the term ‘cricket crazy’ to the next level. The local body has set up a large screen for the residents to watch the match and ordered that nobody will be going to work and no farming will be done on the day....

Defending champion, Advani, however, did not look at ease during his semi-final match as his opponent Andrew made it sure to keep up the pressure and the Welsh eventually made it to the final notching up a clinical victory 14-74, 8-71, 0-87, 78-64, 0-81, 70-37, 7-80, 37-68, 19-74 win. The 2004 Arjuna award winner, Pankaj Arjan Advani, is the only player in the world to compete at the world championship level in both forms of snooker and be successful in all the formats of both billiards and snooker....

Opener Dhawan suffered a painful injury to his left hand in the match against Australia at The Oval on June 9, when he made a century. Tests showed he broke a bone and must stay in plaster under mid-July. Team manager Sunil Subramaniam said Dhawan suffered “a fracture of the first metacarpal on his left hand”, and middle-order batsman Pant was swiftly named to take his place in the squad....

The Panthers announced Tuesday they have placed Johnson on injured reserved with a designation to return with a right hamstring strain. Johnson will be eligible to return to practice Nov. 10 and play in the Panthers’ Thanksgiving Day game against the Cowboys. MORE: Legendary NFL sack masters | Buy all-in on Panthers’ elite corner, Josh Norman Teams can only use the IR/designated for return on one player per season....

The Carolina safety would love to kick against the president if he had the chance, claiming he was the best kickball player growing up. Kicking home runs. Letting the ball fly, one after another. MORE: NFL’s most underrated teams for 2016 led by … NFC champs? “I was the Big Papi of my generation,” Boston told Sporting News. “Telling me I got a foot like Messi.” Boston brought that self-proclaimed talent into adulthood, and has now starred in two Kicking It with Cam!...

If you’ve paid attention to the build-up around Sunday night’s NFC championship game, you also know how much the outcome hinges on one matchup: the Cardinals’ wide receivers against the Panthers’ secondary. NFC TITLE PICKS: Against the spread | Straight up | Vegas’ favorites As Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown became the league’s best wideout trio during the season, the Panthers saw their numbers dwindle at defensive back behind shutdown corner Josh Norman....

They’re likely to get it. Late last month in Tokyo, Sony took an important leap in this direction by introducing Librie, an e-book reader. The device, which costs $370 and is about the size of a paperback, holds the equivalent of dozens of books, which readers can download from the Web for $2.20 each. Although it’s available only in black and white, Librie has the most important characteristic of paper: it reflects natural light....

One of the most enjoyable elements of The Origami King is all of the characters that are in the game, some of which are familiar faces and others are brand new. Accordingly, here are the 10 best characters from Paper Mario: The Origami King, Ranked. 10 Spike Spike are a series of enemies from the Super Mario franchise that often get overlooked. They don’t have the same prominence of Goombas or Koopas, and they’re not as strange as Shy Guys....

The Graffiti Underground The Graffiti Underground is the sewers that connect Toad Town and Peach’s Castle. Along with all the Toad Town collectibles, players will have to find a hook to open the sewer grate in Toad Town. These tunnels will have two toads, one collectible treasure, two question mark blocks, and five not-bottomless holes. RELATED: Comparing Paper Mario: The Origami King to the Original Not-Bottomless Holes Not-bottomless holes are holes players can fix with confetti....

Szymon seems an unlikely character to discover the forgotten bunker, but the story is about more than the mystery of the bunker. Szymon suffers a loss in his life, and players accompany him on his journey not only through the Polish wasteland and bunker, but his emotional one as well. In an interview with Game Rant, Paradise Lost developers Bogdan Graczyk and Chris Panas-Galloway discuss the big picture of Paradise Lost and how its setting came to be, along with Szymon’s emotional journey....

In the gaming sphere, 2021 proved to be a year of controversy for many publishers and developers as large portions of staff came out against the companies that had allegedly encouraged and enabled a workplace environment of harassment. While stories differ from company to company, the most well-known of these is the ongoing lawsuit against Call of Duty and World of Warcraft publisher Activision Blizzard, which has seen calls for the CEO Bobby Kotick to resign, and many employees leave the company themselves....

There are 18 million people worldwide who live with cerebral palsy, including a million in the U.S., according to the U.S. nonprofit Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (CPARF), a partner of World Cerebral Palsy Day. Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormal brain development or damage to parts of the brain that control motor function. The disorder affects a person’s ability to control their muscles. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says: “CP is typically diagnosed during the first or second year after birth....

In a lengthy post shared to the popular discussion site Mumsnet, user chucklesatwork, explained her 17-year-old son has been involved in a complicated relationship. She told other users the ex-girlfriend “constantly blocks and unblocks” him. She said: “My son really likes her so he won’t block her and every time she unblocks him, he thinks this time they’ll get back together. She goes on to explain she puts $85 (£80) in his account monthly for food and transport to college....

I was standing on the pool deck this past Tuesday at some ungodly hour, talking to a veteran Olympic coach about swimmers’ parents and he highlighted a really important concept that I’d like to share with you. He said that the times have changed and the roles of parents and coaches have been skewed. Coaches are now in essence, adopting the parents’ role as the child’s disciplinarian and the parents are increasingly more involved in coaching their kids from the sidelines....