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New Delhi/Sydney, Jan 11 (PTI) Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul were Friday suspended for their outrage-evoking comments on women by India’s cricket administrators, hours after the duo’s on-field leader Virat Kohli expressed his strong disapproval. The under-fire players have been suspended pending an inquiry into their sexist comments on a TV show, ruling them out of the three-match ODI series against Australia beginning Saturday in Sydney. “Both Pandya and Rahul have been suspended pending an inquiry,” the Committee of Administrators (CoA) chairman Vinod Rai told PTI....

Cape Town, Jan 10 (PTI) Former South African allrounder Lance Klusener says Hardik Pandya has the makings of a fantastic all-round asset for India. Pandya had scored 93 off 95 balls and took 2-27 in the Proteas’ second innings to single-handedly keep India in contention on day two of the first Test here. “I thought his knock in India’s first innings was fantastic. His batting was excellent in the way he reversed pressure and put it back on South Africa....

Unlike in their midweek home matchup with the Saints in Week 11 last season, a Pyrrrhic 23-20 victory in which Kuechly ended up being lost for the final six games with a head injury that had him being carted off the field in tears, they have a lot of meaningful games left in 2017. Carolina is still in good position at 4-2 after falling to Philadelphia, which is now 5-1....

So says an ex-Panthers player who keeps in close contact with some of his former teammates. Minnesota cornerback Captain Munnerlyn told Sporting News that the Panthers internally aren’t panicked after their 1-3 start. The reason is the belief that the division is still theirs for the taking even with Atlanta (3-1) having opened a two-game lead over Carolina, New Orleans (1-3) and Tampa Bay (1-3). “I’ve still got friends on the team and I still talk to those guys almost every week....

Team officials needed clearance from medical personnel before deciding whether Newton would return from a one-game absence. Once they received it, Newton was set to play, and likely to start. MORE: Playoff scenarios | Games schedule | Benjamin budding | Browns-Panthers preview He will remain under observation, however, because of two small broken bones in his back from a Dec. 9 auto accident. Newton crashed his pickup truck a short distance from the Panthers’ home field....

Several players from both teams were thrown out of practice Tuesday due to a brawl in which punches were thrown. It is unclear what prompted that fracas. On Wednesday, practice between the two teams was derailed when Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey took a hard hit from Patriots defensive lineman Deatrich Wise while heading toward the sideline. NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E. Curran reports that Wise’s hit was either at or over the boundary, and McCaffrey took exception to that....

Newton has been on the injured reserve list since November, with a foot injury restricting the former NFL MVP to just two appearances this season. Now, the 30-year-old will go under the knife in a bid to rectify the issue. “I know he will have a procedure sometime next week,” Fewell told reporters on Wednesday. “That’s as far as I can go with it. “I have no further information than he’s having a procedure,” Fewell added....

Independent franchise owner Christopher Wynne is refusing to close nearly 200 stores in Russia, even after the company said it would suspend all corporate operations there following Moscow’s attack. Last week, the chain released a statement announcing the suspension of business in Russia, while providing aid to Ukrainian refugees. “Papa John’s has suspended all corporate operations in Russia,” the statement read. “It has ceased all operational, marketing and business support to, and engagement with, the Russian market, where all restaurants are owned by independent franchisees … "...

Game Rant spoke with the sole developer behind Cuddling Raccoon Studios, Azurexis, who also goes by Nick. Azurexis is bridging the gap between the two seemingly disparate types of games with accessibility options including a casual mode. Fans of cozy games and those who enjoy the variability of roguelikes but find the challenge to be too unforgiving should keep tabs on Paper Animal RPG. RELATED: Kickstarter Looks to Fund Shadow Hearts and Wild Arms Spiritual Successors at the Same Time...

QVC’s $10.5 billion offer outweighs Viacom’s $9.5 billion only for the moment. Word on the Street suggests Viacom will quickly sweeten its offer. Will QVC respond, tit for tat? The game could go another month. Paramount’s independent directors are expected to appoint an outside bank to run a full-fledged auction of the company, and that will take time. Meanwhile, newcomers may be tempted into the fray. Among rumored entrants: Bertelsmann, Germany’s publishing giant....

Wearing her grey T-shirt with the words “I’M A MOM, NOT A ‘DOMESTIC TERRORIST,’” Asra Nomani, vice president for strategy and investigations of Parents Defending Education, adjusted in her seat Tuesday as she waited almost three hours to respond during the meeting about the Discrimination and the Civil Rights of the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American Communities. Nomani, who has become a growing force as an advocate for parents fighting back against the incorporation of CRT into their children’s school curriculums, finally got her chance to speak after Republican Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson handed over the floor to her....

The video shows two white students of Nassau County’s Yulee High School using racial slurs, with one of them wearing a KKK-style hood, according to News4Jax. In the Snapchat video, one of the students reportedly says, “Hold on, you see that? It’s a N*****” as he points to the camera. A white student who didn’t appear in the video sent it to a group of Black students, who then confronted him in a fight....

The 17-time Grand Slam champion revealed that he had been feeling the pain for the past few days especially when he was serving. It’s on the advice of his doctor that he decided to call it quits since playing could further aggravate the injury. This is the latest blow for the southpaw in what has been yet another injury-plagued season for the 32-year-old. He was supposed to play his first match in nearly two months since pulling out of the US Open semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro due to a right knee injury....

“Frankly, I loved playing over there. In 5-10 years, MLS will be one of the most important championships in the world,” the 28-year-old said, noting how great players have been recruited to play for US teams. “That will be the future for many of us,” he said, reports Efe. Luiz, whose contract with the French club will last until June 2019, said, “The rest of my career may be in the United States....

In case you didn’t know…. Neymar shocked the world when he decided to leave Barcelona for a big money move to PSG in the summer of 2017. PSG activated the €222 million release clause of the player after he spent four successful seasons at the Nou Camp. During his time at the Camp Nou, Neymar bagged 105 goals and 76 assists, proving himself to be one of decisive players for the Catalan giants....

The Wild did their part, but their six-year playoff streak came to an end. Zach Parise scored twice in his return from injury, Devan Dubnyk made 32 saves and the Wild rolled to a 5-1 win against the Jets. Victor Rask, Joel Eriksson Ek and Marcus Foligno also scored for Minnesota, which entered play five points behind Colorado for eighth in the Western Conference. The Avalanche trailed 2-0 at home against Edmonton before rallying for a 6-2 win that knocked the Wild out of the playoff contention....

The agency did not explicitly mention Kang Jong-hyun but confirmed that the Love in Contract actress was in a relationship with him. According to Soompi, their statement read: It added that the actress’ sister also stepped back from her position as an “outside director” of INBIOGEN. As per Dispatch’s report, INBIOGEN and several other companies have Kang Jong-hyun as their CEO. The 36-year-old actress’ ongoing drama Love in Contract was expected to suffer some consequences....

The post, titled “AITA for not drinking during my girlfriend’s family tradition?”, was shared to the subreddit “AmItheA***hole” on Thursday by u/drinkingwiathway. u/drinkingwiathway revealed they have a rule where they “never drink alcohol.” Among the many reasons why include “from general health to honoring loved ones.” u/drinkingwiathway went with their girlfriend to her family’s party where they have a tradition in which everyone takes a shot “to honor one of their dead relatives....

Bancroft scored an unbeaten 93 at the Rose Bowl as the Graeme Hick XII beat the Brad Haddin XII by five wickets. The opening batsman, who along with Steve Smith and David Warner was suspended following last year’s ball-tampering scandal, has not played a Test since March 2018. Bancroft’s knock will have enhanced his chances of making Australia’s Ashes squad, which will be announced on Friday, with the first Test of the five-match series beginning on August 1....

Last October, Younus was giving a physiology lecture at Islamabad’s Capital Homeopathic College. It all seemed innocent enough until the professor starting talking about the prophet Muhammad and certain practices prevalent in pre-Islam seventh-century Arabia. Among other things, the professor stated that Muhammad was a non-Muslim till the age of 40, that he was not circumcised until then and that his parents were non-Muslims. His students and local mullahs accused him of making sacrilegious remarks, and the professor was arrested by Islamabad police under a controversial blasphemy law....