Sri Lanka not only won the series 2-0 but handed Pakistan only its second whitewash in a home series (Pakistan lost all three Tests against Australia in 2002-03). The result meant Sri Lanka has lifted from 90 points to 94 points, while Pakistan has dropped from 93 points to 88 points. Sri Lanka now trails fifth-ranked Australia (97 points) by three points, while Pakistan is ahead of eighth-ranked Windies (75 points) by 13 points....
The former information and railways minister said he was facing a protest vote against the government’s performance over the past five years. High prices and shortages of essential goods were at the top of voters’ minds. “There is a wheat, electricity, and gas shortage,” he said. “I can’t say there’s no shortage. I have to admit, yes, there is. “What can you say to people who say they can’t give their children breakfast and have to send them to school without food?...
According to a reliable source in the board, Mani has held positive discussions with Cricket South Africa officials about them sending teams to Pakistan. “Cricket SA officials have told Mani they will look into sending the South African under-19, A, women’s and senior teams to Pakistan over a period of time,” the source said. He said the PCB is also optimistic that Cricket Australia might agree to play one or two ODIs in late March-April in Lahore and Karachi....
Javed Afridi met the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president here and voiced his idea, also presenting his team’s jersey to Thakur, DawnNews reported. “Such events will help promote peace between the two countries,” he was quoted as saying by the Pakistani publication. Thakur reportedly said the “tournament can be held at a neutral venue”. “We have no reservations against that idea,” Javed Afridi quoted Thakur as saying....
Palestine’s 39-year-old coach Jamal Mahmoud couldn’t just hold his excitement. Barring the scheduled break, Mahmoud randomly walked inside the technical area and then shouted instructions whenever a Palestine player went for the counter-attack in a friendly against Qatar in Doha last June. There was nothing much at stake for the Palestines in that game, but I felt their energy. When the strife-torn Arab nation, who are ranked 140 in FIFA rankings, play India on February 6, you can expect the same kind of vibrancy....
The 10 scientists on the WHO team worked with Chinese officials and scientists online while quarantined for two weeks, and then spent another two weeks visiting sites in Wuhan, where the first outbreak occurred. They held a briefing before heading to the airport, offering two notable messages. They dismissed the “lab-leak hypothesis”—the theory that the coronavirus emerged from a lab accident—saying it was “extremely unlikely” and warranted no further investigation....
The 21-year-old Pant had a hand in dismissing Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb and Tim Paine on the second day before pouching on to edges off Mitchell Starc, Travis Head and Josh Hazlewood’s willow on Saturday. He equalled the record after taking Hazlewood’s catch off Mohammed Shami’s ball in the first innings here. In 2009, Dhoni had achieved his record feat during the Wellington Test against New Zealand. Pant, who is playing his sixth Test, was selected in the Indian team following the injury of Wriddhiman Saha and retirement of Dhoni in 2014....
The Panthers feel like they have some unfinished business after losing to the Broncos in Super Bowl 50. The Panthers will be one of the teams to beat in the NFC this season, but history has not been kind to teams that lost the Super Bowl the previous season. MORE: Best active NFL players from each state The last losing team to return to the Super Bowl was the Bills in 1993, who lost their fourth straight championship game....
Fortunately, it is not too difficult to guess the correct Snifit mood in The Origami King, and players should begin by paying the 100 coins required to start a round. When that is done, fans will have three chances to pick the right Snifit mood, and it is perfectly fine to just choose randomly here. Indeed, the Snifit does not provide any hints to its mood the first time around, though it is possible for fans to get lucky with a correct guess....
Paper Mario is a series that has had a bit of friction between what the fans want and what the developers want for quite a few years now. The N64 original and its GameCube sequel The Thousand-Year Door are fondly-remembered examples of classic RPGs, but ever since then the Paper Mario series has deviated from the formula of those two with titles that radically changed up the combat (or in the case of 2007’s 2D platformer Super Paper Mario, the entire genre)....
As far as Mario fans know, Mario Kart takes place in the same universe as the mainline Mario games like Super Mario Odyssey. The same can’t be said for Paper Mario, which sometimes uses the paper-based nature of its world as a plot point. Paper Mario did actually cross over with the mainline Mario universe in Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, where it was implied that Paper Mario takes place in a magic book contained in the “real” Mushroom Kingdom....
When brain damage occurs due to a parietal stroke, it can impair these functions and lead to a lack of spatial awareness and a loss of the perception of body’s position in space, among other things. As with all strokes, a parietal lobe stroke can be diagnosed with imaging studies, a neurological exam, and other tests. Treatment approaches and rehabilitation can vary based on the severity of the stroke and the timing of medical attention....
According to an undercover investigation by The Daily Telegraph, a far-right group who align themselves with a Nordic religion have been performing sinister ceremonies involving flags and burning torches as part of plans to “take back” the ancient locations. The National Trust, the British charity which overseas conservation and heritage sites, said it is aware that such rituals have been performed at the Avebury World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, South England—a stone circle older than Stonehenge....
Chicago welcomed the defending NFL Super Bowl champions to Soldier Field for the team’s first postseason game since 2010 on Sunday. The Bears nearly sent Philadelphia packing as quarterback Mitch Trubisky engineered his lone touchdown drive in the fourth quarter to pull ahead of the Eagles for the game’s fourth lead change. But, Nick Foles was not done. And unfortunately, the Bears’ kicking woes were not either in a dramatic finale in Chicago....
Speaking outside of the Supreme Court Building on Wednesday morning, Hogg said, “I can’t tell you how disturbing it is knowing that what is going to be decided here today is very much going to impact whether or not there are future survivors with us that we don’t even know yet.” “That’s one of the most disturbing realities of doing this work over the past four years—[it] is seeing how this this club, that nobody wants to be a part of, is continues to grow,” he added....
Both came to a head on Wednesday night, when Cuban’s Mavericks signed restricted free agent Chandler Parsons to a three-year offer sheet worth more than $45 million. Parsons signed the deal at a club near his home in Florida and then proceeded to party with his potential boss, according to ESPNDallas.com. MORE: Parsons deal ends Mavs, Rockets free-agent wait | Parsons signs offer sheet | Free-agent tracker Cuban shared photos from the night and Parsons’ family did the same....
Friedrich has been, however, hard to come by outside Germany (the only American museum to own a painting is the Kimbell in Ft. Worth, Texas). Now the spirit of glasnost (albeit sinking like a Friedrich sun) has produced a succinct show, “The Romantic Vision of Caspar David Friedrich: Paintings and Drawings from the U.S.S.R.,” through March 31 at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. All but one of the nine paintings in the show was acquired by the Russian royal family during Friedrich’s life (there are also 11 delicate drawings on view)....
You’ve just come back from a brief trip to Pakistan, where you talked to many of the top leaders including President Pervez Musharraf. What’s the overall situation as Pakistan heads into a very busy political season, with Musharraf’s reelection still to be approved by the Supreme Court, and parliamentary elections due in January? They are heading into a busy season, but not just politically. The realities in Pakistan are that the government is trying to deal with a deep and broad challenge to its authority from various radical and extremist groups....
Ajmal had been suspended by the ICC a couple of weeks back after biomechanical tests in Brisbane found his elbow to be flexing well beyond the permissble 15 degree limit while bowling. “We have won the title and that’s history so we can win the title again if our players play to their potential,” Miandad, who was part of Pakistan’s sole World Cup triumph in 1992, said. Miandad added that there is no point in thinking about a player that, in all likelihood, will be missing the World Cup and urged the other players to raise their game in Ajmal’s absence....
