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Concerns were raised that events would be played out at empty venues after the local organizing committee shared the disappointing sales figures towards the end of the Olympics. However, the International Paralympics Committee now says that 1.5 million tickets have been sold, and the governing body is optimistic about the remaining million. An IPC statement read: “Several finals are now fully sold out. The Paralympic athletes can be prepared to display their amazing will and skills in fully booked venues....

First, though, let’s get our terms straight. The technical name for the paraspinals is the erector spinae; needless to say, many people have difficulty with the pronunciation. This may be why the word “paraspinals” and the term “paraspinal muscles” are commonly used to refer to this important group of back muscles. Anatomy The paraspinals are a set of three muscles occupying what is known as the intermediate layer of the intrinsic back muscles....

Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) is a supportive community of thousands of parents in North America. PTPA testers try out dozens of products and give honest feedback about the items. If it passes PTPA’s examination, the organization awards the product the Parent Tested Parent Approved Trust Mark. This designation is one of the most widely recognized consumer product awards, which the winning company can use for marketing and packaging. The network of volunteers helps give families insight into innovative or new products so they can be confident they are spending their money where it matters....

In a post shared on Mumsnet last Tuesday, the woman, who goes by the username Teentaxidriver, explained that when her uncle, who was divorced and childless died, about a month ago, he wrote a will naming her as his sole beneficiary and executor. The woman’s mother, who is her uncle’s only sister, and her brother were left completely out of the will and are not happy about it. She wrote: “My parents are FURIOUS and demanding that I give my brother 50%....

The Serbian, who made a stunning return from injury to capture titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, is now gearing up for his fourth stint at the pinnacle of the world rankings following Rafael Nadal’s late withdrawal from this tournament. And the 14-time Major winner is also playing like the planet’s best shuttler at the moment, having set a personal record of winning 30 consecutive sets. It goes without saying that 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic will have his hands full against this nearly invincible version of Djokovic when they clash in the quarter-finals at the French capital on Friday....

On Saturday at Anfield, the world’s most expensive defender - whose £75 million switch from Southampton becomes official on January 1 - watched on as the club’s previous record signing continued to supply evidence of his status as a certified bargain in a 2-1 victory over Leicester City. Roma received an initial £36.9 million from the Reds for Mohamed Salah in the summer, a figure that seemed a steal at the time and now looks utterly absurd....

Guttenberg responded to a tweet by McConnell that accused Democrats of ceasing to legislate due to the House impeachment hearings. “Washington Democrats in the House and Senate cannot simply stop legislating because of one hearing in the House. The American people deserve progress: Funding for the national defense. Key legislation to support our armed forces. The USMCA and the new jobs it would create,” The Kentucky senator tweeted. Guttenberg called out McConnell’s tweet as “disgusting” disregard for the victims of the Santa Clarita shooting....

In our nation, European football is far more popular in households than Indian football. The fact remains that Indian football is lagging behind in world football. That is due to various reasons such as lack of good grounds, training facilities, infrastructures, overpowering sports like cricket etc. India has never played in a football World Cup. Although India had qualified for the World Cup in 1950, it withdrew due to various reasons....

Parnell has not played for South Africa in nearly a year and was sidelined with injury in December. By agreeing what is known as a ‘Kolpak’ deal with Midlands side Worcestershire, he has effectively agreed to being classed as a home player and not a member of the county’s overseas contingent. That status that would no longer apply if Parnell played for South Africa while still under contract at New Road....

Bhutto was certainly prescient about the threat. On Thursday, as her motorcade inched along a parade route guarded by roughly 20,000 Pakistani security forces, one or more suicide bombers set off twin explosions that killed at least 134 bystanders and police, and injured 450 others. The bombs narrowly missed Bhutto, who had ducked into her armored truck minutes before. Shaken but uninjured, she was rushed to safety. Musharraf’s government quickly fingered Baitullah Mehsud, a longtime Taliban supporter and director of some of the most lethal training facilities for suicide bombers in the far-off mountains of Waziristan....

The 49-year-old Olympian had been suffering for weeks from complications stemming from a pacemaker and stents implanted in his heart, and had reached out to India for help in securing a heart transplant. Pakistan government had reportedly offered Ahmed a mechanical heart transplantation which, had he accepted, would have been the first time the procedure was to be conducted in the country. But Ahmed had refused the offer as he wanted a more conventional and proven procedure, for which he had wanted to go to India....

For the hosts though, this will be a very big game as they wouldn’t want to suffer a complete whitewash having already lost the Test and the ODI series in front of their home crowd. The skipper Lasith Malinga has been very critical of his own performances and he would want to step up a notch tonight. The island nation would want to watch out for veterans Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez as these two have been in very good form with the bat off late....

The Babar Azam-led Karachi Kings have lost all three of their matches so far. Their problem has clearly been their batting. The Kings have registered scores of 124, 113, and 170 while batting first in all their games so far. Though they managed to reach 170 in their previous encounter, the Lahore Qalandars easily chased down the target. Babar Azam came into this tournament high on confidence with regards to the captaincy but is under pressure now with results not going his way....

Pakistan were lifted to 166-3 by Babar Azam who made a 58-ball 79 with seven boundaries and two sixes while Mohammad Hafeez hit a 34-ball 53 with four boundaries and two sixes. When on 48, Azam became the quickest to score 1,000 Twenty20 runs in just 26 innings beating India’s Virat Kohli’s record by an innings. Leg-spinner Shadab Khan took 3-30 as New Zealand were bundled out for 119 in 16....

The Turkey striker moved to Goodison Park in January 2018 and has scored nine goals in 44 Premier League appearances. However, the 28-year-old has found game time hard to come by at Goodison Park this term, starting just twice in the top flight. Tosun will aim to kick-start his career in England’s top flight with an Eagles side that have scored just 19 goals this term, the second lowest in the Premier League....

The find hailed as exciting by the experts is the first of its kind in the Negev and has been uncovered by a team from the Israel Antiquities Authority. They found not only a building courtyard, but a unique vaulted complex overlying a 10-foot-deep, rock-hewn water cistern underneath it, dated to the Early Islamic period (8th-9th centuries AD). The building was constructed around a central courtyard and comprised four wings, with rooms to serve the needs of the residents....

After the third-place playoff ended 1-1 through 90 minutes and remained that way following extra time, Mejia saved penalty kicks from Michael Bradley and DaMarcus Beasley to secure a 3-2 triumph in the shootout. MORE: 2018 World Cup qualifying draw announced | CONCACAF admits mistake in Panama-Mexico semifinal The win provided Panama with a modicum of consolation following its controversial semifinal defeat at the hands of Mexico, but it was another blow to USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who was already under severe pressure after his side’s shocking last-four loss to Jamaica....

When COVID-19 first emerged, some experts presumed that it would pose the same threat as the seasonal flu. The narrative was direct: lockdowns would be short-lived, recovery periods swift, and death and disability restricted to older adults and people with compromised immune systems. As droplets spread the virus, data was spread to researchers. The respiratory virus had clear vascular implications. For some patients, the projected two-week recovery period stretched into months....

“The condition they come from is sometimes really compromised,” Nicci Wright, from the Humane Society International Africa, told Newsweek. “They are emaciated, completely dehydrated, sometimes they are so weak they can’t even roll themselves up.” Wright, a wildlife rehabilitation specialist, works to gather intelligence on pangolin traffickers so they can be rescued. She also works at the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in South Africa where pangolins arrive for treatment after their ordeal....