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The 37-year-old was not part of the original 17-member squad announced last week, but after Pakistan suffered losses at the hands of arch-rival India and Bangladesh in the Asia Cup the squad reached out to Hafeez. Pakistan failed to qualify for the final in the tournament, which India won after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in Dubai on Friday. Pakistan had previously nursed high hopes for Shan Masood in the ongoing four-day match for Pakistan ‘A’ against Australia in Dubai but he fell for just 14, forcing the selectors to include Hafeez....

Pakistan were scheduled to visit Zimbabwe in mid-August for a month-long series. Zimbabwe, ranked 11th in One-Day Internationals (ODI), wanted to use the opportunity to host the tri-nation tournament after the event, reports bdnews24.com. West Indies had, in fact, confirmed their participation in the tournament. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), however, did not make the reason for the cancellation public. The decision was said to have been unanimous and the two boards were now likely to hold the series some other time later this year....

Pakistan, as in 1992, lost their first match, won their second, had a no result in the third and then followed up a pair of defeats with back-to-back wins. Victory is required against Afghanistan on Saturday to keep the run going, but Sarfraz Ahmed’s side will be hugely confident of such a result having rediscovered their form. Now, rather than playing to keep their hopes alive, Pakistan can attack fourth-placed hosts England, who are just a point ahead....

The Pan Pacs are the biggest meet of the year for countries bordering the Pacific, and a dry run for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ledecky, the Olympic and world champion and world record-holder in the 400 freestyle, won that race in 3 minutes 58.50 seconds, the sixth fastest time ever at the distance. She has the 10 fastest times ever in the event. The win made up for finishing third on Thursday in the 200 freestyle, a rare loss for the reigning Olympic champion in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle....

Panthers XI have had an excellent start to their Pondicherry T20 2021 campaign. They have won their first two games and are at the top of the points table. Lions XI, meanwhile, have lost two and won once in the Pondicherry T20 2021 so far. PAN vs LIO Probable Playing 11 Today Panthers XI: Priyam Ashish, Damodaran Rohit (c), Ameer Zeeshan N, George Samuel A, Sidak Gurvinder Singh, Iqlas Naha, Jayaprakash Manikandan, Abin Mathew M, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, S Santhosh Kumaran, Ashith Rajiv...

Many responded to a tweet by Spencer Bagley of an image of a sign advertising for staff at fast food chain Panda Express. Titled “Inspiring better lives” the job ad called for general managers, assistant managers and service and kitchen team members. For the general manager role, the sign listed that the “total potential annual compensation or earnings” at the restaurant would be $69,000 a year, plus a bonus....

In the qualifiers, which concluded at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana here, Faisal shocked India No.2 Kamal Chawla 4-2 in a two-hour match with a break of 59 in the sixth frame. In another interesting match, Lilly of Punjab blossomed late in the seventh frame to scrape past Laxman Rawat of Maharashtra 4-3. In another closely fought match, Talwar from Chandigarh upset seasoned former National Champion Alok Kumar of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) 4-3, aided by a 46 clearance in the final frame....

Jared Pobre, who runs the home rental company that rented the $11 million property, said in the lawsuit that damages included a broken refrigerator, water damage to the floor, ruined linens and a destroyed rug that cost $32,000. He is seeking money to repay for the initial damages and the lost rent while the house was being fixed. MORE: Matt Ryan’s Panthers thrashing among Week 4 standouts Online records show the complaint was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Sept....

Thompson, the 25th overall pick from Washington, tweaked his hamstring and was held out of the final hour of Friday’s second practice. Funchess, selected in the second round with the 41st overall pick, limped off the field at the tail end of the nearly two-hour session. MORE: Fifth-rounder Mayo won’t need to live in a shed | Jags’ Fowler tears ACL | Gregory suffers heat exhaustion Funchess hopped on a cart, which then drove the 6-4, 232-pound former Michigan receiver back to the team facility....

Luongo appeared to suffer an injury while making a save on Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock just over two minutes into the second period of Monday’s contest. The 38-year-old immediately fell to the ice and remained there until Panthers training staff helped him off a few minutes later. James Reimer completed the game in net for the Panthers.

Levante’s midfielder Papakouli Diop got into an argument with an Atletico Madrid supporter in the corner after the latter was seen making monkey gestures towards the Senegalese player to which he responded with a celebratory dance. “It’s an issue that has affected me a lot. I went to take a corner and part of the Atlético support began doing monkey chants,” Diop told AS. “To take the heat out of the situation, I started to dance, but I didn’t insult anyone....

While the final release of Paper Mario: The Origami King wasn’t quite the successor fans had hoped for, it has been well received across the board and incorporated a number of RPG mechanics including companion character like Bowser, turn-based combat, unique boss battles, and player choices throughout the main story. However, when it comes to different choices made throughout the game, it appears that Paper Mario: The Origami King offers more of an illusion of choice rather than anything of actual consequence and its unfortunate that Nintendo has chosen this route....

Fans have seemingly banned together in attempt to get the older entries in the Paper Mario series released on Nintendo’s newest console. Most are asking for the GameCube entry, The Thousand-Year Door, but some have also asked for the original Nintendo 64 game as well as the Wii game Super Paper Mario. RELATED: Ranking The Paper Mario Series According To Metacritic Around this time last year, The Thousand-Year Door started trending on Twitter thanks to a little blue gaming puppet called Arlo, a popular gaming YouTuber who created his own hashtag #RemasterThousandYearDoor....

On Saturday, the mother of the Prosper, Texas, resident posted on the Facebook group Makayla’s Fight that her daughter had a “very big announcement” to make. She then revealed that Noble, who was left paralyzed from the chest down following her accident and is still unable to walk, had made the cheerleading team at Prosper High School. “Makayla is a Prosper Varsity Cheerleader! She has been hiding this news all week of her trying out for her Senior Year!...

Paramount Plus was formerly branded as CBS All Access, but the ViacomCBS company decided to rebrand it as Paramount Plus to have it compete in the modern streaming services market. WIth many cord-cutters looking for a way to stream both sports and live shows, the creators of the service saw an opportunity to attract a new clientele with a March launch of this service. Here are the answers to all the questions you have about Paramount Plus and how you can watch live March Madness games with the service....

One mom has the internet divided after deciding to shave off her baby daughter’s “caterpillar” unibrow. Posting to Reddit’s “AmItheA******?” forum on June 21, user RealisticEnd465 explained she’d had enough of people commenting on her child’s “caterpillar” unibrow and decided to take matters into her own hands. “I think she is beautiful, including her bushy little brow, but I am SO tired of the comments from other people,” she wrote....

Saturday night’s shooting at Colorado Springs, Colorado’s Club Q has put the LGBTQ community in mourning. And conservatives have decried drag brunches and drag queen story hours, and tried to keep them from happening. But drag shows are also places for LGBTQ joy and connection—and a number of TikTok videos show how important and ebullient they can be, particularly when the parents of drag queens turn out in support....

The 30-year-old Dre has dominated the urban airways for more than 13 years – with more than 30 million albums sold worldwide that he either produced, rapped on or both. Dre entered the spotlight with the stunning success of his first group, the World Class Wrecking Cru, which he joined when he was 16. He later formed the legendary rap group N.W.A (Niggaz With Attitude), which he cofounded with Ice Cube and the late Eazy E in the mid-1980s....