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In perfect batting conditions on a bright sunny day, the touring side lost only the wicket of nightwatchman Yasir Shah as they bid for a victory that would level the series at 2-2. Shah, badly dropped by Alex Hales in the gully off Chris Woakes, fell for 26 when he edged a lifting delivery from Steven Finn to Joe Root at second slip. Finn spilled a straightforward caught and bowled chance off Azhar Ali but the batsman survived and advanced to 36 not out at the interval with Asad Shafiq, also dropped by James Anderson in the slips off Woakes, on 24....

A normal outing on the streets in the case of these cricketers is pretty much non-existent as they get swarmed by people eager to catch a glimpse of their favourite superstars. This happens not only when the cricketers are back in their homeland but also when they are touring in a foreign land as Pakistan’s cricketers recently found out. Misbah-ul-Haq’s men are currently midway through their four-Test series against England in a contest which is evenly poised, to say the least....

Pakistan again fell short by 7 runs in the second T20I while chasing 189 runs on the board. Babar Azam 90(58) and Hussain Talat 55(41) started the innings well to give the visitors some hope. Pakistan looked in control to seal the game till the 17th over before the hosts bounced back to take 6 wickets for 33 runs. South Africa held their nerves in both the matches to tour whitewash the world number 1 T20I team....

New Zealand: G. Worker b Hafeez 28 C. Munro c Hafeez b Shaheen 13 K. Williamson run out 1 R. Taylor not out 86 T. Latham b Shaheen 1 H. Nicholls b Hasan 33 C. de Grandhomme c Hasan b Shadab 3 T. Southee c Imam b Shaheen 13 I. Sodhi b Shaheen 13 T. Boult b Hasan 1 L. Ferguson not out 1 Extras: (lb 6, nb1, w 9)...

Premier League clubs have seen a surge in wages in recent seasons on the back of increased revenue generated from lucrative broadcasting deals, with players at all levels of development keen to earn more as a result. “The curse of too much money is upon all of us. I might have the 20th biggest wage bill in the world. Do I have the 20th best side? I very much doubt it,” Parish told the Times....

Approximately 14%–35% of patients with ulcerative colitis will develop pancolitis. Causes The cause of ulcerative colitis is not well understood by researchers, but it is thought to be the result of complex interactions between the intestinal lining and immune system. The immune system mistakenly attacks the cells of the intestine, causing inflammation, ulcers, and sores. Other factors that may influence the development of ulcerative colitis include genetics, age, gut microbiota, toxic pathogens, and the environment....

Anatomy The pancreas is an elongated gland located deep within the abdomen, tucked in between the stomach and the spine. One end of the pancreas is wider than the other and is called the head: It sits within the curve of the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) and is divided into two parts: the head proper and the uncinate process. Much like a comma lying on its side, the pancreas extends slightly upward, becoming narrower and narrower....

(Eds: Updating with more information) New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Indian cricketers Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul were Friday suspended pending an inquiry into their outrage-evoking comments on women during a TV show, and will be sent back home from Australia. The cricketers, who have been in the eye of a storm following their sexist remarks on ‘Koffee with Karan’, will be sent back on the first available flight....

Pulau Pinang vs Sarawak If there is a team that desperately need a win on matchday four of the Malaysia Super League (MSL), it would be none other than Pulau Pinang. Having lost all three matches with no goals scored and now suffering another blow as head coach Ashley Westwood was suspended for their next three games, the Panthers’ season are heading from bad to worse. Other than the team woes, the management are also in danger of losing the trust of their own fans, after the appointment of local politician Zairil Khir Johari as their new president received backlash from the fans....

The worst part? Doyle wasn’t even the player who made Butler angry. That would be Mark Glowinski, who drove Butler downfield, into Doyle. The Colts tight end simply got caught in the crossfire. MORE: SN’s latest 2020 NFL Mock Draft “I thought Vernon Butler should have been ejected,” Panthers interim coach Perry Fewell told reporters after the game. “That’s not up to the standard of our organization.” Veteran tight end Greg Olson was more raw in his assessment of what transpired in a 38-6 blowout loss to Indianapolis in which Carolina quarterback Will Grier threw three interceptions and the team fell to 5-10....

But considering the saga that led to former team owner Jerry Richardson’s resignation and eventual sale of the franchise to Tepper, the future of the Panthers’ lair is just one of many intriguing questions the 60-year-old hedge fund manager faces in the early stages of his team ownership. Tepper’s first public words as Panthers owner were directed at Steven Drummond, Carolina’s director of communications. Tepper glanced down toward Drummond’s feet as the latter walked off the stage after introducing his new boss....

The Thai, who started from the 10th tee, struggled to get his round going and needed a 15 footer birdie putt to send him to the top of the leaderboard at the Ibaraki Country Club. He posted a one-under-par 70 to hold a one-shot lead from overnight leader Shingo Katayama of Japan, who struggled to a 73 at the $1.48 million event. Tetsuji Hiratsuka of Japan, who won the 2011 edition, battled to a 66 to share third position with Masahiro Kawamura....

He wondered: “Should I continue to play soccer? Because in order to play professionally I’d have to go over to Europe. Is that something I want to do? It wasn’t like a deep thought I had for months and months, but I remember thinking about it. I’d had to have been about 11, because I was 12 when MLS started. It’s crazy to think how far everything has come since then....

“Mr. President, let me tell you something: I don’t care about you. This is not about love or hate. I don’t care about you. I care about what you do. And I hate what you are doing,” Guttenberg said in an interview with CNN on Thursday morning. The activist, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg died during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last year, called out Trump’s inaction on addressing gun violence while also criticizing GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell....

Squads to choose from: Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed (C), Babar Azam, Abid Ali, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan Shinwari and Wahab Riaz. Sri Lanka: Lahiru Thirimanne (C), Avishka Fernando, Oshada Fernando, Danushka Gunathilaka, Shehan Jayasuriya, Dasun Shanaka, Angelo Perera, Isuru Udana, Sadeera Samawickrama, Minod Bhanuka, Wanidu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan, Nuwan Pradeep, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara...

More troubling, Pakistani authorities say, the gunmen are holding several hundred women and children as human shields inside. As a result, “Operation Silence,” the army’s code name for the assault, would be a deliberately “slow, step by step process” in order to minimize the loss of innocent lives, says Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, the military’s top spokesman. As the operation began at about 4:30 a.m., he predicted it would be over in four hours or so....

The doctors examining the cricketer divulged that Younis would be put under examination for the next 24 to 48 hours before they take a call on his release and the state of his health. The 38-year-old struck a majestic double hundred in the last Test of the four-match series, during Pakistan’s recently-concluded tour of the United Kingdom, that helped his team make a comeback from being 1-2 down in the series, to eventually share the honours....

The contested territory of Kashmir, split with a de facto border between India’s Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has been the subject of countless deadly skirmishes and several all-out wars between the two neighboring rivals and Islamabad has reacted with outrage to New Delhi’s decision nearly months ago to unilaterally remove the special status afforded to India’s only majority-Muslim region there. Speaking to Newsweek, Azad Kashmir President Masood Khan described the situation on the frontier as “volatile....

Pancreatic cancer is so deadly because it’s difficult to screen the pancreas for cancers. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are also mild, so tumors there often get diagnosed late. About half of all pancreatic cancers have advanced to stage 4 when diagnosed—meaning they are very difficult to treat because they’ve already metastasized (spread) to other organs. The American Cancer Society predicted 57,600 pancreatic cancer diagnoses in 2020, and 47,050 deaths. It’s slightly more common in men than women, and it gets more common as we get older....

That is one of the central findings of a new survey of over 3,000 executives that we conducted in partnership with The Official Board, a global directory of medium and large companies. While the respondents were largely C-Suite types, the insights and takeaways are applicable to any employee trying to maintain relevance at work during these challenging times. The goal of this global survey was to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the rate at which executives’ skill became obsolete....