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Jacksonville has won three of its last four games, including thrilling victories over the Ravens and Cowboys. Sandwiched between those two wins was a victory over the Titans in Nashville that might prove to be the difference at the end of the season. MORE: Doug Pederson explains Jaguars’ decision to go for 2, sealing comeback win vs. Ravens Trevor Lawrence has led the charge, throwing 13 touchdowns and just one interception over his last five starts entering Week 16....

The biggest challenge for India stays to shut doors on complacency when they face Bhutan tomorrow. But Head Coach Goutam Ghosh isn’t worried. “We played well against Tajikistan in our first match and fared much better against Lebanon to register a facile win. We haven’t ever taught the boys to relax during a match. So there’s no question of complacency. But it’s not time for any jubilation. The next match is day after and the boys need to eat and rest properly....

While Balbirnie single-handedly won Ireland the match, Afghanistan will be looking to exact revenge on the Irish with none of their bowlers able to restrict Balbirnie and Dockrell as they strode home to a famous victory. With Dehradun playing host once again, will the Afghan spin troika fight back or will the Irish deal another stunning blow to their counterparts? Here are a few tips to help you pick your Dream11 team....

According to an e-mail written and distributed by InterAction on Dec. 11 to its various members, which include Doctors Without Borders, CARE and Save the Children, a vast scramble for primacy has broken out among the United Nations, the World Bank and U.S. government agencies such as USAID. The e-mail states that “competition” among the various agencies has caused a rush of meetings, all held with “little serious preparation and almost no NGO consultation....

Abdullah Abdullah, a top political figure and chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said in a Facebook video Sunday that Ghani left the country. “The former president of Afghanistan left Afghanistan, leaving the country in this difficult situation,” Abdullah said. “God should hold him accountable.” When reached for comment Sunday, the president’s office said that it “cannot say anything about Ashraf Ghani’s movement for security reasons,” according to Reuters....

At a moment when the Kabul government of Hamid Karzai is under increasing threat and NATO troops are engaged in ever fiercer combat, the rule book suggests what an elusive and mercenary concept loyalty is on the Afghan battlefield. Just as American power and money helped pull warlords and fighters away from the Taliban in 2001 to bring down their regime, the surviving followers of Mullah Omar are now hoping they have the momentum to win back defectors to their side....

It will depend on the stance of the latest government in the country. If they don’t permit their women’s team to participate in international cricket, Afghanistan will lose its full member status with the International Cricket Council (ICC). The Taliban government has given its nod for men’s cricket activities to go ahead as planned. It cleared the path for the Afghanistan men’s team’s participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman....

Afghanistan ‘A’ will replace Australia ‘A’ in the triangular ‘A’ series scheduled to begin in South Africa later this month, which would also involve the ‘A’ team from India apart from the hosts. The ‘A’ teams of South Africa, Australia and India were scheduled to play a triangular series from July 26, but Australia pulled out of the tournament owing to the financial dispute between Cricket Australia (CA) and the players....

Afghanistan made a sensational comeback in their previous outing against Ireland. After losing the third ODI by four wickets, the Afghans landed a counter punch in the penultimate game of the series to register a mammoth 109-run victory against the same opponent. Md. Nabi and Rashid Khan were pivotal to Afghanistan’s success in this crunch game. The ace duo stitched a crucial 86-run stand down the order to take their team to a respectable total....

The 2019 tournament – hosted by Egypt and won by Algeria – was held in July, as CAF elected to move the tournament to fit in line with the northern hemisphere summer, meaning clubs in Europe’s major leagues were unaffected. However, sweltering conditions in Egypt led to the decision to switch to tournament to June and July being questioned. Now, it has been confirmed by hosts Cameroon that the 2021 AFCON shall take place in January and February due to concerns over the weather should the tournament have taken place later in the year....

The Eagles play their first game of the competition against a technically poorer Burundi side on 22 June 2019. While Burundi might give Nigeria a tough time, the Eagles gaffer Gernot Rohr will expect the team to leave the pitch with 3 points. Nigeria have lost only one match since the World Cup game against Argentina that cemented their exit. Burundi, on the other hand, have not won a match since their home game against Seychelles in October 2015....

Remember that awesomely-bad college football movie with James Caan, Omar Epps, Halle Berry? The one where Steve Lattimer smashed his head through a bunch of windshields? There’s a reason “The Program” — which chronicles the fictional ESU Timberwolves’ turbulent season — remains the ultimate college football cult classic. It’s not a comedy (“Necessary Roughness”). It’s not a tragedy (“We Are Marshall"). It’s not feel good (“Rudy”) or feel bad (“The Express”)....

In a tweet on Tuesday, conservative commentator Owens suggested Democrats were plotting to target rich Black Americans under Biden’s plan that aims to raise taxes on households earning more than $400,000 annually. “Democrats enslaved blacks, segregated blacks and are now planning to tax black millionaires back into poverty—all the while convincing poor blacks (who were miseducated through their public schools) to vote for them,” Owens tweeted. “It’s so evil & Machiavellian— I almost respect it....

The reason for the delay is that they found certain things that would be unsuitable for a free trial. The inappropriate content was supposedly only found in the free section of the game that was to become the demo for Dead Rising 2. Case 0 will act as an introduction to our new hero Chuck Greene, as it takes place three years before the events of Dead Rising 2. Capcom also stated that the Case 0 delay will not affect the release of Dead Rising 2 near the end of September....

Pegatron is currently manufacturing the cheaper versions with plastic chassis and also handling orders for iPad Mini. DigiTimes reports that Pegatron, the Taiwan-based supply chain maker, would start shipments in August for iPhones and iPad Mini. The shipments for its components would begin in July giving a fair share of benefit to chassis supplier Casetek. The report further added that the trial production for 5S and the cheaper iPhone would be in July followed by mass production in August and launch in September....

“The Confronting Racism course featuring Robin DiAngelo is no longer available in our course library, at the request of the 3rd party content provider we licensed this content from,” LinkedIn vice president of corporate communications Nicole Leverich told Newsweek in an email on Monday. “We provide a wide variety of learning content, including more than 270 courses on the topics of diversity, inclusion and belonging,” Leverich said. “We will continue to add new courses to help people learn the skills they need to be more successful in their career, including the foundational skills we all need to be effective allies and help build a more equitable future....

The letter, sent to Congress Monday by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, bluntly condemned abusive police practices and “state-sanctioned violence” against black Americans across the country. A diverse coalition of 386 organizations joined the group in urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to enact federal statutory reforms on a series of policing issues. The civil rights group said use of force, police accountability, racial profiling, militarization, data collection and training are all urgently in need of sweeping changes....

Ronibala is referring to a tweet from Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on August 9, 2020, the day Manitombi Singh passed away. He was just 39 years-old and succumbed to prolonged illness in hospital. The tweet read, “I am saddened to hear of the untimely demise of footballer Manitombi Singh. We are trying to work out some emergency funds from the Sports Ministry to support the family in these trying times....