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India’s U-17 World Cup coach Luis Norton de Matos and captain Amarjit Singh were also present at the inauguration of the Dempo Academy yesterday. The new facility has a full size grass pitch, shooting wall, pavilion and temporary changing rooms, offices, washrooms and class rooms. “We had opportunities on one side and challenges on the other. It’s at that time the management decided to concentrate on grassroots and give the boys an avenue to pursue their dreams of becoming professional footballers....

You might just change your mind when you check its price tag – the 16 GB version of the tablet with just WiFi connectivity will set you back by $399! But yes, if you dig a little deeper into the tech specs of the device, you can imagine why Samsung has priced it so steep. Its quad-core 1.6 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM and 5 MP camera all make it quite the premium tablet....

The first DLC for SSX is certainly going to delight fans of the snowboarding franchise. Electronic Arts shed light on the downloadable content pack to reveal that it’s aiming to give players a sense of nostalgia by instilling the memorable experiences from classic SSX installments. Dubbed the Mt. Eddie & Classic Characters Bundle Pack, the DLC will be released on May 1st. Mt. Eddie is based on Tricky and features a mountain that is “ultra-long,” in addition to 9 new Race and Trick drops....

During the question-and-answer portion of a Facebook Live appearance, Mayor Lyda Krewson was asked about a meeting she had with protesters at City Hall earlier that day. Krewson then gathered a stack of papers she was given by those demonstrators and began reading their requests, which included their ideas for how the city should spend their budget. Among them was defunding the police department. “They presented some papers to me about how they wanted the budget to be spent....

Pyroclastic flows are scorching hot, ground-hugging flows of ash, debris and gases that typically hit temperatures of 390-1,300 F and speeds of more than 400 mph. These flows are capable of destroying nearly everything in their path. On Wednesday, Richard Robertson from the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) warned anyone in the danger zone surrounding the volcano to evacuate immediately. “One of the things that we try to do is make sure that people get the warnings so that they don’t get killed,” Robertson said Wednesday during an interview with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on local media outlet NBC Radio....

Some voting rights groups have also said they won’t attend Biden’s speech, expressing frustration with the apparent lack of progress on protections for voting rights during Biden’s administration thus far. Abrams cited a scheduling conflict for her decision not to attend the event, which will also feature Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden chose Harris to lead the administration’s voting rights efforts. Abrams, a 2018 gubernatorial candidate, is hoping to defeat Republican Governor Brian Kemp in the 2022 election....

Stade Rennais have had a strong start to their league campaign. They beat Nimes Olympique 4-2 last Sunday at the Stade des Costieres. A brace from forward Sehrou Guirassy and goals from Nayef Aguerd and Benjamin Bourigeaud secured the win for Julien Stephan’s side. Paraguay international Andres Cubas and Algerian midfielder Zinedine Ferhat scored the consolation goals for Nimes. AS Monaco, on the other hand, beat Nantes 2-1 last Sunday at the Stade Louis II....

His new Lions offensive coordinator, Joe Lombardi, discovered after watching film of Stafford that he is “not an interception machine.” At times, Stafford himself probably felt that he was. How could you not when you finish the year with 19 interceptions? Well, if you were to look at Eli Manning’s league-worst 27 interceptions, there could be some consolation. But still, there were times for sure that Stafford felt pretty awful....

After arriving in ONE as an elite striker, Stamp turned her focus to becoming a world champion in MMA after previously holding titles in Muay Thai and kickboxing. With 11 MMA contests inside the circle to her name, Stamp has already won the women’s atomweight World Grand Prix. That success later saw her challenge for the atomweight world championship against Angela Lee. Against Anissa Meksen, Stamp Fairtex believes she has an advantage due to her time spent working towards becoming a champion in MMA....

Former two-sport ONE world champion Stamp is a striking specialist, having held both the atomweight kickboxing and Muay Thai world titles in ONE Championship. Similarly, Xiong is a former Chinese boxing champion with equally dangerous hands. A showdown between the Thai superstar and the Chinese MMA queen will no doubt produce epic fireworks if it were to happen. Xiong has expressed in past interviews that she would love to fight Stamp, and the feeling is definitely mutual....

Gregory, who led the Big Ten in sacks last season, left the Florida Atlantic game after the Cornhuskers’ first defensive series Saturday. Coach Bo Pelini said Monday that Gregory had a basketball injury from several years ago “flare up,” and it caused a clicking sensation in his knee. Gregory underwent a procedure Sunday to remove scar tissue. “It was a non-contact injury,” Pelini said. “The doctors could tell from looking at the MRI that it was very old....

“It’s not easy,” Crosby said. “Having gone through a couple of those early on — you know, 20, 21 years old and playing in the Final — I think you have more appreciation for it now.” MORE: Best Game 7s in the last 10 years | Pens’ run doesn’t depend on stars So much can get in the way of a team achieving its destiny of multiple championships, and that’s not even including the other talented teams that expect to accomplish the same....

Nashville scored first in Game 2 thanks to a strong individual effort by Pontus Aberg, but the Predators didn’t score again. The Penguins’ Matt Murray was a stalwart in goal, recording 37 saves. MORE: Penguins-Predators Game Center The Penguins scored four unanswered goals, including two by rookie Jake Guentzel. He tied the game on a chip-in rebound just minutes after Aberg scored. Both teams were held scoreless in the second period before the floodgates opened for Pittsburgh in the third period....

An arbitration panel “found that Ms Sharapova committed an anti-doping rule violation and that while it was with ’no significant fault’, she bore some degree of fault, for which a sanction of fifteen months is appropriate,” Switzerland-based CAS said in a statement. The ban took effect from Jan. 26, 2016. Five-times grand slam winner Sharapova was banned by the International Tennis Federation in June following a positive test for the banned drug meldonium during January’s Australian Open....

Smith may be an unorthodox run-scorer but he is currently top of the Test batting rankings and Root, a more classical stylist, is second in that table. Shoring up a fallible top order is something both Smith, with assistance from David Warner, and Root, backed up by a left-handed opener of his own in Alastair Cook, have got used to in recent months. If either star batsman struggles for runs, it is liable to damage their team’s prospects and add to the pressure that confronts most captains in an Ashes series....

It was reminiscent of last season when the Spurs walked off their team charter to those chants, except the tone Wednesday night was much sweeter. MORE: Parade scenes | Popovich counts off titles | Duncan’s future The victory parade for Spurs' fifth NBA title was part celebration and part exorcism. "It is soaking in, but I'm still going to live it up for about the whole summer," NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard said....

San Antonio levelled the Western Conference first-round series at 3-3 on Thursday, meaning the teams will face off in Game 7 on Saturday. Denver and San Antonio played evenly through much of the first three quarters. But, DeMar DeRozan hit a short jumper to put the Spurs up by five to end the scoring in the period. The Spurs then took control with a 17-2 run to open the fourth quarter and cruised from there....

Kane enjoyed a stellar 2017, eclipsing Alan Shearer’s record for the most Premier League goals in a calendar year with 37, while he also outscored Barcelona star Lionel Messi for club and country over the 12-month period. His exploits have reportedly attracted the attention of LaLiga and Champions League holders Madrid, who are believed to be eyeing a move for the England international forward at the end of the season....

Shultz maintains that it was principally Ronald Reagan who engineered the victory, rising above the duplicities and mistakes of his advisers. He admits that Reagan had a poor grasp of detail and sometimes an even weaker grip on the truth. But in Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State (1, 184 pages. Scribner’s. $30), he argues that Reagan’s stubborn adherence to principle, flexibility in negotiation and willingness to back diplomacy with military power brought Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev around....

The day of remembrance, recognized on November 20, began in 1999 by transgender activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor Rita Hester. Hester was a Black transgender woman from Allston, Massachusetts—within the Democrat’s congressional district—who had been murdered the year before. “This day was created to memorialize the loss of her life and far too many others due to transphobic violence,” said Pressley in her House speech on Wednesday. She added, “The cruelty of transphobia is a threat that we must confront and root out wherever it exists, whether in music or on television or in the hallowed halls of the nation’s capital....