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India’s healthcare system has stumbled badly in the wake of the second COVID-19 wave with the country reporting an average of three lakh new positive cases and 2000 deaths on a regular basis recently. India’s current COVID numbers stand at over 18 million positive cases with more than 200 thousand casualties. Sharath Kamal, who will be making his fourth Olympic appearance, said though it is not the best way and atmosphere to prepare for the event, the players have to accept the reality and do the job at hand....

East Bengal secured their place in the top eight after a good performance in the pre-quarters against Mumbai City FC winning 2-1 after going a goal down. Aizawl FC knocked out Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC in a closely contested match that was decided by a penalty shootout. East Bengal relied on a late penalty scored by former Aizawl FC man Laldanmawia Ralte as they ensured their passage to the final four of the Super Cup in a match that saw Aizawl FC put on a strong defensive display....

The club released via their official website, that the three players receiving new deals were goalkeeper Kunal Sawant, full-back Davinder Singh and forward Pranjal Bhumij, who have committed their future to the club. Following a disappointing end to the Indian Super League (ISL), Mumbai City FC are looking to rebuild and what better way to do so than have your young players pledge their future to the team. In case you didn’t know… Goalkeeper Amrinder Singh has already a signed a three-year extension to remain at Mumbai City FC and will face competition for his place in goal from Kunal Sawant, who has impressed in recent games off the bench for the Islanders....

Exclusive with Delhi Dynamos’ coach Miguel Portugal Ferran Corominas Telechea, also known as just ‘Coro’, is an experienced footballer, having had extensive LaLiga experience with Espanyol, Elche and the likes. The 34-year-old is no stranger to major trophies, having won the Copa del Rey in 2006 with Espanyol before going on to finish as UEFA Europa League runners-up in 2006-07 season, also with Espanyol. Interestingly, the marksman scored in the 4-1 Copa del Rey final win over Real Zaragoza and played a significant role in Espanyol’s Europa League final run the next season, scoring five goals in 11 apperances....

Aaron Hughes, the Kerala Blasters marquee, has moved backed to the United Kingdom with a move to Scotland’s Heart of Midlothian. The club participates in Scotland’s top tier and the 37-year-old centre-back has revealed his ambitions after moving to the Tynecastle Stadium, in the west of Edinborough. “With the current World Cup campaign (for Northern Ireland), I was hoping to come back and play at a level that is going to help keep me involved with the national team,” explained Hughes....

Let’s remember, this edition of the country’s most watched football tournament has 10 teams vying for Atletico de Kolkata’s crown in what is expected to be a melee of a season in 2017. In this regard, the personnel team managements’ anoints for delivery of success are as important as the eleven men who take to the pitch to win games. Goal lists out a complete catalog of the coaches entrusted to turn otherwise mere also-ran seasons into championship winning ones for the supporters’ community but also for the sphere of Indian football....

Indian women’s hockey team captain Ritu Rani said on Tuesday that they are working on various game-plans with the coaching staff and experimenting team combinations ahead of the Hawke’s Bay Cup to be played in New Zealand from April 11 to 19. The team is currently undergoing a preparatory camp at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here which will go on till April 7. “Presently we are working on our game-plans and various strategies to counter the opponents....

The neutral-site basketball game will be Dec. 31, 2016, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis followed by a Dec. 9, 2017, game at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center and a Dec. 8, 2018, contest at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind., to complete the series. MORE: 15 best college basketball teams since 2000 “We have tremendous respect for Indiana and all of their sports programs,” Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino said in a statement....

Alyssa Shepherd was sentenced to four years in jail after she hit twin brothers Xzavier and Mason Ingle, aged 6, and their 9-year-old sister Alivia Stahl with her Toyota pickup truck as they made their way towards the bus in Rochester, Indiana in October 2018. Shepherd was found guilty by a jury this October of three counts of reckless homicide, one count of passing a school bus causing injury and one count of criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury for killing the children and injuring one another....

Brownstown Elementary School said a pumpkin depicting President Donald Trump was removed after a parent complained. Staff at the school in Brownstown, Indiana, hold a pumpkin decorating contest every fall to raise money for charity and historical, cartoon and pop culture figures are often serve as inspiration, a school official said. But after this year’s entries were posted on the school’s Facebook page this week, a parent complained that some parts of the display were offensive....

Sixteen-year-old Bedford resident Wesley Fox left Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis on Wednesday and will now undergo rehab, WTHR reported. “It’s surreal that I am actually leaving now after six months of being here,” Fox said. During his time in hospital, Fox spent eight days on an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine—a life support device that pumps and oxygenates a patient’s blood outside the body, in cases where the heart and lungs are unable to do so adequately....

It seems that Nintendo might look to further reveal what players can expect from the Switch as soon as next month, with renowned leaker Sabi seemingly confirming that a new Direct will come sometime in the middle of March. This Direct will look to be slightly different than usual, however, with Sabi claiming it will be a Nindies Direct focused entirely on indie titles coming to the Switch. RELATED: Super Smash Bros....

Plus, several of these games that independent developers are creating have been able to garner incredible recognition in the industry. Hades, which many gamers might consider the best indie game of 2020, was nominated for several different awards with different organizations. The title even won Game of the Year at The Gayming Awards and The New York Game Awards. Indie games have long been developed by studios on their own, but as the gaming industry grows, many indie developers have been able to partner with game publishers to help games reach brand new audiences....

The KRI Nanggala 402 and its 53 crew members went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island. Concern is mounting as officials fear the vessel might have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time. The navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen early Saturday morning. “We will maximize the effort today, until the time limit tomorrow at 3 a....

Given that Microsoft will, as usual, be a major player in this year’s E3 2017 when it takes the stage later today, it was always a safe bet that the long speculative period regarding Project Scorpio’s price would finally come to an end. Apparently, however, it has ended thanks to Geoff Keighley, the creator of the Game Awards and the man behind the new E3 Coliseum event that will happen later during E3 2017’s festivities....

PANAJI, India (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino played down the significance of Tuesday’s postponement of Asian elections for seats on the new FIFA Council, saying it was all part of the reform process at soccer’s scandal-hit world governing body. Upset at FIFA’s last minute disqualification of a Qatari candidate, delegates overwhelmingly voted down the agenda of an Asian Football Confederation extraordinary congress in Goa at which three members of the world governing body’s new Council were to be elected....

Last month Infantino told the Asian Football Confederation’s annual congress in Kuala Lumpur that increasing the number of teams from the 32 that made up the tournament in Russia this year was “feasible”. However he appeared to backtrack on that during an interview with AFP and other media in Zurich. “I haven’t changed my mind,” said Infantino. “I was positive about it from the beginning because I think if we can increase the number of teams it is good for football....

The four Call of Duty: Warzone bugs identified by Infinity Ward include an issue where players see “full-screen black corruption” when simply walking on the Warzone map, an issue where players are told that their squad can still revive them even after everyone is dead, an issue where players don’t drop items when they disconnect from a match, and a bug where players get stuck in an animation when canceling a revive attempt....

Launched alongside two other variants of the Zero X range (the Zero X and Zero X Neo), the Pro is arguably the company’s most advanced smartphone to date (with the exception of its 160W fast-charging concept phone, which was never officially released), particularly when it comes to its camera setup, which features a 108Mp sensor (backed up by optical image stabilisation), as well as a telephoto snapper that sports up to 60x magnification....

Biologics work in slightly different ways with different standards of administration and dosing. Some are approved to treat just one form of IBD, while others are used to treat both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Because biologic drugs temper the immune response, people taking them are prone to certain infections. It’s important, therefore, to take steps to reduce your vulnerability. People with IBD should receive vaccinations, ideally before starting a biologic, although many immunizations can also be given while taking a biologic....