The Swiss power player faces the Croatian for the first time and carries a straight sets winning streak with her. Comfortable victories against a young Australian and two Americans got her back to the last eight for the first time in five years. With one step before reaching a second career semifinal in the tournament, the 22-year-old had to be on her toes to defeat Martic who had to go the distance twice so far....
Holding a slim 16-15 lead, the Bengals had the Steelers stopped Saturday and were poised to end a 25-year playoff drought. The Steelers were facing a first-and-10 near midfield when Ben Roethlisberger sailed a pass well over the head of receiver Antonio Brown. But Burfict came across the field and nailed the Pro Bowl receiver in the head after the pass was clearly incomplete. MORE: Bengals vs. Steelers: 5 crazy things that gave Pittsburgh the win | Watch the terrible penalties that doomed the Bengals...
Stop taking and contact your healthcare provider immediately if you have any of the following symptoms of liver problems with or without a skin rash: Dark urine, light-colored bowel movements, nausea, pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs, loss of appetite, yellowing of the skin or whites of your eyes, fever, feeling unwell, or tiredness. Stop taking Viramune and contact your provider right away if you get a rash with any of the following symptoms: Blisters, red or inflamed eyes, swelling of the face, feeling unwell, muscle or joint aches, mouth sores, fever, or tiredness....
In the 49 matches he has led the country, India have won 29 and lost 16, which makes it a win percentage of 63.82. Of all the players who have led their team in more matches than Kohli, only Afghanistan’s Asghar Afghan (81.73%) has a better success rate. Only Aaron Finch has more runs to his name as T20I captain than Virat Kohli. While Kohli has scored 1570 runs in 46 innings, the Australian captain has scored 1719 in 54 innings....
“I am proud to be associated with Nitesh Estates, as its brand ambassador. The company in many aspects reflects the values I hold in high esteem. I respect the fact that as a first generation company it has made extraordinary progress in a very short span,” said Kohli. “From a modest inception, Nitesh Estates has been able to build and scale to global standards very quickly. I am very impressed with their quality of developments across homes, hotels, office buildings and shopping malls....
The 57-year-old former all-rounder believes that both Kohli and Rahul are young talents and maturity will come with time. “Virat Kohli has to be given more chances to captain the team then only we will know about his capabilities. We can’t judge his capabilities in just one series,” Kapil told reporters here. “We can never judge a player by just one Indian Premier League (IPL) or just one Test series… let them play 5-10 series, then only we can judge a player and think about it,” he added....
Virginia Tech announced Thursday that Spring Road on campus will be renamed Beamer Way, in honor of football coach Frank Beamer. MORE: Top 10 Virginia Tech Hokies of all time | Kid reporters grill Jim Harbaugh on milk, homework Beamer said he and his wife, Cheryl, were humbled by the honor. “When I was informed of this, I had two immediate thoughts. First, the appreciation I have for all of the players, coaches, support staff and fans that laid the foundation for this program....
True, Virginia Tech and West Virginia break in new quarterbacks in their season-opening battle for the Black Diamond Trophy — the first since since 2005 — but Sunday’s matchup promises to be an exciting one. WEEK 1 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread Here are the biggest matchups and keys to victory for the Mountaineers and Hokies: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia This game could have the highest combined point total of the top-25 matchups this weekend, even more than the highly anticipated Alabama-FSU and Florida-Michigan matchups....
A group of people were swimming in a quarry in Blacksburg, Virginia, when one person “began having difficulty staying afloat,” according to a release from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s department obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. After a failed rescue attempt, workers recovered the body about 7:30 p.m. Hankins was pronounced dead at the scene. “Darren Hankins was very special to our wrestling program and our entire athletic department,” Tech wrestling coach Kevin Dresser told the newspaper....
This is not about the quality of the Cavaliers’ play. They are the 2020-21 regular-season champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are No. 13 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool, also known as the NET rankings. They were scheduled to play Friday in the ACC Tournament semifinals. Yes, that’s right. We changed the tenses on you there. UVa’s game against Georgia Tech was canceled because of a positive COVID-19 test within the Cavaliers’ program, and now their status is uncertain for the NCAA Tournament, where they technically are defending champions because they won in 2019 and no tournament was held in 2020....
For the event’s organizers, the point was to go to the kids already congregate. “This is where students of the millennial generation live—online,” says Robert Rosenbloom, CEO of the digital media startup, PlatformQ, that developed the online event. “So we saw an opportunity to create a virtual fair that would bring students and college admissions personnel together in an efficient manner, in a market where the audience is wired and the information is rapidly changing....
A suicide? So say de Guzman’s bosses at Bre-X Minerals, a high-flying Canadian mineral-exploration company. They say the Filipino geologist jumped 800 feet to his death because he was terminally ill. De Guzman had suffered through several bouts of malaria, according to Bre-X, and recently was diagnosed with hepatitis B, a potentially fatal disease. De Guzman should have been on top of the world: he’d helped to discover a huge-and now hugely controversial–Indonesian gold field known as Busang....
One of the main highlights of this update is the added support for the reading list. You can now access the reading list from the side panel (on the desktop) and on your mobile devices. There are a few other changes as well—read on and find out. What’s New in Vivaldi 5.2 Though there are several minor changes, fixes, and improvements, these are some notable upgrades. 1. Reading List Panel Vivaldi has a feature-rich side panel from where you can access your favorite sites, view your history and bookmarks, and take notes directly in the browser....
The Vodafone Neo was announced back in December, and is designed by San Francisco company Fuseproject. Whilst the hardware and carrier side is operated by Vodafone, Disney has helped design animated ‘sidekicks’ on the watches based on famous characters from the worlds of Star Wars, Marvel, Frozen and more. Vodafone hasn’t given an age range for the watch, but has advised that if the wearer is under 18 a parent/guardian should have consent from the user for tracking and inform their child how to use the watch safely....
Meanwhile, the Heat are listing four-time NBA MVP LeBron James as a game-time decision because of left ankle soreness. The Pacers announced Vogel's illness before their shootaround practice Wednesday morning. If he's not well enough to be there at game time, it's expected that associate head coach Nate McMillan would take over Vogel's duties. James twisted his ankle in Monday's win over Utah. The Heat say James did not participate in the team's morning shootaround practice, other than walking through a few things....
After months of rumors that Microsoft would be bringing Cortana, the iconic A.I. from the Halo franchise, to mobile devices as a competitor to Apple’s Siri, the speculation is one step closer to fruition. Jen Taylor, the actress who lends her voice to the famous A.I., will reportedly be contributing her voice to the upcoming Microsoft mobile venture. The news comes from MSFTnerd and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to put it all together: The service will be named Cortana, it is voiced by the actress who plays Cortana in the Halo series, and will be important to Microsoft’s push to win people onto their side of the war of mobile devices....
The four boys from Makeni, Sierra Leone, won’t be among child delegates joining more than 60 heads of state at United Nations headquarters in New York this week. They’ve barely thought about one of the main issues involved in the U.N. Special Session on Children–how the international community can roll back the growing exploitation of children in war. Experts say soldiers under the age of 15 have fought in more than half of the world’s 55 ongoing or just-ended wars....
Voracek had two goals and three assists and Scott Laughton also scored twice in Philadelphia’s 7-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators in Wednesday, a night after an 8-2 loss to San Jose in the Flyers’ home opener. “It was a tough start at home for us, but we scored seven and I think we played a pretty good hockey game,” Voracek said. “We just have to take it to the home ice now....
There are a few pieces of business to take care of before we get to today’s round of voting. — As we said yesterday, there were some really tough omissions. While they weren’t in the bracket, we offer a quick tip of the helmet to Clemson, Florida, Colorado, LSU and Oklahoma. We heard from those fan bases on Facebook. — The next round of voting starts now and ends at 11 a....
A viral infection is an illness caused by a virus. Common viral infections include COVID-19, influenza (the flu), and chicken pox. Bacterial infections are caused by bacteria. These types of germs cause ailments that include strep throat, tetanus, and anthrax. While all illnesses have many things in common, it’s important to find out what germ you have to get the treatment you need. When you are sick, antibiotics can kill bacteria, but not viruses....
