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Prabhudesai dropped only one game en route to the title. She showed exceptional resilience in the quarter-finals where she faced stiff resistance from last week’s All India Senior Ranking Tournament winner Rituparna Das. The Goa girl staved off a big challenge from the former national champion to pull off a 21-16, 15-21, 24-22 win. Prabhudesai has been touted as one of the emerging Indian talents for quite some time. She reached the final of the Mauritius International last year where she went down to Shikha Gautam in three games....

Pujols hit an upper-deck shot off Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma on Wednesday for career homer No. 521. Pujols is now tied with Willie McCovey, Frank Thomas and Ted Williams for 18th on the all-time home run list. Pujols hit 445 of his 521 homers with the Cardinals, with whom he spent 11 seasons. MORE: TV, money will render pace-of-game changes useless | Mets GM trolls media with fake lineup card...

The result on Saturday piles added pressure on Bayern head coach Niko Kovac, as his side’s chances of winning a seventh straight title in his first season in charge took another blow. “We allowed ourselves to be beaten twice on the counter, that shouldn’t have happened,” said Kovac. “We should have been more compact and unfortunately we lost a game which should have been a draw,” he added after Robert Lewandowski had two second-half goals disallowed for offside....

Alcacer joined Dortmund on loan from Barcelona late last month and his debut on Friday was a successful one. The Spain international was involved in Marius Wolf’s goal and later struck from 20 yards to seal Dortmund’s 3-1 win, after Abdou Diallo’s opener was cancelled out by Sebastien Haller. Favre said the 25-year-old still needed time, before revealing Alcacer hurt his ankle late at Signal Iduna Park. “He hasn’t played all that much recently....

Alderweireld, who last featured in the Premier League draw at West Bromwich Albion in October, was in commanding form alongside compatriot Jan Vertonghen at the heart of a Spurs defence that conceded just 35 league goals last season. “From the beginning we believed it would be a very short process and period before Toby was available, but the recovery was very slow,” Pochettino told reporters on Thursday. Tottenham have, however, coped well since Alderweireld’s absence, conceding four goals in their last six games....

Neymar last year finished third in the Ballon d’Or race, behind Messi and Ronaldo, respectively. “Neymar is young, he’s still a young player, Messi and Ronaldo are at the top of their career,” Efe quoted Del Piero as saying Goal.com. “He has the future in front of him and by the way, he has a great chance to win the Ballon d’Or in the future. Definitely yes,” he added....

Alex Galchenyuk, the team’s No. 1 center and leading scorer, will miss six to eight weeks with a knee injury, the team announced Wednesday. MORE: Notable players with new teams in 2016-17 Galchenyuk was injured Sunday in a collision with Kings forward Anze Kopitar, and his absence will be felt immediately by a slumping offense that has scored just 25 goals in the past 11 games (2.27 goals per game)....

Mesut Ozil scored the lone goal in the 23rd minute to earn Arsene Wenger’s men their tenth league victory this season. Iwobi was replaced in the 72nd minute of his 14th appearance for the London outfit this season and he has taken to the social media to express his excitement. “Good to get all three points today. Solid performance from the team,” Iwobi tweeted. Arsenal will lock horns with West Ham United on Tuesday for their League Cup encounter and the forward will be looking to contribute his part to the tie....

The 21-year-old has become a mainstay in Arsene Wenger’s team since he made his way into the Gunners’ first team towards the end of the 2015-16 season. Despite playing three games more than the 28-year-old across all competitions this season, Iwobi chose the England international who joined the north London outfit from Southampton in January 2006 for his guidance and his attacking abilities that can cause havoc to opposition’s defence....

Attorneys for Murdaugh asked Circuit Judge Clifton Newman to release Murdaugh without having him pay bail, a request granted by a previous judge in September as Murdaugh faced separate charges of arranging his own death to get a $10 million insurance payout, the AP reported. Prosecutors asked for a $200,000 bond and GPS monitoring for his current charges of obtaining property by false pretenses in the case with his former housekeeper’s children....

Four years later, many fans are still debating if Kaepernick deserves a spot in the NFL. But there isn’t a doubt in the mind of former teammate Alex Smith, who believes Kaepernick should still be playing professional football. Smith played with Kaepernick for two seasons with the 49ers, losing his job to the younger QB after suffering a concussion midway through the 2012 season. With Kaepernick under center, San Francisco went 5-2 in the regular and won the NFC championship, falling short to the Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII....

The 26-year old joined AC Milan in 2007 as a teenager and went on to play alongside footballing greats like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and David Beckham. The striker scored nine goals for the Rossoneri in eighteen appearances during his first season. A further thirty-one goals in the next two seasons made him one of the hottest properties in European football. However, a spate of injuries stunted his development, leading to his departure to Brazilian club Corinthians in 2013....

The emails showed Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement of Sanders boosted his youth support in big and surprising ways. The early-November emails captured a conversation with Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir, senior advisor Jeff Weaver, strategist Tim Tagaris and one of his employees. Data from Tagaris’ firm showed that Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement video increased the likelihood that 18- to 24- year-old-voters in Iowa would consider voting for Sanders almost 10 points, up 9.7 percent....

The Democratic congresswoman from New York recounted hiding in her office bathroom as rioters breached the Capitol on January 6 as lawmakers were meeting to affirm Joe Biden’s electoral victory. She feared for her life, she said, as she heard banging on the walls and a man yelling, “Where is she? Where is she?” “This was the moment where I thought everything was over,” she said. “I thought I was going to die,” she said....

“[The pro-Trump protesters] were looking for us, and we were not protected,” Ocasio-Cortez told Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa. “White supremacy in and of itself is a mythology, and you have to protect it in order to protect that political power, which has now become a very important base in the Republican Party.” She said the attack’s aftermath “has deeply, deeply affected lawmaking, policymaking” in Congress as some members have been forced to come to terms with the threats made against them....

The Chilean’s future had been the subject of speculation for months, particularly since entering the final year of his Arsenal contract in July. A move to Manchester City collapsed in late August, forcing Alexis to remain at the Emirates Stadium as his contract continued to wind down. City again looked to sign him in January, but United provided the Chile international with a better offer and his eventually linked up with Jose Mourinho’s men on January 22 as Henrikh Mkhitaryan went the other way....

The Crystal Palace midfielder was preparing to play in the FIFA Ultimate Team Weekend League when he was asked on Twitter to show the players he uses in the football video game. Townsend’s squad received a lot of praise from his followers, with an extremely strong line-up featuring a number of icons of the game. Sergio Aguero and Alexis Sanchez start up front in Townsend’s 4-1-2-1-2 selection, with a Player of the Month version of Harry Kane just in behind....

As reported by Goal, a deal between the Premier League rivals had been agreed, although the north Londoners’ failure to secure a suitable replacement meant the transfer did not go through in the end. Alexis 14/5 FGS v Bournemouth Alexis was caught smirking on the bench in his last outing for the Gunners, having been taken off in the second half during his side’s 4-0 hammering at the hands of Liverpool....

The band’s page shared a message of support on Sunday and a link to a GoFundMe page for Scott Dachroeden, described as a veteran of the band’s crew, who is in hospital receiving treatment. The fundraiser reveals that the longtime roadie has recently been diagnosed with stage four cancer. The tweet from the band’s account says: “Please support our dear friend and long-time tech, Scotty. He’s been a staple of our camp for over 15 years....

For casual observers of the high-end gaming PC market, the shift from the Alienware of old to the new breed is a subtle one: gone are the outrageous angles, chromed metal, and blinding neon. The Alienware 14 and its brethren still possess a design fitting the extraterrestrial name (with low lighting intact) but there’s no question that under Dell’s custody (since 2006) the designs have improved. It’s clear from a single image of the Alienware 14 that while it may not rival the colossal Alienware 18 in terms of bulk, compact or ‘slim’ design is nowhere near a priority for the manufacturer....