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The powerful storm destroyed thousands of buildings in the archipelago nation and killed at least 43 people—although this figure is expected to rise significantly as more bodies are pulled from the wreckage, Reuters reported. “What I was struck by was the focused nature of the devastation,” Mark Green, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, told reporters in the capital Nassau on Sunday, noting that the scene in some areas of the Abacos—a set of islands and barrier cays in the northern Bahamas—looked “almost as though a nuclear bomb was dropped....

G Sudhakar Reddy, who coached Kidambi Srikanth in his early days, has been recommended for Dronacharya Award, according to BAI. “We have recommended Sikki and coach Sudhakar Reddy for Arjuna and Dronacharya this year. Sikki has regularly won awards for India, while Sudhakar has been coaching many Indian shuttlers, including K Srikanth. I hope they receive the awards,” BAI general secretary Ajay Singhania told PTI. The 24-year-old Sikki had won the mixed team gold medal and the women’s doubles bronze at the recent Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast....

Bailey is the last Reds player left in arbitration, with a hearing scheduled for Friday in Florida. Bailey says he doesn't own a suit and would have to buy one if there's no deal by then. But he expects to have one in place in the next few days. He wouldn't confirm reports that the sides are negotiating on a six-year deal. Bailey went 11-12 last season with a 3....

The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist recorded a comfortable 9-3 win over the Iranian, whom he had beaten at the 2017 Asian Championship in New Delhi as well. The win shows that Bajrang will be a serious medal contender at the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia. He will represent India in the 65kg after Wrestling Federation of India handed him exemption from trials. Meanwhile in the 86kg category, Deepak Punia will fight for bronze against Osman Gosen of Turkey....

Elsewhere, Baker Mayfield is predictably absent from the Browns’ OTAs as he continues to try to be traded after Cleveland traded for Deshaun Watson this offseason. While Mayfield and Panthers seem like a potential fit, there is one major sticking point: money. MORE: News, updates on Kaepernick’s workout with Raiders Cleveland exercised Mayfield’s fifth-year option, meaning he’ll be paid the same $18.86 million Darnold is getting this season. The Panthers, unsurprisingly, don’t want two quarterbacks being paid franchise money, so they reportedly want the Browns to pick up part of Mayfield’s contract....

The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the New York Knicks 102-88 with the help of a strong bench attack and Chris Paul’s 25 points, seven assists and a half dozen rebounds. Jamal Crawford had a team high 27 points and Blake Griffin finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who won despite 42 points from New York forward Carmelo Anthony at Madison Square Garden. Los Angeles won for the second time in three National Basketball Association games as their reserves easily outscored New York’s bench 48-15....

Rocky Matthews told Idaho newspaper The Times-News that he had started finding dead lambs on his farm near Murtaugh Lake in April this year. The animals all had small puncture wounds, leading Matthews to conclude that someone was killing them with a pellet gun. One day, however, the farmer saw a bald eagle attack his flock and realized what was really happening. He said bald eagles had lived in a large nest on his property for more than 20 years and had never attacked the flock before....

The Wales international has not played since the Champions League win over Sporting CP on November 22, when he suffered an ankle injury. It had been hoped that Bale, who returned to first-team training last weekend, would be available for the clash with Napoli this week but Zidane opted to grant him extra time to prove his fitness. Benzema proud of his display vs Napoli And the former Tottenham star will be back on the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, although it remains unlikely that he will start....

Despite Modric breaking the duopoly of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the individual awards, it is hard to talk about Ballon d’Or without them. Messi and Ronaldo have dominated world football over a decade with their extraterrestrial abilities and they have won the award five times each. In the current season, Messi has been by far the best performer and remains a huge favourite to win the award for a record 6th time....

In the last decade, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated the individual awards. They have won the Ballon d’Or 5 times each and it still remains a prestigious award for any individual. Almost all every player dream of touching the award at least once in their career. There is no doubt that an individual award like Ballon d’Or is one of the highest recognition a player can get....

How Bernardo Silva made his name Upon arriving in Nice last summer, the Italy international striker said that it was not too late for him to win the game’s greatest individual honour, which has now been shared by the Portuguese and the Argentine in each of the last nine editions. The striker now seems to have come to the conclusion that securing the gong will be a difficult achievement....

However, the striker failed to impress and wasn’t chosen thereafter. It must be remembered that just a few months earlier, he had become the first Indian to score in the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League (ISL). Much was written about him though that turned out to be his only goal in the competition that season in 14 appearances. The following season in the ISL he struggled for game time and only managed 218 minutes where he could only make it into the starting eleven on two occasions....

Squads to choose from: Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahaman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (C), Ikram Ali Khil, Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman...

Although it has not yet been revealed how long the livestream will last nor have any game titles for the event been announced, fans of anime games can expect to see a lineup of console, PC, and mobile titles, as well as Q&A sessions with game developers. RELATED: The Dark Pictures: Little Hope Releases Spooky New Gameplay Video Bandai Namco has published a number of popular anime-based video games, including My Hero One’s Justice 2, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows....

Bangladesh were sensational in the first game. They knocked over New Zealand for 60 in the 17th over as the spinners spun a web around the Kiwis. Only two of the Kiwi batsmen managed to get into double figures as they didn’t adapt to the turning track. Mustafizur Rahman picked up three wickets with Nasum Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin picking up two scalps each. The Tigers chased down 61 in the 15th over with seven wickets in hand....

The port remains a dream, its steel framework’s center section washed away by a recent storm; the head engineer blames Israel for delays. A new eyesore on a blighted landscape, it is an apt symbol of Gaza’s vaunted rebirth, which looks ever more chimerical. Indeed, Gaza’s 850,000 people now must struggle harder than before to survive. Arafat has even had to slash salaries for police, poorly equipped men who two weeks ago fired on an angry crowd of their own people, killing 14 of them....

News first broke Sunday that Trump in a Saturday letter waived executive privilege he had claimed over Bannon’s testimony. The former Trump administration official’s attorney also sent a letter to the committee saying that his client is “willing to, and indeed prefers, to testify at your public hearing.” The news was seen as a significant reversal, as Bannon has been a harsh critic of the House select committee as he continues to be a staunch defender of the ex-president....

Seoposenwe did not only wrack up her third Player of the Week award of the season -for her nine goals so far this campaign, and also named the Southern Conference [SoCon] Player of the Year for a second straight year, she also became Samford Soccer’s all-time leading scorer thanks to her strike against VMI Keydets. The 24-year-old from Cape Town in the Western Cape scored now 35 five goals for the Alabama university side and eclipsed former Bulldog-great Malcanisha Kelley’s record of 34, which she set last year during her senior season....

The Scottish side, hoping to replicate the magic that allowed them to beat Barça when the Catalan powerhouse’s last visited Celtic Park, battled to the end, despite having to play the final third of the contest without captain Scott Brown. Celtic’s leader was ejected in the 58th minute for an aggressive challenge against Neymar. The home side rose to the occasion, stonewalling the Barcelona offense and even managing to mount a serious scoring threat of their own, emboldening the 60,000 Celtic fans to think there was still a chance to win....

Obama conducted an interview with Scott Pelley of CBS’ ‘60 Minutes.’ Pelley asked Obama about the 2020 presidential election, in which Trump won more than 73 million popular votes—way more than he won in 2016. “It tells us that we’re very divided,” Obama said Sunday night. “As I said. It’s not just the politicians, the voters are divided.” Obama went on to blame media and tech companies for letting a division drive a huge wedge between voters in America....