The Punjab-born striker attended the training session on Tuesday but remained on the sidelines after having submitted the MRI reports to the Indian team’s medical staff. Balwant is expected to leave for Punjab on Wednesday morning in order to recover in time for Mumbai City FC’s first ISL match against Bengaluru FC at the Kanteerava Stadium on October 19. The former JCT striker has been in rich vein of form for the national team having scored thrice in his last three outings....

Pune is the country’s hardest-hit city, but the crisis follows a national trend across India as coronavirus cases rise and hospitals are becoming increasingly overwhelmed. Over the past week, India has averaged more than 143,000 cases per day, and deaths have now surpassed 170,000, the Associated Press reported. India’s western Maharashtra state, where Pune and the city of Mumbai are located, has recorded nearly half of those new infections in the past week....

The incident took place on December 1 but only came to light recently after a video of the shooting was shared on messaging platforms, the BBC reported. Police told the broadcaster the shooter is currently at large but that he has been identified and they are “confident” he will be caught soon. According to reports, the video shows the woman dancing on stage. She pauses and a gunshot rings out....

“People who could have been saved are dying now,” said Gautam Menon, a professor of physics and biology at Ashoka University. Menon said there has been “serious undercounting” of deaths in many states. For example, in the southern Telangana state, doctors and activists are contesting the official death count. On April 23, the state said 33 people died of COVID-19. But between 80 to 100 people died in just two hospitals in the state’s capital, Hyderabad, the day before....

The football club from the otherwise placid capital of Mizoram had the entire northeast of India, i.e. the seven sisters, dancing in fervour as they catapulated themselves to the I-League title, fending off challenges from close, celebrated rivals Mohun Bagan, to lasso in the coveted trophy into Red palms. A man who’d been feeding off the energy and enthusiasm from his troops all season long is none other than Khalid Jamil, someone who’s won his first title mastermined from the dug-out....

“The different stakeholders of Indian football are making specific efforts to leave behind maximum legacy in different areas from the hosting of India’s first ever FIFA event,” he said. Meet Lucas Cardoso - The 72-year-old who will be volunteering come October “Matches will be staged in six Indian states, and grassroots participation from these areas is involved in the lead up to the tournament. The All India Football Federation is doing its best to ensure knowledge and ideas from the event are preserved and used in the future for the betterment of Indian football,” he told the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy’s official website....

The Nets handled their business. The Pacers did not, losing 95-83, which means they will be staying home while the Nets keep their season going. MORE: Pelicans take No. 8 seed in West | Westbrook wins scoring title, doesn’t care The Nets beat the Magic 101-88 early in the evening, after entering the fourth quarter tied at 75-75. The Pacers fell behind early to the Grizzlies and never recovered....

Borchetta is from Southern California, not Nashville, and even after living in Music City for more than 20 years he still considers himself an “outsider.” But he is very much in, thanks to a long history as a promotions executive helping artists like McEntire, Trisha Yearwood and Toby Keith reach superstar status. (It must be in his DNA, as his father, Mike Borchetta, worked in pop music at labels like Capitol and Mercury in the ’60s and runs Lofton Creek Records, another hot Nashville indie, which really must make for some interesting Thanksgiving dinners....

Emanating from China, there have been confirmed cases of the illness in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, among other countries in the region. While authorities in Indonesia have tested 102 suspected cases, none has come back positive, the Jakarta Post reported. The lack of confirmed cases has sparked concerns that the government in the world’s most populous Muslim country is playing down the threat. But Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto has now suggested a link between piety and immunity....

Infection after knee replacement surgery is rare. In the first 2 years after surgery, the chance of developing an infection is estimated at 1.5%. After 2 years, the chance of infection goes down to about 0.5%. While these numbers are exceedingly small, they are not zero, and people having a knee replacement need to know everything they can do to prevent this serious complication. Why Do Knee Replacement Infections Occur?...

The IVC gets its name from its structure and location. It is the lower, or inferior, part of the vena cava, which transports blood back to the right side of the heart. The IVC carries blood from the lower body while another vein, known as the superior vena cava, returns blood from the upper half of the body to the heart. Anatomy The IVC is formed by the merging of the right and left common iliac veins....

Along with Lionel Messi, Iniesta is one of the most famed and decorated graduates of Barca’s La Masia youth system and has won 20 major honours over a career-long association with the club. Iniesta 12/1 first goalscorer with dabblebet But the 33-year-old, who scored the winning goal for Spain in the 2010 World Cup final, is out of contract at the end of this season and yet to sign a new deal....

The 33-year-old, who will leave Barca at the end of the season, played 58 minutes before being replaced by Paulinho, departing the Camp Nou pitch to a standing ovation. The nine-time L aLiga champion is expected to complete a switch to the Chinese Super League and said he is struggling to cope with the physical challenge of big matches. But with Barca remaining on track to go the entire La Liga season unbeaten, Iniesta was happy to be able to go out on a high....

READ MORE: Ronaldo claims to be the best in the world Di Maria played the full 90 minutes in both of Argentina’s recent 2018 World Cup qualifiers with Peru and Paraguay, but he has returned with an injury. Exact details of the forward’s problem are yet to be revealed, Di Maria’s name just appearing on the absent list for Saturday’s league clash with “hurt” the stated reason. The news will be a blow for Unai Emery given fellow Argentine Javier Pastore is also missing, the 27-year-old having failed to recover from the knock he picked up prior to the international break....

Davis has been treated for what coach Tom Crean called Thursday night a “traumatic brain injury” that resulted after he was dropped off in a parking lot on the IU campus by teammate Emmitt Holt. Police said Davis then jumped in front of the car, which led to the injury. The accident report indicated both men, though underage, had been drinking alcohol. Holt had a blood alcohol level far under the legal limit for drivers of age....

Get Dortmund at 11/2 to win Bundesliga Restricted to running at this stage, however, Schmelzer has not yet resumed full training. Making 26 league appearances last term, the Dortmund captain partially tore a ligament in his right ankle during the International Champions Cup in Asia. It was confirmed the 29-year-old would miss four weeks upon his return to Germany, putting him in a race to be fit for Dortmund’s league opener against Wolfsburg on August 19....

Stewart, who was poised to run his final Daytona 500 on Sunday, will miss the race after suffering a broken back in a sand buggy accident in California on Jan. 31. Vickers was tabbed to drive Stewart’s No. 14 car at Daytona. He drove it in the Sprint Unlimited on Saturday night and again Thursday in the second of the Can-Am Duel qualifying races. MORE: Best Daytona 500s | Starting lineup for the race...

“We have the first medal on Invictus Games The Hague 2020!,” Invictus Games: Team Ukraine announced Sunday on Facebook. Rodion Sitdikov won gold in the shot put with a result of 9.46 meters, according to the team. Other medals followed for the team of Ukrainian veterans. In the long jump, Artem Lukasuk earned a silver medal at 5.20 meters while fellow countryman Ivan Geretsun earned a bronze medal at 5....

"I'm not really in the celebrating mood so much," Richt said after the Bulldogs rallied for a 34-31 triumph. The coach said he was "just thankful to escape here with a victory considering what happened." Georgia fell from No. 6 to No. 7 in the Top 25 released Sunday after the escape at Tennessee. The Bulldogs' bigger concern is a flurry of injuries that decimated their depth chart against Tennessee and continued a season-long trend....

Stafon Davis shot 24-year-old Abree Boykin, a resident of post housing Fort Stewart, in July 2018. Davis left the military installation in Boykin’s vehicle. After the shooting, Davis contacted Ryan to assist him in “helping get rid of a car.” Both individuals had previously met in prison. Ryan and Davis doused the interior of Boykin’s vehicle with gasoline before setting it aflame. After the vehicle exploded, it was taken to a salvage yard and scrapped....