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Although they have scored one or two crucial goals, the strikers have failed to create an impact on the game coming off the bench most of the times. In the absence of Firmino, Liverpool’s attack does not look threatening when Origi or Sturridge start in the Brazilian’s place. This has resulted in Liverpool losing some points this season which has affected their position in the title race. The German manager must replace Origi and Sturridge with a proven goal-scorer who can score goals consistently and provide competition to Firmino....

Fort Hall police reported that the boy died following the attack on January 21. The boy’s mother, Emily Islas, was also severely injured after she tried to fight off the dogs, which included two Rottweilers and two mixed breed dogs. Unable to fight off the dogs, Islas lay over her son in an attempt to protect him from the attacking animals. The Fort Hall Police Department received a report of a juvenile being attacked by dogs at 5....

Packers fan Olivia Hotchkiss, who last year covered Lorde’s “Royals” with “Packer Backer,” is at it again, this time with her own, Green Bay-themed version of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass.” MORE: Week 12 picks: Packers outlast Patriots | Power Rankings | Fantasy starts, sits The 24-year-old appears to have spent more time and effort on last year’s cover in the Lambeau Field parking lot with some friends....

At 4-7, they’re 11th in the NFC playoff race after Week 11’s home loss to the Titans, now behind the 4-6 Falcons and 4-6 Cardinals. Although they trail the 8-1 Vikings — to whom they lost in Minnesota in Week 1 — by five games in the division standings, the Packers are “only” two games behind the No. 7-seed 49ers (5-4). Here’s looking at how Green Bay can still secure at least the third wild-card spot in the NFC playoffs:...

But here we are again. Green Bay fell to a disappointing 2-2-1 after Sunday’s loss in Detroit. Instead of gaining ground on the idle Bears in the division, the Packers saw the Lions move to a half-game behind them and the victorious Vikings pull even. Green Bay’s trending more toward the 7-9 team they were last season, when Rodgers missed nine games, is unacceptable. MORE WEEK 5:Sunday’s top catches | Top runs...

The 37-year-old Pacquiao, also a senator in the Philippines, issued a statement to announce his comeback opponent. “Yes, the fight is on,” Pacquiao said in the statement. “Boxing is my passion. I miss what I’d been doing inside the gym and atop the ring.” Pacquiao announced his retirement following an April 9 victory over Timothy Bradley Jr. in their third fight so he could focus on his senate duties in the Philippines....

The new attraction opened this week during the Padres’ current homestand. The retrofit, previously a group picnic space, consists of six newly-constructed premium boxes in the left-field stands. Each box accommodates four people and two dogs. Ticket prices start at $100 a box per game. The doggie destination is “conveniently located just a short walk” from a pet relief area at the existing Park at the Park area for dogs to do their business, according to team officials....

The President of Pahang Football Association (Pahang FA). Tengku Abdul Rahman ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah has publicly apologised to the fans and admitted that it was his mistakes that led to the squad’s poor performance last season. The Elephants struggled in the 2016 season, surviving relegation to compete in the top tier this season by some controversial punishment meted out to Kedah, having to abort a privatisation move, and Tengku Abdul Rahman explained to the fans the reason for this during Pahang Super Fans Carnival 2017 at the Temerloh Stadium lst weekend....

It was a very cold late January evening, Bradford were ready to take 6,000 of their fans down to London. The conditions were difficult, but it had never stopped them in the past. So, Stamford Bridge had the visitors’ fair share of fans to make noise with frozen toes and red noses, already dreading the 200-mile-journey back home to West Yorkshire as heavy losers. Expected onslaught Game time came and just as expected, Chelsea were all over Bradford in the first 20 or so minutes and as expected, in the 21st minute Gary Cahill put the Blues ahead, and further to add insult to injury, 17 minutes later Ramires scored Chelsea’s second....

The panel’s decision left drugmakers scrambling to reassure consumers and investors alike. “Our members continue to believe that PPA is safe and effective when used according to the label directions,” says Dr. R. William Soller, director of science and technology for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), a trade group for makers of over-the-counter medicines. PPA acts on the central nervous system to decrease appetite and relieves nasal congestion by reducing the swelling of blood vessels in the nose....

Answers by Adam Endicott, curling since 2010, level 1 USCA instructor Curling is not a physically demanding sport, or at least it does not appear so. Wouldn’t it be nice to have national teams mixed up? Are there mixed curling teams? Curling is much more physically demanding than it first appears. Sweeping in particular is highly demanding. You need to be in excellent shape to effectively sweep for a full game....

Paglia became a media sensation by specializing in quirky, unfashionable opinions; for example, her analysis of Madonna as “the future of feminism.” In brief, Madonna is the future of feminism because she understands sex. We know she understands sex because (a) she portrays herself doing a lot of it and (b) she constantly changes her hair and clothing styles, indicating a profound grasp of none other than … sexual personae....

But, the Buckeyes coach says, the disinterest isn’t mutual. MORE: 5 schools that could call Chip Kelly | Our pick for Buckeyes vs. Irish In fact, he told ESPN that at least one NFL team reached out recently to see whether he would consider taking a job on the professional level. “I was reached out to,” Meyer said. “[They] asked if I would be interested — and I’m not.”...

Yesterday the country conferred upon its favourite son its highest civilian honour. But while Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday was bestowed with the “Bharat Ratna”, several members of the kinship of the Wizard of Hockey, Dhyan Chand, were rallying to get him some deserved recognition. While Tendulkar’s brilliance on the field has been translated into glorious honours and awards, Dhyan Chand’s astounding skills have remained confined to various apocryphal stories and anecdotes....

An shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday for a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the PGA Tour’s final event before the playoffs. An, who was at 17-under 193, has held or shared the lead after each of the first three rounds and has yet to play a hole worse than par. The 27-year-old South Korean with three international victories has put himself in position to claim his first win on tour....

Marilyn Quayle had serious image problems of her own when she became Second Lady in 1989. While her husband fought a losing battle to get taken seriously as a vice presidential candidate, she came off as the real-life Church Lady: pious, aloof and perhaps a touch resentful of her spouse’s improbable rise. The 1950s flip perm, the weird Inauguration Day hat–one columnist likened it to a dog-food dish–and her family’s involvement with fundamentalist preacher Col....

Why It Works In both, the inspiring upstart shocks the party by capturing more states. (Hart won 28 to Mondale’s 24; at press time, Obama leads Clinton, 20 to 12.) Still, neither 2008 candidate is likely to win the 2,025 pledged delegates needed to clinch the nod, meaning the climax may also mirror 1984: with superdelegates deciding the outcome. Why It Doesn’t Superdelegates and big-state wins put Mondale 623 ahead of Hart before the June primaries: hardly a nail-biter....

Consider the financial upheaval. Since the early 1800s, banks had dominated the system. People and businesses deposited their cash in banks; then the banks made loans. Now, much money bypasses banks. In 1975, banks and savings and loan associations—close cousins—issued 73 percent of all home mortgages. By 2006, their share of the $10 trillion mortgage market was 29 percent. Almost 60 percent had been “securitized”: bundled into bonds and sold to investors (pensions, mutual funds, foreign investors)....

Thapa is set to fight Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana in the upcoming Round of 32 at Rio 2016. 22 year-old Carrazana has already won Olympic gold at the 2012 London Olympics, which tells you how tough of an opponent he could prove to be for Thapa. Carrazana has already defeated Shiva Thapa once during the 2010 AIBA Youth Championship finals, and remained unbeaten in all the ten matches he was a part of in the World Series Boxing (WSB) including finishing two of his four WSB matches....

While it took Ancelotti some time to get Napoli playing the way he wants, the Partenopei put on their most impressive performance of the season with a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday. Napoli didn’t allow Liverpool — a finalist last season — a single shot on target. “More and more, this is becoming Ancelotti’s Napoli. He’s changed a lot and we’re following him,” said Lorenzo Insigne, who scored in the 90th minute....