Goalkeeper Gabriel Andika returns to Ingwe’s first squad after shaking off a knock on his chin in a midweek clash two weeks ago. Andika will be shielded at the back by Michael KIbwege, Duncan Otieno and Dennis Shikayi while Vincent Oburu and Alexis Kitenge lead the attack. AFC Leopards are 12th, just a place below the Millers who enjoy a superior goal difference. Both sides have 39 points. Squad: Gabriel Andika , Michael Kibwage, Dennis Shikhayi, Duncan Otieno, Salim Abdallah, Victor Majid, Alexis Kitenge, Musa Mudde, Aziz Okaka, Andrew Tololwa, Vincent Ouma....

The Chiefs could have created a two-game separation from everyone else, but their 43-40 loss to the Patriots on Sunday night gave the conference a tight top of the pack. The Jaguars, meanwhile, fell for the second consecutive week on the road, dropping them to .500 and raising major questions about their dominant defense. Here’s a look at the current playoff seeding, plus which are the best and worst teams on the outside looking in....

Vikram Pratap captained the Bibiano Fernandes-led side and Bekey Oram partnered him in attack up front. Lalbiakhlua started in goal, with the likes of Thoiba Singh and Gurkeerat Singh shielding him in defence. The match started in lacklustre fashion, with plenty of whistling action for the Sri Lankan referee Lakmal to award set pieces for both sides. None of them came to fruition although, in the 24th minute of the game, Thoiba Singh sent his header narrowly wide of the target from a Bekey corner....

Following coach Dollah Salleh from Perlis to Pahang, Afif has come to the fore once again after helping Pahang to challenge for the Super League title this season with some commanding performances in the centre of defence for the Elephants. Speaking before the national team training session at Shah Alam on Thursday evening, Afif recognises the second chance that he has been given and vows to work even harder to ensure that he doesn’t have to suffer the same heartbreak as before....

When I arrived in 1992 from Rome, this beautiful country–and all southern Africa–seemed poised for takeoff. Apartheid was ending in South Africa, Angola had a fresh peace agreement and Mozambique seemed to have emerged from its civil war. Their neighbor, my new home, set an inspiring example. “Zimbabwe shows that an African country can work,” I told friends. Its roads, cities and parks were well kept. Trains ran on time....

Speaking from New Delhi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on Tuesday, Modi addressed seven other heads of state including host Vladimir Putin and called on the bloc to respect “one another’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The prime minister also urged Shanghai Pact partners to join him in further discussions about eradicating economic and social suffering. Modi, who called India “the world’s largest vaccine-producing country,” vowed to help “the whole [of] humanity” in the COVID-19 crisis, according to The Times of India....

Mike Huckabee won’t win Florida. He won’t finish second. But the difference between third and fourth could make a huge impact heading into Super Tuesday. Here’s why. South Carolina was Huckabee’s firewall state. After a stunning insurgent victory in Iowa, the hope was that he’d sweep the First in the South primary, finally fill his war chest, fly into Florida with enough steam to win and wake up on Feb....

Do not count the defending-champion Eagles out of it yet, though. To answer the somewhat dumb question they raised last week after choking away a game at home to the Panthers: everybody still expects a lot from them, for good reason. MORE: Full Week 8 NFL scoreboard, stats It’s going to take the rest of the season for the contenders to be separated from the pretenders in Philadelphia’s division. Washington maintained its NFC East lead and improved to a surprising 5-2, and when 3-4 Dallas comes back from its bye, it will have the big receiving threat it has missed all season, in newly-acquired Amari Cooper....

The results say that 51 percent of Americans approve of the Senate removing Trump from office. The poll also showed 52 percent agreeing with the House’s impeachment of the president, while 42 percent disapprove. Meanwhile, 54 percent of those surveyed want senators to call additional witnesses, a measure senate Republicans and Mitch McConnell oppose, but Democrats and independents have said they want. Along party lines, 66 percent of Democrats want witnesses called, while 51 percent of independents agree....

The following morning, the same scene was repeated: Protesters raised Hamas’s flag, and then they went further: They interrupted the Friday sermon and, in an unprecedented move, kicked out the Imam, who is affiliated with Hamas’s rival faction, the Palestinian Authority, because he failed to praise Gaza, its martyrs and its armed resistance. There were also calls for ousting PA President Mahmoud Abbas, whom protesters called “traitor” because of his dedication to security collaboration with Israel....

In the interview, Conway denied knowing Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, who recently provided documents to the House Intelligence Committee that expand on President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. “You are in power. You are defending the president against things that are wrong. And you are not dealing with the facts of the circumstance, because you can’t. I get it, but I wanted to give you a chance,” Cuomo said after about eight minutes of a heated back and forth with Conway....

Morawiecki met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday to discuss further actions European countries could take to punish Russia, including a ban on all oil and gas imports. “We talked today about a blockade of all European ports to Russian ships and also on all sorts of sanctions, including on oil and gas,” Morawiecki said in a statement, according to Ahram Online. Morawiecki also said the leaders vowed to punish Russia for committing “terrible, cruel crimes” against Ukrainians during the war....

“They are moving him (Wednesday), and he’s been doing fine,” said Mark Howe, another son who is director of pro scouting for the Red Wings and, like his father, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. MORE: Chris Chelios in talks to join Red Wings staff | Red Wings introduce Jeff Blashill | Memorable photos of Gordie Howe Gordie Howe suffered a major stroke last year and minor strokes more recently....

Many have blamed the Biden administration’s “incompetence” for the debacle. But incompetence alone doesn’t fully explain the catastrophe in Afghanistan. A more probable explanation is that the Biden administration planned a rushed withdrawal—and anticipated a Taliban takeover—from the beginning, relying on wishful thinking about the Taliban and doubts about the United States. The Taliban is a radical Islamist militant group. Its brutality against Afghan people, especially Afghan women, shocked the world before the U....

They had started out so close. Shapiro was the defense team’s architect, taking over after original attorney Howard Weitzman bowed out. F Lee Bailey was his friend of 25 years, and godfather to Shapiro’s oldest son; Shapiro defended Bailey on drunk-driving charges in 1982. Johnnie Cochran came aboard as a top trial attorney. But behind the scenes–and occasionally in public–they began bickering. Once the verdict came in, they were ready to air some of the dirty laundry....

“Now is the time, depending on where you are and what your situation is, to begin seriously looking at reopening the economy,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said during an interview with CNBC. “I’m totally in favor of that, if done in the proper way in the appropriate setting.” Fauci has been advising President Donald Trump’s administration in its response to the pandemic since January....

Harmful encounters with magpies are far from unheard of: in Australia, the birds are known for swooping in on unassuming pedestrians during their breeding season. According to the Australian Academy of Science, magpie-swooping is a behavior found between July and November, as males vigilantly lookout for potential threats to their young. “If a threat is spotted, the male may swoop in a defensive warning display,” explained the Academy. Magpies are known to swoop on “cyclists, joggers, walkers, pets, birds of prey, and even other magpies,” occasionally resulting in injury....

The Argentine has echoed his sentiments from February of last year when he first suggested his employers would have to decide his future. Goal reported in December that Aguero is unhappy with his treatment by City boss Pep Guardiola , as he believes he is being forced out by the Catalan, though he is determined to stay at the Etihad Stadium. Guardiola himself acknowledged Aguero’s feelings by insisting a day later that it is the players’ relationship with each other which is the most important thing, not their relationship with the manager....

Classy Chelsea see off Man City The striker’s frustration boiled over in the dying minutes of the clash at the Etihad when he lunged at the Brazilian which led Nathaniel Chalobah to push the Argentina over as a melee ensued. Players from both sides indulged in an almighty scuffle with Fernandinho also seeing red for appearing to push Cesc Fabregas over an advertising hoarding as the game ended in ugly scenes....