Read Next Eze, though, said that the award is the least of his concerns as he gears up for Perpetual’s second round campaign.“I just do whatever I have to do to help us win,” he said. “We should win. This does not mean anything to me if we’re not winning.”FEATURED STORIESSPORTSWATCH: Drones light up sky in final leg of SEA Games torch runSPORTSSEA Games: Philippines picks up 1st win in men’s water poloSPORTSMalditas save PH from shutoutTrailing Eze in the ranking is Lyceum big man Mike Nzeusseu, who amassed 48.67 points.Tied at third are Pirates main man CJ Perez and San Beda forward Javee Mocon, who both had an identical 47.56 points, while EAC’s Sidney Onwubere is at fifth at 47.11 points. Typhoon Kammuri accelerates, gains strength en route to PH Kammuri turning to super typhoon less likely but possible — Pagasa Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. UPLB exempted from SEA Games class suspension For the complete collegiate sports coverage including scores, schedules and stories, visit Inquirer Varsity. View comments SEA Games in Calabarzon safe, secure – Solcom chief LATEST STORIES Brace for potentially devastating typhoon approaching PH – NDRRMC MOST READ Rounding out the top 10 are San Beda’s Robert Bolick (46.11 points), Letran’s Rey Nambatac (45.44 points), Mapua’s Christian Buñag (41.78 points), Lyceum’s Jaycee Marcelino (40.11 points), and Lyceum;s MJ Ayaay and JRU’s Abdulwahab Abdulrazak (39.67 points). LOOK: Venues for 2019 SEA Games PH hockey team ‘getting hungrier’ with newfound support Catriona Gray spends Thanksgiving by preparing meals for people with illnesses Trump talks impeachment while meeting NCAA athletes PLAY LIST 01:07Trump talks impeachment while meeting NCAA athletes00:50Trending Articles00:50Trending Articles01:37Protesters burn down Iran consulate in Najaf01:47Panelo casts doubts on Robredo’s drug war ‘discoveries’01:29Police teams find crossbows, bows in HK university01:35Panelo suggests discounted SEA Games tickets for students02:49Robredo: True leaders perform well despite having ‘uninspiring’ boss02:42PH underwater hockey team aims to make waves in SEA Games WATCH: Streetboys show off slick dance moves in Vhong Navarro’s wedding Prince Eze. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/ INQUIRER.netCommanding the boards in the first round, Prince Eze topped the overall statistical points race for the NCAA Season 93 Most Valuable Player plum.The Nigerian big man collected 52.44 points, built on his averages of 14.8 points on 52.4 percent shooting, a league-best 17.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks despite only getting 45 bonus points from the Altas’ three wins this season.ADVERTISEMENT read more
Touch Football Australia will be involved in the Inaugural Harvey Norman Beach Footy Tournament on 15-16 December 2006 at Maroubra Beach in Sydney. Some of the biggest names in Rugby League and some of Australia’s hottest celebrities will take to the sand in a 5-a-side format featuring a unique lifestyle event program.Harvey Norman Beach Footy will feature Beach Touch Football, fashion, and family fun together in an exciting event set against the backdrop of live music and entertainment.The unique concept is guaranteed to create a fantastic atmosphere for spectators and competitors alike who will be treated to a weekend of non- stop entertainment on and off the sand from 10.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 16 December, and 11.00am – 5.00pm Sunday 17 December 2006.The Beach Footy action is sure to be of the highest quality with six well credentialled teams set to battle for supremacy on the sand. The six teams are:Blues, Maroons, Young Guns, Kiwis, Celebrities, and a Touch Football Australia Invitational Women’s Team. National Rugby League superstars will captain and choose their respective teams for the event.Mark Gasnier (NSW) Darren Lockyer (Maroons) Billy Slater (Young Guns) and tournament ambassador Gordon Tallis (Celebrities), are among the team captains, and a host of Rugby league superstars including Matt Cooper and Danny Buderus will take to the sand.Harvey Norman Beach Footy is a free event and with fashion parades, cheerleaders, musical performances by Sony BMG artists, and even an appearance by Santa, there is sure to be something to please everyone on and off the sand.Touch Football Australia have extended invitations to players, via the High Performance Program, and the composition of the Women’s Team to represent the sport in the showcase event will be announced in coming weeks.The event will attract mass media coverage with Channel Nine, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph , and Nova 96.9 media partners for the summer beach party event.Touch Football Australia will release more information over coming weeks in the lead-up to this exciting tournament.More information about the event can be obtained by going to:www.beachfooty.com.au read more
Day 2 of the FIT World Cup will see a full program with the Mixed Open team playig three matches including an opening clash against traditional arch rivals New Zealand. This will be followed by the host nation South Africa and Jersey to round out the day, while all other teams will take the field twice. Both the Men’s and Women’s Open will look to continue their impressive start in matches against England and Japan.In the Seniors the Mixed 30s take on South Africa and Singapore, while the Men’s 30s play Japan and the host nation also. The Men’s 35s and 40s will put friendships aside when they battle each other, before the 35s face South Africa and the 40s FranceDay 2 Thursday 18 January AEDST Local 5.30pm 8.30am Mixed Aus v New Zealand5.30pm 8.30am Women Aus v England5.30pm 8.30am Mixed 30s Aus v South Africa7.20pm 10.20am Men Aus v England8.15pm 11.15am Men’s 30s Aus v Japan8.15pm 11.15am Men’s 35/40 Aus 35 v Aus 409.10pm 12.10pm Mixed Aus v South Africa10.05pm 1.05pm Men Aus v Japan11.00pm 2.00pm Women Aus v Japan11.55pm 2.55pm Men’s 30s Aus v South Africa12.50am 3.50pm Mixed 30s Aus v Singapore12.50am 3.50pm Mens 35/40 Aus 35 v South Africa1.45am 4.45pm Mens 35/40 Aus 40 v France2.40am 5.40pm Mixed Aus v JerseyCheck the website for all the results and news at the completion of the day’s play. read more
(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)Lloyd Carr, the legendary former Michigan football coach, is stepping down from the College Football Playoff selection committee due to health reasons.Lloyd Carr, 71, announced the news today.“I regret that health reasons will prevent me from executing the responsibilities expected of a committee member,” he said in a release.Lloyd Carr stepping down from CFP committee for health reasons pic.twitter.com/uQQsWadNwu— angelique (@chengelis) August 19, 2016This was going to be Carr’s first year on the College Football Playoff selection committee. He was named to the committee along with Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens, former Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower and former Central Michigan coach Herb Deromedi in January, replacing Mike Gould, Pat Haden, Tom Osborne and Mike Tranghese.The first College Football Playoff rankings don’t come out until later this fall. read more
No data was breached during a malware outbreak about a month ago that caused some Recipe Unlimited Corp. restaurants to temporarily close, chief executive Frank Hennessey said Friday.“We have no evidence that any data was compromised,” Hennessey told a conference call with investors to discuss the company’s third-quarter results.The company experienced a network outage on Sept. 28 because of a malware virus. In response, Recipe disconnected restaurants from its network and internet, which disrupted operations at some locations and prompted some restaurants to close for a short time.The company brought the restaurants back online without any data loss, he said, and by Oct. 2 all locations had re-opened and all were operating normally by Oct. 4.Recipe anticipates the incident impacted its overall same restaurant sales by 0.3 per cent in the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, Hennessey said.It reported same restaurant sales for the quarter were up 1.8 per cent compared to the same time the previous year for its fifth consecutive quarter of positive growth.The company is working with an forensic IT firm to analyze the malware infection and source, he said, and will not disclose any additional information about the incident for security reasons.The update came as Recipe, formerly known as Cara Operations, reported its most recent quarterly earnings.The company earned $23.8 million in its third quarter, up from $21.2 million a year ago. Its profit amounted to 37 cents per diluted share for the three-month period, up from 34 cents per share a year ago.System sales totalled $879.8 million, up from $684.7 million in the same quarter last year.On an adjusted basis, Recipe Unlimited says it earned 50 cents per diluted share, up from 46 cents per diluted share a year ago.Analysts on average had expected a profit of 47 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.Recipe Unlimited had 1,370 restaurants at Sept. 30, including 1,311 in Canada and 59 located internationally. Its brands includes Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, St-Hubert, the Keg, Milestones, Montana’s, Kelsey’s, East Side Mario’s, New York Fries and others.The company opened 39 new restaurants in the 39 weeks up to Sept. 30, but closed 46 — excluding Casey’s closures as the company is in the process of winding down its operations.Follow @AleksSagan on Twitter.Companies in this story: (TSX:RECP) read more
HONOLULU — A budget airline based in Singapore will discontinue flights to Honolulu in June, citing low demand for the service.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Singapore Airlines announced this week that its low-cost arm Scoot will end the Hawaii route.The change comes as Scoot takes over several SilkAir routes over the next two years. The regional airline SilkAir is merging into Singapore Airlines.Scoot launched service to Honolulu in early December 2017, flying the route four times a week with a 329-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.Scoot said last year that one-way fares from Honolulu to Singapore would start at about $400. Its one-way fares to Osaka, Japan would start at $240.The flights to Honolulu were the airline’s first service to the U.S.___Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.comThe Associated Press read more
Kolkata: Officials of the State Criminal Investigation Department and state Forest department conducted a joint raid to arrest two persons with eight Golden Geckos (takshak) at Habra in North 24-Parganas on Friday.A source from the Criminal Investigation department said recently the officials got a tip-off that a few persons were going to make some deals involving animals, which is illegal as per the Wildlife Protection Act. Working on the information, the Criminal Investigation Department sleuths came to know about the smugglers and immediately, the Forest department was intimated. Another source from the forest department came to know that Golden Geckos would be smuggled. Also Read – Centuries-old Durga Pujas continue to be hit among revellersBased on the information, sleuths kept a close watch at Arbelia area in Guma, Habra, on Friday afternoon. Sleuths found two persons, identified as Abbas Sahaji and Sourav Hazra, were behaving in a suspicious way. When Criminal Investigation Department officials went close to them, Sahaji and Hazra allegedly tried to flee the spot. They were immediately detained. During the search, sleuths found eight Golden Geckos from their possession. They were arrested immediately by the Forest department. Later, sleuths came to know that Sahaji was a local resident and Hazra was a resident of Titagarh area. According to the State Criminal Investigation department and the Forest department officials, a Golden Gecko is approximately worth 2 lakh in the black market. The reptiles weigh between 250 grams to 400 grams. Later, the case was handed over to the Barasat range officer of the Forest department. According to the Wildlife Protection Act, Golden Gecko is an endangered species. Trading or killing these animals is punishable under law. read more
1(842 Words) Download Download PrintPrint 4/4/2019 4:33:00 PM (Eds: Combining related stories ) Kalpetta (Ker), Apr 4 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is fighting the Lok Sabha elections from his traditional bastion Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, Thursday filed nomination from Wayanad–a Congress stronghold in South India. Gandhi, accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi and senior Congress leaders K C Venugopal and Mukul Wasnik, submitted the papers before district collector A R Ajayakumar at Wayanad district headquarters here. Also Read – India gets first tranche of Swiss bank a/c details Hundreds of workers of the Congress-led UDF assembled outside the district collectorate in Wayanad, a scenic hill area in the Western Ghats of Kerala, as Gandhi filed the nomination. Braving the scorching heat, thousands of party workers, including men, women and youth gathered in Kalpetta town and its suburbs to see the Congress’ prime ministerial candidate, who landed here to file his nomination from the constituency which has the presence of various ethnic tribal groups. Also Read – Tourists to be allowed in J&K from Thursday After completing the nomination procedures at the collectorate here, Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka Gandhi and senior leaders of the Congress-led UDF in Kerala undertook a roadshow to greet the voters of this constituency. The narrow lanes of Kalpetta town were packed with excited onlookers waiting in anticipation for the Congress chief and other party leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi. Talking to reporters after filing his nomination, Rahul Gandhi said he was fighting the polls from down south to send a message that India was one. “I have come to Kerala to send a message that India is one. South, north, east, west, centre… all are one… There is an assault taking place across the country by the RSS and BJP. I just want to send a message and I will stand from south India and north India. My aim was to give a message,” he said. “There is a feeling in south India that the way the Narendra Modi government is functioning, their (south) culture, language, history all are being attacked. “So I wanted to give a message that I will fight from north and south,” the Congress chief said, in response to his main opponent in Amethi, Union minister Smriti Irani alleging that his decision to fight from Wayanad was an insult to the people of Amethi. Priyanka Gandhi appealed to the people of Wayanad to take care of her brother and assured that he would not let him down. “My brother, my truest friend, and by far the most courageous man I know. Take care of him Wayanad, he wont let you down,” she tweeted after the roadshow. Party workers shouted that they would ensure a thumping victory for Gandhi. “We all are excited. All sections of people gathered here to greet our prime ministerial candidate. We will ensure a thumping victory for Rahul ji from the soil of Pazhassi Raja,” Ashraf, a UDF worker, who came from Vandoor assembly constituency said. Gandhi said he would “absorb all the criticisms” of the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala, which is miffed over his Wayanad candidature, and made it clear that he will not speak against the Left parties during his campaign. The CPI(M) and Congress have been locked in a fight in Kerala and it will go on, he told reporters, adding he wanted to send a message of unity. “The CPI(M) and Congress have been locked in a fight in Kerala. This will go on. I understand that the CPI(M) has to fight me. But I am not going to say a word against them. “I am here to send a message of unity that south India is important and I fully understand that the CPI(M) has to attack me. So I will absorb all their attacks with happiness, but from me you will not hear a word against them in my campaign,” Gandhi told reporters. He also said there were two main issues faced by the country–lack of jobs and agrarian crisis. “Farmers are unaware of what the future holds for them. Youngsters are running from state to state searching for jobs and (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi has failed on both the fronts,” he said while attacking the PM. Attacking Modi on the issue of corruption, the Congress leader said, “The country had faith on the prime minister when he said he would be the Chowkidar. But the Chowkidar himself has given Anil Ambani Rs 30,000 crore of Air Force money. “He (Modi) has stolen money and given it to Anil Ambani who has no experience. Anil Ambani is in Rs 45,000 crore debt,” Gandhi alleged, once again attacking the NDA government over the Rafale deal. As the massive crowd of supporters gathered on both sides of the narrow roads of Kalpetta, security personnel had a tough time controlling the people to clear the way for vehicles. Priyanka Gandhi wearing a mustard and red border saree and Rahul Gandhi waved to the crowd. As the vehicle inched forward, the Congress president was seen shaking hands with many elated supporters. People were seen clicking photos with their mobile phones and waving flags of Congress and its ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). Heavy security was in place in and around the collectorate ahead of the high profile visit of the Congress chief. read more
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force Friday asserted that it had shot down an F-16 aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force on February 27 during aerial combat. “During the aerial engagement, one MiG 21 Bison of the IAF shot down an F-16 in Nowshera sector,” the IAF said in a statement. The assertion came after the Foreign Policy magazine reported Thursday that the US count of the F-16s with Pakistan has found that none of them are missing, contradicting India’s claim that one of its fighter jets shot down a Pakistani F-16 during an aerial dogfight on February 27.
Memphis Grizzlies vice president of basketball operations and team programs, Dana Davis, was found dead in his apartment, shocking an organization that relied on his acumen and infectious personality.Memphis Police were asked by team personnel to enter Davis’ Downtown apartment when he didn’t show up for work Wednesday. The cause of death is unknown. Foul play is not suspected.Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley was particularly shaken by the news. He and Davis, 56, known affectionately as “Double-D,” were close.“He was the most charitable human being I ever met in my life,” Heisley said. “I can’t handle it. It tears me up. He was almost like a son to me. I give millions of dollars to charity but he gave his life to it. When he wasn’t working for the Grizzlies, that’s all he thought about.”Davis was an only child to a white mother, Shirley Jean, and an African-American father, William “Mecie,” who was a musician. Davis recently became a member of the National Civil Rights Museum’s board of directors. Davis began as the Grizzlies’ traveling business manager but he evolved into a person responsible for more than just organizing plane rides, booking hotels and handing out per diem. He was described as part community activist, part fundraiser and part politician who had a knack for galvanizing people, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.Davis jokingly called himself “head flunky” and a “professional beggar.”“He was simply the heart and soul of the organization,” Fred Jones, founder of the Southern Heritage Classic told the Commercial Appeal. “He’s touched people in ways that have people calling from everywhere.”National Civil Rights Museum president Beverly Robertson added to the newspaper: “He came in with great enthusiasm. It would not be strange for me to get a call on a Saturday at 4 p.m. because he wanted me to talk to someone famous about the museum. He had the mission of this place at heart. I can’t tell you what a loss it will be to the museum. In many ways, he accepted Memphis as his new home.”Davis, from Peoria, Ill., once worked for eight years as business and tour manager for funk legend Bootsy Collins in the 1980s.“He was a man’s man. He was a champion,” said Willie Gregory, a close friend and the director of community/business investment for NIKE. “He was the face of the Grizzlies in Memphis. Whatever you needed done he would get it done. He got joy in helping people.”“He was a big part of this organization for a number of years,” coach Lionel Hollins said. “A lot of people depended on him. He enjoyed taking care of the players. It’s a big-time loss for our organization and a big-time loss for people who were close to him. He was a good, loyal friend. He meant a lot to a lot of people. We’re going to miss him.” read more