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Jakarta, Aug 19 (PTI) Indian wrestling’s new star Bajrang Punia today set his eyes on a 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medal after his triumphant Asian Games campaign here. The 24-year-old Bajrang notched up a “revenge win” against Japan’s Takatani Daichi in the gold medal bout of men’s 65 kg category. Bajrang raced to a 6-0 lead in the final but the Japanese, to whom he had lost in the Asian Championship, made a spirited comeback with some solid attack and defence....

Doctor Marc Siegel, a physician and Fox News medical correspondent, said on Wednesday’s Tucker Carlson Tonight that Clinton has “a chronic, recurrent, phlegmy cough.” He added that if she were his patient he’d want to know if “she has an underlying tendency toward respiratory infections.” Siegel went on to add that Clinton said in 2016 that she “liked to eat jalapeno peppers, and drink coffee, and drink alcohol,” which might lead to a “terrible” amount of acid reflux, which in turn may cause chronic coughing....

Bristol County assistant district attorney Patrick Bomberg’s hour-long opening statement for the prosecution highlighted two key findings in the state’s case: A footprint recovered at the scene of Odin Lloyd’s killing matched sneakers worn by Hernandez, and a marijuana joint found next to Lloyd’s body contained DNA from both Lloyd and Hernandez. STEELE: NFL’s long rap sheet could hurt Hernandez | MORE: Too many trials, too little time Police discovered Lloyd’s body later that day....

The flight, United 591, took off Monday from Orlando for Los Angeles, but was diverted to New Orleans after a male passenger experienced a medical emergency on board. The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, United confirmed in a statement to Newsweek. Tony Aldapa told CBS Los Angeles that he was on the flight and used his EMT training to try and help the man when he fell ill....

The Keystone State is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, and Pennsylvania lawmakers put increased restrictions on bars and restaurants going into the holiday season. Pennsylvania limited bars and restaurants to takeout service to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in March. In the months since, restrictions have incrementally softened, first allowing outdoor dining, then limited indoor dining. The most recent restriction, announced on Monday, prohibits bars and restaurants from selling alcohol for on-site consumption at 5 p....

Now, just as the eyewitnesses have begun to die off, that day has come. Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece is more than just another serious film that will win a bunch of Academy Awards. “Schindler’s List” inserts the audience squarely inside the crime of the century, and by doing so, it enlarges the potential of the medium itself–to teach as well as entertain, to evoke history as much as fantasy, to prepare us for our own context of violence....

After Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, criticized the president for playing golf as Hurricane Dorian loomed ⁠— despite having canceled a trip to Poland to commemorate anniversary of the start of WWII to focus on the storm ⁠— Trump admitted to playing “a very fast round” and defended the move in a series of tweets on Tuesday. “The incompetent Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was bothered that I played a very fast round of golf yesterday,” the president tweeted....

The win capped an excellent week for City, who moved ahead of Arsenal into third place in the table and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League after beating Paris St Germain on Tuesday. Aguero took his season’s league tally to 21 goals with strikes in the 32nd and 54th minutes and an 80th-minute penalty after Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois was sent off for upending Fernandinho. The performance delighted City’s manager Manuel Pellegrini, who said: “I am sure he is the best striker in the league, he makes a difference playing every game....

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 It was claimed in the hours after City’s 3-1 Champions League victory last week that an unnamed player provoked Messi as he made his way off the pitch, which led to the Argentine storming towards the home dressing room. It was later suggested by Brazilian media that Fernandinho was the player in question, while Spanish reports pointed the finger at City coach Mikel Arteta....

The Argentine provided the assist for Bernardo Silva’s fifth-minute opener at Craven Cottage before scoring his 19th Premier League goal of the season just before the half-hour mark. With City firmly in control, Aguero was replaced by Gabriel Jesus after 57 minutes and Guardiola confirmed the switch was made only as a precaution. “Tomorrow we have the real assessment,” Guardiola told reporters. “He [Aguero] says he felt something but he is not injured....

Bradshaw last May pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession in Ohio. He paid a $351 fine in connection with the February incident. MORE: Colts’ Moncrief, Dorsett fantasy sleepers The 29-year-old is coming off an injury and hasn’t garnered a lot of interest from teams. Despite playing in just 10 games and splitting time with Trent Richardson, Bradshaw enjoyed a successful season in Indianapolis last year, carrying the ball 90 times for 425 yards and two touchdowns....

One of the few journalists paying any attention was Lawrence D. Mass, a doctor who wrote about men’s health for the New York Native, a gay paper. “There were rumors of unexplained cases of pneumonia in New York and L.A. in gay men. The bottom line seemed to be some kind of immune problem,” Mass told me this past spring, when I was reporting our “AIDS at 25” cover. Mass wrote the very first newspaper piece about the epidemic: published on May 18, 1981, his story came out before the June 5, 1981, CDC report that’s routinely cited as the first official mention of AIDS....

According to AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, the age-group tournament in Japan is being planned on the lines of the Intercontinental Cup for the senior team, which will take place in June in Mumbai. “We are trying for a four-nation tournament in Japan. The target is to do well in the AFC U-16 Championships, where the top four teams get direct tickets to the next U-17 World Cup. So, we are trying to build a strong team that can perform well at the AFC Championships,” Das told PTI....

Both teams have played 20 ODI games against each other and share the head to head honours at 10-10. While in case of matches being hosted in India, the scoreline slightly favours the Afghans at 3-2. Afghanistan Afghanistan are coming off an impressive show in the T20I series and also won their most recent ODI series against same opponents by 2-1, which makes them overwhelming favourites ahead of the series....

After a 3-0 success in the ODI games, the apparent wide gulf between the sides was exposed again as West Indies powered to a 30-run victory. West Indies posted 164-5 as Lewis flayed Afghanistan for 68 from 41 deliveries, before the minnows were limited to 134-9 in reply. Also see - IND vs BAN schedule Curiously, a cloud reportedly made up of insect repellent forced a delayed start to the night match in Lucknow, but there was little holding back Lewis once he found his rhythm....

Wendell Scott won in Jacksonville, Fla., in December 1963 in what is now known as the Sprint Cup Series, the highest of NASCAR's three national levels. "This means everything," the 20-year-old Wallace said. "This is an emotional win for me, especially doing it in Wendell Scott's backyard. I love coming here to Martinsville, it's always good to me. It finally paid off. I think it's my third trip here. I love coming here....

In 1993, Zambian football was left dazed. The nation, and wider footballing world mourned the death of 18 players, four coaches and the Football Association of Zambia chairman. On route to Senegal for a World Cup qualifier, the team’s plane crashed. Despite the tragedy of ’93, Zambia created the feel good story of the 1994 African Cup of Nations, surprising everyone with a run to the final, where they would eventually lose....

For Chestnut, the entire process leading to the moment where he lifted the championship trophy over his head was worth it. The 34-year-old has accomplished virtually everything thrown his way in his Major League Eating career. Chestnut holds more than 30 world eating records. He ended a near-decadelong string of dominance by Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi and rebounded after his own winning streak ended in 2015. The man dubbed “Jaws” doesn’t see an end to his competitive eating career in sight....