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The former Missouri Valley Conference juggernauts enter their first season in the Big East and are bringing a new logo and new court design to the party. MORE: Gallery of the latest court designs | SJSU turns head with Spartan court Since openening in 2003, the CenturyLink Center Omaha is one of the nicer arenas in college basketball, and now has a brand new court design to show off. Along with the new court design, the university is implementing new logos and typeface throughout their athletic department....

The cremains were found at Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday after the woman entered an open door. After discovering the cremains stored in boxes and bags, she contacted the Ohio State Bureau of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, resulting in the state investigation. Shawnte Hardin, the senior pastor and owner of the church, is currently under house arrest in Columbus, Ohio. He is already facing 37 counts from September in various Ohio counties, including racketeering, tampering with records, identity fraud, operating an unlicensed funeral home and abuse of a corpse....

It was a truly memorable occasion for both Quinton de Kock and Laura Wolvaardt as they were honoured in three different categories. De Kock was named Cricket South Africa’s Men’s Cricketer of the Year. He also bagged the Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year and was honoured by his peers with the SA Men’s Players’ Player of the Year. Wolvaardt received Cricket South Africa’s Women’s Cricketer of the Year award....

Perhaps the most challenging part of cricket is to face up to express fast bowlers. That was even more so before the arrival of helmets and chest and arm guards. But in the 1975 World Cup, the courageous Sri Lankan batsmen battled against huge odds and emerged with their heads held aloft. What happened just before the first ball was bowled was not quite cricket, nor was some of the bowling in the latter part of the day....

Devoid of bluster and arrogance, Saeed Anwar went about his task efficiently. There was even a hint of touch artistry in his refined strokes. He is one of the few Pakistani batsmen - along with Inzamam-ul-Haq - to have held his place in the team over a long period. Like many southpaws he was sometimes vulnerable outside the off-stump. Regardless, he was an asset to the team, in strife and in triumph....

Here, we take a look at the top 5 performances of the week, that well, includes two of the Fab 4, who as usual have done fabulously. #1 Virat Kohli Mohammad Shami picked up 4/48 to flatten West Indies as India chased down a modest 206 in just 36.5 overs in the final ODI of their West Indies tour to win the ODI series 3-1. Virat Kohli entered the record books for the most centuries in chases with his 18th, overtaking none other than Sachin Tendulkar....

The proceedings relate to an ongoing OAG investigation into Valcke that began in March 2016 and was opened on “suspicion of various acts of criminal mismanagement”. Findings obtained in that process have led to a separate line of inquiry involving PSG president Al-Khelaifi. The OAG stressed “no one has been on remand” and “the presumption of innocence applies”. An official statement read: “It is suspected that Jerome Valcke accepted undue advantages from a businessman in the sports rights sector in connection with the award of media rights for certain countries at the FIFA World Cups in 2018, 2022, 2026 and 2030 and from Nasser Al-Khelaifi in connection with the award of media rights for certain countries at the FIFA World Cups in 2026 and 2030....

RELATED: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion Achievements Appear Online Healing in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a relatively straightforward process once the player knows how to do it, but it can take some getting used to. Aside from completing battle objectives, there are four definitive ways for Zack to heal, but some methods are arguably a lot handier than others. Healing With Items Upon exiting the train during the tutorial segment of Crisis Core, Zack will be thrust into a battle against a group of Shinra Soldiers....

This happens a lot with high-profile footballers. In recent times, clubs have not shied away from breaking the bank to sign players. There is a tendency among fans and pundits to demand excellence on a regular basis from players who get signed for a large sum of money. Often when such players turn in a good performance, it’s passed off as living up to the price tag. When they drop duds, they’re immediately blown out of proportion....

As a matter of fact, Ronaldo had a lot of remarkable memories at Real Madrid, and he will be hoping for a repeat at his new club. The 33 year old forward played in Spain for 9 years, Italy will be a new experience for him. On the other hand, he has proven that moving to a new country or a new club is not an obstacle for him....

Mourinho: I’m not going to lose my hair The Real Madrid star has been accused of defrauding Spanish tax authorities out of €14.7 million (£13m/$16.4m) in earnings from image rights. Like Lionel Messi before him, the 32-year-old could face a prison sentence and heavy fines if found guilty, though he strongly denies the allegations. The legal troubles led to claims Ronaldo wants to leave Madrid this summer, but speculation has died down and the issue is expected to be resolved as the case begins....

Ronaldo brought his side back within a whisker of extra time on Wednesday in a Copa del Rey tie eventually won by Celta, who prevailed 4-3 on aggregate following a 2-2 draw in Galicia. Madrid dumped out of Copa del Rey The striker came up big with a ferocious free-kick to tie the game at 1-1 after Danilo had heightened his side’s woes with an unfortunate own goal. But it could all have been so different had the Portuguese taken advantage of two golden chances that bounced off the post within seconds of each other with the game still goalless....

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly lost his cool during his side’s 3-0 win over Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and called the home fans “sons of b*****s” after the home supporters booed him during the game. The incident took place in the 23rd minute when the Portuguese international failed to retain the ball, which allowed Sociedad to regain possession. As soon as Ronaldo lost the ball, the home fans booed their star forward, which was not received well by the Ballon d’Or winner....

Amid rape allegations against him, Cristiano Ronaldo’s ex-partner, Jasmine Lennard, has now accused the Juventus star in a series of tweets of threatening to kidnap her and causing her physical harm. In case you didn’t know… Last year, Ronaldo was accused of rape by a woman named Kathryn Mayorga, who alleges that the former Real Madrid star raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room when he was on holiday in the US with his cousin and brother-in-law in 2009....

In case you didn’t know… The end of the year saw Messi take home the tag of Europe’s top goalscorer with 51 goals in all competitions. Ronaldo, on the other hand, finished only two goals behind, finding the net 49 times in 2018 and missing the chance to score his 50th goal for the eighth year in a row. The Portuguese had recently challenged his decade-long rival Messi to join him in Italy saying (via Goal), “I played in England, Spain, Italy, Portugal, in the national team, while he is still in Spain....

Fauci’s email to Sylvia Burwell, presumed to be the same Sylvia Burwell who served as U.S. secretary of health and human services during the Obama administration, was sent on February 5, more than a month before the pandemic was declared. The contents of the private correspondence, one of many emails obtained by Buzzfeed News and The Washington Post, did not significantly differ from Fauci’s public views on masks at the time....

The network was a consequence of Trump being banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and was launched on February 21 by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). But users have complained about errors on the app not allowing them to sign up and being put in a queue with hundreds of thousands of other people ahead of them. Meanwhile, downloads had dropped to ​​60,000 per week in Apple’s App Store, according to mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower, which told Yahoo this was “down 93 percent” from the 872,000 it got the week it launched....

Argentina proved too strong in a 3-0 defeat and they will now face Morocco in the third place match on December 17. We all know the success of the Croatian team in recent times, but what does their full history at FIFA World Cups look like? MORE: Who is Croatia star Dominik Livakovic? Goalkeeper produces penalty heroics Croatia World Cup record Since gaining independence in 1991 and thus no longer competing as Yugoslavia, Croatia have participated in six World Cups....

Spain destroyed the World Cup finalists in Elche on September 11 and will reach the finals of the competition if they win the reverse match this week. Croatia, though, need to beat both La Roja and England in order to go through, and Luis Enrique therefore predicts a difficult encounter. “I think this game is totally different to the one we played in Elche,” he told a news conference on Wednesday....