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Phelps fuels Phoenix victory over GlobalPort

Edit Arabnews 01 Aug 2016
In the meantime, the new Phoenix Petroleum import dealt all the hurt on GlobalPort on Sunday night and guided the Fuel Masters to their first win in the PBA Governors’ Cup, a 120-107 shellacking at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao ... “It was my mistake not to bring him (Phelps) earlier,” said Phoenix coach Ariel Vanguardia, who also won his first game in the PBA....

India reach 358/5 vs WI after Rahul hits career-best 158

Edit Deccan Herald 01 Aug 2016
Opener Lokesh Rahul showed a lot of composure hitting a career-best 158 as India reached a comfortable 358 for 5 on the second day thereby taking complete control of the second cricket Test against West Indies, here today ... Kohli, who has been in sublime form was dismissed just when he was looking to take on the spinners having hit a six and couple of fours off Devendra Bishoo's (1/79) bowling....

What China's GDP numbers don't tell us

Edit China Daily 01 Aug 2016
How terrible is this? Ten years ago, in 2006, when China's growth rate was a robust 12.7 percent, everyone was happy－count on China to drive world economic growth ... In 2005, China's GDP was $2.3 trillion, and 12.7 percent growth meant an increase of less than $300 billion in 2006 ... innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing ... Openness....

Listing the cricketers with highest scores in T20Is by batting position

Edit Yahoo Daily News 01 Aug 2016
One of the reasons why mostly openers score centuries is the fact that they get to play the most of balls. The reason why despite his impressive recent form, Virat Kohli doesn't have a T20I century to his name is because he doesn't open ... The record for the highest score by a batsman opening the innings and taking strike is not Chris Gayle or Brendon McCullum....

Heriot’s Sean Weeraratna bats Watsonians off top of table

Edit Scotsman 01 Aug 2016
“I managed to take a couple of wickets in the early stages of their reply and then Ryan Brown and Mark Watt turned the screw with some very disciplined spin bowling ... There were further stutters in the face of some frugal Sonians bowling and fielding, before Weeraratna completely changed the complexion of the contest ... Carlton stalwart Stevie Gilmour heaped praise on Arun Pillai, whose batting and bowling left Falkland in disarray....

Cricket: Rahul century consolidates India dominance

Edit Otago Daily Times 01 Aug 2016
Opening batsman Lokesh Rahul scored a career-high 158 as India consolidated their dominance on day two of the second test against West Indies in Jamaica on Sunday ... The Windies attack bowled with discipline and while they did not exactly terrorise the batsmen, they at least kept them mostly in check ... at short-leg off the bowling of off-spinner Chase....

D’Brickashaw’s Jets successor eyes reinvention a world apart

Edit New York Post 01 Aug 2016
If Clady can get back to the form that saw the former first-round pick out of Boise State voted to the Pro Bowl four times in his first seven seasons, the move to send a fifth-round pick to Denver for Clady and a seventh rounder will go down as a stroke of genius by Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan ... “He’s moving well [and] running around well,” coach Todd Bowles said when asked his impression of Clady....

Stephan Jaeger finishes off record Web.com Tour romp

Edit The Miami Herald 01 Aug 2016
The 27-year-old German player broke Steve Wheatcroft's 72-hole stroke record of 255 set in the 2011 Melwood Prince George's County Open, and tied Daniel Chopra's mark for relation to par set in the 2004 Henrico County Open ... On the par-4 18th, he missed a 15-foot birdie try. Jaeger came to the United States as a foreign exchange student in 2006 ... ....

Stephan Jaeger breaks another Web.com Tour record

Edit Arabnews 01 Aug 2016
Two days after opening with a 12-under 58 to break the Web.com mark and match the lowest score on a substantial tour, the 27-year-old German player reached 23-under 187 to break the tour’s 54-hole record for strokes and fall one short of the mark for relation to par. Jaeger broke the mark of 189 set by Martin Piller last year in his Boise Open victory ... The German came to the United States as a foreign exchange student in 2006....

Carl to help Hafeez

Edit The Telegraph India 01 Aug 2016
 The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hired a bowling coach Carl Crowe in England to help Mohammed Hafeez correct his action before he takes the ICC bowling assessment test there ... ....

PCB hires bowling coach Carl Crowe to correct Mohammad Hafeez’s action

Edit Indian Express 01 Aug 2016
The PCB had left it to Mohammad Hafeez to decide when he was ready to take the ICC bowling assessment test. (Source. AP) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hired a bowling coach C ... ....

Jets’ defense isn’t even whole — and it’s already terrifying

Edit New York Post 01 Aug 2016
The Jets’ defense was formidable in 2015 ... Leo works every day ... Safety Marcus Gilchrist may have been the most underrated Jet last year, serving as an extension of coach Todd Bowles on the field. Fellow safety Calvin Pryor made a big leap in 2015 and could make a Pro Bowl push this year if the makes another ... That opening stretch is viewed as the Jets’ biggest problem this season, but this defense might have something to say about that. ....

One pc currency depreciation raises remittance inflow by 1.17 per cent

Edit The Himalayan 01 Aug 2016
“In the event of depreciation in value of home currency, overseas migrants also tend to send back future planned remittances by borrowing money,” says paper, which has drawn conclusions by analysing trends of 2006 to 2015. Nepali rupee was valued at 73.16 per US dollar on January 1, 2006 ... In fiscal year 2006-07, 204,533 Nepalis left the country for employment purpose ... Nepal received $1.35 billion in remittance in 2006 ... ....
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