The two Koreas agreed to rebuild a rail link connecting Seoul and Pyongyang during a breakthrough summit in June 2000. Trains were supposed to start running a year ago. But the new track laid by the South Koreans ends at the thicket of bunkers and land mines that marks the border. Pyongyang, citing various pretexts, has barely lifted a shovel to fix the railway on its side of the DMZ....
Hundreds of sportspersons on July 31 moved into the Olympic Village that has 31 buildings and 3,604 apartments after the Rio Organising Committee said they had completed fixing the problems at the village. But the sportspersons have been complaining the most about absence of Pokémons to capture. Pokemon Go is available on Google Playstore and Apple’s App Store in the US, Japan and Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Britain and Germany and yet to come to Brazil....
The LaLiga giants were kept apart in Friday’s Champions League draw, with Barcelona getting Roma while Madrid were pitted against Juventus in a repeat of last year’s final. A possible European Clasico remains a possibility if both sides progress, with Amor having no preference over when such a tie should happen. “I do not know what is better, facing Madrid now, in the semis or at the end,” Amor said....
The Frenchman tore the lateral collateral ligament in his left knee in a 2-2 draw against Hertha Berlin at the start of October, with a lengthy lay-off initially predicted. FCB 15/2 to win CL But Ribery has made good progress and says he feels “great”, even if he is in no rush to get back to full training. “Obviously I feel great right now, but we have to control my progress and we don’t want to take any risks,” he told Bayern’s official channel....
Custom hardware designs are beloved by many gamers. The ability to give a video game accessory or console a new coat of paint can result in some stunning designs that can be real eye-candy. The Nintendo Switch is no stranger to this, with fans creating their own unique Switch skins, with them able to give the console a fresh design based off of other properties. There’s also some based on other consoles, as evidenced by one fan’s Switch OLED skin that pays homage to Nintendo’s retro console, the Super Famicom....
An official announcement was made on Nintendo of America’s Twitter account on Wednesday, confirming that a free week of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker was forthcoming for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Availability begins starting Thursday, January 13, at 10:00 AM PT. It’ll last one full week, ending on Thursday, January 20, at 11:59 PM PT. This isn’t a demo and there’s no in-game time limit. It’s the full version of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker available for all tiers of Nintendo Switch Online subscribers to play....
In addition to the news of the Nintendo Switch’s latest sales feat, it looks as if the system’s titles are also selling quite well, particularly when it comes to first-party releases. Super Mario Odyssey is currently the top-selling game on the console with 9.07 million copies sold, while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has reached 7.33 million, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has hit 6.70 million, and Splatoon 2 has achieved 4....
According to Nikkei, Nintendo will begin to roll out DLC with their highly anticipated 3DS title Fire Emblem. The DLC can be purchased using either a prepaid card for Nintendo’s Eshop or using a credit card. A long time staple of Nintendo’s catalogue, Fire Emblem is a title that is popular enough to get the ball rolling, but not a property that is instantly comes to mind when one thinks of Nintendo (i....
What makes this particular report so interesting is not that the Wii crossed 100 million units this past June, however, but the fact that the nearly 7 year old console is outselling the Wii U. Nintendo had high hopes for the Wii U coming out of E3 2012, and while new and exciting titles (Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD) are starting to roll in, things are not looking good....
Players having trouble with the Last Chance Trial can learn a number of useful tips from the video, including a look at the brand new Switchglave and Hatchets that make their first appearance in this latest title. The walkthrough is more than just a tip guide though, it is also filled with secrets that many players may have missed on their first attempt through Nioh 2’s challenging missions. RELATED: New Nioh 2 Gameplay Shows Unique Customization Options...
With 24 teams participating, the championship received an overwhelming response. Out of the 24 teams, there were also 2 girls’ teams who were a part of the tournament. The tournament received huge response with 7 teams participating from outside of Aurangabad. The winner of the tournament was Nirmal Krida and Samajh Prabodhan Trust, Aurangabad who received a prize of Rs.15,000 and a trophy followed by the runner’s up of the tournament, SAI Kridamandal, Parbhani who were awarded Rs....
Lausanne, Jan 9 (AFP) North Korea’s decision to take part in the Winter Olympics in the South was a “great step forward”, IOC chief Thomas Bach said today. North Korea, which boycotted the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, will send its athletes to the Winter Games in the South, the rivals announced today after their first formal talks in more than two years following high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme....
The walk to Joe Panik was bad enough for St. Louis — it should have loaded the bases — but backup catcher Tony Cruz couldn’t handle the pitch, which went bouncing to the backstop. And because it was a 3-2 pitch with two outs, the runners on first and second base were running as Rosenthal delivered the baseball toward the plate. MORE: Box | Rough first start | Bumgarner solid | Schedule | Photos...
The way Matt Harvey was pitching, the Mets’ ace (one of multiple aces New York has) was capable of something big, something historic. The right-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced and needed only 44 pitches to get through those first four innings. MORE: Key moments from NLCS Game 1 | Best NLCS photos | Game 1: Five takeaways “With his command, it was a possibility,” Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud said of Harvey going after a no-hitter or perfect game....
And because the LA offense continued to struggle on Tuesday, the shocking end to Kershaw’s Game 4 ended the Dodgers’ season. MORE: Must-see photos from the series | Cards add twist to celebration | Schedule | Fans engage with Mike Brown protesters Kershaw was dominant through six innings, an exceptional performance on just three days’ rest. Kershaw allowed just one hit and struck out nine Cardinals — including all three he faced in the sixth — on 94 pitches as the Dodgers built a two-run lead....
Calm down, Baseball Twitter. Ortiz is just trolling. He’s not coming back. Probably. FAGAN: Who will replace Big Papi as the Red Sox DH? He was adamant throughout 2016 that it was his last season. Despite Ortiz’s historically monsterific Age 40 season (.315, 38 homers, 127 RBIs; 5.1 WAR), it makes little sense for him to make such an abrupt comeback. Just because Ortiz defied baseball logic with his output in 2016, it’s far from certain that a 2017 season would be anywhere near as successful....
“It’s a turnoff,” he said. “Just another woman looking for a handout.” A familiar flurry of rage spun in my chest. Why is it “feminist” to celebrate an accomplishment, and why is praising a woman so off-putting? Yet it was good for me to hear his argument—because he is not alone. In response to an op-ed I wrote arguing that tampons are necessary and therefore should be tax-exempt, like other necessities, one commenter wrote, “Life sucks for everyone....
As true cult of Abel Tesfaye followers know, the song is nothing new. Much of the excitement generating around the track on social media following its release was from happy campers who simply haven’t heard it in forever. The Weeknd first dropped the song as a stand-alone back in 2014, leading up to his tour of the same name. However, it was later removed from streaming services. In 2018, an unauthorized account re-loaded it on to Spotify, but it was taken down once the powers that be caught wind....
Recipients of these entitlements should be required to pass an academic-skills test to prove they are ready for college. This would reward responsible students who work hard in high school; it would challenge high schools to provide better-qualified graduates, and the billions of federal, state and local tax dollars now being wasted on unprepared college students could be put to better use. Until recently, I was a federal grant coordinator and an instructor in state community colleges in the East, Midwest and Southwest....
Having spent all his playing days in French soccer, the powerful Senegal midfielder thought that crossing the Channel would mark a milestone in his career. A year after he left Angers for Birmingham on a two-year deal, Ndoye is back with the French league team he captained from 2015-17. In about 40 matches with the second division English club, Ndoye did not score once and made headlines for the wrong reasons following a brawl with former England international John Terry....
