More than a decade after Mary Lou Retton and a year since the triumph of Atlanta’s self-proclaimed ““Magnificent Seven,’’ gymnastics in America remains a quadrennial celebration, little noticed except in Olympic years. But out of cheershot, thousan ds of young girls across the country are embracing the sport. Some 1,600 girls are now enrolled in classes at ‘96 Olympic coach Mary Lee Tracy’s Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, up 60 percent just since last summer’s Games....

Both South Africa and Zambia are fresh from semi-final wins in the inaugural tournament which was launched just before the first Fifa international break in 2018. Bafana Bafana had to hustle for a win over the Palancas Negras of Angola on penalties on Wednesday afternoon whilst the Chipolopolo bagged a win over Zimbabwe on the same day. With Stuart Baxter naming a strong squad for the showpiece, he opted to use newcomers in the international scene, citing development more than results as his mission, but he bagged a win via penalties over the Angolans....

This is in contrast to radicular sources of neck pain, like cervical radiculopathy or cervical myelopathy, which involve spinal nerve compression or spinal cord compression. Causes Damage or injury to the soft tissue surrounding the cervical spine can lead to axial neck pain. A number of medical conditions can cause it. Here are a few examples: Cervical Strain: An injury to the neck ligaments or muscles can lead to spasms of the neck and upper back muscles....

Female Disorders Often when women experience chronic pelvic pain, the cause is dysfunction in one or more of the sexual organs. These include the ovaries, fallopian tubes, associated ligaments, and tissues, or the uterus. The most common types of chronic pelvic pain caused by female disorders include: Vulvodynia: vulvodynia is the term for chronic vulva pain or discomfort. Vulvodynia may feel like burning or stinging. This type of chronic pelvic pain may move around a bit, and it may come and go....

At this time, community-led infrastructure job creation is critical to address the massive job losses that these marginalized populations have endured as part of the worst-hit labor market. The new Congress and Biden Administration will need to create jobs and opportunities quickly to help get people back to work, especially in distressed communities. To do that, they will need to empower frontline leaders with go-fast, start-up funding needed to kick-start their most critical projects....

The TSC Agency and their two partners bought 250,000 N95 masks from a foreign manufacturer in mid-March 2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic. They paid $1.09 per mask but then proceeded to sell 100,000 of the masks to a grocery store chain at a marked-up price of $5.25 per mask. The company pleaded guilty to violating price-gouging laws and could face a fine of more than $200,000 depending on the monetary loss from the victims....

But before your favorite Hollywood stars polish off their shoes and don the most unimaginable ensembles to attend another glitzy award show, there is the small matter of the nominations. All the nominations for the 2023 SAG Awards were announced on Wednesday, January 11 by White Lotus actress Haley Lu Richardson and Ashley Park from Emily in Paris. The screen scarlets revealed this year’s film and television nominees, including Viola Davis’ The Woman King and Abbott Elementary, live via the SAG Awards Instagram page, marking the third time the SAG Awards has opted to announce the nominees in this fashion....

Current title holders Monterrey did not qualify for this year’s competition, so a new winner will be crowned. The winner of the competition qualifies for the next FIFA Club World Cup, although date and details for that competition are not yet known. MORE: USMNT’s McKennie to miss final qualifiers due to injury Notably, no Major League Soccer club has ever won the competition under its current format. The last U....

Mexican giants America were comfortable 3-1 victors over Tauro in Panama as they sealed a final-four berth. Henry Martin scored a quick-fire brace early in the first half, while Alejandro Diaz was on target after the break to complete a resounding 7-1 win on aggregate. America recorded a 4-0 rout in the first leg and they continued where they left off away from home – Martin finishing coolly past Tauro goalkeeper Oscar McFarlane after six minutes....

However, Rice also echoed widespread criticism of the president for arranging a meeting with Taliban leaders at the Camp David presidential retreat just days before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Rice appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday, giving her expert insight on the reported peace deal that could end 18 years of war in Afghanistan. Rice was National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush during the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and later Secretary of State during ongoing operations in both countries....

The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after Deputy E.L. Kirby found dozens of Confederate flags that had been removed from gravesites on the ground at Resaca Confederate Cemetery, KCBD reported. According to WVTC, the cemetery’s caretaker said he had not seen anyone at the cemetery the night before and was said to be “very upset” about the incident. Kirby and the caretaker then picked up the flags and put them back up around the cemetery....

Stewart, who spoke at a news conference Monday for the first time since his involvement in the Aug. 9 tragedy where his sprint car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr., hasn’t put the pieces of his own life back together but at least he has them on the table and ready to accept the challenge It won’t be easy. And part of that is what was apparent Monday. He still struggles to understand what happened that night, the venom of the public reaction and how to live his life....

So the game is subject to a thousand languages, and dozens of regional dialects of those tongues. It is difficult to address the world game in words everyone understands because of its polyglot presence. MORE: Characters in soccer’s worldwide scandals | Smart moves by North American agency FIFA headquarters in Zurich (Getty Images) So, too, is there an alphabet soup of names of soccer governing bodies. Neophytes or anyone whose scope doesn’t extend beyond local borders might not know CONMEBOL from CECAFA....

The rangers found the first corpse less than a hundred yards away, in a grove of vines and crooked thicket. The mammoth gorilla lay on her side, a small pink tongue protruding slightly from her lips. She was pregnant and her breasts were engorged with milk for the baby that now lay dead inside her womb. The rangers crowded around and caressed the gorilla’s singed fur. They shook their heads and clicked their tongues with disapproval....

“I support actually larger numbers than the Democrats, but it’s got to be done properly,” Trump told Fox Business in an interview this week. “I want the money getting to people to be larger so they can spend it. I want the money to get there quickly and in a non-complicated fashion.” U.S. House Democrats have proposed a second $1,200 per person direct payment in their version of the next coronavirus aid proposal, but Trump has said that he won’t sign onto their plan....

On paper, the Sahara Desert probably doesn’t seem like the most hospitable place to film, and Swindells confirmed this as he described how multiple sandstorms and extreme heat by the end of their shoot made the war-time drama difficult to make. Connor Swindells Talks ‘Bonkers’ Shoot in Sahara Desert for ‘Rogue Heroes’ The SAS was formed in July 1941 at the height of World War II when the Nazis and Axis Powers were gaining momentum and all but winning the war....

McGregor submitted to Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round rear-naked choke, but Khabib’s victory immediately was overshadowed as he left the cage in the direction of the Irishman’s stablemate Dillon Danis, prompting a melee while the beaten fighter tussled with others in the Octagon. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year The mayhem was condemned by UFC president Dana White, who suggested the Nevada State Athletic Commission could strip Nurmagomedov of his title as it continues to withhold his share of the purse....

After that press conference, McGregor had a quick interview with Jimmy Kimmel’s Guillermo in a segment that aired Wednesday night. In that piece, Guillermo asked Mayweather and McGregor the silly question of who would win a fight: them, or Rocky III? MORE: Behind the scenes of Mayweather vs. McGregor The Irish fighter had to think for a moment as he recalled which movie it was. He then appeared to remember and said, “That was the one [with] the dancing monkeys in the gym....

McGregor butts heads online Argued with McGrath and comedian PJ Gallagher Offered pair boxing match for charity WHAT HAPPENED? An all-Irish triple threat bout appeared to surface on Twitter when McGregor took aim at Gallagher who was filmed referring to the MMA star as “British” in a clip. After a war of words, Manchester United and Aston Villa man McGrath jumped to the defence of Gallagher, while also wishing him well amid his recovery from mental health struggles....