Buendia and Watkins stun Newcastle to keep Aston Villa’s title hopes alive
Some wins are a little bit lucky and others downright fluky or simply ground out, but this Aston Villa victory belonged to a different category entirely, The Guardian reported.
A triumph secured by goals from the impressive Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins, and illuminated by Morgan Rogers’s skill, was firmly of the sort that can be filed under “thoroughly deserved”.
Much of Villa’s attacking play was so fluid, fluent and gloriously improvisational that, by comparison, Newcastle looked as if they were engaged in a footballing equivalent of painting by numbers, according to The Guardian.
Yamal nets spectacular volley as Barcelona sink Oviedo to reclaim LaLiga lead
Barcelona capitalised on two defensive mistakes by bottom-of-the-table Real Oviedo to seal a 3-0 victory at a rain-drenched Camp Nou on Sunday, regaining top spot in LaLiga, Reuters reported.
Goals from Dani Olmo, Raphinha, and an acrobatic Lamine Yamal strike powered the Catalans to 52 points, one ahead of Real Madrid, while Atletico Madrid trail in third on 44.
Barca struggled to break the deadlock against a spirited Oviedo until they finally found the breakthrough in the 52nd minute, with Olmo striking home following a defensive lapse, according to Reuters.
Manchester United stun leaders Arsenal 3-2 to open up EPL title race
Manchester United loosened Arsenal's grip on the Premier League title race with a 3-2 win in north London on Jan 25 thanks to stunning second-half goals by Patrick Dorgu and Matheus Cunha, Reuters reported.
Victory would have restored Arsenal's seven-point lead over chasers Manchester City and Aston Villa, both of whom won this weekend, but Mikel Arteta's side instead left the door open as they lost at home for the first time this season.
United's win, their first in the league at Arsenal since 2017, lifted them to fourth, and while they are not in the title equation themselves, it fuelled the new-found optimism sweeping the club since Michael Carrick stepped in as interim coach, according to Reuters.
Juventus earn commanding win over injury-hit Napoli to close in on top four
Juventus claimed a statement 3-0 home win over an injury-hit Napoli on Sunday to boost their top-four hopes in Serie A, with goals from Jonathan David, Kenan Yildiz and a late strike from Filip Kostic, Reuters reported.
The win moved Juventus to 42 points, one behind third-placed Napoli and 10 adrift of leaders Inter Milan. Juventus sit fifth, level on 42 points with AS Roma in fourth.
The visitors arrived with a growing injury list, having lost goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to a muscle problem he suffered in training, while David Neres was ruled out following recent surgery, with Matteo Politano, Kevin De Bruyne, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Billy Gilmour already absent, according to Reuters.
Imports from Birgunj customs point increase
Goods and commodities worth Rs 438.21 billion were imported during the first six months of the current fiscal year 2082/83 from the Birgunj customs point.
The total import of the review period is 15.3 percent more compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, the officials shared.
The total import was Rs 380.6 billion in the last fiscal year.
Information Officer of the Birgunj Customs Office Udaya Singh Bista said that there was an impressive growth in the imports of goods and commodities from Birjung point in the past six months.
During the past six months, petroleum products worth Rs 90.6 billion, while iron and iron goods worth Rs 39.3 billion were imported from the Birgunj customs point.
Other major importable goods include machinery and auto parts, soybean oil, electric machinery goods and appliances.
EC launches Joint Election Operation Center for HoR polls
The Election Commission (EC) has brought the Joint Election Operation Center into operation to immediately resolve any issues that appear in the House of Representatives (HoR) elections.
The Office of the Center is at the premises of the EC, Kathmandu.
Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari inaugurated the Center on Sunday.
Bhandari said that the Center will act immediately to resolve the issues in the constituencies if they are not addressed from the concerned voting centres.
Secretary at the EC will lead the Center with a Joint Secretary from the Home Ministry and representatives from the security bodies as members.
The Center will collect information, analyse and take immediate decisions to proceed with the election process, it has been said.
India to slash tariffs on cars to 40% in trade deal with EU, sources say
India plans to slash tariffs on cars imported from the European Union to 40% from as high as 110%, sources said, in the biggest opening yet of the country's vast market as the two sides close in on a free trade pact that could come as early as Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has agreed to immediately reduce the tax on a limited number of cars from the 27-nation bloc with an import price of more than 15,000 euros ($17,739), two sources briefed on the talks told Reuters.
This will be further lowered to 10% over time, they added, easing access to the Indian market for European automakers such as Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, according to Reuters.
US storm leaves 1 million without power, forces 10,000 flight cancellations
More than 1 million customers in the U.S. as far west as New Mexico were without electricity and over 10,000 flights were canceled on Sunday during a monster winter storm that paralyzed eastern and southern states with heavy snow and ice, Reuters reported.
As snow, sleet, freezing rain and dangerously frigid temperatures swept into the eastern two-thirds of the nation on Sunday, the number of power outages continued to rise. As of 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 GMT) on Sunday, more than 1 million U.S. customers were without electricity, according to PowerOutage.us, with at least 330,000 in Tennessee and over 100,000 each in Mississippi and Louisiana. Other states affected included Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, West Virginia and Alabama.
More than 10,800 U.S. flights scheduled for Sunday were canceled, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Over 4,000 flights were canceled on Saturday, according to Reuters.







