Nicolas Kuhn scored twice and Luis Palma netted the decider in the 68th minute to give Celtic a 4-3 victory over Manchester City in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday. Norway’s Erling Haaland, wearing the City captain’s armband for the first time, nodded home an equalizer in the 57th minute only for Honduran international Palma to tap in the winning goal on a breakaway at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Memorial Stadium. The match was a tune-up for next month’s...
Sports Reporter : Bangladesh National Women’s Cricket team stormed into the semi-final of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup outplaying Malaysia National Women’s Cricket team by 114 runs in their last Group-B match at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Electing to bat first, the Tigresses piled up a mammoth total of 191 for the loss of two wickets in the allotted 20 overs and then restricted Malaysia to 77 for the loss of eight wickets in...
The twice Olympic gold medallist athlete Sifan Hassan will run in four events of race at the Paris Games. The events include the marathon plus the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 metres. Dutch athlete could scratch from any race before the Games kick off on July 26, and official start lists will only be available on the eve of the Olympics. But the ambitious potential agenda has caught the eye of track fans, three years after she tackled the 1,500, 5,000...
Sports Reporter : Bangladesh Women’s Cricket squad reached Sri Lanka on Tuesday to take part in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. A total of eight teams dividing into two groups will take part in the upcoming Asia Cup. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand are in Group-B, while India, Pakistan, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in Group-A. Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka on July 20, the Tigresses will take on Thailand on July 22, Bangladesh...
AFP, Madrid : French superstar Kylian Mbappe was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player in Madrid on Tuesday. The...
Agency : Bangladesh Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is still not prepared for red-ball cricket, despite being...
AFP, Sydney : Australian freestyler Shayna Jack heads to the Paris Olympics seeking redemption after her world was rocked by...
Agency : After the success of the official iconic posters for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Paris 2024 organizing committee announced on Monday that they would once again collaborate with illustrator Ugo Gattoni to launch a night celebration version of the official posters, limited to 2,024 copies. In March, the daytime version of the official poster for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games was released. Featuring the Olympic Games on the left and the Paralympic Games on the...
Agency : Argentina won a record 16th Copa America title by beating Colombia 1-0 thanks to an extra-time goal from Lautaro Martinez on Monday after the final was delayed for over an hour due to thousands of ticketless fans trying to get into stadium. Martinez, who came off the bench in extra time, latched onto a precise through ball from Giovani Lo Celso before lifting his effort over advancing Colombia goalkeeper Camilo Vargas in the 112th minute to spark wild...
Agency : Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time as they capped a dominant Euro 2024 campaign with a deserved 2-1 win over England in Sunday’s showpiece for a record fourth title and condemned their opponents to a second straight final defeat. Oyarzabal finished off a swift counter-attack for the winner after England had fought back from a goal down for the fourth successive match and seemingly earned extra-time. “I have done my job,” said Oyarzabal, who came on...