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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 striker, who had completed his medical earlier on Tuesday morning,...
Agency : Bangladesh Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is still not prepared for red-ball cricket, despite being the highest wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the recent T20 World...
AFP, Sydney : Australian freestyler Shayna Jack heads to the Paris Olympics seeking redemption after her world was rocked by a contested doping ban that left her deeply depressed and...
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...
Sports Reporter : Captain of Bangladesh National Women’s T20 Asia Cup Nigar Sultana said, ” We want to reach the semi-finals of the upcoming Women’s T20 Asia Cup. It is our primary target. We could not reach the semi-finals of the last edition of Women’s T20 Asia Cup. So, our primary target is we want to reach the semi-finals. Our first match is very crucial. If we win the first match, it will boost up us. We could not perform...
Sadharan Bima Corporation Sporting Club blanked Samaj Kalyan and Krira Sangsad Mugda by two goals to nil in a match of the Bashundhara Group Senior Division Football League held at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur on Monday. In the day’s match, Golam Sarowar put Sadharan Bima ahead early in the 4th minute while Uzzal Hossain doubled the lead scoring the second goal in the 61st minute of the match. In the day’s other...
AFP, Charlotte : Luis Suarez rescued Uruguay with an injury-time equaliser before the South Americans defeated Canada 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Copa America’s third-place play-off match on Saturday. Uruguay looked to be heading to a shock defeat after the Canadians took a 2-1 lead in the 80th minute through a Jonathan David goal at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium. But former Barcelona and Liverpool star Suarez, who came on as a second-half substitute, swept in a...
The start of a six-match white-ball series between India and host Sri Lanka will be delayed by one day, the Sri Lanka Cricket said on Sunday, without giving a reason. India arrives in the island as scheduled on July 22, but will play their first T20I on July 27, a day later than originally planned, Sri Lanka Cricket said. Under the revised plan, the second T20I match will be on July 28 and the final in the three-match T20I series...
Agency : France secured its spot at Euro 2025 with a 2-1 win over Sweden, and reigning champion England is within touching distance after a 2-1 home win over Ireland in the penultimate round of League A group games on Friday. The top two teams in each of the four groups in League A will join host Switzerland in the finals, while the remaining pairs go into a series of playoffs for the seven remaining spots. With 10 points from...
Agency : Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will lock horns in a sequel to last year’s Wimbledon title blockbuster after producing commanding displays to ease through their semi-finals on Friday. Spain’s defending champion Alcaraz took a hammer to the wall that is Russia’s Daniil Medvedev as he beat the fifth seed 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4 before seven-time champion Djokovic clinically disposed of Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 7-6(2) 6-4. Neither match truly captivated the Centre Court crowd but today’s final promises...
