Sports Reporter : Dhaka Abahani Limited defeated Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra by a solitary goal in their match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka on Friday. Reigning champions Bashundhara Kings led the points table gaining 31 points from 12 matches, while Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited took the second position collecting 26 points from 12 matches. Dhaka Abahani Limited are breathing on Mohammead’s neck grabbing 25 points from 13 matches. On the...
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AFP, Jakarta : Indonesians celebrated on Friday after their spirited men’s team beat South Korea in the Under-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals in a dramatic penalty shootout, leaving them one step from qualifying for the Olympics for only the second time in history. They defeated their Asian rivals 11-10 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in Doha on Friday. The top three teams will qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, while the fourth place side will face an Asian-African...
Agency : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Yuvraj Singh as an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador, with 36 days to go until the T20 Cricket event begins. Yuvraj, who famously hit 36 runs in an over during the first ever T20 World Cup in 2007 which he and India ultimately won, will attend a range of exciting World Cup promotional events in the United States in the lead-up to and during the T20 showpiece, including the...
Agency : Rafael Nadal thrashed 16-year-old wild card Darwin Blanch 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of the Madrid Open on Thursday and will face Australian 10th seed Alex de...
A 17-year-old Indonesian bowler took 7/0 to break the world record for the best individual bowling figures in all T20Is. On her debut, Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia took seven wickets while conceding zero runs to register the best bowling figures in all T20Is – men’s and women’s. In the fifth T20I of a bilateral series against Mongolia in Bali, teenage off-spinner Rohmalia bowled 20 deliveries, all dot balls, and dismissed seven batters for ducks to achieve the record figures on Thursday....
Agency : Paris St Germain (PSG) closed in on a record-extending 12th Ligue 1 title as Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe each scored twice in a 4-1 away victory against second-from-bottom Lorient on Wednesday. Luis Enrique’s team would have sealed the title later on Wednesday if second-placed Monaco had failed to beat Lille at home, but the principality side prevailed 1-0 courtesy of Youssouf Fofana’s second-half strike. PSG are on 69 points with four games left with Monaco trailing by...
Sports Reporter : League Leaders Dhaka Abahani Limited kept their winning streak in the Super League of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) Cricket after thrashing Gazi Group Cricketers by 171 runs in their match at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Thursday. After yesterday’s outcome, unbeaten Dhaka Abahani Limited gained 26 points from 13 matches, while Gazi Group Cricketers remained with 14 points from as many outings. Electing to bat first, Dhaka Abahani Limited piled up a...
FC Barcelona Coach Xavi Hernandez has reversed his decision to step down as first team coach at the end of the current season and will now see out his contract until the end of June 2025. Barcelona Vice-President Rafa Yuste confirmed the news late on Wednesday night outside the home of the club’s President Joan Laporta following a meeting with Xavi. “Xavi will stay, he’s really happy and excited,” Yuste told waiting journalists, before insisting the club had “never opened...
Former Argentina striker Carlos Tevez has been hospitalised due to chest pain, Club Atletico Independiente, the Argentine club said on Tuesday. Tevez, who made 76 appearances for Argentina and played as a striker for Boca Juniors, Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus, took charge of Independiente in August 2023. The Buenos Aires-based club Independiente said the 40-year-old had been hospitalised at the Trinidad Hospital in San Isidro after complaining of chest pain. “The staff of the hospital carried out the...
Sports Reporter : Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) announced on Wednesday the 15-member Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for upcoming five-match T20I series against Bangladesh. Sikandar Raza will lead the squad as the Captain of Zimbabwe squad against Bangladesh. The ZC has recalled experienced Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, pacer Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani. It may be mentioned that ZC has included uncapped Johnathan Campbell. Johnathan Campbell is the son of former captain of Zimbabwe Cricket team Alistair Campbell. Zimbabwe Cricket squad will...
Sports Reporter : The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Tuesday the 17-member Bangladesh Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the preparation camp. The preparation camp will be held to select some cricketers for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The T20I series will be held marking the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in the United States of America and West Indies from June 1 to June 29. Mohammad Saifuddin, Parvez Hossain Emon, Afif Hossain...
