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Liton Das’ sole fight went in vain as Sylhet Strikers managed a win by 12 runs against Cumilla Victorians in the 37th game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Monday. The Strikers restricted the Victorians to 165/6 in 20 overs while defending 177 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Liton Das played superbly that put Cumilla close to the ...

Australia batting great David Warner said Monday he expected a hostile reception when the world champions begin a Twenty20 series in New Zealand this week. New Zealand host Australia in Wellington on Wednesday in the first of three T20 matches before a two-Test series. Warner eight years ago accused New Zealand fans of “derogatory and vulgar” abuse aimed at him ...

Cumilla Victorians’ pacer Mustafizur Rahman was admitted to the emergency unit of Imperial Hospital with a head injury on Sunday. Mustafiz was struck on the head during a net session of Comilla Victorians at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram in the morning. The incident occurred when Mustafizur, returning to his bowling mark, was hit at the back of ...

Rangpur Riders beat Chattogram Challengers by 18 runs in the 34th game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday. They managed to restrict the Challengers to 169/6 in 20 overs while defending 187 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Romario Shepherd played a stormy knock of 66 runs from just 30 balls hitting six sixes and five fours which ...

Khulna Tigers managed an easy win by five wickets against Durdanto Dhaka in the 33rd game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Friday. Earlier opting to bat, Dhaka were restricted to 128/7 after 20 overs despite early setbacks. They started falling under pressure from the beginning of the innings as they lost three wickets ...

Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi returned to the starting lineup for the MLS club on Thursday in a 1-1 home draw with his Argentine boyhood club, Newell’s Old Boys. It was an emotional match for the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, who supported Old Boys as a youth and played for them from 1995 to 2000 before joining Barcelona, AFP reports. ...

UK-based club cricketer Rizwan Javed has been banned from all cricket for 17 and a half years after he was found guilty of five different breaches of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (the ‘Code’). Rizwan was among eight players and officials – including Bangladeshi all-rounder Nasir Hossain who was earlier banned for two years – charged ...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 21st goal of the season and his fourth in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday as his moment of magic proved decisive in Al Nassr beating Al Fayha 1-0 in an all-Saudi last 16 tie. At the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, the 39-year-old Portuguese star struggled at first to make much headway against ...

The Fortune Barishal have clinched a 27 runs victory over Durdanto Dhaka in the 31th game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday. After choosing to bat first, they have posted a challenging total of 186 runs against the opponent. For the fortuners, Tamim and Shehzad were off to a sedate start but ...

Manchester City closed in on the Champions League quarter-finals with a dominant display to beat FC Copenhagen 3-1 in the Danish capital on Tuesday. Kevin De Bruyne’s early opener was cancelled out against the run of play by Magnus Mattsson. Bernardo Silva restored City’s lead before half-time, but they had to wait until stoppage time to add further punishment for ...