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Suarez, Neymar strikes seal Barcelona’s treble

Luis Suarez and Neymar scored second half goals to give Barcelona a 3-1 Champions League final victory over Juventus on Saturday as the Spaniards became the first team to twice win the European treble. Luis Enrique capped his first season as Barcelona’s head coach by matching Pep Guardiola’s feat from the 2008/09 season when the Catalans captured the European, Spanish ...

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Benfica coach Jorge Jesus set to join Sportingoach Jor

Benfica cge Jesus, who secured a second Portuguese league title in a row for the Lisbon side last month, has left the club and is poised to move to rivals Sporting who sacked coach Marco Silva earlier on Thursday. Benfica said in a statement they had ended all negotiations with Jesus regarding a possible extension of his contract which expires ...

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Bangladesh held by Afghans

Bangladesh wrapped up their warm-up campaign for the Joint Qualifiers of the World Cup and the Asian Cup with a 1-1 draw against Afghanistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. The men in red and whites, who had lost against Singapore 1-2 on Saturday, took a fourth minute lead through veteran striker Zahid Hasan Emily, but conceded the equaliser ...

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Experimental hosts up against Saff holders

An experienced yet tired Bangladesh side will be in the mood to experiment when they face south Asian neighbours Afghanistan in a Fifa international friendly at Bangabandhu National Stadium today. Less than 72 hours after tasting an undeserved defeat against Singapore in another friendly, the Bangladesh footballers did not get enough time to recover so Dutch head coach Lodewijk de ...

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Sania-Martina enter Rome Masters final

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza entered the women’s doubles final, partnering Swiss ace Martina Hingis, at the Rome Masters here on Saturday. The top seeds beat French-Slovenian fourth seeds Caroline Garcia and Katarine Srebotnik 6-2, 7-6(5) on the outdoor clay courts of the Foro Italico.

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Robin Soderling hopeful of 2016 comeback after 5 year absence

Robin Soderling – who remains the only man ever to have beaten Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros – is hoping he will be able to return to the ATP Tour in 2016.The two-time French Open finalist has not played competitively since July 2011 because of severe glandular fever, but has told BBC Radio 5 live of his optimism he still ...

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Tiger Woods gives encouragement to boy with stuttering problem

Golfer Tiger Woods has given some strong encouragement to a boy who has been bullied in school because of his stuttering problem. Woods wrote the boy a letter, which was published on Golf Digest’s website Tuesday. “I know what it’s like to be different and to sometimes not fit in,” Woods wrote. “I also stuttered as a child and I ...

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Barclays and Standard Chartered launch Fifa payment reviews

Two UK banks have launched internal reviews into whether they were used for corrupt payments by Fifa officials, the BBC understands. Standard Chartered confirmed it was investigating, while Barclays is also understood to have begun a review – although it has declined to comment. Both banks – and HSBC – were referred to in FBI indictments of 14 people, but ...

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Kim Sears is now ‘Mrs. Murray’ post marriage to Andy

Kim Sears has changed her name after marrying long-time beau Andy Murray in April, and will now be known as Mrs. Kim Murray. The 27-year-old wife of the tennis ace was seen for first time in public since the nuptials, wearing her official badge at the French Open tennis tournament, the Mirror reported. Clad in a floral printed blouse, and ...

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