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Bangladesh under-19 cricket team have become unbeaten champion in the Under-19 Asia Cup beating the United Arab Emirates by a massive margin of 195 runs. Although Bangladesh won U-19 World Cup four years ago, the Asian titled remained elusive so far. In reply to Bangladesh’s 282 for 8, the UAE youth were skittled out for 87 in only 24.5 overs ...

Chasing 245 runs in a rain-interrupted 30-over chase, Bangladesh lost 200-9 by 44 runs in Duckworth and Lewis method at Dunedin’s University Oval on Sunday. Anamul Haque hit a brisk 43 while Afif Hossain and Tohwid Hridoy made 38 and 33 respectively but neither of the three could convert their start into a big innings to take Bangladesh all the ...

Major League Soccer teams will not compete in the 2024 US Open Cup, the league instead sending second-tier development clubs to the nation’s oldest football tournament, MLS announced on Friday. The single-elimination competition, which dates to 1914, is open to all US clubs but MLS teams have dominated the event since the league’s 1996 debut, AFP reports. Inter Miami, playing ...

The Turkish football team president who punched a referee, and has since resigned, has been handed a lifetime ban by the country’s football federation. Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on Monday, after a 1-1 draw between his team and Caykur Rizespor in Turkey’s top league. Meler, was left with a small fracture near his eye following the incident. ...

Six football shirts worn by Argentine megastar Lionel Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have sold for $7.8 million at auction, the auction house told AFP on Thursday. There were three bids in total on what auction house Sotheby’s described as “Lionel Messi’s match-worn iconic light blue and white, vertical striped Argentina shirts from his historic 2022 FIFA ...

Paris Saint-Germain and Porto qualified for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Newcastle bowed out of Europe after losing 2-1 at home to AC Milan. PSG drew 1-1 away to Group F winners Borussia Dortmund to go through as runners-up after Milan came from behind to beat Newcastle at St James’ Park and eliminate Eddie Howe’s side, AFP ...

A brilliant century by opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli guided Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19s Asia Cup with an all-win record, eliminating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 55 balls remaining at the ACC Academy ground in Dubai, UAE, on Wednesday. Group B champions Bangladesh will play their giant neighbour India, the runners-up in Group ...

Veteran all-rounder Andre Russell made a dazzling return to international cricket to help West Indies cruise to a four-wicket victory over England in the opening Twenty20 international in Barbados on Tuesday. Handed a shock recall after a two-year absence, Russell shone with bat and ball at Kensington Oval as the home side reached the victory target with ease to finish ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced that the pitch for the second Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur has been rated as “unsatisfactory” under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. ICC Match Referee, David Boon, submitted his report to the ICC expressing the ...

Inter Miami on Monday confirmed details of two upcoming friendlies in Saudi Arabia next year which will include a showdown between Lionel Messi and old rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The Major League Soccer club had already announced plans for the team to face Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in Riyadh, without confirming a date, AFP reports. Inter said on Monday the team would ...