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Coventry City ended their 25-year absence from ​the Premier League with a 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Friday, securing promotion from the Championship. Needing a ​point to make it mathematically ⁠certain, Frank Lampard’s league leaders ​salvaged a draw as Bobby ​Thomas heading a late equaliser at Ewood Park. The ‌final ⁠whistle sparked celebrations on the pitch and delirious scenes ...

New Zealand national cricket team secured a 26-run victory over Bangladesh national cricket team in the opening ODI of three-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Chasing 248 on a slow Mirpur pitch, Bangladesh were bowled out for 221 in 48.3 overs despite fighting half-centuries from Saif Hassan and Towhid Hridoy. Bangladesh’s innings got off to ...

Arsenal edged past Sporting to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the second successive ​season with a 0-0 home draw earning them a 1-0 aggregate victory on Wednesday. It was far from convincing though ‌for Mikel Arteta’s side as they held on to the lead given to them by Kai Havertz’s stoppage-time goal in Lisbon last week. The well-organised visitors ...

Bayern Munich’s Luis Diaz and Michael Olise scored late goals to ​earn the hosts a dramatic 4-3 comeback win over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday and ‌send them into the last four 6-4 on aggregate after a thrilling tie. Diaz struck in the 89th minute and Olise in stoppage time to seal treble-chasing Bayern’s place in ...

Former Real Madrid player and Spain’s 1982 World Cup coach Jose Emilio Santamaria has died at the age of 96, Los Blancos said on Wednesday. Real Madrid mourned “one of the greatest legends of our club and of world football”. Centre-back Santamaria, who joined Real Madrid in 1957 from Uruguayan side Nacional, played in one of the most decorated eras ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has revealed that newly appointed coach Carlo Ancelotti directly sought his opinion on whether Neymar should return to the national team. Speaking to TV 247 on Tuesday, Lula said the Italian tactician raised the issue in a candid exchange. “Ancelotti asked me: ‘Do you think Neymar should be called up?’” he disclosed. Lula ...

Leeds United’s Noah Okafor scored twice as his side grabbed a morale-boosting 2-1 Premier League away win over bitter rivals Manchester United, who had Lisandro Martinez sent off in the 56th minute for pulling the hair of Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Manchester United remain third in the table on 55 points, ahead of Aston Villa on goal difference, while 15th-placed Leeds put ...

Nasum Ahmed has been at the centre of a payment controversy following his impressive Bangladesh Premier League campaign, but Sylhet Titans have firmly denied any outstanding dues. The left-arm spinner, who claimed 18 scalps in 12 matches to finish joint second in the highest wicket-takers’ list, played a key role in guiding Sylhet to the second qualifier. However, reports of ...

Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday was a “big punch in the face”, calling on his players to stand up as the club’s Premier League title charge threatens to unravel. Junior Kroupi gave the visitors a well-earned lead after 17 minutes before Viktor Gyokeres clawed a laboured Arsenal back into the game from the penalty spot. ...

Leicester City, home to Bangladesh midfielder Hamza Choudhury, are staring at relegation to League One after slumping deeper into crisis in the EFL Championship on Sunday. A 1–0 home defeat to Swansea City on 11 April left the Foxes marooned in 23rd place, inside the relegation zone, with only four matches remaining. Leicester’s survival hopes were further hammered when their ...