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Ryan Mendes is not even a household name in Turkey, where he plays for second division Igdir, but next summer, football fans around the world will be well aware of both him and his team. The 35-year-old is captain of the Cape Verde national team and was at the heart of their 3-0 win over Eswatini last week which booked ...

Struggling Manchester United surprised Premier League fans with a spectacular 2-1 win over reigning champions Liverpool at their home. Harry Maguire’s late header secured United’s first victory at the ground in almost a decade. It was also the first time United have won back-to-back league games under Ruben Amorim. The last time they triumphed at Anfield was in January 2016. ...

A rampant Lionel Messi scored a sensational hat-trick to virtually seal Major League Soccer’s Golden Boot award on Saturday as Inter Miami roared into the playoffs with a 5-2 victory over Nashville SC. The Argentine superstar came into the final day of the regular season leading the scoring table with 26 goals — two more than Los Angeles FC’s Denis ...

Rishad Hossain’s exceptional all-round performance guided Bangladesh to a commanding 74-run victory over West Indies in the first ODI at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. The win also handed Bangladesh a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, offering a morale boost after a disappointing series loss to Afghanistan just days earlier. Rishad was the star of the match, taking six ...

In-form Marnus Labuschagne was added to Australia’s ODI squad on Friday to face India after all-rounder Cameron Green was ruled out of the series with a side strain. Labuschagne was initially omitted for the three matches starting in Perth on Sunday. But he has slammed four domestic centuries in five innings, including two in the 50-over game, to thrust himself ...

Argentina have booked their place in the final of FIFA U-20 World Cup after edging past Colombia 1-0 in the semi-final held on Thursday at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Chile. They will face Morocco in the title decider on October 20. In the closely contested match, the breakthrough came in the 72nd minute when substitute Mateo Silvetti found ...

England stars Beth Mead and Alessia Russo inspired Arsenal to their first win in this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League, securing a 2-0 victory over Benfica in Lisbon on Thursday. The Gunners bounced back from last week’s 2-1 home defeat to Lyon, with both Mead and Russo making decisive contributions in the final half-hour of the match. Benfica, now sitting ...

Nepal and Oman move into guaranteed top three spots and secure spots for next year’s T20 World Cup 2026 before facing each other in the Super Six phase. Two of the three ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 tickets via the Asia/East Asia-Pacific Qualifier have been snatched by Nepal and Oman. With the UAE’s win against Samoa, and with the ...

Amid the Bangladesh Women’s team’s substandard performance in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup, some players progressed in the updated ICC players’ rankings. Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Akter and Sobhana Mostari were amongst the gainers. Sobhana Mostari got the reward of her fine fifty against England in Bangladesh’s second match. The Tigresses even could have won the game had luck supported ...

Bangladesh fought back to earn a 1-1 draw against ten-man Hong Kong in their AFC Asian Cup Qualifier, with Rakib Hossain scoring a composed equaliser late in the game. In the 73rd minute, Hong Kong were reduced to ten men. A rough challenge on Shamit Shome near the midfield touchline prompted the Japanese referee to issue a second yellow card, ...