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Netherlands beat Nepal with eight balls remaining in a tight contest that was delayed by rain. The Dutch opted to bowl first and dismissed Nepal for 106 in 19.2 overs, led by captain Rohit Paudel’s 37-ball 35. Tim Pringle (3-20 in four overs) and Logan van Beek (3-18 in 3.2 overs) did the damage as Nepal lost wickets at regular ...

South Africa have beaten Sri Lanka by six wickets in a low-scoring match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 at  Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Monday. Earlier, Sri Lanka chose to bat first and were on the back foot almost immediately. Their Powerplay yielded just 24 runs, and they had their lowest ten-over score: 40 ...

Bangladesh national kabaddi team emeregd champions for the fourth consecutive times in a row in the prestigious Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Tournament beating Nepal by 45-31 points with two creditable lonas in the final match held at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at Mirpur on Monday. The tournament, commemorating the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, commenced in 2021 ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) managed to post a target of 136 against West Indies in the second match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup- 2024 at Providence Stadium in Guyana on Sunday. PNG did not start off well and it looked like hard going when they slipped to 7 for 2 and 34 for 3 but Sese Bau held one ...

Aaron Jones struck an explosive unbeaten 94 from 40 balls as the USA beat Canada by seven wickets in the opening game of the T20 World Cup on Saturday. Jones, born in New York but raised in Barbados, bludgeoned the Canadian attack, smashing ten sixes as he totally changed the momentum of the game in a superb 131-run third wicket ...

Real Madrid’s Champions League adventures have long been like a high-wire act. How is it the Spanish giants don’t stumble and fall? Yet they don’t. As boss Carlo Ancelotti hoisted the giant trophy for a fifth time, Real won it for the 15th, the bold challenge of Borussia Dortmund overcome at Wembley with late goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius ...

Bangladesh have lost the warm-up match by 62 runs against India, due to as usual early batting collapse ahead of ICC T20 World Cup main event at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Saturday. To chase the target of 183, Bangladesh have lost eight wickets to score only 120 runs. However, Mahmudullah and Shakib have played a ...

More than 2,000 officers are on duty in London to police the Champions League final, a protest organised by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, and a counter-demo. Thousands of people attended the march and rally in Parliament Square organised by Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon. According to police they included groups from across the UK linked to ...

The Liberal Democrats are pledging to make 10 English Premier League football matches per season free to watch on TV for everyone, if they win the election. The party said the promise was in response to rising ticket prices and streaming subscription costs. The Lib Dems said fans who wanted to watch games on TV may have to pay hundreds ...

Bangladesh emerged as the group A champions in the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi with a hard fought 46-31 win against sub-continental challengers Nepal held at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium on Friday, reports BSS. After four consecutive wins in the group Bangladesh had to sweat hard as Nepal appeared to a nut tougher than expected by Arduzzaman and Co. However ...