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England Men’s Cricket Team Arrives Dhaka for White Ball Series

The England men’s cricket team landed in Dhaka on Friday morning for their first tour of Bangladesh since 2016. The tour, which was originally scheduled for September and October 2021 but postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, consists of three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) to be played in Dhaka and Chattogram. England captain Jos Buttler, ...

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UK football commentator John Motson dies

Famed British football commentator John Motson, who had a distinguished 50-year career with the BBC, has died at the age of 77, his family announced on Thursday. Motson, affectionally nicknamed “Motty”, retired in 2018 after covering 29 FA Cup finals and 10 World Cups. “It is with great sadness we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep ...

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Sourav Ganguly arrives in Dhaka

Former Indian cricket captain and also former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly arrived in Bangladesh this afternoon. He arrived in Dhaka by a flight that landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:20pm today. The cricket legend was supposed to come to Dhaka in the morning. But his flight was delayed. Sourav ...

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BCB announces search for new assistant coach for Tigers

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced its search for a new assistant coach for the national cricket team. BCB President Nazmul Hasan said they are expecting applications from local coaches as well. The BCB recently appointed Chandika Hathurusinghe as the head coach of the Bangladesh team for the second time, following his initial tenure from 2014 to 2017, UNB ...

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Real earn stunning win at Liverpool

Holders Real Madrid produced a stunning comeback from two goals down to earn a devastating 5-2 victory at Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. In a re-run of last year’s final, the first half was played at a ferocious pace, with the hosts racing into a fourth-minute lead through a superb Darwin Nunez ...

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Herath looking forward to working with Hathurusingha for Bangladesh

Rangana Herath, the spin bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team, has expressed his excitement and confidence in Chandika Hathurusingha, the new head coach of the team. Herath has played with and under Hathurusingha before and believes that Bangladesh cricket will benefit from his presence. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has made a recent announcement that Chandika Hathurusingha will take ...

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Messi snatches dramatic win for PSG after Neymar stretchered off

Lionel Messi scored a 95th-minute free-kick to give Paris Saint-Germain a 4-3 win over Lille in an extraordinary Ligue 1 game on Sunday in which Kylian Mbappe scored twice but Neymar was taken off on a stretcher with an ankle injury. Messi’s late winner came after PSG had squandered a two-goal lead and fallen 3-2 behind, with Mbappe grabbing a ...

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PSL cricket to continue despite deadly attack in Karachi

The Pakistan Super League will continue in Karachi after militants launched a deadly suicide attack on the police headquarters, cricket authorities said on Saturday. The attack which killed three security personnel and a civilian on Friday in the port city was “an isolated one which was unrelated to cricket,” Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi said. The PCB has been ...

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Body of Ghana footballer Atsu found in Turkey quake rubble

The body of former Ghana international Christian Atsu has been found after a huge earthquake in Turkey, local media reported Saturday, quoting his manager. Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing more than 43,000 people in both countries. There were initial reports he had been rescued a day after ...

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Tokyo Olympic bribery trial opens; accused accepts guilt

A trial looking into widespread bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee began Friday with a former head of a major ad company admitting to the charges. Shinichi Uneo, who formerly headed ADK Holdings, quietly told the Tokyo District Court the allegations were accurate. In Japan, a trial continues even if a suspect admits guilt. Three prosecutors took turns reading ...

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