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Towhid Hridoy and Jaker Ali Anik created a new record in ICC Champions Trophy during Bangladesh’s opening match against India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Although Bangladesh lost the game by six wickets, the 154-run partnership between Towhid Hridoy and Jaker Ali Anik is not only the highest sixth-wicket partnership for Bangladesh, but also the highest for any team against ...

Neymar, Memphis Depay, and Thiago Silva are leading a protest against the use of artificial turf in Brazil’s top football leagues, citing concerns over the increased risk of injuries for players on such surfaces. The three stars voiced their concerns online on Tuesday, expressing dissatisfaction with the growing trend of artificial pitches in the country. Several top Brazilian clubs have ...

Bayern Munich secured their spot in the Champions League last 16 with a dramatic 94th-minute goal from Alphonso Davies, earning a 1-1 draw on the night and a 3-2 aggregate victory over Celtic. Celtic had led 1-0 since the 63rd minute and was moments away from forcing extra time and achieving their first-ever win in Germany. However, with Bayern’s Harry ...

Real Madrid was held to a 1-1 draw at Osasuna after Jude Bellingham’s red card for using an expletive towards the referee. Madrid had taken the lead in the 15th minute with Kylian Mbappé’s goal, his 11th in as many league games. However, Bellingham was sent off shortly before halftime for protesting the referee’s decisions, allegedly cursing at him. Osasuna ...

Sabina along with 17 other players from the Bangladesh Women’s National Football Team have decided to step back from the ongoing revolt against head coach Peter James Butler. They took this decision after a meeting with Mahfuza Akter Kiran, the chairperson of the Women’s Wing of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), on Sunday. Mahfuza Akter Kiran confirmed the decision to ...

Imran Hasan and Shaolin Sigma became the champions in the men’s and women’s categories in the Run Bangladesh Int’l Marathon held in the city’s Hatirzheel on Friday last, according to a press release. This was the second occasion the Run Bangladesh Marathon was held in the capital where nearly 2500 runners from home and abroad participated in the competition. Run ...

Some world records stand for years, even decades while some may stand for less than a week. That was the case with the men’s indoor mile record on Thursday as Norwegian middle-distance star Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran a time of 3:45.14 in Liévin, France, beating Yared Nuguse’s short-lived record by more than a second. However, as well as improving on the ...

Sri Lanka spinner Dunith Wellalage took four wickets to give a hapless Australia their lowest ever total in Asia with a 174-run loss in Friday’s second and final ODI. Chasing a target of 282 in Colombo, a much-changed Australia testing their lineup for next week’s Champions Trophy were bundled out for a meager 107, reports AFP. The spectacular collapse saw ...

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been handed preliminary charges in a French corruption investigation, a judicial official informed The Associated Press on Thursday. The charges are unrelated to PSG and instead stem from Al-Khelaifi’s connections with a French businessman. Al-Khelaifi faces accusations of complicity in vote-buying, harming voting freedom, and abuse of power linked to the Lagardère Group. ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has imposed a five-year ban on Bangladesh women’s team spinner Shohely Akhter for violating five provisions of its Anti-Corruption Code. Despite making her international debut in 2013, Shohely did not get many opportunities in the national team, last playing for Bangladesh in 2022. However, she was found guilty of attempting to fix a match during ...