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Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed was given a rest for four weeks to recover from his recurring shoulder injury which further flared up during the ICC Cricket World Cup. Due to the shoulder problem, he missed two matches against India and South Africa and also was not at his best throughout the tournament though there were high hopes on him to ...

Many fans came to the Maracana Stadium on Tuesday to watch Lionel Messi in his likely last match in Brazil, a superclasico in World Cup qualifying against the hosts. Instead, they saw Nicolas Otamendi score the only goal in a 1-0 win for Argentina after a brawl between fans that delayed the start of the game. The World Cup champions ...

Bangladesh finally earned a 1-1 draw against Lebanon in their World Cup Qualifiers fixture at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Tuesday. The Jamal Bhuiyan led team fought back from a goal down after Sheikh Morsalin scored with a powerful long-range shot. The youngster took the ball in the middle of the opposition half in the 72nd minute and unleashed a ...

South Africa’s former rugby star Hannes Strydom has died in a car accident at the age of 58. He was part of the Springbok team that famously won the 1995 Rugby World Cup after the end of apartheid in 1994. Strydom gained 21 Springbok caps in his career between 1993 and 1997. Former teammate and close friend Kobus Wiese told ...

Australia won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of Travis Head’s 137. A heavily pro-Indian crowd inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run ...

India showed a dismal batting performance as they were bowled out for a below-per-score of 240 runs against Australia in the final match of the World Cup in Ahmedabad. Australia tightened their grip and restricted them to the meager total despite India picking 80 runs in the first powerplay at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Being asked to bat, ...

Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to field against India in the grand final of the ICC Men’s Cricket  World Cup 2023 at the largest cricket ground in the world Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The both team made no changes in the playing squads. Playing XI’s: India : Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas ...

Left-arm spinner Hasan Murad received his maiden national team call-up as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand. The 22-year-old youngster has made an impressive start to his first-class career and has taken 121 wickets from 25 matches since his debut for Chattogram Division in 2021. Besides, Chattogram Division ...

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored four goals as Egypt trounced Djibouti 6-0, and minnows Lesotho pulled off a shock 1-1 draw in Nigeria in World Cup qualifying on Thursday. After reaching the 200-goal mark in English football last Sunday, Salah netted twice in each half of a Group A matchday one romp in Cairo. Mostafa Mohamed and Trezeguet also scored, ...

South Africa have yet again failed to overcome the semifinal hurdle as Australia pulled them down to reach the final in the World Cup against India. The five-time world champions managed to seal a hard-fighting victory by three wickets over South Africa in the second semifinal of the tournament at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday. After that win, Australia ...