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The Turkish football team president who punched a referee, and has since resigned, has been handed a lifetime ban by the country’s football federation. Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on Monday, after a 1-1 draw between his team and Caykur Rizespor in Turkey’s top league. Meler, was left with a small fracture near his eye following the incident. ...

Six football shirts worn by Argentine megastar Lionel Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have sold for $7.8 million at auction, the auction house told AFP on Thursday. There were three bids in total on what auction house Sotheby’s described as “Lionel Messi’s match-worn iconic light blue and white, vertical striped Argentina shirts from his historic 2022 FIFA ...

Paris Saint-Germain and Porto qualified for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Newcastle bowed out of Europe after losing 2-1 at home to AC Milan. PSG drew 1-1 away to Group F winners Borussia Dortmund to go through as runners-up after Milan came from behind to beat Newcastle at St James’ Park and eliminate Eddie Howe’s side, AFP ...

A brilliant century by opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli guided Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19s Asia Cup with an all-win record, eliminating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 55 balls remaining at the ACC Academy ground in Dubai, UAE, on Wednesday. Group B champions Bangladesh will play their giant neighbour India, the runners-up in Group ...

Veteran all-rounder Andre Russell made a dazzling return to international cricket to help West Indies cruise to a four-wicket victory over England in the opening Twenty20 international in Barbados on Tuesday. Handed a shock recall after a two-year absence, Russell shone with bat and ball at Kensington Oval as the home side reached the victory target with ease to finish ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced that the pitch for the second Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur has been rated as “unsatisfactory” under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. ICC Match Referee, David Boon, submitted his report to the ICC expressing the ...

Inter Miami on Monday confirmed details of two upcoming friendlies in Saudi Arabia next year which will include a showdown between Lionel Messi and old rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The Major League Soccer club had already announced plans for the team to face Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in Riyadh, without confirming a date, AFP reports. Inter said on Monday the team would ...

The 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to begin on January 19 next year. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday revealed the full schedule of the tournament with a press release. In this edition, the matches will take place at three venues – Dhaka, Chattogram, and Sylhet, with the tournament ending with the final game in ...

A dream debut by Matthew Forde helped guide the West Indies to a series-clinching four-wicket win over England in the decisive third and final match of their One-Day International series at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. In a rain-affected encounter, the 21-year-old Barbadian delighted the few home supporters among a majority English audience with figures of three for 29 ...

The Bangladesh national cricket team have left the country for New Zealand to play two bilateral series in the white-ball cricket. A part of the team departed on Sunday (December 10) to participate in three ODIs and T20Is each as part of the series. Among both squads, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Liton Das, Soumya Sarker, Afif Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzid Hasan ...