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It is a final resting place fit for “The King”: six months after the death of the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, Brazil opened Pele’s gilded, football-turfed tomb to the public Monday. Pele, who died on December 29 at age 82 after a battle with cancer, was laid to rest at the Ecumenical Memorial Cemetery in ...

Barcelona won La Liga for the first time since 2019 by thrashing Espanyol 4-2 on Sunday, wrestling the title back from rivals Real Madrid. The Catalan giants clinched their 27th Spanish championship at the home of their neighbours, with scenes turning ugly at full time as celebrating Barcelona players were chased from the field by pitch invaders. Robert Lewandowski struck ...

Pacer Mustafizur Rahman bowled impeccably to claim 4-44 in his comeback match as Bangladesh overcame an Ireland scare to secure a thrilling four-run victory in the third and final ODI to take the series 2-0 at County Ground in Chelmsford, England on Sunday. The first game was washed out before Bangladesh win the rain-hit second ODI by three wickets. Put ...

Paris Saint-Germain closed in on a record 11th French league title with a 5-0 home win over Ajaccio on Saturday as Lionel Messi received a mixed reception on his return from suspension. Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring on 22 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Achraf Hakimi added a second goal before Kylian Mbappe struck twice shortly after half-time. ...

Real Madrid warmed up for their decisive Champions League semi-final visit to face Manchester City with a 1-0 win over Getafe on Saturday in La Liga. The champions’ slim victory ensured leaders Barcelona must beat city rivals Espanyol on Sunday in Cornella to be able to clinch the title this weekend. Marco Asensio broke the deadlock in the 70th minute ...

The third edition of prestigious four-nation Bangabandhu IHF Challenge Trophy Women’s (youth and junior) got underway on Saturday through grand ceremony at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city. President of Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul formally inaugurated the five-day meet as the chief guest releasing balloon. The local group performed dance with ...

Bangladesh pulled off a thrilling three-wicket victory with three balls left over Ireland in the 2nd ODI of the three-match series at the County Ground in Chelmsford. It was only the sixth time that Bangladesh chased down a total of more than 300 runs, reports UNB. Chasing a daunting target of 320 in 45 overs— the match was reduced to ...

Lionel Messi is in line to return for Paris Saint-Germain for Saturday’s Ligue 1 game at home to Ajaccio after a club-imposed suspension for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner sat out last weekend’s win at Troyes after missing a training session to fulfil commitments in his role as a Saudi tourism ambassador. ...

Sri Lanka Women bounced back from their defeat in the first match to beat Bangladesh Women by 7 wickets in the 2nd T20I of the Bangladesh Women’s tour of Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on May 11, 2023. After winning the toss, Sri Lanka Women elected to field first and restricted Bangladesh Women to 100 ...

Inter Milan have one foot in the Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in Wednesday’s pulsating last-four derby. Inter have the upper hand ahead of Tuesday’s second leg of the biggest Milan derby of a generation thanks to strikes in the first 11 minutes from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Inter could have won by ...