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South Africa secured direct qualification on Tuesday for the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India later this year after the first one-day international between Ireland and Bangladesh ended in a no-result washout. Ireland had to win all three matches in a series against Bangladesh taking place at Chelmsford, the headquarters of English county Essex, if they were to move up ...

Captain Nigar Sultana Joty led from the front as Bangladesh Women’s team pulled off a victory against Sri Lanka after nine year when they beat the hosts by six wickets in three-match T20 International series opener on Tuesday at Singhalese Cricket Stadium (SSC). Joty hammered 51 ball-75 not out with seven fours and two sixes as Bangladesh raced to the ...

All is still to play for in the Premier League with the title race, battle for the top four and relegation fight set to go to the wire. Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Newcastle kept the pressure on Manchester City at the top. Newcastle’s defeat and Manchester United’s 1-0 loss at West Ham means the race for the top four is ...

Bangladesh will be looking to continue their brilliant run in the 50-over format when they take on Ireland in the opening match of the three-match ODI series at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford, England today. The match is scheduled to start at 03:45pm (BST) and will be telecast live on ICC.tv. The Tigers came into the series having won ...

Lionel Messi returned to training with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday six days after Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain was suspended for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. “Leo Messi returns to training Monday morning,” tweeted the club along with a photo of the 35-year-old in action. His return makes it likely he will feature in PSG’s home match with ...

As Manchester City plot a revenge mission against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals they can draw confidence from the presence of Erling Haaland as the major difference from when the sides met 12 months ago. City seemed set for a second consecutive final when they led 5-3 on aggregate heading into stoppage time of the second leg at ...

Mohamed Salah’s landmark goal sealed Liverpool’s 1-0 win against Brentford to keep their Premier League top four hopes alive on Saturday. The Egypt forward’s first half finish made him the first player in Liverpool history to net in nine successive games at Anfield, with his strike taking him to 100 career goals at the stadium. He also moved level with ...

Lionel Messi on Friday apologised for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia that led to Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain being suspended by his club Paris Saint-Germain. “I want to apologise obviously to my teammates and to the club,” Messi said in a video posted on Instagram to his 458 million followers. He was suspended by the Qatar-owned club ...

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday became the fastest batter to complete 5,000 one-day international runs to lift his team to 334-6 in the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi. The 28-year-old beat South African Hashim Amla’s record during his 117-ball 107 for his 18th ODI hundred after New Zealand won the toss and sent the home team in ...

Napoli finally ended their long wait to win Italy’s Serie A on Thursday after a 1-1 draw at Udinese secured their third league title with a record-equalling five games to play. Thousands of fans in Udine, at the Stadio Maradona in Naples and all around southern Italy’s biggest city exploded with joy at the final whistle as 33 years of ...