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Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by five wickets in their opening Asia Cup match at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Thursday. Chasing 165 for victory, the hosts reached the target in 39 overs with the loss of five wickets. Sadeera Samarawickrama scored 54 runs and Charith Asalanka was 62 not out for Sri Lanka. Bangladesh struggled for runs ...

FC Cincinnati led the way into the Major League Soccer playoffs on Wednesday as the slim post-season hopes of Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami took a hit with a goalless draw against Nashville. Second-half goals from Luciano Acosta and Brandon Vazquez lifted Cincinnati to a 2-1 victory at Atlanta, where Colombian Edwin Mosquera’s first MLS goal had put the hosts ahead ...

    On Wednesday 30 August, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke hosted a send-off event for the cricket team which will shortly represent Bangladesh in the Street Child Cricket World Cup in Chennai. The team is comprised of children who were all rescued from a life on the streets, and now live at the LEEDO Peace Home in ...

Bangladesh’s U-16 football team reached Bhutan on Wednesday afternoon to compete in the six-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-16 Championships to be held in Thimphu from September 2–10. All the players and officials of the Bangladesh team are in sound health in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu, and the team will start their practise session on Thursday after a recess ...

Bangladesh opener Liton Das has been ruled out of the ACC Asia Cup 2023 and Anamul Haque Bijoy will be replacing him in the Tigers’ squad for the tournament. Liton could not travel to Sri Lanka last Sunday with the Bangladesh squad for the continental championship due to viral fever. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) waited on the wicketkeeper-batter for ...

FIFA has lifted the suspension on Sri Lankan football following assurances that there will be no political interference in the sport in the country, the local federation said Tuesday. The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) said it received a letter from FIFA removing the ban that was imposed in January, AFP reports. In its letter, football’s global governing body ...

Inter Milan stayed perfect in Serie A as they won 2-0 at Cagliari in the last match of the second round on Monday. Inter dominated the first 30 minutes and scored the goals they needed for the win. Right wing back Denzel Dumfries ran onto a cunning through ball by Marcus Thuram after 21 minutes and placed a low cross-shot ...

The Uruguayan equalised in the 81st minute and then fired in a dramatic stoppage time winner as the Reds overcame the dismissal of captain Virgil van Dijk which came shortly after Anthony Gordon had put Eddie Howe’s team ahead midway through the first half to claim a memorable three points. Nunez had only been on the pitch for a matter ...

Asia’s cricket giants India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get a final chance to size each other up before October’s 50-over World Cup when the Asia Cup begins on Wednesday. Fiery rivals India and Pakistan could clash as many as three times if they go all the way in the six-nation continental championship. Pakistan and Sri Lanka are co-hosts, a ...

Opener Liton Das, also the vice-captain of the team, missed the Sri Lanka-bound flight due to his illness, confirmed the medical department of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). “Liton has been suffering from fever but there is nothing to be worried,” BCB Chief Physician Dr. Debashis Chowdhury said here on Sunday, BSS reported. “Every test he underwent came out good. ...