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Kylian Mbappe is expected to sit out Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 meeting with Lille on Saturday as the club does not want to risk his injured ankle with a Champions League last 16 tie looming. The PSG star suffered the injury in his side’s French Cup last 16 win over Brest on Thursday in which Mbappe scored the opening goal, ...

Former Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard said he wanted to “enjoy playing football again” after signing for South Korea’s FC Seoul on Thursday. The 31-year-old has been without a club since leaving Nottingham Forest at the end of his contract last summer. Lingard, who spent 22 years at United before leaving Old Trafford in 2022, said joining Seoul ...

Sylhet Strikers beat Durdanto Dhaka by five wickets and clinched their second victory of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. Both of the wins of Sylhet Strikers have come against Durdanto Dhaka in this season. Meanwhile, Dhaka have lost six matches on the trot and they remain at the bottom of the ...

Cumilla Victorians clinched a 34 runs victory against Khulna Tigers in the 23rd match of ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at the home cricket on Wednesday. After choosing to bat first, Cumilla Victorians started a flying start holding the hand of the opener for the team and Bangladeshi wicket keeper batsman Litton Das as he scored stormy 45 runs from ...

State Minister for Youth and Sports Nazmul Hassan Papon paid a visit to the residence of Kazi Salahuddin, the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), on Tuesday. The meeting between two influential figures in Bangladesh’s sporting landscape unfolded against a backdrop of strained relations. Nearly a year ago, they engaged in a public altercation. Salahuddin, who recently underwent bypass ...

French investigators have opened a legal probe into the pay of Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris Olympics organising committee, a source close to the case told AFP on Tuesday. The investigation by magistrates specialised in financial crimes began “last week” and will look into the manner in which Estanguet receives his pay as chief executive of the organising ...

Defending champions Bangladesh, which already assured the final berth in the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Women’s Championship ‘2024 with one match spare, is all set to play against pointless Bhutan in the final match on Tuesday. The match will kick off at 7:00 pm local time at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in ...

The 2026 World Cup final will be held in New Jersey at the home of the National Football League’s New York Giants and New York Jets, world soccer’s governing body FIFA announced on Sunday, along with the entire schedule for the global soccer showcase. The 48-team World Cup, which will conclude on July 19 at the MetLife Stadium in East ...

Bangladesh have qualified for the final of the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship defeating India by 1-0. Sagarika found the net of the Indian goal bar in the extra time when it seemed to go on the tiebreaker at Bir Shresh Shahid Sepahi Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Sunday. As a result, the young Tigresses reached the final with six ...

Nepal U-19 Women’s team beat Bhutan U-19 Women’s side by 1-0 goal to stay in the title race of the four- nation SAFF U-19 Women’ s Championship ‘2024 at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur here Sunday afternoon, UNB reports. After a barren first half, Senu Pariyar scored the match winning goal for Nepal in ...