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Two-time Ballon D’Or winner Alexia Putellas scored again Tuesday to ensure Spain will defend their women’s UEFA Nations League title against the victors of the France-Germany semi-final. After putting four goals past Sweden in the first leg of the last-four draw, Spain came away with a 1-0 victory in Gothenburg to advance with a 5-0 aggregate. The two-legged final will ...

Lionel Messi has expressed his desire to play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, though he acknowledged that his age and physical condition will determine whether he can defend Argentina’s 2022 title. The 38-year-old recently extended his contract with Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami until 2028, signaling that retirement is not on his immediate horizon. ...

Real Madrid ended a four-match El Clasico losing streak with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Barcelona in La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring for Madrid in the 22nd minute with a clinical finish after a well-worked move through the right flank from Jude Bellingham. In the 38th minute, Barcelona responded midway as Fermin ...

Bangladesh added two more bronze medals to their tally at the ongoing SAFF Athletics Championship in Ranchi, India on Sunday night. Both medals came from the 4x400m relay events in the men’s and women’s categories. In the men’s 4x400m relay, the Bangladeshi quartet of Masud Rana, Tareq, Nazimul Hasan Rony and Lusad Islam clocked 3 minutes 15 seconds to secure ...

Paris Saint-Germain returned to winning ways after two Ligue 1 draws, defeating Brest 3-0 on Saturday to move back to the top of the table. The reigning French and European champions reclaimed first place after Marseille fell 2-1 at Lens in the late game. Marseille had taken the lead through Mason Greenwood in the 17th minute, continuing his strong form ...

Australia’s Lani Pallister shattered Katie Ledecky’s short course world record in the 800m freestyle on Saturday, clocking 7 minutes 54.00 seconds to close out the Toronto World Cup with a stunning victory. Pallister sliced 3.42 seconds off Ledecky’s mark set in 2022 and finished well ahead of New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather, who took second in 8:09.69. The final day of ...

Bangladesh national women’s football suffered a 3-0 goal defeat to host Thailand in the first match of a two-match FIFA International friendly series held at Bangkok Thonburi University Football Training Centre in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. Bangladesh trailed the first half by 1-0 and conceded two more goals in the second half. Thailand took an early lead as Orapin Waenngoen ...

Lionel Messi has signed a contract extension with Inter Miami that will keep the Argentine superstar at Major League Soccer club until the end of the 2028 season, the team confirmed on Thursday. A video posted on Inter Miami’s official X account showed Messi signing his new deal inside the club’s under-construction Freedom Park stadium, with the caption: “He’s Home.” ...

Bangladesh hit 14 sixes against West Indies in the series-deciding third match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday, equalling the effort of smashing the most sixes in their ODI history. They also hit the same number of sixes against Zimbabwe in 2020 at Sylhet, a match in which Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal shared 292 runs in their opening ...

Hugo Ekitike struck against his old team as Liverpool returned to form with a resounding 5-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday. Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were also among the night’s winners. Liverpool arrived in Germany on the back of four straight defeats, including a 1-0 loss to Galatasaray in their previous European outing. ...