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Lionel Messi’s instant impact in the United States continued on Tuesday as he scored twice in Inter Miami’s 4-0 victory over Atlanta United, firing his team into the knockout rounds of the Leagues Cup. The Argentine World Cup-winner was handed his first start for his new club after coming off the bench and grabbing a 94th-minute winner in Friday’s game ...

Fargana Hoque Pinky and Nahida Akter reached new high as Bangladesh women’s cricket team’s tremendous performance against India was reflected in the latest ICC rankings. Bangladesh drew the three-match ODI series 1-1 after the third game ended in a thrilling tie following a never-say-die attitude of the Tigresses. Earlier, they lost the T20 International series by 2-1. The latest weekly ...

China got their campaign up and running at swimming’s world championships on Monday, claiming two gold medals to banish the memory of a forgettable showing at last year’s competition. The Chinese team won only one individual swimming gold last year in Budapest but they doubled that tally in the evening’s first two races in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka. ...

Alex Telles left Manchester United for a reunion with former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on Sunday. Telles is the latest star from a major European club to move to the Gulf state, having swapped the Premier League for the lure of the lucrative Saudi Pro League, AFP reports. The Brazilian left-back spent last season on ...

Paris Saint-Germain have left Kylian Mbappe out of their squad for a pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea, casting further doubt on the forward’s future at the French champions. PSG gave no reason for the omission of France’s captain but 24-year-old Mbappe has said for weeks that he is refusing to sign a new contract. His omission will fuel ...

Fargana Hoque became the first Bangladeshi women cricketer to score a century in one-day international (ODI) during the third and final ODI against India at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Fargana got run out in the last ball of the innings after scoring 107 off 160 deliveries with seven boundaries. Bangladesh women scored 225 runs after ...

Harry Brook and Ben Stokes hit fifties as England stepped up their run-spree in the must-win fourth Test against Australia at Old Trafford on Friday. England were 506-8 at lunch on the third day, 189 runs ahead of Australia’s first innings 317, after Brook had made 61 and skipper Stokes 51. It was the first time since their 1985 series ...

Lionel Messi should make his debut for Inter Miami against Mexican club Cruz Azul on Friday but the seven-times Ballon d’Or winner may be limited to a role off the bench. The Argentine arrived in South Florida last week to a wave of enthusiasm and was presented to fans at a special stadium event on Sunday, AFP reports. But since ...

Bangladesh National Football team has performed well in the recently held SAFF Championship. After 14 years, the men in red-green confirmed semifinal match beating Maldives and Bhutan. In the semifinal match, Bangladesh performed magnificently against Kuwait. But finally they were defeated by Kuwait. Due to tremendous performance, Bangladesh advanced three steps in the updated FIFA rankings. Earlier, the position of ...

The first Women’s World Cup to feature 32 teams kicks off on Thursday with New Zealand taking on former winners Norway in the opening game in Auckland before co-hosts Australia face the Republic of Ireland in front of 80,000 fans in Sydney. The month-long tournament has expanded from the 24-team event at the last edition in France four years ago ...