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Bangladesh women’s football team cruised to a commanding 7-0 victory over Turkmenistan on Sunday, wrapping up their AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifying campaign in style and finishing as unbeaten champions of Group C. Already assured of qualification ahead of this final group game in Yangon, Myanmar, Bangladesh needed no result to progress but played with full intensity regardless. The emphatic ...

Brazilian giants Fluminense have advanced to the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup, narrowly defeating Saudi Arabian champions Al-Hilal 2-1 in a thrilling quarter-final match held at the Camping World Stadium on Friday. Fluminense took the lead late in the first half through Matheus Martinelli but Al-Hilal had previously stunned Manchester City, quickly equalised in the second half with ...

Chelsea advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup after beating Benfica 4-1 in extra time on Sunday. Playing at Bank of America Stadium in the US city of Charlotte, North Carolina, Chelsea took a 1-0 lead with a goal from Reece James in the 64th minute of the match, which ended goalless in the first half. ...

Wimbledon paid tribute to Diogo Jota after the Liverpool star’s death as Portugal’s Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon during his doubles match on Friday, reports AFP. Cabral was allowed to put the ribbon on his shirt sleeve for the second-round tie after the All England Club relaxed its strict all-white dress code to allow tributes to the Portugal forward. ...

Norway kicked off their Women’s Euro 2025 campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over hosts Switzerland on Wednesday, coming from behind to claim all three points and move top of Group A. In front of 34,000 fans at a sun-drenched St Jakob-Park in Basel, second-half goals from Ada Hegerberg and a Julia Stierli own goal secured the win for Norway ...

Bangladesh suffered a dramatic middle order batting collapse, losing seven wickets just for five runs after a steady start, ultimately falling to a 77-run defeat against Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Colombo. From 100 for one wicket, tigers stumbled to 105/8, losing seven wickets for just five runs; a collapse that sealed their fate. There was no coming ...

The football history of Bangladesh has been rewritten by the National Women’s Football team as they secure qualification for AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 for the very first time. With a thrilling win over hosts Myanmar and a crucial 2-2 draw between Bahrain and Turkmenistan, Bangladesh has emerged as Group C champions, securing their place in the tournament which scheduled ...

Kylian Mbappe jogged, clapped his hands together and waved to a crowd of excited fans before checking into the Club World Cup for the first time. From there, the Real Madrid star didn’t need to do much for his club to advance past Juventus into the tournament’s quarterfinals. Gonzalo Garcia, who had started Madrid’s four matches while Mbappe dealt with ...

Serhou Guirassy continued his prolific scoring run to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 2-1 victory over Sergio Ramos’s Monterrey on Monday, booking their place in the Club World Cup quarter-finals. The Guinean striker struck twice in the first half, with both goals assisted by Karim Adeyemi, giving the Bundesliga side a solid lead heading into the break at Atlanta’s air-conditioned ...

Marcos Leonardo scored twice, including a dramatic rebound goal in the 112th minute, as Al Hilal upset Manchester City 4-3 on Monday to knock the English champions out of the Club World Cup in the round of 16. In a pulsating encounter at Camping World Stadium, the Saudi side led three times, twice in extra time. Kalidou Koulibaly made it ...