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Brazil star Neymar’s upcoming surgery on his injured ankle in Qatar will be led by a renowned British specialist, the Aspetar hospital said Wednesday. The hospital confirmed that the 31-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward will be operated on at the sports medicine clinic and that James Calder will lead the surgery, AFP reports. “Aspetar’s expert ankle surgeon, Professor Pieter D’Hooghe and ...

Chelsea kept their season alive by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2-1 on aggregate on Tuesday. Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz, with a twice-taken penalty, got the goals as the Blues relieved the pressure on manager Graham Potter. The Englishman’s job was on the line after a season that ...

The three-nation Group H matches of the AFC U-20 Women’s Asia Cup Qualifiers will begin tomorrow (March 8) at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium here. Hosts Bangladesh have been placed in strong Group H of the Asian meet along with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkmenistan. In the group matches, Iran will play Turkmenistan in ...

Bangladesh won the third ODI against England by 50 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury in Chittagong on Monday. Shakib Al Hasan took four wickets while Taijul Islam and Ebadot Hossain grabbed two wickets each. Mustafizur Rahman took the last wicket of Chris Woakes. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladesh bowler to take 300 ODI wickets when he dismissed ...

Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bat first on Monday after winning toss in the third and the last ODI of the three-match series against England at Mirpur Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Earlier, the visiting England won the first two matches. To avoid an ignominious whitewash at home, the Tamim-Shakib team are on the field in full force. England coincidentally ...

Liverpool brought Manchester United crashing down to earth in a stunning 7-0 rout at Anfield on Sunday. Only a week after winning the League Cup, United experienced their heaviest defeat in the Premier League and the club’s joint worst loss in all competitions. Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all struck twice and Roberto Firmino scored the other, with ...

Kylian Mbappe became Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time top scorer with his 201st goal for the club as the Ligue 1 leaders warmed up for their crunch trip to Bayern Munich with a 4-2 win over Nantes on Saturday. The France superstar had equalled Edinson Cavani’s previous record mark of 200 goals with a brace in last week’s win at Marseille and ...

Bangladesh national team reached Chattogram today for their final ODI and first T20 match against England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city. The third and final ODI, which is crucial for the side to avoid an ODI whitewash, will be held on Monday while the first T20 match of three-match series is on March 9. The ...

The port city of Chattogram is set to host Bangladesh-England’s third ODI and first T20 matches, and the ticket prices have been announced for the event. All the matches will be played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. The grandstand and rooftop hospitality tickets have been priced at Tk1,500, international stand tickets at Tk1,000, club house at Tk500, eastern stand ...

England have won the ODI series by 132 runs after Bangladesh all out scoring 194 runs in One Day International Series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Friday. Curran takes 4-29 and Rashid 4-45. England made 326-7, including taking 107 off last 10 overs. Roy (132) hits 12th ODI century, Buttler added 76, Moeen crashed 42 ...