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It was magnificent display by Bangladesh as they blanked Turkmenistan by 4-0 goals in their opening group H match of AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers held today (Friday) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur. In the day’s match, forward Aklima Khatun and mid fielder Sapna Rani struck twice each to secure Bangladesh’s commanding ...

Manchester United bounced back from a historic thrashing by Liverpool to beat Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie on Thursday, while a 2-2 draw away to Sporting Lisbon gave Arsenal work to do to reach the quarter-finals. United equalled their heaviest ever defeat and worst since 1931 in losing 7-0 at Anfield ...

Bangladesh won the first match of the three-match Twenty20 international (T20I) series against England by 6 wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Thursday. Earlier, England set a 157-run target for Bangladesh to win. They lost six wickets in 20 overs. Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shanto scored his third T20I fifty to take Bangladesh to a commanding ...

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 ...