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Bangladesh national football team beat visiting Seychelles by 1-0 goal in the first match of two-match FIFA Tier-1 Int’l Football Series held today (Saturday) at Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet. Bangladesh took control in the beginning of the match and got two free kicks early, but they could not make the best use of those due to lack of proper ...

Bangladesh U-17 women beat India by 1-0 at the ongoing SAFF U17 Women’s Championship at the BSSS Mostofa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Friday. The only goal of the match came in the 74th minute as India’s Akhila Rajan headed the ball inside their own net. With this victory, Bangladesh is second in the table with 6 points in 3 ...

After twice hitting the post from free kicks, Messi curled his third try past Panama keeper Jose Carlos Guerra in the 89th minute to hit the 800 goal mark and send the sold-out crowd at Monumental Stadium into delirium, ESPN reports. The Argentine superstar came into the game needing just one goal to reach the milestone after scoring his 799th ...

Bangladesh secured their first-ever 10-wicket win in ODIs against Ireland in the third and final ODI at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Opting to bat first under overcast conditions, Ireland was bowled out for 101 in 28.1 overs. The Bangladeshi pacers claimed all 10 wickets for the first time in its history. Hasan had figures of 5-32, Taskin ...

Three months on from their agonising defeat in the World Cup final in Doha, France begin a new era with several veterans having retired and Kylian Mbappe handed the captain’s armband for their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. The aftermath of that loss on penalties to Argentina in Qatar has been turbulent, to say the least. Off the field, a series ...

Bangladesh suffered a 0-3 goal defeat to strong Russia in their second match of SAFF U-17 Women’s Championship held today (Wednesday) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur. Russia, who are featuring in the tournament for the first time as a guest nation, following suspension by UEFA, took lead early in the very 5th minute. ...

Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will make a triumphant return in their homeland on Thursday when they play their first match since winning the World Cup in Qatar. More than 1.5 million fans applied for 63,000 available tickets for the match against Central American minnows Panama at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, AFP reports. Football-mad Argentines were out ...

Bangladesh has made two changes to its squad for the third and final ODI of the three-match series against Ireland in Sylhet on March 23. Left-handed middle-order batter Aiff Hossain and left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam have been removed from the side. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin stated that they made the change because a 16-member team is not required for only ...

Kylian Mbappe has succeeded the retired Hugo Lloris as France captain, a source close to the team told AFP on Monday. Paris Saint-Germain forward Mbappe, 24, accepted the proposal after discussions with coach Didier Deschamps earlier in the day, AFP reports. Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris brought an end to his international career in January after losing the World Cup final a ...

Bangladesh scored their highest ever 349 for six against Ireland in the second match of the three-match ODI series in Sylhet on Monday. Mushfiqur Rahim scored fastest ODI hundred for Bangladesh hammering 14 fours and two sixes (100 off 60 balls). Bangladesh 349-6, 50 overs (Liton Das 70, Shanto 73, Towhid Hridoy 49, Mushfiqur Rahim 100; G. Hume 3-58). The ...