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Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. Eriksson, the first non-British manager of the England team, led the Three Lions to the quarter-finals at three major tournaments during his five-year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. In January Eriksson said he had “at best” a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. His ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s former teammate, Brazil winger Douglas Costa, has signed a two-year deal to play in Australia with Sydney FC, the A-League side said Monday. The acquisition of the 33-year-old, who won three Italian Serie A titles for Juventus where he played alongside Ronaldo, is a coup for his new club before the Australian season kicks off in October, reports ...

Bangladesh secured their first-ever Test victory against Pakistan as the hosts crumbled against the spinners on the fifth day of the opening Test in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. Chasing just 30 runs for victory, Bangladesh reached the target comfortably in 6.3 overs without losing a wicket, with openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam remaining unbeaten on 15 and 9, respectively. Pakistan, who ...

Bangladesh bowlers grabbed six wickets Sunday to edge towards a historic victory as Pakistan’s batting crumbled on the final day of the first Test in Rawalpindi. Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan grabbed the wickets of Saud Shakeel for a duck and Abdullah Shafique for 37 to leave Pakistan tottering at 108-6 at lunch. Mohammad Rizwan was at the crease on ...

Luis Suarez struck twice as ten-man Inter Miami became the first team to book their place in this season’s Major League Soccer playoffs after beating Cincinnati 2-0 at Chase Stadium on Saturday. Uruguayan veteran Suarez scored just 32 seconds into the game and added a second five minutes later as Miami, without injured superstar Lionel Messi, secured their place in ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was served a legal notice seeking for immediate removal of ace allrounder and former MP Shakib Al Hasan from the National cricket team as he named as an accused in a murder case. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shajib Mahmood Alam has sent the legal notice to BCB on Saturday. The legal notice demands that Shakib, facing ...

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim hit an incredible century to guide Bangladesh to 389-6 at Lunch, as Bangladesh trailing by 59 runs to Pakistan’s 448 in the first innings at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday. The senior batter completed his 11th Test hundred yielded by 12 boundaries and remained unbeaten on 101. In addition, Mushfiqur scored his fifth hundred in ...

Sri Lanka will host New Zealand for a two-match Test series during next month’s presidential election, its cricket board said Friday. The first Test will begin on September 18 at Galle, but there will be a rest day on September 21 when the voting is set to take place, the board said. The final match will also be played at ...

Kylian Mbappe’s La Liga debut for Real Madrid did not go as planned as Los Blancos drew at Mallorca last weekend, with coach Carlo Ancelotti believing the Spanish champions lacked “balance”. The French superstar striker will make his first home appearance for Los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday against promoted side Real Valladolid, owned by former Madrid forward ...

Pakistan declared their first innings on 448-6 on Thursday after brilliant centuary from Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Rizwan scored a career best 171 not out with three sixes and 11 boundaries, while Shakeel made 141 after Pakistan resumed the day on 158-4 at Rawalpindi stadium. Rizwan and ...