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Lionel Messi has told of the pain of losing the Copa America final after the football superstar faced criticism in his native Argentina. Messi finally posted a statement on his facebook account late Monday having hidden his devastation at losing another major final since the 4-1 penalty shootout defeat by Chile on Saturday. “There’s nothing more painful in football than ...

Chile secured the first major trophy in their history on home soil courtesy of a penalty shootout win over Argentina in the Copa America final. Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez slotted in the winning spot-kick after Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuain fired over and Ever Banega was denied by Claudio Bravo. Higuain had earlier missed from close range after 90 minutes of few chances. ...

England Test captain Alastair Cook believes that it would be challenging for Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson to replicate the 2013-14 Ashes heroics in the forthcoming series beginning tomorrow at Cardiff. Johnson produced a fearsome performance on his home turf as he claimed a staggering 37 wickets during the 5-0 drubbing of England in the previous Ashes series. However, Cook ...

The new playing condition in ODI cricket, announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), would give Bangladesh some edge, according to Bangladesh captain for limited overs cricket, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. The captain said the abolishment of the batting powerplay between overs 15-40 would come as good for his side as Bangladesh historically didn’t do in this period. Bangladesh are used ...

Spanish giants Real Madrid’s Portuguese international striker Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he is happy at the star-studded club, despite its failure to win a major trophy season last season. It was the first time Ronaldo spoke to the press since the controversy surrounding his 30th birthday party the same day that Real Madrid lost 0-4 to city rivals Atletico Madrid ...

Chile qualified for the Copa América final on Monday after two goals from Eduardo Vargas gave them a 2-1 win over Peru in an action-packed semi-final marked by another controversial refereeing decision. Peru had to play with 10 men for most of the match after Carlos Zambrano, who was yellow carded in the seventh minute, was harshly sent off for ...

Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been roped in the absence of his compatriot Shoaib Malik in the Barbados Tridents squad for the team’s remaining games in the 2015 Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Malik has reportedly been recalled by Pakistan for their ODI series against Sri Lanka, although no official announcement has been made in this regard. CPL director Tom Moody ...

Wedson Anselme and the captain Mamunul Islam slammed a hat-trick each to thrash Farashganj Sporting Club with a record 9-1 goal  in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. It was the third time Jamal had won by eight or more goals in the Premier  Football League. Earlier they beat Uttar Baridhara by 8-0 and Chittagong ...

Emdad Rahman Ashfaqur Rahman Nobel took five wickets as Scintilla CC bounced back from their previous loss to beat Redbridge CC by seven wickets at the Peter May Stadium. Redbridge won the toss and chose to bat first. They were bowled out within 23 overs – 118/10. The outstanding Nobel took 5/16 in 5 overs and was supported by Abul ...

Paris officially launched its bid for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games on Tuesday, a century after it last staged the global sports’ pinnacle event. The French capital had earlier made unsuccessful attempts on three previous occasions-1992, 2008 and 2012. Bid chairman Bernard Lapasset said that they believe that this bid and their goal to host the 2024 Games would excite, ...