Mo Salah and Fabio Carvalho scored first-half goals to give Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday while Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 victory against Club America. Kai Havertz scored Arsenal’s goal in front of a crowd of 69,879 at the home stadium of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. Egyptian Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool ...
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France showdown with Argentina spices up men’s Olympic football
There is no love lost between France and Argentina on the football field these days and their quarter-final meeting in Bordeaux on Friday will add spice to the men’s Olympic tournament. The last-eight clash between the rivals is in many ways exactly what was needed for a competition mainly reserved for players aged under 23, lacking in star names and ...
Read More »Pig’s head threat sees Di Maria abandon return to Argentina
Argentine soccer player Angel Di Maria said Tuesday that safety concerns mean he will not finish his career in his native Rosario, after a bullet-pierced pig’s head was thrown at a family business. The 36-year-old, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, had said he wanted to return to his boyhood club in the nation’s third-largest city, which ...
Read More »Bangladesh to host 2027 Asia Cup
Bangladesh will host 2027 Men’s Asia Cup in an ODI format, according to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). Meanwhile, India were named as hosts for the 2025 edition which will be a 20-over tournament, the ACC stated in its IEOI statement on Tuesday. Since its introduction as a T20 event in 2016, ...
Read More »Happy to win in ‘do or die’ clash: Joy
Bangladesh A team captain Mahmudul Hasan Joy was elated to draw the two-match four-day series against Pakistan A, saying that they took the second game as ‘do or die’ match as they needed a victory for psychological boost ahead of the national team’s tour to Pakistan. Pakistan Shaheens, played as Pakistan A won the first game by 148 runs. However ...
Read More »Biles dazzles in Paris Olympics debut despite injury scare
Simone Biles made a blockbuster return to Olympic competition on Sunday, powering through left calf pain to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start. The American, aiming to add to the four gold medals she won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, tweaked her left calf warming up for her second apparatus, the floor exercise. It didn’t stop ...
Read More »‘We failed miserably in Asia Cup’: Jahanara
Bangladesh women’s team’s senior player Jahanara Alam accepted their failure in the Asia Cup, stating that the mistakes in batting sank them heavily. The Tigresses mission Asia Cup ended in semifinal after being thrashed at the hands of India by 10 wickets, reports BSS. They also lost to Sri Lanka in the group phase before making the last-four stage by ...
Read More »Messi-less defending champ Miami wins Leagues Cup opener
Defending champion Inter Miami, playing without injured star Lionel Messi, blanked Mexico’s Puebla 2-0 at home on Saturday to begin defending their Leagues Cup crown. Paraguay’s Matias Rojas opened the scoring in the ninth minute and Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez added an insurance goal in the 72nd minute to deliver Inter Miami’s triumph. Miami was without Argentine striker Messi, who ...
Read More »Bangladesh win series over Bhutan
Bangladesh national women’s football team beat host Bhutan by 4-2 goals in the second and last match of the two-match FIFA Tier-1 International Women’s Friendly Football series at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Saturday. Bhutan took the lead early as Deki Lajmu scored twice in first 20 minutes for her team. On the other hand, Bangladesh staged a brilliant ...
Read More »China win first gold medal of Paris Olympics
China won the first gold medal of Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday as it beat Republic of Korea 16-12 in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Final at Chateauroux. The Chinese pair of Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao led the Korean duo of Kim Jihyeon and Park Hajun after losing the first round and never fell behind again. Earlier, Kazakhstan ...
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