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Sylhet Strikers lost their four consecutive games of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as Chattogram Challengers sealed a big win of eight wickets in the 13th game of the tournament on Monday. Opting to bat, Sylhet managed to post 137 runs losing four wickets after 20 overs at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Herry Tector scored the highest 45 runs while Ryan ...

Lautaro Martinez fired Inter Milan back to the top of Serie A with the only goal in Sunday’s dramatic 1-0 win at Fiorentina, as depleted Napoli played out an uneventful goalless draw at Lazio. Argentina forward Martinez glanced home the decisive goal in the 14th minute of an action-packed contest in Florence in which Nicolas Gonzalez wasted a late penalty ...

Injured pace bowler Shamar Joseph produced a stunning spell of fast bowling to lead his side to one of the greatest upsets in Test history to stun Australia by eight runs in Brisbane on Sunday. The West Indies, who brought an understrength side to Australia for the Test series, gave debuts to four players, including Joseph, in the two Tests. ...

Ollie Pope hit 196 as England ended their second innings on 420 all out on Sunday’s day four, with India needing 231 runs to win the opening Test. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah got four wickets and bowled Pope to wrap the England innings in the first session in Hyderabad after the tourists resumed the day on 316-6, AFP reports. Pope, ...

Rangpur Riders completely pushed Durdanto Dhaka out of the park as they sealed a 79-run victory in the 12th game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Dhaka were bundled out for 104 runs in 16.3 overs while chasing 184 runs at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. In reply to Rangpur’s 183, Dhaka fell into trouble from the very beginning that ...

Rangpur Riders’ ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is leaving no stone unturned to get fully prepared for his team’s today’s crucial Bangladesh Premier League encounter against Durdanto Dhaka in Sylhet. Shakib, who has been struggling with an eye problem in recent times, could make only four runs in two matches although he was economical in the bowling in both the ...

Manager Juergen Klopp has decided to leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Friday. Klopp, who led Liverpool into the final of the League Cup on Wednesday, had informed the club’s hierarchy that he would end his eight-and-a-half years at Anfield at the end of the current campaign, reports Reuters. Assistant managers Pepijn ...

Khulna Tigers sealed a 28-run victory over Rangpur Riders in the ninth game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday. Rangpur’s batting lineup was completely rattled in the tight bowling spells by Khulna bowlers in 18.4 overs at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. In reply to 160, Rangpur fell under pressure from the very beginning losing two wickets in 11 runs. ...

After the best first half of any Ligue 1 season in club history, Brest have the chance to show their success is no fluke with two games coming up against Paris Saint-Germain in little over a week. A run of six wins in seven matches has catapulted the modest Brittany side up to third in the French top flight, a ...

The Sylhet phase of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to kick off on Friday taking a two-day break after the first phase in Dhaka. Sylhet International Stadium will host a total of 10 matches of the tournament until February 3, starting with the match between Khulna Tigers and Rangpur Riders. The BPL action will return to Dhaka ...