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Lautaro Martinez scored in the 111th minute as Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win the 2024 Copa America at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, USA. This is Argentina’s 16th title in South America’s premier international competition and they have thus overtaken Uruguay as the most successful team in its history. This is also Argentina’s second consecutive Copa America title, ...

Spain conquered Europe for a record fourth time on Sunday as they beat England to win Euro 2024 and want this historic night to be the beginning of a new period of dominance. Led by young stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, 17 and 22 respectively, many in Luis de la Fuente’s superb side will hit their prime in the ...

Sanju Samson scored 58 as India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs in their fifth T20 on Sunday to win the five-match series 4-1. Samson, who was part of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad, hit four sixes in his 45-ball innings to help India score 167-6 in 20 overs after losing the toss and batting first, AP reports. In reply, Zimbabwe ...

Argentina will be battling for a record-breaking 16th Copa America title when they face Colombia in Florida on Monday 6am (Bangladesh Time), where a victory would boost the defending champions past Uruguay as the most successful team in the tournament’s history. Having already secured the Copa America in 2021 and the World Cup in 2022, Argentina are on the cusp ...

The 37-year-old Suárez, Uruguay’s career scoring leader, tied the score two minutes into second-half stoppage time, and Uruguay beat Canada 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 draw on Saturday night to finish third in the Copa America. Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet saved Ismaël Koné’s weak penalty kick after the shooter’s stutter step on Canada’s third attempt, and Alphonso Davies ...

England are hoping to finally end their long wait to win a men’s major international tournament when they take on an outstanding Spain team in the final of Euro 2024 on Sunday. The match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin kicks off at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) and will bring the curtain down on a month of football in which Spain ...

The high-performance unit of Bangladesh Cricket departed for Australia on Saturday, marking the first tour of Australia by a Bangladeshi cricket team in over 15 years. National team selector Hanan Sarkar is accompanying the team, who expressed confidence that the tour will be highly beneficial for the young cricketers, providing valuable learning experiences. In this tour, Bangladesh HP will face ...

The Paris Olympics already has one gold medal in the bag before it begins with 8.6 million tickets sold — a record for any Games. “It’s a record held by the 1996 Atlanta Games of 8.3 million tickets, and we’ve already passed that total now some time ago,” the 2024 Games organizer Tony Estanguet told AFP on Thursday. “We are ...

England and Spain face off in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final after taking very different routes to Berlin in a tournament that has at times lacked for thrills. Spain have been a class apart despite a devilishly difficult draw that has seen them beat 2022 World Cup semi-finalists Croatia, holders Italy, hosts Germany and the pre-tournament favourites in France, AFP reports. ...

Frenchman Francois Letexier will referee Sunday’s European Championship final between Spain and England in Berlin, UEFA said Thursday. Letexier, 35, has refereed 65 UEFA matches since 2017, including three Euro 2024 group stage matches between Spain and Georgia, Denmark and Serbia and Croatia and Albania, reports Reuters. He was also the fourth official at this year’s Champions League final in ...