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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River. On-and-off showers did not seem to hamper the enthusiasm of the athletes. Some held ...

The Tigresses have suffered a huge 10 wickets defeat against India in the ongoing Women’s T20 Asia Cup semi final at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Friday. After electing to bat first, Bangladesh womens’ managed to score only 80 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. The decision to bat first was quickly proved to ...

Reigning Ballon d’Or Aitana Bonmati scored one goal and helped create another as World Cup holders Spain beat Japan 2-1 in their first game of the women’s Olympic football tournament on Thursday, while record four-time gold medallists the United States beat Zambia 3-0. Spain are making their Olympic women’s football debut at the Paris Games but are leading contenders to ...

Berterame and Moroccan winger Oussama Idrissi also scored for the Mexican league’s elite squad in the triumph at Columbus, Ohio. MLS had won both prior All-Star meetings with Mexican league rivals, playing to a 1-1 draw and winning 3-2 on penalty kicks in 2021 and taking a 2-1 triumph in 2022, AFP reports. Berterame, a 25-year-old forward for Mexico’s CF ...

Mst Sagorika slammed a brilliant hat-trick as Bangladesh national women’s football team, came from behind, thrashed host Bhutan by 5-1 goals in the first of the two-match FIFA Tier-1 International Women’s Friendly Football series held at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan on Wednesday. Bhutan took the lead early and they maintained their lead till the breather. Bangladesh however staged a ...

Bangladesh women’s cricket team thrashed Malaysia by 114 runs in the 11th match of ongoing Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Wednesday. It was Bangladesh’s second highest total in this format, the highest being 255-2 against Maldives during the 2019 SA Games in Pokhara where both Joty and Fargana Hoque had struck unbeaten ...

FIFA said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into racist chants by Argentina players after they won the Copa America. “FIFA is aware of a video circulating on social media and the incident is being looked into,” a spokesperson for world football’s governing body said, AFP reports. They added: “FIFA strongly condemns any form of discrimination by anyone including ...