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Australia on Wednesday granted humanitarian visas to two more members of the Iranian women’s football team who decided to stay in the country due to fears for their safety if they returned home. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said a player and a support staff member accepted the government’s offer, after five players from the team were granted asylum a ...

Rarely do record 15-time winners Real Madrid enter a Champions League clash as underdogs but this is the situation when Manchester City visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. With key attackers Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo Goes set to miss the game injured and Alvaro Arbeloa’s team in inconsistent form, the Premier League side are firm favourites in the ...

Bangladesh’s maiden AFC Women’s Asian Cup campaign came to an end with a 4-0 defeat to Uzbekistan in their final Group B match in Perth on Monday. After losses to China PR and DPR Korea, the heavy defeat meant the Tigresses finished their historic debut without a point, while Uzbekistan kept their quarter-final hopes alive. Despite the scoreline, Bangladesh produced ...

South Korea held hosts Australia to a thrilling 3-3 draw to top their group at the Women’s Asian Cup in front of a massive crowd in Sydney on Sunday. The two teams finished on seven points apiece in Group A with the Koreans topping the pool on goal difference. Australia will now face a tough quarter-final against either North Korea ...

Lionel Messi moved to the brink of another goalscoring milestone as Inter Miami bagged their second win of the Major League Soccer (MLS) season with a 2-1 victory over DC United on Saturday. Messi, who scored twice in Miami’s Florida derby win over Orlando last week, bagged his third goal of the season with a deft chipped finish in the ...

Bangladesh’s Tigresses have regrouped in Perth ahead of a must-win clash against Uzbekistan on Monday after suffering a heavy 5-0 defeat to DPR Korea in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup. The Bangladesh Women’s National Football Team arrived in Perth on Saturday afternoon, shifting their focus quickly to recovery and preparation for the decisive Group B fixture. The squad travelled from ...

Taiwan held off a late Vietnam push to ​secure a 1-0 victory and ‌their first win of the Women’s Asian Cup in Perth on ​Saturday. Su Yu-hsuan’s first-half header ​gave the three-times Asian champions ⁠the lead, with both ​sides otherwise struggling to find cohesion ​in attack before the break. Vietnam, quarter-finalists at the previous edition, had ​nine attempts on goal ...

The coaching and support staff of the Pakistan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to begin preparations for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. A five-member contingent landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around noon via Sri Lankan Airlines, marking the start of Pakistan’s build-up to the series scheduled in Mirpur. The early-arrival group is led by ...

Bangladesh endured a heavy 5–0 loss to three-time champions North Korea in their second group match of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup at Western Sydney Stadium in Sydney, Australia on Friday. After showing a spirited performance against China in their opening match, Bangladesh were unable to maintain the same momentum against a dominant North Korean side. North Korea took full ...

Bangladesh women’s national football team have made two changes to their starting lineup ahead of their second Group B match against three-time winners North Korea on Friday in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup. Head coach Peter Butler has brought in Tohura Khatun and Airin Khatun to the starting XI, replacing Umhela Marma and Sheuli Azim from the lineup that faced ...