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Bangla Mirror Desk:   The London Bangla Press Club team has won both matches of the London Bangla Press Club Friendly Cricket Tournament with the British Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce. BBCCI won the first innings 148/4, LBPC won the second innings 149/2, LBPC won by 8 wickets in 14 overs. Ekhlasur Rahman Pakku scored 70 runs not out in a ...

Harry Brook and Joe Root both struck superb centuries to put England within touching distance of a series-clinching win, before late wickets and rain brought high drama to the fourth day of the fifth and final Test against India at The Oval. England closed on 339-6, needing just 35 more runs to chase down a challenging target of 374, but ...

Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi will be sidelined indefinitely with what the MLS team described as a “minor muscle injury in his right leg” in a statement on Sunday. The 38-year-old Argentine legend suffered an upper right leg injury early in Miami’s penalty-kicks home win over Mexico’s Necaxa on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match. Messi went out in the ...

Brazil’s women’s football team reaffirmed their dominance in South America with a thrilling victory over Colombia in Copa América Femenina final on Saturday. The dramatic encounter took place at Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium in Ecuador and ended in a 4–4 draw after extra time, before Brazil edged out Colombia 5–4 in the penalty shootout. Veteran forward Marta, entering the match ...

Lionel Messi suffered an injury and was removed in the 11th minute of Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup penalty kicks victory over Mexico’s Necaxa on Saturday at Fort Lauderdale’s Chase Stadium. The 38-year-old Argentine superstar forward appeared to be having treatment on his upper right leg or groin before making his exit under his own power and walking to the locker ...

Bangladesh women’s football team departed here today (Saturday) for Laos to take part in the qualifying round of the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers 2026. The SAFF U-20 Women’s Champions, Bangladesh team, which is put in Group H along with strong South Korea, Timor-Leste, and hosts Cambodia, will start their campaign in the U-20 Women’s Asian Cup by taking ...

India roared back into contention on an exhilarating day two of the final test on Friday as their seamers restricted England to a 23-run lead after the hosts had threatened to run away with a match that the tourists need to win to square the series. After mopping up India’s brittle tail in less than 30 minutes in the morning, ...

New Zealand captain Mitch Santner took four wickets with his left-arm spin as the Black Caps completed a nine-wicket win on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Friday. Zimbabwe managed to avoid an innings defeat but New Zealand needed only eight runs to win. Devon Conway hit a four but then edged a ball from Newman ...

Nepal will host the next ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 qualifier from January 12 to 2 February next year, confirmed ICC on Thursday. Ten teams will compete in the tournament for four spots at the main event, which will be held in England and Wales from 12 June to 5 July 2026. The qualifier will feature a group stage, ...

Lionel Messi delivered two crucial assists – including one in the dying seconds – to help Inter Miami secure a dramatic 2-1 victory over Atlas in their Leagues Cup opener on Wednesday night. The match marked Messi’s return after serving a one-game suspension alongside teammate Jordi Alba for skipping the MLS All-Star Game. The Argentine superstar set up the game-winning ...