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Real Madrid kept their Treble hopes alive in extraordinary fashion after Antonio Rudiger headed home an extra-time winner against Real Sociedad to book their place in the Copa del Rey final. Substitute Rudiger climbed highest to meet Arda Guler’s 115th-minute corner to flick a header beyond visiting keeper Alex Remiro, sparking wild celebrations from the home fans. In a terrific ...

England have appointed legendary former captain Charlotte Edwards as their new head coach. The 45-year-old, England’s all-time leading run-scorer, replaces Jon Lewis, who was sacked in March after the 16-0 Ashes hammering in Australia. Edwards played more than 300 times for England in a 19-year career, including in excess of 200 games as captain. In a 10-year spell in charge, ...

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has dismissed speculation about Bruno Fernandes leaving the club, insisting the Portuguese midfielder is staying at Old Trafford. The 30-year-old United captain, who has netted 95 goals in 277 matches since joining from Sporting Lisbon in 2020, remains under contract until 2027. Recent reports suggested he could make a €107.4 million (£90 million) move to ...

Cricket Australia has emphasized the strong fan interest in India’s cricket teams while announcing a packed schedule of white-ball matches leading up to the Ashes later this year. Australia’s men’s team will host India for a three-match ODI series and a five-match T20 series between October and November. Meanwhile, the women’s teams will face off in February and March next ...

Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Real Madrid came from behind to beat Leganes 3-2 on Saturday, pulling level on points with La Liga leaders Barcelona. Carlo Ancelotti’s side won an entertaining game at the Santiago Bernabeu to put pressure on their bitter rivals, who host Girona in a Catalan derby on Sunday. Mbappe put Los Blancos ahead from the penalty ...

Bangladesh-origin English Premier League-playing midfielder Hamza Dewan Choudhury guided English club Sheffield United to the top of the 24-team English Football League (EFL) Championship, beating Coventry City by 3-1 goals at the home ground in Bramall Lane on Saturday, reports UNB. With the feat, Sheffield United dominated the Championship, securing 83 points from 39 matches to topple Leeds United, who ...

Mark Chapman scored 132 and Daryl Mitchell 76 in a 199-run partnership as New Zealand made 344-9 and went on to beat Pakistan by 73 runs Saturday in the first one-day international, reports UNB. Chapman posted his third one-day international century and rebuilt the innings with Mitchell after New Zealand had been three wickets down in the 13th over, struggling ...

Alessia Russo scored twice and Arsenal staged a remarkable comeback to reach the Women’s Champions League (WCL) semifinals with a 3-0 win over Real Madrid. Mariona Caldentey scored the other as Arsenal grabbed three goals in 13 minutes to overturn the team’s 2-0 loss in the first leg of the quarterfinal in the Spanish capital last week. Caldentey, who used ...

Bangladesh’s first and only English Premier League-playing footballer Hamza Dewan Choudhury left the country for Manchester Thursday noon by a Bangladesh Biman flight, to join his club Sheffield United. He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for Sylhet at 9:45am and from there he again flew for Manchester at 11:45am by the same flight. On the eve of his ...

Tamim Iqbal, former Bangladesh captain, has returned home after getting discharged from Evercare Hospital in Dhaka four days after undergoing a procedure to have a stent placed in his heart. The cricketer was discharged from Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Friday (March 28). Earlier on Monday, he suffered a massive heart during a Dhaka Premier League match at the Bangladesh ...