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Lautaro Martínez scored twice and Argentina, playing without the injured Lionel Messi, wrapped up Copa America group play with a 2-0 win over Peru on Saturday night. A nicely placed through ball from Ángel Di María led to Martínez’s goal in the 46th minute. Martínez was embraced by teammates afterward, then went to hug Messi, who was standing near Argentina’s ...

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams began across the country on Sunday (June 30), except Sylhet division. The examinees alongwith the guardians were facing troubles on the first day of the exam to reach the respective centres due to heavy rain. The traffic congestion and a shortage of vehicles, many were forced to walk to their destinations. ...

India clinched the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Champions title for the second time after 17 years wait, beating South Africa by 7 runs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. After being asked to bowl, the Proteas had gotten off to a fine start with three wickets within the Powerplay, including skipper Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar ...

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final between India and South Africa will get underway at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday (June 29). The two teams are unbeaten thus far in the tournament, with the summit clash to separate one from winning the title. With the cricket world preparing for the summer’s biggest match, fans worldwide would ...

Vinícius Junior scored two first-half goals to lead Brazil to a 4-1 victory over Paraguay on Friday night and put itself in position to advance out of Group D in the Copa America. Savinho also scored a first-half goal for Brazil and Lucas Paqueta scored on a penalty kick in the second half. Omar Alderete scored Paraguay’s goal. There were ...

Uruguay thrashed tournament minnows Bolivia 5-0 in their Group C encounter in New Jersey on Thursday to all but book their place in the Copa America quarter-finals. Facundo Pellistri nodded home the opener in the eighth minute and Darwin Nunez doubled Uruguay’s lead just after the 20-minute mark, powering a left-footed shot past Bolivia keeper Guillermo Vizcarra to score in ...

Left-arm spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel took three wickets apiece as India thrashed defending champions England by 68 runs in Guyana on Thursday to set up a T20 World Cup final against South Africa. England, set a challenging target of 172, slumped to 103 all out inside 17 overs, wrist spinner Kuldeep finishing with figures of 3-19 and the ...

South Africa demolished Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup dream in ruthless fashion on Wednesday, thrashing the minnows by nine wickets with more than 11 overs to spare to reach the final of the cricket showpiece for the first time. Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3 for 6) and gangling pacer Marco Jansen (3-16) spearheaded the rout of Afghanistan’s brittle batting line-up for ...

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been dropped to sixth position in the ICC Men’s T20I all-rounder rankings after his below-average performance in the ongoing T20 World Cup. It’s his lowest ranking in allrounder category since September 21, 2012. Shakib began the T20 World Cup, staying in his customary No. 1 position but due to his poor performance in ...

Argentina became the first side to book passage into the Copa America quarter-finals after a late strike from Lautaro Martinez earned them a 1-0 Group A victory over Chile on Tuesday. After a cautious opening spell Argentina took the game by the scruff of the neck but wasted several opportunities to score, Julian Alvarez and Nicolas Gonzalez testing keeper Claudio ...