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Real Madrid turned to the same old story in the Champions League and even though Bayern Munich knew all of the words, they were powerless to stop the kings of Europe pulling off another improbable and yet inevitable comeback. Joselu’s late double fired the record 14-time winners into the Wembley final on June 1, just as it seemed Bayern had ...

The Olympic flame arrived in France at Marseille on Wednesday on board a 19th century ship in front of 150,000 spectators for a ceremony that posed a first major security test for organisers of the 2024 Paris Games. The flame was brought to the southern French port from Greece on the three-masted Belem, 79 days before the Olympics begin. As ...

Bangladesh will start their Women’s T20 World Cup campaign at home on October 3 this year against Scotland at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka. It was confirmed following the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers were concluded on Tuesday where Scotland finished runners-up in the qualifiers, losing to Sri Lanka in the final by 68 runs. As per the ...

Despite the tail-enders of Zimbabwe creating some fear, Bangladesh at last managed their third consecutive victory to seal the five-match series with two matches in hand. The hosts defeated Zimbabwe by nine runs in the third game of the series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday. In reply to 165, Zimbabwe fell into trouble from the beginning ...

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is searching for the formula to take his team’s performance up several notches to get past Bayern Munich on Wednesday and reach the Champions League final. The Italian admitted after the 2-2 semi-final first leg draw last week in Bavaria that Real failed to find their consistent best despite earning a decent result, with the ...

Bangladesh women’s team again failed to manage victory as they lost to India by 56 runs in the fourth game of the five-match T20 series. The hosts were restricted to 68/7 in 14 overs after they came to chase 125 runs in a rain-hit game at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday. Dilara Akter scored the highest 21 runs from ...

Paris Saint-Germain are bidding to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit and beat Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League semi-final return match on Tuesday, with the aim of bringing the curtain down on the Kylian Mbappe era at the club in the final at Wembley. The only time PSG have previously appeared in the biggest match in club football turned out ...

Bangladesh managed another victory against Zimbabwe in the second game of the five-match T20 series to make the lead 2-0. This time the Tigers overtook the target of 139 runs keeping eight wickets and nine balls in hand at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Sunday. In reply to 138, Bangladesh started well scoring as per the asking run ...

Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick and Lionel Messi had an incredible five assists and a goal in the second half as a rampant Inter Miami crushed the New York Red Bulls 6-2 in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Two-goal substitute Matias Rojas sparked the second half rout from Eastern Conference leaders Inter after New York had led 1-0 at the ...

Real Madrid earned what coach Carlo Ancelotti said was a “deserved” La Liga title on Saturday after beating Cadiz 3-0 and Girona sealed it with a stunning 4-2 victory over Barcelona. Ancelotti’s side did their homework by beating Cadiz and after last season’s champions stumbled against Girona, Los Blancos were crowned champions for a record-extending 36th time. Girona’s dramatic victory ...