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Opener Sanju Samson hammered a brutal century as India batters made several records to maul Bangladesh by 133 runs in the third and final T20 in Hyderabad today. India firstly compiled a hefty 297-6 which is the second highest total in the T20 Internationals and highest against a Test nation. Its however India’s highest total in their history. Compared to ...

I vividly remember my first encounter with Mahmudullah Riyad. It was my first time meeting a national team cricketer in person, and I didn’t have any particular expectations—just the excitement of sitting down with the man who had just scored back-to-back centuries in the 2015 ICC World Cup. We were meeting to discuss an exclusive player-agent contract between Mahmudullah and ...

Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by Venezuela on Lionel Messi’s return as Brazil got their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Chile on Thursday. Messi, who missed Argentina’s last round of fixtures in September due to injury, looked to have put the world champions on course for victory after his ...

Spinner Jack Leach grabbed four wickets to help England beat Pakistan by and innings and 47 runs in the first Test in Multan on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Pakistan, resuming on the fifth and final day at 152-6 batted for 96 minutes before they were dismissed for 220, with Leach leading England’s attack with 4-30. ...

Greek football was in shock Thursday at the death of Panathinaikos and Greece international George Baldock, with tributes uniting even the country’s usually hostile rival fans. The 31-year-old English-born right-back — a former Sheffield United stalwart in the Premier League — was found dead on Wednesday evening in a swimming pool at his home in the southern Athens suburb of ...

Bangladesh lost the three-match T20I series to India after suffering a 86 runs defeat in the second T20I  at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. Earlier, after being asked to bat first, India lost their top three batters within the powerplay, however, Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh had a fantastic partnership for the fourth wicket as the young batters ...

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona comes to life in an immersive exhibit underway in Barcelona, featuring a hologram of the late player and a reconstruction of his childhood home. After runs in Naples and Tel Aviv, the “Diego Vive” (“Diego Lives” in English) exhibition will run for the next two months in the Spanish city where Maradona spent two unhappy, ...

Veteran Bangladesh all rounder Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from T20Is on Tuesday. He made the announcement in the pre-match press conference before the second T20I against India at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. In the T20 international, he will play for the last time in the last match of the ongoing three-match T20I series against India which ...

Ireland captain Paul Stirling led from the front with a dashing 88 as his side completed their ODI series against South Africa with a convincing 69-run win in the final match in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Chasing 285 to win, South Africa slipped to 126-6 with only a fine 91 from Jason Smith keeping them in the game. But Smith ...

Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has sought security assurances for his return to Bangladesh and his subsequent departure after the upcoming Test series against South Africa. During the recent Kanpur Test against India, Shakib expressed his desire to play his final series in home before retirement, despite ongoing legal issues in Bangladesh. Shakib, who has already retired from T20 ...