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Ahead of the draw for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League which takes place on Thursday in Monaco, AFP Sport explains the format of the new, expanded version of Europe’s elite club competition: – More clubs, no more groups – The updated version of the Champions League will see 36 clubs feature in the competition proper, an increase from 32 under ...

Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan can continue playing for the national cricket team until courts found him guilty, according to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). BCB president Faruque Ahmed made the remarks while he was addressing to a Bangla daily reports on Tuesday. BCB President Faruk Ahmed said, “Our decision regarding Shakib remains unchanged. He will continue to play as ...

Bangladesh has advanced to the final of ongoing SAFF U-20 Championship after defeating India in second semifinal of the tournament by 4-3 at ANFA Complex in Nepal on Monday. Bangladesh took an early lead in first half, going up 1-0, but India equalized later in the match. With the score tied at 1-1 after regulation time, the match was decided ...

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. Eriksson, the first non-British manager of the England team, led the Three Lions to the quarter-finals at three major tournaments during his five-year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. In January Eriksson said he had “at best” a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. His ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s former teammate, Brazil winger Douglas Costa, has signed a two-year deal to play in Australia with Sydney FC, the A-League side said Monday. The acquisition of the 33-year-old, who won three Italian Serie A titles for Juventus where he played alongside Ronaldo, is a coup for his new club before the Australian season kicks off in October, reports ...

Bangladesh secured their first-ever Test victory against Pakistan as the hosts crumbled against the spinners on the fifth day of the opening Test in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. Chasing just 30 runs for victory, Bangladesh reached the target comfortably in 6.3 overs without losing a wicket, with openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam remaining unbeaten on 15 and 9, respectively. Pakistan, who ...

Bangladesh bowlers grabbed six wickets Sunday to edge towards a historic victory as Pakistan’s batting crumbled on the final day of the first Test in Rawalpindi. Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan grabbed the wickets of Saud Shakeel for a duck and Abdullah Shafique for 37 to leave Pakistan tottering at 108-6 at lunch. Mohammad Rizwan was at the crease on ...

Luis Suarez struck twice as ten-man Inter Miami became the first team to book their place in this season’s Major League Soccer playoffs after beating Cincinnati 2-0 at Chase Stadium on Saturday. Uruguayan veteran Suarez scored just 32 seconds into the game and added a second five minutes later as Miami, without injured superstar Lionel Messi, secured their place in ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was served a legal notice seeking for immediate removal of ace allrounder and former MP Shakib Al Hasan from the National cricket team as he named as an accused in a murder case. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shajib Mahmood Alam has sent the legal notice to BCB on Saturday. The legal notice demands that Shakib, facing ...

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim hit an incredible century to guide Bangladesh to 389-6 at Lunch, as Bangladesh trailing by 59 runs to Pakistan’s 448 in the first innings at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday. The senior batter completed his 11th Test hundred yielded by 12 boundaries and remained unbeaten on 101. In addition, Mushfiqur scored his fifth hundred in ...