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Bangladesh women’s cricket team thrashed Malaysia by 114 runs in the 11th match of ongoing Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Wednesday. It was Bangladesh’s second highest total in this format, the highest being 255-2 against Maldives during the 2019 SA Games in Pokhara where both Joty and Fargana Hoque had struck unbeaten ...

FIFA said on Wednesday it was opening an investigation into racist chants by Argentina players after they won the Copa America. “FIFA is aware of a video circulating on social media and the incident is being looked into,” a spokesperson for world football’s governing body said, AFP reports. They added: “FIFA strongly condemns any form of discrimination by anyone including ...

Lionel Messi will miss Inter Miami’s next two Major League Soccer matches after injuring his right ankle in Argentina’s Copa America final triumph, Miami coach Gerardo Martino said Tuesday. The 37-year-old Argentine star went down in the 64th minute of a 1-0 victory over Colombia, hobbling off the field with cameras showing a huge swollen ankle, AFP reports. Messi is ...

Still celebrating Spain’s Euro 2024 triumph, Real Madrid fans will have even more to cheer Tuesday as French superstar Kylian Mbappe is officially presented to a packed-out Santiago Bernabeu stadium. With an expected attendance of 85,000, the stadium will be packed to the rafters for Mbappe’s first appearance before fans in what should beat the record set 15 years ago ...

Spain’s teenage phenom Lamine Yamal won the European Championship and the tournament’s best young player award just a day after he turned 17. Yamal earned it mostly while he was still 16, but he crowned his contribution to Spain’s success by setting up Nico Williams’ opening goal in a 2-1 win over England in the final on Sunday. “This is ...

Lautaro Martinez scored in the 111th minute as Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win the 2024 Copa America at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, USA. This is Argentina’s 16th title in South America’s premier international competition and they have thus overtaken Uruguay as the most successful team in its history. This is also Argentina’s second consecutive Copa America title, ...

Spain conquered Europe for a record fourth time on Sunday as they beat England to win Euro 2024 and want this historic night to be the beginning of a new period of dominance. Led by young stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, 17 and 22 respectively, many in Luis de la Fuente’s superb side will hit their prime in the ...

Sanju Samson scored 58 as India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs in their fifth T20 on Sunday to win the five-match series 4-1. Samson, who was part of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad, hit four sixes in his 45-ball innings to help India score 167-6 in 20 overs after losing the toss and batting first, AP reports. In reply, Zimbabwe ...

Argentina will be battling for a record-breaking 16th Copa America title when they face Colombia in Florida on Monday 6am (Bangladesh Time), where a victory would boost the defending champions past Uruguay as the most successful team in the tournament’s history. Having already secured the Copa America in 2021 and the World Cup in 2022, Argentina are on the cusp ...

The 37-year-old Suárez, Uruguay’s career scoring leader, tied the score two minutes into second-half stoppage time, and Uruguay beat Canada 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 draw on Saturday night to finish third in the Copa America. Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet saved Ismaël Koné’s weak penalty kick after the shooter’s stutter step on Canada’s third attempt, and Alphonso Davies ...