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Pace bowler Shoriful Islam vowed to further cement his place as the leading pacer of Bangladesh by carrying his last yearn form into the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), set to start on January 19. Bangladesh have a packed International schedule in this year with the T20 World Cup in the main focus. A good performance in BPL will be ...

Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski scored for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on what coach Xavi Hernandez described as the team’s “worst” night, AFP reports. Rodrygo rounded off ...

Pace bowler Adam Milne claimed four wickets as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 21 runs in the second Twenty20 international Sunday to take a 2-0 series lead. The tourists threw away a strong position in their run chase after Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman scored half-centuries as they were dismissed for 173 in the final over, in response to New ...

Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamals second-half strikes earned Barcelona a 2-0 win over Osasuna on Thursday and set up a Spanish Super Cup final Clasico rematch. The Catalans beat Real Madrid in last years final and will face their bitter rivals again Sunday after Los Blancos beat Atletico Madrid in an eight-goal thriller in the first semi-final in Saudi Arabia. ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president and newly appointed Sports Minister Nazmul Hassan Papon has dropped hints of retaining his BCB post for at least another year. Having taken oath as minister on Thursday evening, Nazmul said, “Just became the minister. Let’s focus on the ministry first. Since it’s about sports, it shouldn’t be a problem for me,” UNB reports. He ...

Paris Saint-Germain resume their Ligue 1 title bid after the winter break against last season’s runners-up Lens as the focus sharpens increasingly on the future of France captain Kylian Mbappe. The league’s top scorer for each of the past five seasons, Mbappe’s contract with the French champions runs out at the end of June and he is free to sign ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk ::   Friends United Football Club UK (FUFC) Annual Award Giving Ceremony and Gala Dinner 2023 has been completed in East London, United Kingdom. Young footballer Imran Uddin Presided over the Annual Awards Ceremony Organised by Friends United Football Club UK (FUFC)  at a restaurant in East London on Wednesday (January 10). Presented by community activist, young ...

Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5-3 after extra-time in a pulsating battle in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final on Wednesday. Mario Hermoso and Antonio Rudiger exchanged early headed goals before Ferland Mendy sent Madrid ahead at the Al-Awwal Park stadium in Riyadh, AFP reports. Antoine Griezmann levelled with a milestone goal for Atletico to become their ...

A court in Nepal on Wednesday sentenced former cricket captain Sandeep Lamichhane to eight years in prison for rape. Lamichhane, 23, was once the poster boy for cricket in Nepal and the leg spinner’s onfield success had boosted the sport’s profile in the Himalayan republic, AFP reports. In 2022 he was accused of raping a young woman in a Kathmandu ...

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino bemoaned a familiar lack of cutting edge after his team lost the first leg of their League Cup semi-final 1-0 to Championship side Middlesbrough at the Riverside on Tuesday. Hayden Hackney scored the only goal on 38 minutes as Pochettino’s expensively assembled array of stars again failed to perform away from home, AFP reports. Chelsea have ...