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Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain confirmed that senior Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will be available for all Test matches in 2024. “Probably at the end of July, we talked to Shakib and there were discussions with me regarding his fitness,” Hossain said ahead of the ICC World Test Championship series against Pakistan. “He assured us that he would play ...

Argentine star Lionel Messi was ruled out on Monday by Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino for the defending champions’ Leagues Cup knockout match on Tuesday at reigning MLS champion Columbus. Messi remains sidelined after suffering a right ankle injury a month ago in Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Colombia in the Copa America final. Messi has not yet trained with his ...

Movie star Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of France’s national stadium and received the Olympic flag, bringing a heavy dose of Hollywood to the closing ceremony of the Paris Games as the French capital handed over to the next host Los Angeles. Grammy-winning R&B artist H.E.R teased the Mission Impossible soundtrack as Cruise made his leap, drawing gasps from ...

Sifan Hassan’s endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. And Hassan did not ...

Bangladesh A team reached Islamabad on Saturday morning for a bilateral series against Pakistan A. The second string Bangladesh was supposed to reach Pakistan on August 6 for the series but due to the unrest in the country, the tour was delayed. Later, the two boards reached in a consensus to revise the itinerary to make the tour happen smoothly. ...

Matias Rojas scored twice and 10-man defending champion Inter Miami edged Toronto FC 4-3 in a Leagues Cup knockout stage opener on Thursday. The hosts advanced to the last 16 against the winner of a Friday match between Sporting Kansas City and reigning MLS champion Columbus Crew. Paraguayan midfielder Rojas opened the scoring in the third minute for Miami and ...

A trio of American stars highlight Thursday’s track and field line-up at the Olympics. Noah Lyles goes for a sprint double while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone takes on Femke Bol in the women’s 400m hurdles. Grant Holloway will also bid to add Olympic gold to his three world titles in the 110m hurdles in Paris. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events ...

Supporters of ‘Bangladesh Football Ultras’ have demanded the resignation of Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin, vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedi and women wing chief Mahfuza Akter Kiron. Some members of the organisation went to Bangladesh Football Federation bhaban on Wednesday morning and submitted a written letter, it was learnt. In a post on social media, Bangladesh Football Ultras’s president Aminul ...

Reigning Champions League and La Liga champion Real Madrid concluded a pre-season US tour on Tuesday with a 2-1 triumph over Chelsea while AC Milan won on penalties after playing Barcelona to a 2-2 draw. There were 62,617 spectators at the home stadium of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina to watch Vinicius Junior make his first start ...

ICC’s internal security team is monitoring the unrest in Bangladesh and has shortlisted the UAE, India and Sri Lanka are in the shortlist to be back-up venues in case the ICC is forced to shift the women’s T20 World Cup later this year out of Bangladesh, according to ESPNcricinfo. An ICC official said on Monday that the situation in Bangladesh ...