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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has extended Mustafizur Rahman’s leave for a day to play in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) as he will get an opportunity to play one more match for Chennai Super Kings. As per the terms of the no-objection certificate (NOC) given by BCB, Mustafiz was supposed to stay in the IPL till April 30. Now, ...

The spectre of another disappointing exit from the Champions League hangs over Paris Saint-Germain after a 3-2 first-leg defeat at home left them with a fight to turn around their quarter-final tie against Barcelona in Tuesday’s return. At first, nobody realistically expected this PSG side, in transition with a rejuvenated squad following last year’s departures of Lionel Messi and Neymar, ...

AC Milan were held to a spectacular 3-3 draw at struggling Sassuolo on Sunday to leave Inter Milan within touching distance of the Serie A title ahead of their late fixture with Cagliari. Noah Okafor salvaged a hard-fought point for Milan in the 84th minute on a hot spring day in Reggio Emilia, but second-placed Milan still risk conceding the ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino called Thursday for a concerted fight against pervasive racism in international football. After numerous instances of abuse hurled at Real Madrid and Brazil forward Vinicius Junior, among others, Infantino told a meeting of South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) there were “problems” in the sport, reports AFP. “We have to be united to fight racism,” he said ...

Several Bangladeshi batters have shown progress in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings despite a 2-0 series defeat against Sri Lanka in the ICC World Test Championship. Opener Zakir Hasan, who scored of 54 and 19, has climbed three places to reach the 75th position in the Test batting rankings. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, known for his all-round abilities, has ...

Mexican side Monterrey sent Lionel Messi and Inter Miami crashing out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday after completing a 5-2 aggregate victory in their quarter-final clash. Goals from Brandon Vazquez, German Berterame and Jesus Gallardo sealed a deserved 3-1 win on the night for the Liga-MX side, who advance to a semi-final with Major League Soccer champions Columbus. ...

The Paris Saint-Germain of Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona clash in the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday, in the latest instalment of the growing rivalry between the two clubs.   It is the fifth time the sides have been drawn against each other in the knockout stage of Europe’s elite club competition in the last ...

Most of the attention in Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona on Wednesday will be on Kylian Mbappe, but Ousmane Dembele is also set to have a big role to play for the French club against his former side. Mbappe, who is expected to be coming up against Barca in a Real Madrid shirt next season, has 39 goals ...

If Real Madrid are to exact revenge on Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals, they will need to end Rodri’s remarkable run of 64 games unbeaten for club and country. The 27-year-old last tasted defeat when Spain lost a Euro 2024 qualifier to Scotland on March 28, 2023. Since then he has scored the winner in the Champions League ...

Lionel Messi scored after coming off the bench but his Inter Miami were held to a 2-2 draw by the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer on Saturday. The Argentine had been out of action for almost a month with a hamstring injury, missing the last four games, but was named among the substitutes for the home game. Messi missed ...