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Girona coach Michel Sanchez insisted his team cannot keep up with La Liga leaders Real Madrid despite their stunning 4-3 win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday to pull level in first place. The Catalan minnows, promoted to the top flight in 2022, are tied with leaders Real Madrid at the half-way stage of the season, 10 points clear of third ...

Australin Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday lauded Usman Khawaja’s courage during his standoff with the International Cricket Council (ICC) after expressing solidarity with the victims of war between Palestine and Israel. The ICC has prohibited the Australian opener from wearing shoes with symbols of equality and freedom, notably a dove emblem and an olive branch, throughout the Test series ...

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool stretched Newcastle’s miserable run with a 4-2 victory at Anfield to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Monday. Jurgen Klopp’s team should have run out even more convincing winners as Martin Dubravka saved Salah’s first-half penalty among 10 stops. But Salah made amends from the spot after ...

Bangladesh are all set to have their busiest year in Test cricket in 2024 as they will play as many as 14 matches in the coming 12 months. Earlier, they played the highest number of matches in Test format in 2022 appearing in 10 Tests. This year they will play four more matches than the previous highest. Last year, they ...

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 17 runs (DLS method) in the third and final T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. New Zealand all rounders Mitchell Santner and James Neesham saved Black Caps the blushes by helping the hosts crawl back from 49 for 5 to seal victory in a low-scoring ...

Brazilians commemorated the first death anniversary of football legend Pele, the three-time World Cup winner, on Friday with due respects. A ceremony at the iconic Christ Redeemer featured a projection of a Brazil shirt with Pele’s name and number 10 on the statue in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by a message from Pope Francis praising Pele’s sportsmanship. Additional tributes took ...

Heavy rain forced the second of three Twenty20 internationals between hosts New Zealand and Bangladesh to be called off Friday, with the home team on 72-2 after 11 overs. Bangladesh lead the series 1-0 after their bowlers ran riot in the opening match last Wednesday, paving the way to a five-wicket victory in Napier. It was the visitors’ first T20 ...

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to field first against host New Zealand in their second T20 match at Mount Maunganui on Friday. Earlier, Bangladesh created history on December 27, 2023 when they secured their first ever T20I win in New Zealand. Playong XI: Bangladesh: Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Najmul Shanto, Rony Talukdar, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, ...

The Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India was the biggest-ever ICC event, breaking records on broadcast and digital. The World Cup breached the 1 trillion barrier for total viewing minutes on broadcast, which included new technological innovations such as the vertical video feed. The edition witnessed an increase of 38% from the 2011 edition in India and by 17% ...

Bangladesh right-handed opening batter Liton Das made a impressive knock of unbeaten 42 off 36 deliveries while batting to guide the tigers to a five-wicket win in the T20I opener of a three match series against New Zealand at Napier on Wednesday. This is the Bangladesh’s first-ever T20I win over the Kiwis in New Zealand. Das anchored the chase and ...