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Anyone expecting immediate results from Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented splurge on football stars was probably disappointed as the billion-dollar spending created a lopsided season with no international silverware so far. Despite last year’s pyrotechnical unveilings for superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Neymar, the new-look Saudi Pro League has provided few fireworks since. On Saturday, Al Hilal cantered to ...

Germany is gearing up to host the Euro 2024 football championship under high security as global threats cast a shadow, but on the field, the home team will be looking to prove they are finally back in form. Six weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics, Germany will be the centre of the European football world’s attention when the ...

A vulnerable batting show led Bangladesh’s downfall finally as they tasted a thumping eight-wicket defeat to Zimbabwe in the fifth and final T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The defeat eventually ruined their hopes to sweep a five-match series for the first time in this format in their history. Bangladesh somehow escaped a defeat despite a consistent abysmal ...

Inter Miami fought back from two goals down to win 3-2 at Montreal in Major League Soccer on Saturday with Luis Suarez on target again as the league leaders won their fifth straight game. Miami have made a habit of slow starts this season and they were caught cold yet again when Montreal took the lead in the 22nd minute ...

Bangladesh will face Zimbabwe in the fifth and final game of the five-match T20 series with the mission of sweeping the series. The match will kick off at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur at 10:00 am on Sunday. It will be aired on T-Sports and GTV. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) put this match at day time, considering the T20 ...

Novak Djokovic insisted he was “fine” and ready to play Sunday after being hit on the head by a water bottle as he signed autographs following his second-round win at the Rome Open. World number one Djokovic was left crouched on the ground in agony as the bottle struck him on the back of the head as he greeted fans ...

Bangladesh won another hard-fought game against Zimbabwe after a lot of drama in the field as they managed to restrict the visitors below the target to extend the series lead by 4-0. The hosts earned a five-run victory in the fourth game of the five-match T20 series despite being bowled out for a low total at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ...

Atalanta claimed the biggest win in their history on Thursday after sweeping aside Marseille 3-0 and booking a place in the Europa League final. Goals from Ademola Lookman, academy product Matteo Ruggeri and El Bilal Toure put Atalanta through to their first ever European final with a 4-1 aggregate win in front of delirious fans in Bergamo. Atalanta’s passage to ...

Real Madrid turned to the same old story in the Champions League and even though Bayern Munich knew all of the words, they were powerless to stop the kings of Europe pulling off another improbable and yet inevitable comeback. Joselu’s late double fired the record 14-time winners into the Wembley final on June 1, just as it seemed Bayern had ...

The Olympic flame arrived in France at Marseille on Wednesday on board a 19th century ship in front of 150,000 spectators for a ceremony that posed a first major security test for organisers of the 2024 Paris Games. The flame was brought to the southern French port from Greece on the three-masted Belem, 79 days before the Olympics begin. As ...