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Luis Suarez bagged his fifth goal of the season as Inter Miami were held to a 1-1 draw against New York City FC in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Former Barcelona and Liverpool star Suarez glanced in a Julian Gressel free kick in the 15th minute to fire Miami into the lead at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. But ...

Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva survived till the final ball as Sri Lanka ended the first day of the second Test with 314/4 against Bangladesh in Chattogram. Bangladesh managed to pick up two wickets of Kusal Mendis, 93, and Angelo Mathews, 23, in the final session of the day Earlier, Karunaratne was dismissed by Hasan Mahmud on the stroke ...

Bangladesh Hockey Federation vice-president and former acting general secretary Mohammad Yousuf passed away this morning. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Evercare Hospital on Saturday. Siraj Uddin Mohammad Alamgir, General Secretary of Chattogram Divisional Sports Association, said that the funeral prayers of the deceased will be held at Chattogram Mehdi Bagh CDA Jame Masjid after Asr prayer ...

Kylian Mbappe is set to sample the fiercest rivalry in French football for the final time before his expected departure at the end of the season as Paris Saint-Germain make the trip to Marseille on Sunday. There is no love lost between the two biggest clubs in France, even if Marseille have struggled to compete with PSG for honours since ...

La Liga leaders Real Madrid host Athletic Bilbao on Sunday as the Spanish top flight ramps up for an exciting end to the season. Madrid have a firm grip on the title race after shaking free of Catalan minnows Girona before the international break, but Ernesto Valverde’s high-flying Athletic will be tricky opposition at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Basque side, ...

Leukaemia survivor Rikako Ikee will compete for Japan in the 100m butterfly at the Paris Olympics after missing out on an individual place at the Tokyo Games three years ago, reports AFP. Three-time world champion Daiya Seto will swim the men’s individual medley after Japan’s 27-member team for the Paris Games was announced by the country’s Swimming Federation on Wednesday. ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday confirmed the groupings for the next cycle of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a 12-team competition on the road to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 that starts later this year. Split across two groups of six teams, Challenge League A and Challenge League B will offer a better ...

Brazil’s Lucas Paqueta scored a penalty deep in added time to rescue a fortunate 3-3 draw with Spain in an ill-tempered friendly at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Tuesday. The hosts dominated proceedings early on and youngsters Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams were a constant menace running in the channels, reports Reuters. It was the 16-year-old Yamal who earned Spain ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 15-member squad for the second and last Test against Sri Lanka to be held in Chattogram on March 30. Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan made his return to the team with the match, replacing Towhid Hridoy who made his maiden call for the first Test but was not debuted. In addition, another ...

The former chairman of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes worth $11 million, state media said Tuesday, part of a crackdown on corruption in the domestic game. Chen Xuyuan took advantage of his positions at the CFA and other bodies to “illegally accept sums of money from other people totalling 81.03 million ...