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Lionel Messi’s record $20.45 million annual salary from Inter Miami makes him by far the best paid player in Major League Soccer but also puts him ahead of the entire squads of 25 of the league’s clubs, according to data released by the MLS Players Association on Thursday. The players union regularly releases the full pay details of the entire ...

Football’s world governing body FIFA will decide the hosts for the 2027 Women’s World Cup at its congress in Bangkok on Friday, where the war in Gaza will also rear its head. After the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand lifted the women’s game to new heights, FIFA must decide whether to take the 2027 edition to South ...

Erling Haaland scored twice to settle Manchester City’s nerves as the Premier League champions beat Tottenham 2-0 to take a giant step towards a historic fourth straight English title on Tuesday. The Norwegian forward tapped home a pinpoint Kevin De Bruyne cross early in the second half to score City’s first-ever league goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. And he ...

Bangladesh named injured pacer Taskin Ahmed as vice-captain in their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024, scheduled to be held in West Indies and USA between 2 and 29 June this year. Taskin, who sustained a side strain in the recently-concluded five-match series against Zimbabwe, is expected to be fit between the World Cup matches and ...

Kylian Mbappe was named France’s player of the year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Paris, as he comes to the end of his seven-season stay with Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe, 25, picked up the prize for the best player in Ligue 1 at the UNFP (French players’ union) Trophies gala for the fifth time in a row after a ...

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 ...