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Hosts Qatar retained the Asian Cup with a 3-1 win on Saturday against surprise packages Jordan as Akram Afif scored a hat-trick of penalties. It was a fitting final act to a month of football that began with 24 teams and witnessed a series of dramatic games and plenty of goals, reports AFP. It will also help dispel the memories ...

Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to beat Lille 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday, extending their lead to 11 points as Kylian Mbappe was rested ahead of next week’s Champions League tie against Real Sociedad. Luis Enrique opted against taking any risks with the league’s top goalscorer Mbappe, who was an unused substitute at the Parc des Princes after suffering ...

Liverpool returned to the Premier League summit with a hard-fought 3-1 win against relegation-threatened Burnley on Saturday after champions Manchester City briefly replaced them at the top. The Anfield side are hunting a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title in Jurgen Klopp’s final season in charge but once again have relentless City snapping at their heels, AFP reports. Liverpool were not ...

Fortune Barishal clinch a big win of 40 runs against Durdanto Dhaka in the 28th game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Mirpur on Saturday. Opting to bat, a 139-run stand between Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah Riyad for the fourth wicket propelled Barishal to accumulate 189 losing four wickets after 20 overs. Mahmudullah smashed a 73-run knock from 48 balls ...

Towhid Hridoy struck his first century in recognized T20 cricket as Comilla Victorians beat Durdanto Dhaka by four wickets for their fifth victory in seven matches in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) today at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Hridoy who reached his century off 53 balls, finally hit an unbeaten 108 off 57 with eight fours and seven sixes ...

Sylhet Strikers managed their third win from nine matches as they beat Khulna Tigers by five wickets in the 25th game of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday. The Strikers overtook the 154-run target keeping one over in hand with the patient 61-run from Harry Tector and a cameo of 32 from 16 balls from Ryan Burl at the end ...

Kylian Mbappe is expected to sit out Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 meeting with Lille on Saturday as the club does not want to risk his injured ankle with a Champions League last 16 tie looming. The PSG star suffered the injury in his side’s French Cup last 16 win over Brest on Thursday in which Mbappe scored the opening goal, ...

Former Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard said he wanted to “enjoy playing football again” after signing for South Korea’s FC Seoul on Thursday. The 31-year-old has been without a club since leaving Nottingham Forest at the end of his contract last summer. Lingard, who spent 22 years at United before leaving Old Trafford in 2022, said joining Seoul ...

Sylhet Strikers beat Durdanto Dhaka by five wickets and clinched their second victory of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. Both of the wins of Sylhet Strikers have come against Durdanto Dhaka in this season. Meanwhile, Dhaka have lost six matches on the trot and they remain at the bottom of the ...

Cumilla Victorians clinched a 34 runs victory against Khulna Tigers in the 23rd match of ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at the home cricket on Wednesday. After choosing to bat first, Cumilla Victorians started a flying start holding the hand of the opener for the team and Bangladeshi wicket keeper batsman Litton Das as he scored stormy 45 runs from ...