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Lionel Messi is expected to line-up against his boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys after the Argentine team agreed to a pre-season friendly game at Inter Miami in February. The Major League Soccer club announced on Monday that they would host Newell’s at their DRV PNK Stadium on February 15, BSS reports. Newell’s are based in the city of Rosario where ...

Returning home after their victory in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup, the Bangladesh boys expressed their eagerness to continue their successful run at the senior level. While Bangladesh had previously won the ICC U-19 World Cup, this marked their first Asia Cup title. During their title-winning journey, the Bangladesh U-19 boys secured victories in all their matches, including a big ...

Some of the world’s top cricketers will go under the hammer in Dubai on Tuesday in the next auction for the lucrative Indian Premier League. Players can start the bidding for their services at up to $240,000 but the best will be snapped up for many times that, AFP reports. This time the 10 IPL franchises will have a combined ...

Bangladesh under-19 cricket team have become unbeaten champion in the Under-19 Asia Cup beating the United Arab Emirates by a massive margin of 195 runs. Although Bangladesh won U-19 World Cup four years ago, the Asian titled remained elusive so far. In reply to Bangladesh’s 282 for 8, the UAE youth were skittled out for 87 in only 24.5 overs ...

Chasing 245 runs in a rain-interrupted 30-over chase, Bangladesh lost 200-9 by 44 runs in Duckworth and Lewis method at Dunedin’s University Oval on Sunday. Anamul Haque hit a brisk 43 while Afif Hossain and Tohwid Hridoy made 38 and 33 respectively but neither of the three could convert their start into a big innings to take Bangladesh all the ...

Major League Soccer teams will not compete in the 2024 US Open Cup, the league instead sending second-tier development clubs to the nation’s oldest football tournament, MLS announced on Friday. The single-elimination competition, which dates to 1914, is open to all US clubs but MLS teams have dominated the event since the league’s 1996 debut, AFP reports. Inter Miami, playing ...

The Turkish football team president who punched a referee, and has since resigned, has been handed a lifetime ban by the country’s football federation. Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on Monday, after a 1-1 draw between his team and Caykur Rizespor in Turkey’s top league. Meler, was left with a small fracture near his eye following the incident. ...

Six football shirts worn by Argentine megastar Lionel Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have sold for $7.8 million at auction, the auction house told AFP on Thursday. There were three bids in total on what auction house Sotheby’s described as “Lionel Messi’s match-worn iconic light blue and white, vertical striped Argentina shirts from his historic 2022 FIFA ...

Paris Saint-Germain and Porto qualified for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Newcastle bowed out of Europe after losing 2-1 at home to AC Milan. PSG drew 1-1 away to Group F winners Borussia Dortmund to go through as runners-up after Milan came from behind to beat Newcastle at St James’ Park and eliminate Eddie Howe’s side, AFP ...

A brilliant century by opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli guided Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19s Asia Cup with an all-win record, eliminating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 55 balls remaining at the ACC Academy ground in Dubai, UAE, on Wednesday. Group B champions Bangladesh will play their giant neighbour India, the runners-up in Group ...