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Messi scores in his first PSG game after World Cup

Messi scores in his first PSG game after World Cup

-- 2023-01-12 17:57:04

Lionel Messi scored in his first game for Paris St-Germain since winning the World Cup with Argentina as the Ligue 1 leaders won at home against Angers. Messi, 35, had an extended break after netting...

Storm-weary Californians clean up, brace for another torrent

Storm-weary Californians clean up, brace for another torrent

-- 2023-01-12 17:51:12

Laurie Morse shovelled wet sand into bags in the pouring rain Wednesday, preparing to stack them along her garage in a last ditch effort to keep out a rising creek on California's central coast, as th...

French football federation president ‘taking a step’ back from duties

French football federation president ‘taking a step’ back from duties

-- 2023-01-11 20:59:42

French football federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet is 'taking a step back' from his duties and vice president Philippe Diallo was named acting interim chairman, the FFF said on Wednesday. "Noel...

Gareth Bale - a superstar of the game

Gareth Bale - a superstar of the game

Shuvro Saif 2023-01-11 18:35:30

From Southampton to Los Angeles FC, Gareth Bale's career lasted over 16 years, yet, the greatest-ever Welsh player has retired from football with only 505 appearances (club and country combined) and 1...

WWE co-CEO Stephanie McMahon resigns, Vince returns as executive chairman

WWE co-CEO Stephanie McMahon resigns, Vince returns as executive chairman

Reuters 2023-01-11 09:11:45

World Wrestling Entertainment elected former chief Vince McMahon as the executive chairman of the board on Tuesday, the company said, adding that co-chief executive officer and chairwoman Stephanie Mc...

BPL match delayed after Shakib argues with umpire

BPL match delayed after Shakib argues with umpire

-- 2023-01-10 20:11:37

Fortune Barishal captain Shakib Al Hasan got involved in a heated exchange with the umpires delaying the start of the second innings by several minutes in the Bangladesh Premier League tie against Ran...

Roberto Martinez appointed Portugal head coach

Roberto Martinez appointed Portugal head coach

-- 2023-01-09 19:54:17

Former Belgium and Everton manager Roberto Martinez has been appointed Portugal head coach. The Spaniard, 49, replaces Fernando Santos, who resigned after Portugal's quarter-final defeat by Morocco a...

BPL 2023: Sylhet Strikers beat Comilla Victorians by five wickets

BPL 2023: Sylhet Strikers beat Comilla Victorians by five wickets

-- 2023-01-09 18:55:32

The Sylhet Strikers continued their impressive winning streak in the current season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), beating the most successful team in the tournament, the Comilla Victorians,...

Cristiano Ronaldo to make Al Nassr debut on January 22

Cristiano Ronaldo to make Al Nassr debut on January 22

-- 2023-01-09 17:02:03

Cristiano Ronaldo will make his Al Nassr debut on January 22 against Ettifaq, confirmed manager Rudi Garcia. The Portugal forward was unveiled by the Saudi club last week but is suspended after knock...

Players could play at Australian Open with Covid

Players could play at Australian Open with Covid

-- 2023-01-09 13:10:51

Players at this month's Australian Open will not be required to take Covid-19 tests and could play even if they had the virus, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Monday. The health policy, which...

Former champion Osaka withdraws from Australian Open

Former champion Osaka withdraws from Australian Open

-- 2023-01-08 17:04:23

Two-times champion Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Australian Open, organisers of the year's first Grand Slam which begins on Jan 16 said on Sunday without elaborating on the reason, as a cloud hung...

Man City edge closer to the top as Chelsea slip away

Man City edge closer to the top as Chelsea slip away

-- 2023-01-07 17:37:40

Chelsea's chances of qualifying for the Champions League continue to dwindle after a humiliating defeat at Stamford Bridge, but Manchester City are once again on Arsenal’s tail in the Premier Le...

India’s Sania Mirza to retire after WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February

India’s Sania Mirza to retire after WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February

-- 2023-01-07 17:20:54

Sania Mirza, India's former doubles world number one, said she will call time on her career aged 36 after next month's Dubai Tennis Championships, after her 2022 retirement plans were delayed due to i...

Venus Williams out of Australian Open due to injury

Venus Williams out of Australian Open due to injury

AP 2023-01-07 13:47:34

Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for an undisclosed injury she sustained while playing in a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand this week. A seven-time Grand Slam singles champio...

World number one Alcaraz to miss Australian Open with injury

World number one Alcaraz to miss Australian Open with injury

-- 2023-01-07 11:20:14

World number one Carlos Alcaraz will not play in the Australian Open after picking up a right leg muscle injury during pre-season training, the Spaniard said on Friday. "When I was at my best in pres...

WWE confirms former chief Vince McMahon's return to board

WWE confirms former chief Vince McMahon's return to board

-- 2023-01-07 11:05:44

Vince McMahon, the former chief of World Wrestling Entertainment, is returning to the board of the company that he transformed from a regional player in a highly fragmented industry of the 1980s to a...

BPL governing council says it is ready to accept Shakib as CEO

BPL governing council says it is ready to accept Shakib as CEO

-- 2023-01-06 22:00:10

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) governing council has taken star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan’s scathing criticism of the tournament on a positive note as they felt that it came as good public...

BPL 2023: Sylhet Strikers make a flying start

BPL 2023: Sylhet Strikers make a flying start

-- 2023-01-06 17:36:07

Sylhet Strikers won the first match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beating Chattogram Challengers by eight wickets on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The match was scheduled to...

Day three of Sydney Test washed out by rain

Day three of Sydney Test washed out by rain

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 12:59:26

Heavy rain washed out the third day of the already weather-disrupted third and final Test between Australia and South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday, Reuters reports. T...

BPL kicks off Friday amid poor management allegations

BPL kicks off Friday amid poor management allegations

-- 2023-01-05 19:48:12

The press conference for revealing the title sponsor of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023 was scheduled to be held at 12 pm Thursday. But it took place an hour later. Unfortunately, this was n...

I can fix all problems regarding BPL within two months if I get CEO role: Shakib

I can fix all problems regarding BPL within two months if I get CEO role: Shakib

-- 2023-01-04 18:56:14

The ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to kick off on Friday in Dhaka. A total of seven teams will be competing in this year's BPL. Each team is allowed to field a maximum of f...

Brazil's Lula pays respects to Pele as 0.15m attend stadium wake

Brazil's Lula pays respects to Pele as 0.15m attend stadium wake

-- 2023-01-03 19:47:44

More than 150,000 people including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid their respects to the Brazilian football great Pele in the coastal city of Santos, filing past Pele's open casket at the Vil...

Ticket prices for first phase of BPL 2023 revealed

Ticket prices for first phase of BPL 2023 revealed

-- 2023-01-03 19:43:22

The ninth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to begin on January 6, 2023 and tickets for the opening round of BPL T20 matches of the Dhaka phase will be available for sale on January 4....

Cricket Australia signs $1b deal with Seven Network, Foxtel

Cricket Australia signs $1b deal with Seven Network, Foxtel

-- 2023-01-03 15:16:11

Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) will be reduced to a 43-game season from its current 61 fixtures under a new A$1.51 billion ($1 billion) broadcast deal between Cricket Australia (CA) and existing me...

Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

-- 2023-01-03 15:06:10

Former world number one tennis player and gay rights trailblazer Martina Navratilova said on Monday she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. The Czech–American is considered among...

Al Nassr coach hails 'extraordinary' Ronaldo signing

Al Nassr coach hails 'extraordinary' Ronaldo signing

-- 2023-01-03 12:51:42

Al Nassr coach Rudi Garcia said the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo was a big step forward for Saudi Arabian football after the Portuguese forward arrived in Riyadh ahead of his official unveiling on Tue...

Djokovic gets the welcome he wished for in Adelaide

Djokovic gets the welcome he wished for in Adelaide

-- 2023-01-03 11:23:32

Novak Djokovic cruised through his first singles match in Australia since being deported last year with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Constant Lestienne at the Adelaide International 1 on Tuesday. The 35-ye...

Brazilian city of Santos bids farewell to 'king of football' Pele

Brazilian city of Santos bids farewell to 'king of football' Pele

-- 2023-01-02 19:04:08

The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for football brilliance during a glittering club career, prepared to bid goodbye to its hero on Monday with a 24-ho...

Messi, Neymar-less PSG loses first match since March

Messi, Neymar-less PSG loses first match since March

-- 2023-01-02 17:38:41

Paris St-Germain lost for the first time since March as they were beaten by in-form Lens in Ligue 1. Second-placed Lens have lost only once in 17 Ligue 1 games this season and are now just four point...

Chelsea drop more points in top-four pursuit after draw at Forest

Chelsea drop more points in top-four pursuit after draw at Forest

REUTERS 2023-01-02 09:04:57

Chelsea dropped more points in their quest to climb back up the Premier League standings as Serge Aurier earned Nottingham Forest a 1-1 draw with Graham Potter's side on Sunday. Fresh from thei...