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India blown away for 78, England 120/0 at Headingly

India blown away for 78, England 120/0 at Headingly

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-26 09:45:49

Almost as if to make up for their horror final day at Lord's, England had the first day of their fantasies at Headingley, writes espncricinfo. James Anderson cast a swing-bowling spell over the top...

FIFA gets $201m in compensation from US corruption probe

FIFA gets $201m in compensation from US corruption probe

-- 2021-08-25 16:37:18

FIFA, world soccer's governing body, will receive $201 million in compensation for losses sustained in global soccer corruption schemes, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), said on Tuesday....

Shaheen Afridi leads Pakistan to 109-run victory, level West Indies series

Shaheen Afridi leads Pakistan to 109-run victory, level West Indies series

-- 2021-08-25 10:46:33

Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi took 10 wickets in the match as the tourists bowled West Indies out on Monday to win the second test at Sabina Park and tie the two-match series. Shaheen claimed...

European clubs protest against FIFA decision on extended World Cup player release

European clubs protest against FIFA decision on extended World Cup player release

-- 2021-08-25 10:32:44

European clubs have accused world football's governing body FIFA of abusing its regulatory function in a growing row over the extended release of players for World Cup qualifiers in September and Octo...

India may pick Ashwin in Headingley test against England

India may pick Ashwin in Headingley test against England

-- 2021-08-25 10:29:50

India captain Virat Kohli said that he didn't want to break up a winning team but is tempted by the look of the Headingley pitch to play off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the third test against Engla...

US Open Tennis prize money rises to record $57.5m

US Open Tennis prize money rises to record $57.5m

-- 2021-08-25 10:25:44

Players at the 2021 US Open will compete for a record $57.5 million in prize money and compensation when the tournament begins Monday. The USTA, ATP and WTA agreed to the prize structure, which actua...

New Zealand cricketer Finn Allen tests covid positive in Dhaka

New Zealand cricketer Finn Allen tests covid positive in Dhaka

-- 2021-08-24 18:42:55

New Zealand opener Finn Allen has tested positive for Covid-19, two days after arriving in Dhaka. Allen and allrounder Colin de Grandhomme had arrived early in Bangladesh, on August 20, afte...

Ex-NHL player Jimmy Hayes dies at 31

Ex-NHL player Jimmy Hayes dies at 31

-- 2021-08-24 10:15:07

Former NHL player Jimmy Hayes has died, multiple media outlets reported on Monday. He was 31. The Boston Globe reported Hayes was pronounced dead on Monday morning at his home in Milton, Mass., but a...

Tigers to enter bio-secure bubble Tuesday ahead of NZ tour

Tigers to enter bio-secure bubble Tuesday ahead of NZ tour

-- 2021-08-23 20:10:58

Ahead of the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, Bangladesh national cricket team is set to enter a bio-secure bubble on Tuesday, chief medical officer of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) ha...

Lukaku sets Chelsea on way to 2-0 win at Arsenal

Lukaku sets Chelsea on way to 2-0 win at Arsenal

-- 2021-08-23 10:31:11

A goal by Romelu Lukaku on his second Chelsea debut and a strike by defender Reece James earned the Blues a comfortable 2-0 win at London rivals Arsenal on Sunday, their second victory in as many game...

Fawad century, Afridi strikes leave Windies teetering

Fawad century, Afridi strikes leave Windies teetering

-- 2021-08-23 10:02:10

Fawad Alam struck a century before Pakistan declared on 302 for nine in their first innings and had West Indies struggling at 39-3 in reply before bad light brought a premature end to the third day of...

Tamim will recover from injury before T20 World Cup, chief selector hopes

Tamim will recover from injury before T20 World Cup, chief selector hopes

-- 2021-08-22 17:18:20

Chief Selector of Bangladesh Cricket Board has expressed confidence that opener Tamim Iqbal will recover fully from a knee injury in time for this year's Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates...

FIFA calls for emergency evacuation of Afghan female players

FIFA calls for emergency evacuation of Afghan female players

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-22 09:05:13

Football's world governing body Fifa has written to a number of governments to request the emergency evacuation of female players from Afghanistan, BBC Sport reports. Players are said to fear for the...

Euro 2020 final at Wembley was a Covid ‘superspreader’ event

Euro 2020 final at Wembley was a Covid ‘superspreader’ event

REUTERS 2021-08-21 19:18:42

The Euro 2020 football final between England and Italy in July was a "superspreader" event due to the level of COVID-19 infection found in or around London's Wembley Stadium on the day, according to o...

Pakistan fight back after losing three for two against West Indies

Pakistan fight back after losing three for two against West Indies

REUTERS 2021-08-21 11:49:12

Captain Babar Azam and in-form Fawad Alam led a fightback to help Pakistan recover from losing three wickets in the first four overs to close the first day of the second test against the West Indies o...

Saudi to host Asian Champions League final

Saudi to host Asian Champions League final

REUTERS 2021-08-21 09:10:06

Saudi Arabia will host the final of this year's Asian Champions League on Nov 23, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed on Friday. No venue city has been announced, but the quarter-final a...

Messi expected to make PSG debut against Brest

Messi expected to make PSG debut against Brest

GOAL 2021-08-19 20:32:57

Mauricio Pochettino is giving little away when it comes to his plans for Lionel Messi, with the Argentine in line to make his Paris Saint-Germain against Brest, but the coach is confident that Kylian...

Bangladesh recall Mushfiqur, Liton, drop Mithun for NZ T20Is

Bangladesh recall Mushfiqur, Liton, drop Mithun for NZ T20Is

-- 2021-08-19 20:17:26

Bangladesh have brought back Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das in their T20 line-up against New Zealand and dropped Mohammad Mithun from the team against Australia. Leg-break bowler Aminul Islam Biplob a...

A tribute to ‘Short Fat Müller’

A tribute to ‘Short Fat Müller’

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-08-18 17:36:06

If asked who are the greatest big-match players of all time, the name Gerd Müller would definitely come up. After all, scoring in the finals of the World Cup, UEFA Euro and the European Cup (the...

Bangladesh to take on Scotland on opening day of T20 World Cup

Bangladesh to take on Scotland on opening day of T20 World Cup

UNB 2021-08-17 20:34:53

Bangladesh will take on Scotland on the opening day of the T20 World Cup, beginning October 17 in Oman's capital Muscat, according to the schedule released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) o...

Season prospect of the La Liga giants

Season prospect of the La Liga giants

Wasif Rahman   2021-08-17 16:36:55

The pinnacle of Spanish football has begun. It is the first la Liga in years without Sergio Ramos and Lionel Messi. With these two heavyweight names missing, La Liga has lost some brightness fo...

Two Afghan paralympic athletes unable to attend Tokyo games because of unrest

Two Afghan paralympic athletes unable to attend Tokyo games because of unrest

-- 2021-08-17 11:53:44

Afghanistan's two Paralympic athletes have been stopped from competing at the Tokyo Games because of unrest in the country. Taekwondo competitor Zakia Khudadadi and track athlete Hossain Rasouli we...

Bowlers shine at Lord’s as India beat England to take series lead

Bowlers shine at Lord’s as India beat England to take series lead

REUTERS 2021-08-17 11:21:20

India's pacemen produced a terrific display of swing bowling to crush England by 151 runs in the second test at Lord's on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. England were bowled out f...

West Indies record dramatic one-wicket win over Pakistan

West Indies record dramatic one-wicket win over Pakistan

-- 2021-08-16 10:57:26

West Indies held their nerve as tailenders Kemar Roach and Jayden Seales guided them to a thrilling one-wicket win over Pakistan in the first test in Jamaica on Sunday. Roach scored 30 and Seales two...

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali's grandson Nico wins pro fight debut

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali's grandson Nico wins pro fight debut

REUTERS 2021-08-15 22:17:45

Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of former heavyweight champion and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, defeated Jordan Weeks by technical knockout in his professional boxing debut on Saturday. Middleweight figh...

PSG confirms Messi's wage package will include crypto currency

PSG confirms Messi's wage package will include crypto currency

REUTERS 2021-08-15 20:19:22

French football club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) said on Thursday the wage package of its new Argentine football star Lionel Messi will include the crypto currency "$PSG Fan Tokens". "This initiative p...

Bayern Munich & Germany legend Gerd Muller dies aged 75

Bayern Munich & Germany legend Gerd Muller dies aged 75

Goal 2021-08-15 20:09:56

Germany and Bayern Munich legend Gerd Muller has passed away at the age of 75. The World Cup and European Championship-winning striker was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2015 and had been livi...

Germany star footballer Gerd Mueller dies aged 75

Germany star footballer Gerd Mueller dies aged 75

-- 2021-08-15 18:53:14

Germany great Gerd Mueller, widely regarded as one of the game's greatest goalscorers and nicknamed "Bomber der Nation", has died at the age of 75, his former club Bayern Munich said on Sunday, report...

Babar Azam helps Pakistan build lead over West Indies

Babar Azam helps Pakistan build lead over West Indies

-- 2021-08-15 10:59:06

An unbeaten innings from captain Babar Azam helped Pakistan overcome a lengthy rain interruption to build a 124-run lead over the West Indies, with five wickets in hand, as they reached 160-5 in their...

Root with unbeaten 180 helps England nose ahead at Lord's

Root with unbeaten 180 helps England nose ahead at Lord's

-- 2021-08-15 09:11:48

England captain Joe Root smashed an unbeaten 180 for his second hundred of the series to help his team eclipse India's first innings total of 364 on day three of the second test on Saturday. England...