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Salah breaks Liverpool record, Neymar nets three for PSG

REUTERS 2020-12-10 11:56:24

Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s all-time top scorer in the Champions League as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Denmark’s Midtjylland on Wednesday having already secured the top spot...

Ronaldo eclipses Messi in Juventus-Barca encounter

-- 2020-12-09 12:16:31

When the Champions League draw put Barcelona and Juventus in the same group, soccer fans all over the world eagerly awaited the prospect of watching Lionel Messi versus Cristiano Ronaldo again. The t...

Kohli misses Wade review, loses 3rd T20 to Australia

-- 2020-12-08 19:20:04

India captain Virat Kohli’s breezy 85 went in vain as Australia prevailed by 12 runs in the final Twenty20 International to avoid a series whitewash at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Cha...

Kamrul Rabbi third Bangladeshi to record T20 hat-trick

-- 2020-12-08 19:15:27

Pacer Kamrul Islam Rabbi became the third Bangladeshi bowler to pick up a T20 hat-trick after fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain and off-spinner Aliss Al Islam. Playing for Fortune Barishal in Bangabandhu T...

Maradona, ‘hand of god’ image may appear on bank notes

-- 2020-12-08 18:28:07

An Argentine senator wants to put Diego Maradona on the country’s bank notes and presented a project to Congress on Monday to get the late soccer star and possibly even his ‘Hand of God&rs...

England-SA one-day cricket series postponed over mental health fears

Reuters 2020-12-08 14:01:10

England’s One-Day International series against South Africa has been postponed amid concerns over the mental and physical health of the players, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the England and Wa...

New Zealand thrashes West Indies by an innings and 134 runs

PTI 2020-12-06 20:31:06

New Zealand completed the first step of its mission for the home summer when it beat the West Indies by an innings and 134 runs Sunday on the fourth morning of the first cricket test. The win began N...

Mashrafe returns to competitive cricket after nine months

-- 2020-12-06 19:37:20

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is finally set to make a comeback to competitive cricket after a long gap of nine months as Gemcon Khulna picked him up for the remaining part of the Ban...

Bangabandhu T20 Cup: Dhaka get third win in a row

-- 2020-12-06 19:31:46

Beximco Dhaka scored their third win in a row beating Gazi Group Chattogram by seven runs on Sunday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. With this win, Dhaka has become number three on the...

Aussies lose thriller as debutant’s dream turns into nightmare

Fox Sports 2020-12-06 19:30:30

An understrength Australia has sunk to its third defeat in a row and lost the T20 series to India in straight sets in a thrilling six-wicket loss at the SCG. The hosts were on Sunday night forced to...

New Zealand see test victory despite WIndies offensive

-- 2020-12-05 15:05:53

New Zealand’s bowlers twice ripped through the West Indies batting lineup on Saturday and pushed them to the brink of a comprehensive first test victory at the end of the third day at Seddon Par...

India beat Australia as Chahal, Jadeja star

NDTV 2020-12-04 20:14:04

Team India defeated Australia by 11 runs in the first of three T20 Internationals at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Australia skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and opted to bowl, with the visitors post...

SA vs Eng cricket match postponed after players test corona-positive

ABP News Bureau 2020-12-04 20:05:57

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have decided to postpone the first One-Day-International of the three-match series between South Africa and England after a South A...

Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8b, ogranisers say

-- 2020-12-04 19:19:05

The cost of the postponement for the Tokyo Olympics could reach about $2.8 billion, according to figures released Friday by the Tokyo organising committee, the Tokyo city government and Japan’s...

Williamson double ton puts Windies under pressure in NZ Test

Reuters 2020-12-04 15:49:35

Kane Williamson showed few signs he has not played a test since March as the New Zealand captain posted a career-best 251 on the second day of the opening test against West Indies in Hamilton on Frida...

Christiano Ronaldo closer to all-time goal record

Reuters 2020-12-03 19:47:26

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 750th goal of his remarkable career in a 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday as Stephanie Frappart became the first female referee to take charge of a C...

Messi fined for Diego Maradona shirt tribute

Reuters 2020-12-03 11:17:35

Lionel Messi and Barcelona have been fined a combined 780 euros (945 US dollars) after the player was shown a yellow card for lifting his shirt to pay tribute to the late Diego Maradona following his...

India record consolation win against Australia in 3rd ODI

-- 2020-12-02 21:17:57

India won the third one-day international (ODI) match by 13 runs against Australia at the Manuka Oval on Wednesday avoiding a clean sweep in the series with all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s highest O...

Real Madrid on brink of Champions League exit after Shakhtar loss

Reuters 2020-12-02 12:06:44

Real Madrid’s Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after they lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, leaving them third in Group B with one round of games remaining. The 13-times...

The eternal Diego, who transcends boundaries  

Ahnaf Ahmed   2020-11-29 18:46:06

 “Different class!DIFFERENT CLASS!!!” That’s all journalist-commentator Jimmy Magee could muster up when the curly-haired little magician from Argentina weaved past the entire...

Maradona's death sets off complex inheritance

REUTERS 2020-11-29 14:11:48

Diego Maradona’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. Now comes the scramble for a share of the football legend’s complex financial legacy, ranging from his iconic...

Adaptability: What makes Messi Great

Naveed Ashfaque 2020-11-28 15:22:58

On November 16, 2003, an Argentine winger was introduced to Barcelona in a friendly clash against FC Porto. 17 years after, that winger has come to become one of the greatest, if not the greatest, pla...

No apology for 'Hand of God' goal exposes Maradona's lack of sportsmanship: England's Shilton

REUTERS 2020-11-26 13:25:05

Diego Maradona had greatness in him but his refusal to apologise for his ‘Hand of God’ goal that helped knock England out of the 1986 World Cup proved he lacked sportsmanship, former Engla...

Bangladeshi cricketers pay tribute to Diego Maradona

-- 2020-11-26 13:18:17

Along with the soccer fans across the world, Bangladeshi cricketers also joined paying homage to legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, 60, who passed away last night at Tigre in Argentina. B...

'You will never be forgotten': Football world mourns death of Maradona

REUTERS 2020-11-26 12:28:24

Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesday at his home in Argentina after suffering a hear...

Football legend Diego Maradona dies

Reuters 2020-11-25 22:47:52

Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died of heart attack aged 60. Argentina football legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game's greatest ever players,...

Griezmann dismisses talk of rift with Messi

REUTERS 2020-11-24 12:48:43

Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann has dismissed talk of a rift with teammate Lionel Messi and said he had nothing to do with recent comments about the Argentine forward from his former agent and his...

FIFA plans regulations for women players, including maternity leave

-- 2020-11-19 20:09:10

FIFA plans to formulate new regulations to protect the rights of women players, including mandatory maternity leave. The reforms were put forward by FIFA’s Football Stakeholders Committee (FSC)...

Spain humble Germany 6-0

REUTERS 2020-11-18 12:42:57

Sparkling Spain crushed a hapless Germany 6-0 at home on Tuesday to storm into the final four of the Nations League in style as forward Ferran Torres scored a first career hat-trick. Germany were pow...

Sakib denied Big Bash chance by Cricket Australia

-- 2020-11-17 18:34:34

The Cricket Australia (CA) denied inclusion of Shakib Al Hasan in the Big Bash League (BBL) after a club moved to rope him in. The Bangladeshi ace allrounder has recently completed a one-year ban imp...