Saturday, 18 Jan, 2025

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Man Utd term 4-1 loss to Watford "embarrassing"

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea described his side's 4-1 loss against Watford as "embarrassing" and "another nightmare". United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under pressure after his side fell to seventh in the Premier League, amid a run of one league

Messi scores first league goal as 10-man PSG beat Nantes

Lionel Messi scored his first goal in Ligue 1 as 10-man Paris St-Germain moved 13 points clear at the top with a late rally to beat Nantes. Messi curled home left-footed from 20 yards three minutes from time. Kylian Mbappe had given PSG an early lead but the hosts were reduced to 10

Pakistan Routed Bangladesh Unleashing Killer Punch 

Alesha Holding T20 I Series: Pakistan VS Bangladesh Second Match Played at SBNCS, Dhaka on 21 November 2021  Pakistan 109/2 in 18.1 Overs (Fakhar Zaman 57*, Mohammad Rizwan 39, Mustafizur Rahman 1/12, Aminul Islam 1/30) Bangladesh 108/7 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto 40, Afif Hossain 20,

Pakistan beat Bangladesh in 2nd T20I, win 3-mtach series

The visiting Pakistan won the T20I series after beating Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second match at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla national cricket stadium on Saturday.   With Mohammad Rizwan's 39 runs off 45 balls and Fakhar Zaman's 57 off 51 balls, the visitors

Bangladesh set 109-run target for Pakistan

Bangladesh have scored 108 runs for seven wickets in stipulated 20 overs against the visiting Pakistan in their second T20I of the three-match series at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla national cricket stadium on Saturday.   After the openers Saif Hassan (0) and Mohammad Naim (2) had

Teams of Ambani, Shahrukh, Man U boss to join UAE’s T20 League

Emirates Premier League is set to witness its debut season next year in January. The franchise cricket league will be conducted by Emirates Cricket Board and will take place in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Six franchises will compete during the tournament, set to take place during January-

Bengal Tigers Went Down Fighting To Pakistan 

Pakistan VS Bangladesh T20 Series 1st Match Played at SBNCS, Dhaka on 19 November 2021 Pakistan 132/6 in 9.2 Overs (Fakhar Zaman 34, Khushdil Shah 34, Shadab Khan 21*, Mohammad Nawaz 18*, Taskin 2/31, Mustafiz 1/25, Shoriful 1/31)  Bangladesh 127/7 (Afif Hossain 36, Mahedi Hasan

Let There Be A New Beginning For Team Tigers

We know what can be the expected outcome when one team beaming with supreme confidence meets another very low in mental make up. Yet circumstances alter cases. A team having back to the wall very often put everything together to bounce back and give a good account of them. This can be the

Questions Raised Over Bangladesh T20 Squad

BCB authorities have just announced 16 members squad for playing 3 matches T20 series against strong Pakistan. We are aware of brilliant all round performance of Babar Azam led Pakistan in the just concluded ICC T20 world cup.  Just for a stroke of luck they lost in the semi final

Netherlands beat Norway to book place at World Cup

The Netherlands booked their place at the World Cup finals in Qatar with victory against Norway, who missed out on next year's tournament as a result. Late goals from Tottenham Hotspur's Steven Bergwijn and Barcelona's Memphis Depay ensured the Dutch claimed top spot in

Argentina draws with Brazil, qualifies for World Cup

Argentina joined Brazil in qualifying for next year's World Cup in Qatar despite the arch-rivals playing out a dour 0-0 draw in San Juan on Tuesday.  Defeats for Uruguay (3-0 to Bolivia) and Chile (2-0 to Ecuador) ensured Argentina, unbeaten in 27 matches, booked their ticket,

Bangladesh to co-host 2031 ICC World Cup with India

Bangladesh will host the 2031 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup jointly with India, confirmed International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday.  The ICC confirmed the 14 host countries of the ICC men’s white ball events during the period of 2024-2031, an ICC press release

Swiss qualify, Italy go into World Cup play-offs

Northern Ireland produced their best performance of the qualifying campaign to earn a 0-0 draw that denied Italy automatic World Cup qualification. Substitute Conor Washington almost won it for the hosts in the last minute but his effort was cleared off the line. Switzerland's

ODI series: Bangladesh Women whitewash Zimbabwe

Bangladesh whitewashed Zimbabwe in three-match ODI series after winning the third and final game by seven wickets at Bulawayo. Earlier, Zimbabwe women won the toss and opted to bat first. Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for 72 runs 27.2 overs.  Sharne Mayers was the only

Morata's goal sends Spain to World Cup

Alvaro Morata's late goal helped Spain qualify for the 2022 World Cup and consigned Sweden to the play-offs. Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen tipped Dani Olmo's shot on to the crossbar with Morata on hand to tap the ball in after 86 minutes. Luis Enrique's side needed just

As Mitrovic scores, Serbia reach World Cup, Portugal play-offs

Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a dramatic late winner as Serbia booked their place at next year's World Cup and condemned Portugal to the play-offs. Hosts Portugal only needed a draw to qualify and looked to have done enough, with Renato Sanches' opener cancelled out

Australia Added Another Feather In The Crown 

Final Match: Australia VS New Zealand Played at Dubai Cricket Ground, UAE on 14 November 2021. Australia 173/2 in 18.5 Overs (Mitchell Marsh 77*, David Warner 53,Glen Maxwell 28* , Trent Boult 2/18 ) New Zealand 172/4  (Kane Williamson 85 , Martin Gutill 28, Glen Philips 18 , Josh

Australia beat New Zealand to win T20 World Cup

Australia won their maiden T20 World Cup title as they defeated New Zealand in the final by 8 wickets.  Chasing a target of 173, Australia won the game with 7 balls to spare, thanks to half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and David Warner.  Earlier, Kane Williamson smashed a

T20 WC Final: Australia send New Zealand to bat first

Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and sent New Zealand to bat in their final match of the T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The winner of the trans-Tasmanian battle will clinch the trophy for the first time in seven editions.  Australia is

Mbappe scores 4 as France qualify for Qatar in style 

Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for France as the reigning world champions secured their place at next year's World Cup in Qatar in style by thrashing Kazakhstan. Mbappe got four of the eight goals, with the striker's first three coming in the opening 30 minutes. He