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JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday revealed a 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, with wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das making a return to the side. Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain confirmed that Litton’s comeback was based on his recent appointment as Bangladesh’s T20I captain, despite his poor run in the 50-over format. “Litton Das was in a bad patch but time is the best healer. He is the T20 captain, so we can consider him until the next T20 World Cup,” said Ashraf. “If someone has to return to form, it’s…
CNN — The 13 franchises of the WNBA increased in value by an average of 180% over the last year, according to research by Sportico, which is more than “double the previous biggest year-over-year gain for a major sports league.” According to Sportico, the teams are collectively worth $3.5 billion and on average, each franchise is worth $269 million, vastly more than the $96 million the average team was worth in 2024. The previous biggest year gain was seen by the NBA in 2014 after Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers. TV ratings, merchandise sales, attendance and revenue increases…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL India created history during the first Test against England at Headingley by matching Australia’s 70-year-old record of scoring the most centuries in an away Test. Four Indian batters — Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Yashasvi Jaiswal — combined to produce five individual centuries in the match, showcasing the strength of the team’s new batting unit under captain Gill. This feat equals the record set by Australia back in 1955 during the Kingston Test against West Indies, when Colin McDonald, Neil Harvey, Keith Miller, Ron Archer, and Richie Benaud each scored a century in the…
MLC 2025 Matthew Short hammered 91 off just 43 balls. © MLC San Francisco Unicorns continued their dream unbeaten run in MLC 2025, registering their fifth win on the trot with a dominant 47-run victory over MI New York. Batting first on a good Dallas pitch, SFU piled on a mammoth 246/4, thanks to Matthew Short’s 43-ball 91 at the top. And despite a fiery start by MINY’s openers, the chase ran out of steam in the second half. The defending champions eventually finished on 199/6, well short of the target. With Finn Allen unwell, Tim Seifert opened alongside skipper…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL England batter Joe Root added another achievement to his already impressive Test career by equalling India legend Rahul Dravid’s long-standing record for the most catches by a fielder in Test cricket. Root reached the milestone during day four of the ongoing first Test against India at Headingley on Monday. The 34-year-old took a sharp catch at first slip to dismiss Shardul Thakur off the bowling of Josh Tongue, bringing his total number of Test catches to 210. However, Root reached the mark in just 154 Tests, 10 fewer than Dravid’s 164 matches. Following Root and Dravid,…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley held firm late on day four of the first Test against India, finishing unbeaten on 21 as the hosts chase a tough 371-run target at Headingley. Duckett was not out on 9 while Crawley remained unbeaten on 12, with England needing 350 more runs on the final day with all 10 wickets in hand. With the pitch still playing well, all results remain possible heading into day five. Earlier, India resumed their second innings from 90/2 and were boosted by centuries from KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, who stitched…
CNN — Chelsea cut short its training session on Monday in Philadelphia ahead of a key FIFA Club World Cup match against Tunisian side ES Tunis due to soaring temperatures. The Blues trained at Subaru Park, the home of Major League Soccer (MLS) team Philadelphia Union, on the eve of their final group game at the Club World Cup, which will be played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Temperatures reached a high of 99 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2 degrees Celsius) at around 1:30 p.m. ET. in Philadelphia on Monday, with a heat index – a scale used to measure what…
AUSTRALIA TOUR OF WI, 2025 “I won’t be around forever but it’s very important that I can do whatever I can to guide Sam [Konstas] through,” says Khawaja © Getty Sam Konstas had already hit Matt Kuhnemann over the ropes on two occasions in the space of three deliveries he’d faced from the left-arm spinner. Once over his head to the right of the sight-screen, and once more in the direction of a wide long-on. And he seemed very pleased with himself on Monday morning at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Only for Usman Khawaja to walk down the pitch…
CNN — Lionel Messi is set for a reunion with former team Paris Saint-Germain after Inter Miami drew 2-2 with Brazilian club Palmeiras to reach the Club World Cup round of 16. Goals from Tadeo Allende and Luis Suárez appeared to have earned Miami its second win of the group stage, but Paulinho and Maurício struck for Palmeiras inside the final 10 minutes to earn a vital draw that also sent the Verdão into the knockout stages. Palmeiras now faces an all-Brazilian clash against Botafogo in the round of 16. Miami and Palmeiras both finished on five points, with the…
BANGLADESH’S ODI SET UP Mosaddek hasn’t been picked despite his recent impressive form. © AFP “As long as Mehidy Hasan Miraz is in the squad, Mosaddek simply doesn’t have a place.” Bangladesh chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain did not shy away from calling a spade a spade during a nearly half-an-hour press conference on Monday (June 23) while announcing the ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka. The former national captain was on the receiving end for ignoring domestic performers Mossadek Hossain and Nurul Hasan from the squad and his answers were quite baffling, if not anything…