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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…
MLC 2025 The batting unit has posted big totals in the last two games, yet TSK have managed to lose both matches © MLC The Dallas leg of MLC 2025 has seen plenty of runs so far. The trend is likely to continue in the remaining games as well which makes it imperative for the Texas Super Kings to find a way to restrict the scores. Skipper Faf du Plessis has hit 169 runs from 82 deliveries in the last two games. Yet, he has found himself on the losing side on both occasions. Star-man Noor Ahmad has conceded a…
CNN — British tennis star Emma Raducanu said Wimbledon did “an amazing job” in preventing a man who was accused of stalking her from buying tickets to the championships at SW19 this month. The man followed Raducanu to at least four competitions earlier this year, and on noticing him at a tournament in Dubai, the world No. 38 previously said she “couldn’t see the ball through tears” due to her distress. British media reported that the man had tried to obtain tickets to Wimbledon, but was flagged and blocked by the All England Club’s security system. “Wimbledon and everyone did…
CNN — Malala Yousafzai is known by millions around the world as an activist and human rights campaigner, a voice of power and inspiration who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban at age 15. Perhaps less well known is her life as a sports fanatic. But take any major women’s sports event from the past few years and you can bet on Yousafzai being in the stands, whether that’s cricket, soccer, basketball, netball or the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. She even chose to spend a freezing Valentine’s Day evening with her husband, Asser Malik, watching American rugby star Ilona…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Both Pant and Rahul hit centuries for India on the fourth day. ©Getty Shubman Gill kept staring at the errant spot on the pitch, the one from where Brydon Carse managed to create mischief. Six balls into the fourth day’s play, on a cold, blustery morning with dark clouds hanging ominously low over Headingley, India were three down and only 98 ahead. The Indian captain, stunned, hadn’t even passed where the 30-yard circle might be when the not-out batter KL Rahul bolted past him and into the dressing room, presumably to use the facilities. Which…
Unmukt Chand made 86* off just 58 against Seattle Orcas. ©MLC In a parallel world, Unmukt Chand would be guilty of misdemeanour cited for vandalization. Repeatedly breaking down the door to the USA men’s national team. But that’s in a parallel world. In the one we live in, Chand is more like the invisible man from the film The Invisible Man. Not seen, yet impossible to ignore. In this version, he doesn’t haunt an ex-girlfriend; he haunts USA Cricket, especially during the MLC, when he performs under a periscope the world watches from. Chand is the elephant in the selection…
CNN — A 24-year-old British wingsuit flyer was killed on Saturday during a base jump in the Swiss Alps, local police said in a statement. The man was later named as Liam Byrne by his parents, who released a statement to the BBC, paying tribute to their son’s “bold spirit and kind heart.” Byrne was experienced in wingsuit flying, a strand of skydiving that involves wearing a specially designed suit to maximise gliding time before deploying a parachute. He became a British champion in the sport in 2022, recording the fastest speed in the advanced category. More recently, he was…
CNN — On Sunday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder finished what they started back in late October and put the rest of the NBA on notice that there’s a new sheriff in town. With an average age under 26, the Thunder capped off one of the winningest seasons in league history with a seven-game triumph over a pesky Indiana Pacers team to win the Larry O’Brien trophy. It was a tight affair in the early-going, indicative of the back-and-forth nature of the entire series, and then disaster struck for Indiana. Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who had been instrumental in…
LEEDS TEST Tongue has 7 wickets in the match © Getty Fast bowler Josh Tongue said England will push for the win on the final day of the Leeds Test against India. The hosts were set a daunting target of 371 to chase in the fourth innings, and their openers had already chipped away 21 runs in the six-over period before the close of play on day four. England have managed just one draw in their last 36 Tests under captain Ben Stokes – the rain-affected Manchester Test in the 2023 Ashes. While weather may once again play a role…