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Mashrafe to miss upcoming five-team T20 league

Bangladesh's former captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who never formally retired from cricket, will miss the upcoming five-team T20 league starting later this month, reports UNB. A total of 113 cricketers are set to undergo a fitness this week. Mashrafe is not included in the list.Akram Khan, the chairman of cricket...

Riyad out of Pak T20 league after testing positive for corona

Bangladesh Twenty20 skipper Mahmudullah Riyad has been ruled out of the Pakistan Super League playoffs after testing positive for the coronavirus, he said on Sunday, reports AFP.Mahmudullah was set to play in Pakistan's domestic tournament, which restarts next week after a break since March because of the virus."I was surprised...

Women's Football League resumes after nine months

The seven-team Tricotex Women's Football League 2019-20 resumed on Saturday after about nine months with league leader Bashundhara Kings crushing FC Uttar Bango by 7-0 goals in the 6th round first phase match at the Kamalapur Stadium in the city, reports UNB.After a barren first half, national coloured booter Krishna...

Atletico go top after Messi rescues Barca off the bench

MADRID, Nov 08 (AFP): Atletico Madrid jumped to the top of La Liga on Saturday with a 4-0 thrashing of Cadiz after Lionel Messi came on at half-time to rescue Barcelona against Real Betis.Atletico claimed first place, ahead of Real Sociedad on goal difference, with the excellent Joao Felix scoring...

SL move forward T20 league for SA tour

COLOMBO, Nov 08 (AFP): Sri Lanka will bring forward the Lanka Premier League tournament to give its national team more preparation time ahead of their Test tour of South Africa, the cricket board said Sunday.The 23-match Twenty20 league-which will feature Chris Gayle, Faf du Plessis, Shahid Afridi and Carlos Brathwaite-will...

Chigumbura to leave int'l stage after 16-yr career

Zimbabwe all-rounder Elton Chigumbura will retire from international cricket at the end of the current T20 series with Pakistan, reports BBC.The 34-year-old made his international debut in 2004 and has played 14 Tests, 213 one-day internationals and 55 T20s.He captained his country 80 times and is only the second Zimbabwean,...

Medvedev, Zverev reach Paris Masters final

PARIS, Nov 08 (AFP): Third seed Daniil Medvedev battled past Milos Raonic on Saturday to reach his first final of the season at the Paris Masters, where he will face either Rafael Nadal or Alexander Zverev.The Russian edged out the big-serving Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) for his third victory from...

Zidane's son Enzo set to sign for German second tier club

BERLIN, Nov 08 (AFP): Enzo Zidane, the eldest son of Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane, is on the verge of signing for German second division club Erzgebirge Aue according to media reports Saturday.The 25-year-old attacking midfielder, a product of the Real Madrid academy, is currently without a club having played...

Usman, Rauf keep Zimbabwe down to 134-7 in 2nd T20

RAWALPINDI, Nov 08 (AFP): Leg-spinner Usman Qadir and paceman Haris Rauf grabbed three wickets apiece as Pakistan kept Zimbabwe down to a paltry 134-7 in the second Twenty20 international in Rawalpindi on Sunday.Trailing 1-0 after Saturday's six-wicket defeat, Zimbabwe lost wickets at regular intervals as Usman finished with figures of...