World football's governing body FIFA has shown the whole world the story of Bangladesh's football frenzy through its official World Cup Facebook page along with pictures of graffitis and fans celebrating the World Cup, reports UNB.FIFA's official Facebook page on Monday morning acknowledged Bangladeshi people's enthusiasm to football by uploading...
Read moreBRISTOL, July 10 (AFP): England assistant coach Paul Farbrace said Test captain Joe Root will get better at his job by learning from his one-day counterpart Eoin Morgan.Root has been in charge of England's Test team for a year, since the 2017 series against South Africa, but the white-ball sides...
Read moreLAHORE, July 10 (AFP): Maverick Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad failed a drug test conducted during a domestic tournament in April, the country's cricket authorities confirmed Tuesday, and could face a ban of up to four years.The offence is the latest in a long litany of Pakistani players charged with doping,...
Read moreMOSCOW, July 10 (AFP): Football's governing body FIFA welcomed the rescue of 12 Thai boys from a cave but said they were too weak to attend Sunday's World Cup final in Moscow.Elite foreign divers and Thai Navy SEALs saved the final batch of four boys on Tuesday after an 18-day...
Read moreWhen AB de Villiers announced his surprise retirement from international cricket in May, he left the question of playing overseas in any form vague, reports ESPNCricinfo. De Villiers has now confirmed that the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be part of his post-international retirement plans, while reiterating that he also...
Read moreLOS ANGELES, July 10 (AFP): South Korean Kim Sei-young smashed the LPGA 72-hole scoring record Sunday, winning the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic with a stunning 31-under par total.Kim, 24-under to start the day, fired a final-round seven-under par 65 on the par-72 Thornberry course in Oneida, Wisconsin.Her 31-under total of...
Read moreLONDON, July 10 (AFP): Serena Williams has warned her Wimbledon rivals she is nowhere near her best despite powering into the quarter-finals without dropping a set.Williams is chasing an eighth Wimbledon crown and the American star showed why she is the title favourite with a 6-2, 6-2 demolition of Evgeniya...
Read moreKIEV, July 10 (AFP): Ukraine's football federation said Tuesday it had offered a job to former Croatia international Ognjen Vukojevic and offered to pay his fine over a pro-Ukraine clip he posted during the World Cup.The Croatian football association removed him as an assistant in its delegation at the tournament...
Read moreROME, July 10 (AFP): American hedge fund Elliott will take control of Italian giants AC Milan this week after the club's Chinese ownership missed a multi-million euro debt repayment, sources close to the matter confirmed to the news agency on Tuesday.The source told the news agency that Elliott began the...
Read moreLONDON, July 10 (AFP): Kei Nishikori overcame an arm injury to reach his first Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday with a gritty 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (12/10), 6-1 win over Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis.The 28-year-old Nishikori is the first Japanese man to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon since Shuzo Matsuoka in...
Read moreLONDON: Germany's Julia Goerges celebrating a point against Netherlands' Kiki Bertens during their women's singles quarter-final match on the eighth day of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club here on Tuesday — AFP
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