Win in Ireland indicates depth of Tigers' strength: Rhodes
Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes insisted that clinching their maiden multi-nation tournament in Ireland indicates the depth of their strength as they achieved the feat on the back players outside of their most experienced five, reports Cricbuzz. Bangladesh have shown tremendous growth in the ODI format for quite some time...
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Pakistan recall Asif, Amir, Wahab in World Cup squad
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 20 (AFP): Grieving father Asif Ali, whose 18-month-old daughter died at the weekend, fit-again Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz were all included Monday in Pakistan's final 15-man squad for the World Cup.Asif, whose daughter Noor Fatima had been undergoing cancer treatment in the US before her death...
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Barca held, Real end La Liga campaign with 12th loss
EIBAR, Spain, May 20 (Reuters): Barcelona captain and La Liga top scorer Lionel Messi rounded off a spectacular season by netting twice in a 2-2 draw away to Eibar in the champions' final game on Sunday, taking his tally to a remarkable 36 league goals.Eibar went ahead in the 20th...
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Tsitsipas reaches career-high ranking as Pliskova climbs 2nd spot
PARIS, May 20 (AFP): Greek rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas reached a career-high ranking of sixth on Monday after his run to the Italian Open semi-finals last week.Meanwhile, Karolina Pliskova climbed five places in the WTA rankings to 2nd after her Italian Open triumph at the weekend, with Naomi Osaka's world...
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Simmons to quit as Afghanistan coach after World Cup
NEW DELHI, May 20 (AFP): Former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons will step down as Afghanistan coach after the cricket World Cup, saying his goal had been reached by taking the minnows to the 50-over showpiece.Simmons, who took over in December 2017, said he will not renew his contract after...
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England beat Pakistan in 5th ODI, win series 4-0
LEEDS, United Kingdom, May 20 (AFP): England beat Pakistan by 54 runs to win the fifth one-day international at Headingley on Sunday.Victory saw England complete a 4-0 series win - the first match was washed out - in their last fixture before the tournament hosts and favourites name their final...
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Virat Kohli first cricketer to reach 100m followers
India skipper Virat Kohli added a new feather in the list of his accomplishments as he became the first cricketer in the world to reach 100 million followers mark on social media, reports https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports.The Indian skipper has around 33.6 million followers on Instagram 29.5 million on Twitter and 37 million...
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