Mushfiqur ruled out of Afghanistan series
Bangladesh star batter Mushfiqur Rahim has been ruled out of the remaining two matches of the Afghanistan series after sustaining a blow on his finger in the first match on Wednesday, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed, reports UNB. Bangladesh lost the first match by a big margin of 92 runs,...
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French minister criticises PSG fans' 'Free Palestine' banner
PARIS, Nov 07 (Reuters): French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Thursday criticised the unfurling of a giant "Free Palestine" banner at a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) soccer match, saying it was "unacceptable".However, European soccer's governing body UEFA said the club would not face sanctions.Retailleau, asked if he would seek sanctions against...
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Mbappe left out of France squad for November internationals
PARIS, Nov 07 (AFP): Kylian Mbappe has been left out of the France squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Israel and Italy after coach Didier Deschamps omitted the Real Madrid superstar from his list of players named on Thursday.It is the second successive France squad from which...
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ECB, NZC to name bilateral series after Thorpe and Crowe
The legendary England batsman Graham Thorpe, who died this summer, is set to be honoured through the naming of a new trophy for the winner of Test series between England and New Zealand.The two nations first played Test cricket against one another in 1930 and their governing bodies are working...
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West Indies hammer England in ODI series decider
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 07 (AFP): Brandon King and Keacy Carty blasted centuries as the West Indies scored a series-clinching eight-wicket victory over England in the third and final game of their One-Day International series at Kensington Oval on Wednesday.Replying to the visitors' total of 263 for eight, King and Carty...
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India face South Africa for 1st T20I today
DURBAN, South Africa, Nov 07 (AFP): South Africa start a four-match Twenty20 international series against India at Kingsmead on Friday, just over four months after the visitors beat them in the T20 World Cup final.Both squads show significant changes from the sides that played in Barbados, where India lifted the...
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