DHAKA: There are rooftops draped in blue and white and murals of Lionel Messi in all places — however this isn’t Argentina, it’s Bangladesh the place football-crazy followers are once more celebrating their distinctive bond with the South American giants. The craze for Argentina has endured for many years in a rustic of 170 million…
Former Spanish footballer Joan Capdevila. — X/ @capde11/File Former Spain defender Joan Capdevila has appealed to President Donald Trump for help after being denied permission to enter the United States for Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and defending champions Argentina. Capdevila, a member of Spain’s 2010 World Cup-winning team, said his application was rejected…
Britain’s Josh Kerr celebrates after winning the men’s one mile event during the IAAF Diamond League athletics competition at the London stadium in London on July 18, 2026. — AFP LONDON: Britain’s Josh Kerr etched his name into the pantheon of milers when he set a new world record in the men’s mile at the…
PARIS: The World Cup has “exceeded expectations” with an 80% improve in betting quantity in comparison with the 2022 version, even making an allowance for the upper variety of matches for a 48-team match, a betting professional informed AFP. Though many soccer followers have been sceptical in regards to the improve within the variety of…
They arrive on the closing after successful the Nations League and European Championship NEW YORK: Spain captain Rodri has urged his teammates to hold extra starvation than concern into Sunday’s World Cup closing towards Argentina, the place Lionel Messi and a facet he referred to as “the staff to beat” stand between them and soccer’s…
Pakistan Girls’s workforce will play three T20Is and the identical variety of ODIs through the South Africa tour. Photograph: ICC/file The Girls’s Nationwide Choice Committee has named 15-member squads for the ODI and T20I sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka, scheduled to happen in Hambantota, Sri Lanka from 23 July to 4 August. Fatima Sana…
TOKYO: France beat Japan 42-15 on Saturday to wrap up their Nations Championship southern hemisphere collection with a snug win in humid Tokyo. France scored six tries in opposition to a Japan aspect that by no means gave in however had been finally outclassed by the Six Nations champions. The outcome meant France completed their…
West Indian cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers waves as he rings the five minute bell before the start of the second session in memory of Muhammad Ali on the second day of the third Test cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord´s cricket ground in London on June 10, 2016.— AFP Tributes poured…
This collage shows Spain’s Lamine Yamal (right) and Argentina’s Lionel Messi. — Reuters Spain and Argentina prepared to do battle in the World Cup final in New Jersey on Sunday as organisers said they were keeping a close eye on smoke from wildfires in Canada. Lionel Messi’s Argentina are bidding to become the first team since Brazil…
SOUTHPORT: Rory McIlroy remained hopeful he can get well from taking pictures two over par after his opening spherical of the British Open that left the Masters champion seven photographs off the lead. In a rollercoaster spherical at Royal Birkdale, McIlroy bogeyed each par threes on the entrance 9 after which dropped a shot at…
