Doritos The shocking 4–3 loss to FC Copenhagen in Denmark on Wednesday gave Manchester United’s chances of making it to the next round of the Champions League a new blow. United was ahead 2-0 in the Group A game before Marcus Rashford was sent off late in the first half. They then lost a 3-2 lead … Read more
All four of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, and Real Sociedad made it to the round of 16 in the Champions League on Wednesday, with two games to spare. Along with holders Manchester City and RB Leipzig, who both made it through on Tuesday, they are now in the knockout game. Real Madrid beat … Read more
There were hopes that things would be different in Europe this year, but Barcelona will have to do it the hard way, and boss Xavi Hernandez will see his credit start to drain. Xavi said the Catalans were on the right track after winning La Liga last year and their first three Champions League games, … Read more
Nigar Sultana Joty, the captain of Bangladesh, joked that she didn’t want to see any more Super Overs after Bangladesh beat Pakistan in the second one-day international of the three-match series yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Nigar and his team won the game in a thrilling Super Over, where they chased … Read more
The sports minister’s decision to fire the country’s cricket board because of a crisis was overturned by Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday. The officials who had been fired were sent back to work until a full hearing could be held. The court agreed to hear board head Shammi Silva’s case against minister Roshan … Read more
Diana Puketapu-Lyndon will be the first woman to chair New Zealand Cricket (NZC). Martin Snedden, who was chairing the board at the time, announced on Wednesday that he would be stepping down early to give her time to get used to the job. Puketapu-Lyndon will become chair instead of deputy chair. She is also chair … Read more
People have been thinking about Tamim Iqbal’s near future as an international cricket player ever since he chose not to play in the World Cup. Bangladesh will play New Zealand in two Tests, one on November 28 in Sylhet and the other on December 6 in Dhaka. The Bangladesh squad is supposed to be announced … Read more
United needs to win at FC Copenhagen on Wednesday in the Champions League if they don’t want to be embarrassed by losing in the group stage. Andre Onana saved a penalty kick with no time left to give the three-time European winners a 1-0 win over Denmark at Old Trafford last month. Since then, big … Read more
It was “important for Ukrainian football” that Shakhtar Donetsk beat Barcelona 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, according to their coach Marino Pusic. It has been since 2014 that Shakhtar has played home games away from their Donbass Arena in Donetsk, which is now controlled by Russia. But the fact that the game was … Read more
Manchester City breezed into the next round of the Champions League. Erling Haaland’s two goals in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Young Boys in Switzerland put an end to concerns about his health. Pep Guardiola’s team has won all four games in Group G, which means they will make it to the round of 16 without … Read more
