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England v Sri Lanka: Sam Curran takes 5-48 as hosts seal series at The Oval

Sports Desk: England comfortably beat Sri Lanka again in the second one-day international at The Oval to clinch the series with a game to spare. Sam Curran took 5-48 –

Bangladesh squad tests Covid-19 negative in Zimbabwe

Sports Desk: The Bangladesh team got permission to start their practice in Zimbabwe from today after all of the members, including the support staff and other stakeholders returned negative in

Bangladesh A team likely to tour SL in Nov

Sports Desk: Central contract probables give their first priority to the national duty ahead of other assignments as all of them are ready to play across formats for the country,

Cricket: Oman and UAE to host T20 World Cup matches, says ICC

Sports Desk: This year’s Twenty20 World Cup, originally scheduled in India, will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman from Oct 17, the International Cricket Council (ICC)

Croatia lose Perisic to positive Covid test

Sports Desk: Croatia will be without Ivan Perisic for Monday’s Euro 2020 last-16 tie against Spain after the Inter Milan winger tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. Perisic has scored

BCB hires Herath as bowling coach, Prince batting coach

Sports Desk: Rangana Herath has joined Bangladesh as their spin-bowling consultant until the T20 World Cup, while Ashwell Prince will be their batting consultant during their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe.

2019 champion Simona Halep out of Wimbledon with calf injury

Sports Desk: Reigning Wimbledon champion Simona Halep withdrew from the Grand Slam tournament Friday because of an injured left calf. Halep is ranked No. 3 but would have been seeded

Midfield: A perennial problem of Bangladesh team

ূবৃযডিুব ীডুত: Individual ball possession is an important strategy in modern football but having better ball possession doesn’t always mean winning the battle. There are several examples in football history