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A night like no other

A night like no other
A night like no other

On a night when Serie A saw as bizarre an event as the Napoli-Juventus fixture being abandoned as Napoli players weren’t allowed by their local health authority to travel to Turin due to coronavirus fears.

La Liga meted out a tensed 1-1 draw between Barcelona and Sevilla and the Bundesliga witnessed yet another one-man show from Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski.

Who scored all four goals including a stoppage-time penalty to give the German champions a 4-3 home win over Hertha Berlin,  the focus still turned to the Premier League.

Champions Liverpool suffered a humiliating 7-2 defeat at Aston Villa and Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho savoured a 6-1 win over his former club Manchester United in one of the most astonishing days in Premier League history.

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VAR drama as Palace earn 3-1 win at Man Utd

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VAR drama

Manchester United’s season got underway with a shock 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace as Wilfried Zaha grabbed a late double for the visitors in the Premier League on Saturday although VAR was once again the centre of attention.

United looked off the pace early on as Andros Townsend put Palace in front after seven minutes, with the home side’s campaign starting a week later than initially scheduled due to last season’s Europa League commitments running into mid-August.

Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay went close as United chased an equaliser but the hosts could have gone in two goals behind at halftime, with only a brilliant David De Gea save keeping a goal-bound Jordan Ayew strike out.

United brought Mason Greenwood on at halftime but their task was made more difficult when the VAR decided that referee Martin Atkinson should ………..

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England beat Australia in thrilling first T20

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England beat Australia

England produced a brilliant comeback to beat Australia by two runs on the final ball of their first T20 international in Southampton on Friday after the visitors looked to be cruising to victory in their first competitive match for six months.

Seemingly in control while chasing England’s 162-7, Australia were pegged back as they lost quick wickets and were left needing 15 off Tom Curran’s final over.

Marcus Stoinis missed the first ball, smashed a massive six off the second, but then missed the third….

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Djokovic cruises into US Open second round

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Djokovic cruises

Center. Photo: ReutersPre-tournament favorite Novak Djokovic marched into round two of the US Open Monday as he launched his bid for a 18th Grand Slam with a straight-sets win.
The world number one dispatched unheralded Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-1, 6-4,6-1 under floodlights at an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

The Serbian superstar took just 23 minutes to win the first set before laboring to a narrow victory in an hour-long second set.

With Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer absent, Djokovic is looking to close the gap on them in the race for the all-time men’s singles Grand Slam record.

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‘You can’t compare Lewandowski and Messi’ – Bayern boss Flick

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'You can't

Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick stayed neutral in the debate whether his striker Robert Lewandowski is better than Barcelona star Lionel Messi ahead of Friday’s Champions League quarter-final clash in Lisbon.

Barca face Bayern at the Estadio da Luz for a place in next Wednesday’s semi-final.

In the build-up, there has been much debate whether Lewandowski, the Champions League’s top-scorer with 13 goals in seven games, or six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi is the better player. 

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Feels good to know Sri Lanka tour is confirmed: Soumya

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Feels good

Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar said after today’s individual practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur that he felt very good to know that the Tigers’ upcoming tour of Sri Lanka has now been confirmed. 

Bangladesh were originally scheduled to play a three-Test series in Sri Lanka in July-August before the series was postponed. After months of discussion between the two concerned boards — BCB and SLC — it was yesterday confirmed through a media release that the Bangladesh national team will return to competitive cricket following a break imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, through their tour of Sri Lanka, slated to begin with a Test series from October 24. 

“Obviously it feels good to know that cricket is going to resume. It used to make me sad seeing England play although it was also a good feeling to see international cricket has returned. Yesterday we learned that our tour [to Sri Lanka] has been confirmed

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BCB announces U-19 preliminary squad

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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday announced the Under 19 Preliminary Squad for a four-week residential skill camp at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP).

The squad comprises a total of 45 players. The cricketers will undergo COVID-19 tests from 15-19 August 2020 which will be followed by fitness training sessions.

Skill training will commence from 23 August and will continue up to September 18. The preliminary squad will also play eight practice matches during the camp. 

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National footballers practice camp begins Wednesday

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Football

The isolation practice camp of the national football team for the remaining four Joint Qualification matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, begins on Wednesday (August 5) at Sara Resort in Gazipur.

Out of initially selected 36 booters, 12 new and comparatively junior booters will join the camp on the first day (Wednesday) while the remaining footballers are scheduled to join camp in batches on August 6 and 7 respectively depending on their Covid-19 test reports.

Three injured booters of Bashundhara Kings — Masuk Mia Zony, Motin Mia and Atiqur Rahman Fahad–will not join camp as the club did not release them. ……

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Individual practice: Everything is new for Mominul Haque

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Mominul Haque

Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque said that everything seems to be new to him since he joined the individual training programme arranged by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. 

It is the second phase of the individual training programme. There were only 14 cricketers who had joined the first phase that completed before the Eid.

“Since I came to the field after more than four months, everything looks new to me. It might take some times to be accustomed to the new normal. I missed being in the field much. ……..

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Messi helps Barca sink Napoli to reach last eight

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A fired-up Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3-1 win at home to Napoli on Saturday for a 4-2 aggregate victory which took the club into the Champions League quarter-finals for the 13th consecutive season where they face Bayern Munich.

The Catalans had a shaky start but took the lead in the 10th minute with a powerful header from a corner by Clement Lenglet before Messi scored a superb second in the 23rd, seeing off four defenders to curl the ball into the far bottom corner.

Messi had the ball in the net again soon after following a superb team move but the goal was harshly ruled out for handball by the Argentine following a VAR review, although Messi later won a penalty which Luis Suarez converted for Barca’s third.

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