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All eyes on Mirpur as cricket returns to Bangladesh

March 16, 2020 was the last time Bangladeshi cricketers played a competitive game.The backdrop was the first round of the Dhaka Premier League, which was cancelled shortly after following the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country.

After that long seven-month gap, cricketers will once again return to the field through the BCB President’s Cup today.

Mahmudullah XI will take on Najmul XI in the opening game of the 50-over tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Mirpur today.

All matches will be day-night affairs and it will mark the Bangladesh Cricket Board actually resuming cricket in an attempt to gradually host international teams.

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Much-anticipated BFF polls this afternoon

The much-hyped election and congress of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), also known as BFF Elective Congress 2020, will be held on Saturday at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital.

The election voting will start at 02:00pm after a two-hour congress which will be held from 11:00am to 01:00pm.A total of 139 councillors from the federation’s affiliated associations will exercise their franchise to form the 21-member BFF executive committee including president, senior vice-president, four vice presidents and fifteen members.

The 3-member election commission, headed by Mezbah Uddin Ahmed, will conduct the polls. Other two members of BFF EC are Mahfuzur Rahman Siddique and Motahar Uddin Saju.

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

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

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

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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National footballers practice camp begins Wednesday

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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When masks are dangerous to health, new guidelines from the World Health Organization

Many people have become accustomed to wearing regular masks to avoid coronavirus infections. However, in some special cases, wearing a mask can be more dangerous to health!

Just as wearing a mask is important to prevent coronavirus infection, the use of masks can be dangerous in some cases, according to the World Health Organization!

Let’s find out in which cases wearing a mask can be more dangerous to health …
According to the World Health Organization,
Exercise, after the mask
Morning walk
Or jogging can reduce the oxygen in the body and vice versa it can be dangerous for health!
So it is better not to wear a mask at this time.

Wearing a masks during heavy work, which involves a lot of physical exertion, causes a lack of oxygen in the body. The normal rhythm of blood circulation to the brain may be disrupted. Multiple sudden health problems can occur. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested that you do not wear a mask during work that involves too much physical activity.

According to the World Health Organization, wearing a mask during exercise, morning walks, jogging, heavy physical activity can lead to abnormal fatigue, muscle cramps or nausea, nausea, dizziness and even brain stroke. So in all these cases it is better not to wear a masks.

Source: Zee news

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