Spinner Prabath Jayasuriya led the charge with a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh collapsed for just 133 in their second innings, handing Sri Lanka a win by an innings and 78 runs, with the hosts clinching a 1-0 victory in their two-test series yesterday.Bangladesh lost six wickets within 33 runs, as
An 84-game season is coming to the NHL as part of an extension of the collective bargaining agreement that has been tentatively agreed to by the league and the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA).They announced a memorandum of understanding on Friday in Los Angeles before the first round of the draft.
No lead is safe this year when the Baltimore Orioles face the Tampa Bay Rays.Certainly not with seven innings still to play.On June 18, Tampa Bay beat Baltimore 12-8 after the Orioles had taken an 8-0 lead in the top of the second. Then on Friday night — nine days later — it was the Rays who opened
Ducati’s MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez crashed twice on a painful day of practice at the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen, Netherlands, on Friday, with the Spaniard saying he was lucky to walk away with no major injuries ahead of the weekend’s action.Marquez, who has not won at Assen in seven yea
Brazil’s Barcelona forward Raphinha regretted that the players were not consulted about extending their season to play at the Club World Cup, adding that nobody should be obliged to give up their vacation time.The first expanded edition of the Club World Cup started on June 14 and is to run until Ju
Dambe fighters engage in a bout during an amateur match in the Dei-Dei neighborhood in Abuja on Friday. The Dambe World Series kicked off yesterday in the latest evolution of a sport that traces its roots centuries back among west Africa’s Hausa speakers. Held on the ground of the national stadium a
UNDEFEATED: Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City defeated a subpar Juventus side 5-2, while Real Madrid booked their spot in the last 16 with a 3-0 victory over Salzburg
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City demonstrated their FIFA Club World Cup credentials with a 5-2 victory over Juventus on Thursday, while Vinicius Junior starred as Real Madrid beat Salzburg 3-0 to secure a spot in the last 16.Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia beat Pachuca of Mexico 2-0 to pip Salzburg to the l
Taiwanese badminton player Chou Tien-chen defeated Vietnam’s Nguyen Hai Dang on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the BWF Super 300 US Open in straight games, 21-17, 21-17.Facing each other for the first time in two years, Chou and Nguyen battled in a tight first game, with world No. 6 Ch
In an unlikely Ethiopian outpost of one the most French of pastimes, four men are leaning over their petanque balls, arguing over who is winning.Petanque, the bowling game also known as boules, is more readily associated with French village squares where locals launch metal balls at a jack while enj
India’s push toward winning the 2036 Olympics hosting contest seemed to stall a little on Thursday in the first big decision of Kirsty Coventry’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.Coventry paused the fast tracking of a preferred bidder — a signature policy of her predecessor and mento
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and their Inter Miami teammates took the field at their practice facility on Thursday for another training session.There was not much difference about what they did. Dribbling drills. Some laughs. Interactions with coaches, but this training was more important than most.In
ATHLETICSKipyegon misses milestoneTriple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya fell well short in her bid to become the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile on Thursday. Aided by wavelength technology and 13 pacers, 11 male and two women, Kipyegon clocked 4 minutes, 6.42 seconds over 1.6km i
with AFP, EASTBOURNE, EnglandTaiwanese veteran player Hsieh Su-wei on Wednesday earned a walkover into the Eastbourne Open women’s doubles semi-finals in England, while her teenaged partner toppled another star this week, beating Emma Raducanu.Four-time Wimbledon women’s doubles champion Hsieh and 1
‘IT’S A SHAME’: River Plate fans threw objects at Inter players as they left the field after their team joined fellow Argentines Boca Juniors in exiting the tournament
Inter on Wednesday kept their cool to beat nine-man River Plate 2-0 and reach the FIFA Club World Cup last 16, while Mexican side Monterrey followed them through from Group E.Borussia Dortmund defeated Ulsan HD 1-0 to claim the top spot in Group F. The Germans are to face Sergio Ramos’ Monterrey, wh
Taiwanese shuttler Chou Tien-chen on Wednesday advanced to the second round of the BWF Super 300 US Open, with a decisive victory over Finland’s Kalle Koljonen.World No. 6 Chou, the top seed in the men’s singles at this year’s tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa, defeated world No. 56 Koljonen in str
A step change in the evolution of surfing brought about by an Australian teenager has electrified the world of extreme sport and drawn praise from the doyen of skateboarding, Tony Hawk.Eighteen-year-old Central Coast surfer Hughie Vaughan produced what has been dubbed a “stalefish flipper” at a comp
A fan who heckled Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte during a game against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on Tuesday night has been banned indefinitely from all major league stadiums, a person with direct knowledge of the decision said.Marte was seen in tears on the field after the
Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday said that his lengthy layoff from boxing has reignited his passion for the sport as he prepares for next month’s world welterweight title comeback against Mario Barrios.The 46-year-old Filipino boxing icon faces WBC champion Barrios in Las Vegas on July 19, four years aft
BEAT THE HEAT: A brutal heat wave in the US has made cooling breaks standard. Dortmund’s coach said the weather could shape the destiny of the tournament
Chelsea on Tuesday beat Esperance of Tunisia 3-0 to set up a FIFA Club World Cup last-16 tie against SL Benfica, who earlier defeated Bayern Munich 1-0, as furnace-link heat and the threat of thunder and lightning wreak havoc at the tournament.Elsewhere, minnows Auckland City claimed a memorable dra
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