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The Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed Shakib’s thigh strain is a new injury. The left-arm spinner bowled six overs on Day 2 and did not take the field on Friday. BCB issued the following statement on Shakib Al Hasan’s injury. Shakib Al Hasan was doubtful for the Chattogram Test, but he recovered from his groin injury quickly. In the first innings against West Indies, Shakib looked in excellent touch. He scored 68 runs off 150 deliveries before Rahkeem Cornwall dismissed him....

Barishal, led by Shakib Al Hasan, are sitting pretty at the top of the points table. Having won five out of eight games, the team has found their way to the top. After losing two games to start their campaign, Barishal have now won four games in a row. On Monday, they defeated the Comilla Victorians by 32 runs. After being put in to bat first, Munim Shahriar’s 45 and Shakib’s 50 helped the team post a total of155....

Ernesto Valverde continued on his tracks from mid-week and benched Lionel Messi. Sergio Busquets started from the bench too. Dembele, Coutinho, Semedo, Vidal, all started for the Blaugrana. While Luis Suarez continued to play as the striker, Jordi Alba returned to the starting 11, and against the popular opinion, Gerard Pique started the game. Barcelona took the game by the scruffs as it progressed into the first half. Chance after chance, either denied by Aitor Fernandez or put to waste by Barcelona’s front three....

The 21-year-old is one of Europe’s most highly rated young midfielders having impressed with Ajax over the last few years. He broke into the Ajax first team last season after previously catching the eye for the club’s second string in 2016-17, and he has continued to progress, becoming a full Netherlands international this year. De Jong has been particularly outstanding in his country’s Nations League campaign and he produced an exceptionally mature performance against world champions France in a 2-0 win last month....

Whenever Barcelona have been in a dire situation in the past, Messi always seemed to bail them out. That’s how Koeman kept the hope of winning the league title alive until the end of last season. However, the Barcelona manager has now stressed that the club has to move on from the Messi era. He told ESPN. It will be a mammoth task for the youngsters to elevate their performances to newer levels....

Bale has been linked with a return to England’s top flight amid talk of Real Madrid’s pursuit of Monaco star Kylian Mbappe. Huge 125/1 for United to be unbeaten in PL 2017-18 season United boss Jose Mourinho stated this week that he would be ready to make a move for Bale, who has won three Champions League trophies in four years in the Spanish capital, if he became available....

Concerns have been raised in Germany after Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig were eliminated from the Champions League group stage, while Hoffenheim did not even get that far after losing their qualifying play-off against Liverpool. Bayern Munich are the only Bundesliga side remaining in Europe’s premier club competition and Jupp Heynckes’ side hold a 19-point lead at the summit of the domestic league, which they are set to win for a sixth season in succession....

Modric had a fantastic season, as he won the Champions League with Real Madrid and reached the World Cup final with Croatia. But he looks to be one of the many beneficiaries of the huge magnifying glass on Russia. The likes of Thibaut Courtois, Hugo Lloris, Kylian Mbappe, and Raphael Varane got elevated rankings based on their World Cup displays instead of the club seasons. Players like David De Gea, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Ciro Immobile, and Philippe Coutinho did not even make the top 30, which included shocking names like Karim Benzema and Hugo Lloris....

After much discussion, one of the most eagerly-anticipated bouts in history is to take place in Las Vegas on August 26. WATCH: Balotelli challenges Mayweather Boxing will meet UFC as unbeaten Mayweather locks horns with outspoken McGregor, with the world set to be watching. Former Manchester City and Liverpool striker Balotelli, whose contract at Ligue 1 side Nice expires at the end of the month, could be among those to tune in and is already getting into fight mode....

In an interview with Sky Sports on Tuesday, Balotelli said: “At the start, I chose Nice for the climate; I wanted to be in a relaxing but beautiful place, where it’s difficult to get out the wrong side of the bed.” “The other reason I chose Nice is because there’s a decent group of young players. We’re all about the same age,” he said. On his previous clubs, Liverpool and AC Milan, the Italian said: “I didn’t make mistakes in terms of my game or my behavior, but I did get injured and that’s not something I can control....

Bangladesh have struggled to win Test matches at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Over the last 15 years, this venue has hosted 19 Test matches. The home team has emerged victorious in two Tests only. Bangladesh have lost 11 Tests, while the remaining six games did not produce a winner. The last time the Bangladesh cricket team played a Test match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium was in September 2019....

After finishing his playing career at Sevilla in 1999, the former goalkeeper became the club’s sporting director the following year and swiftly helped bring about their return to the top flight. In 17 years with Monchi at the helm, the Andalusian side enjoyed the most successful period in their history, winning five UEFA Cup/Europa League titles in the process. Monchi left Sevilla for Roma in 2017, citing the desire for a new challenge, but things did not go entirely to plan in Italy and he departed in early March....

Having worked with the England national team for nearly a decade-and-a-half, Conway has been involved with county club Glamorgan for more than 24 years, reports bdnews24.com. Conway began work on Wednesday after reaching Dhaka the previous day. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made his appointment public in a media statement late on Wednesday night. On his first day at work, he assessed the situation of pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who is going through rehabilitation after a surgery on his shoulder in mid-August....

Barishal, captained by Shakib Al Hasan, have a strong squad at their disposal. Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mehidy Hasan Miraz form a strong core. The team also consists of power hitters in the form of Haider Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahkheem Cornwall and Haider Ali. Naveen-ul-Haq is one of the best T20 bowlers going around and he is one to watch out for while Mehidy and Shakib are expected to take care of the spin department....

Sauntore Thomas, 44, settled the lawsuit with his former employer for an undisclosed amount earlier this month and received a check on Tuesday, according to the complaint obtained by Newsweek. He went to cash it at a TCF Bank on Middlebelt Road Livonia, Michigan, at around 3 p.m. that same day to deposit the check, open a savings account and draw out some cash. But the assistant branch manager “immediately appeared suspicious” of Thomas and told him the check would need to be verified, the complaint alleged....

The sanctions will also mean the reallocation of medals awarded a decade ago at the 2007 Osaka athletics world championships. Both women appeared on Wednesday on the IAAF’s latest list of doping violations and sanctions. Ethiopian-born Abeylegesse was disqualified of her results from Aug. 26, 2007 to Aug. 25, 2009 after a re-test of a 2007 sample showed positive for the banned steroid stanozolol. That means she will lose the 5,000 and 10,000 silver medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 10,000 metres silver from the 2007 world championships....

Following Tuesday’s match, in which goalkeeper Tim Howard set a World Cup record with 16 saves, President Barack Obama called both Howard and teammate Clint Dempsey to thank them for their efforts at the biggest sporting event in the world. MORE: Secretary of Defense calls Howard | 7 players to follow Much was made of the notion that the United States should not be celebrating a 1-2-1 record and an ugly loss to Belgium....