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Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib, a Hasina ally, says he is ready to return home and face trial if given security

The former Bangladeshi captain’s case highlights the wider fallout from Hasina’s ouster, which has left scores of her allies facing criminal charges and unable to return to Bangladesh

• 22 days ago

Pakistan seal first away Test win in three years to draw West Indies series

Pakistan’s last victory in an away Test came against Sri Lanka in July 2023 under Babar Azam, who returned as captain last month

• 23 days ago

Legendary Italian football defender Franco Baresi has died: AC Milan

A World Cup winner with Italy in 1982 and a finalist at the 1994 World Cup, Baresi is regarded as one of the greatest sweepers in football history

• a month ago

Arshad Nadeem reaches Commonwealth Javelin final

Pakistan's Olympic champion qualifies seventh after the preliminary round, while Yasir Sultan narrowly misses out on a place in the Glasgow final

• a month ago

Five-star Jayden helps seal West Indies win against Pakistan

West Indies captain Roston Chase dedicated the victory to West Indies great Garry Sobers, who died earlier this month

• a month ago

Vozinha, Haaland named in fan-voted World Cup dream team

Vozinha topped the goalkeeper vote with 39.6% after a string of ​impressive displays for World Cup debutants Cape ​Verde, taking the place in the team ⁠despite Spain’s Unai Simon winning the Golden Glove, ​which is selected by a FIFA technical group

• a month ago

Madrid awaits triumphant return of Spain's World Cup heroes

Spain’s 1-0 victory over Argentina in New Jersey on Sunday, secured by a Ferran Torres strike in extra-time, has sparked an outpouring of national pride in the football-mad country, whose only other World Cup triumph came in 2010

• a month ago

FINAL SET!

• a month ago

World Cup trophy to arrive in style in bespoke Louis Vuitton trunk

The trunk features a golden V for “Victory” - ​and “Vuitton” - across the front, with the brand’s recognisable monogram ​pattern and gold-plated brass corner protectors

• a month ago

World Cup semifinals kick off with France vs. Spain...

• a month ago

Spain stuns France in World Cup semifinal...

• a month ago

England battle Norway as Argentina face Swiss in World Cup last eight

The teams are competing to face either reigning champions Argentina or surprise package Switzerland in the semi-finals

• 2 months ago

Hundreds welcome Salah's Egypt home after best World Cup run

A sea of fans dressed in red, white and black filled the grounds outside the airport in El-Alamein, where the Pharaohs boarded an open-top bus for a parade through the coastal city

• 2 months ago

MESSI MAGIC SHOCKS EGYPT...

• 2 months ago

Mbappe fires back at Paraguayan senator's racist attack after France victory

Mbappe’s penalty proved the difference in a bruising and ill-tempered match as France won 1-0 in Philadelphia on Saturday to advance to the quarter-finals

• 2 months ago