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Bangladesh bat first in 2nd T20 vs Sri Lanka
Bangladesh have lost the toss and were put to bat first in the second T20I of the three-match series against Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh lost the first match, and are now on the verge of another defeat in the ongoing Sri Lanka tour.
Winning the second T20I, that Bangladesh aimed, will give the Tigers a chance to seal the series in the last match.
Bangladesh made a few changes to their playing XI. Jaker Ali returned to replace Mohammad Naim who was slow in the middle in the first match. Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam also made their way to the playing XI to replace Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
But Sri Lanka fielded an unchanged squad.
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Bangladesh XI: Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das (captain, wicketkeeper), Jaker Ali, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shamim Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam
Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara//
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U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Airin's hattrick powers Bangladesh women to secure bronze ; men finish 4th
Bangladesh Women's Hockey team clinched a bronze medal in their maiden appearance at the Women’s U-18 Asia Cup Hockey 2025, thanks to a stunning hat-trick by Airin Akhter Riya that led them to a 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan in their final Super Four match at China’s Dazhou National Hockey Training Centre on Sunday morning.
In the day's match, Airin Akhter Riya made a hattrick scoring three goals in a row in the 12th, 18th and 20th minutes--first two from penalty stroke and last from a field goal.
Later, she was adjudged the player of the match.
Besides, captain Rimon Sharika , Kona Akhter and Riyasha Rishi scored one goal each for Bangladesh in the 35th, 50th and 53rd minutes respectively.
Kazakhstan scored the match first goal in the 9th minute and the match last goal in the 59th minute.
Bangladesh Women’s team, which reached the super four stage of the Women’s U-18 Asia Cup Hockey as the Pool A runners up beating Uzbekistan and Hong Kong by 3-0 goal each after suffering a huge 0-11 goal defeat against mighty Japan in the opener.
Japan will play hosts China in the Way omen’s U-18 Asia Cup final Sunday (July 13) afternoon at 3 pm at the same venue.
U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh Men’s team to face Malaysia, Women to play Kazakhstan in 3rd place deciders
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Men's team was placed 4th in the eleven-team U-18 Men's Asia Cup losing to stronger Malaysia by 2-5 goal in the 3rd place deciding match at the same venue Sunday morning.
Mohammad Mehedi and Jony Islam scored one each for Bangladesh in the 10th and 41st minutes respectively --first from a penalty corner and the remaining was a field goal
Earlier, Bangladesh Men’s Hockey team finished Pool A runners up to qualify for the semi-finals securing nine points from four matches with three wins and one defeat after beating hosts China by 5-2 goals, Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals, crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goals and conceded 3-6 goals defeat against favorite Pakistan.
However, Bangladesh Men's Hockey team were eliminated from the Men's U-18 Asia Cup Hockey after conceding 4-6 goals defeat against stronger Japan in the first semi-final last Friday,
Pakistan, which qualified for the Men's final eliminating Malaysia by 4-3 goals in penalty shootout as the 2nd semifinal match between two teams was locked in 3-3 goals in the schedule time last Friday, will now play Japan in the final Sunday (July 11) afternoon.
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U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh Men’s team to face Malaysia, Women to play Kazakhstan in 3rd place deciders
Bangladesh Men's team will take on Malaysia while the Women's team will face Kazakhstan in their respective third-place deciding matches of the U-18 Men’s and Women’s Asia Cup Hockey 2025 at the Dazhou National Hockey Training Centre in China on Sunday.
Bangladesh Men's Hockey team, which was eliminated from the Men's U-18 Asia Cup Hockey after conceding 4-6 goal defeat against stronger Japan in the first semi-final on Friday, will play another losing semifinalist Malaysia in the 3rd place deciding match on Sunday (July 13) at the Dazhou National Hockey Training Centre in China.
Pakistan, which qualified for the final eliminating Malaysia by 4-3 goal in penalty shootout as the 2nd semifinal match between two teams was locked in 3-3 goals in the schedule time on Friday, will play Japan in the final on Sunday (July 11).
In the Friday’s first semis, Bangladesh dominated match on three occasion against their mighty opponents Japan till the 50th minute, but, Japan took the match in their favor scoring three goals in a row in the remaining ten minutes of the 4th and last quarter to reach the final.
Din Islam put Bangladesh ahead in the very 2nd minute from a penalty corner (1-0), Ismail Hosen doubled the Bangladesh margin scoring a field goal in the 12th (2-0), captain Mohammad Abdullah scored the 3rd by a field goal in the 30th minute while Amit Hasan scored the 4th goal for Bangladesh in the 47th minute from a penalty corner.
Earlier, Bangladesh Men’s Hockey team finished Pool A runners up to qualify for the semi-finals securing nine points from four matches with three wins and one defeat after beating hosts China by 5-2 goals, Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals, crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goals and conceded 3-6 goals defeat against favorite Pakistan.
Japan Men’s team clinched the Pool A title to qualify for the semi-final with all-win run securing full 12 points from straight four matches after beating Chinese Taipei 5-2 goals, Malaysia by 3-1 goals, crushed Kazakhstan by 12-0 goals and outplayed Uzbekistan by 6-2 goals
Bangladesh Women’s team, which reached the super four stage of the Women’s U-18 Asia Cup Hockey in their first appearance as the Pool A runners up, played 2-2 draw with Pool B runners up Kazakhstan in their first super four match last Friday (July 11) at the same venue.
After the match, both the Bangladesh and Kazakhstan have secured one point each from super four stage, will play each other again on Sunday at 6 pm to decide the 3rd place.
Japan will play hosts China in the women’s final also on Sunday (July 13) at 3 pm at the same venue..
On way to the super four stage, Bangladesh women’s team beat Uzbekistan and Hong Kong by 3-0 goals each after suffering a huge 0-11 goals defeat against Japan.
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U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh Men’s team to play Japan in semi-final on Friday
The Pool A runners-up Bangladesh Men's Hockey team will play Pool B champions Japan in the first semi-final of the Men's U-18 Asia Cup Hockey’ 2025 on Friday at 3 pm Bangladesh time at the Dazhou National Hockey Training Centre in China.
Pakistan, the all-win champions of Pool A will play Pool B runners up Malaysia in the 2nd semi-final, also on Friday at the same venue.
The final match between two winning semi-finalists will be held on Sunday at 5:30 pm Bangladesh time at the same venue.
Bangladesh Men’s Hockey team finished Pool A runners up to qualify for the semi-finals securing nine points from four matches with three wins and one defeat after beating hosts China by 5-2 goals, Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals, crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goals and conceded 3-6 goals defeat against favorite Pakistan.
Japan clinched the Pool A title to qualify for the semi-final with all-win run securing full 12 points from straight four matches after beating Chinese Taipei 5-2 goals, Malaysia by 3-2 goals, crushed Kazakhstan by 12-0 goals and outplayed Uzbekistan by 6-2 goals.
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Bangladesh Women’s team, which reached the super four stage of the Women’s U-18 Asia Cup Hockey in their first appearance as the Pool A runners up, will play Pool B runners up Kazakhstan in the super four match on Friday (July 11) at 5: 15 pm at the same venue.
The Pool A champion Japan will play the Pool B champions and hosts China in the day’s other super four match of the women’s group on the day at the same venue.
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AFC Challenge League: Dhaka Abahani Ltd will play their match at National Stadium on Aug 12
Bangladesh Premier League runners -up Dhaka Abahani Limited will play their AFC Challenge League match against FC Muras United of Kyrgyzstan at the National Stadium in Dhaka on August 12.
The match will kick-off at 5 pm.
Dhaka Abahani Ltd appealed to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to arrange their AFC Challenge League match at the National Stadium in Dhaka.
The BFF approved the Abahani's appeal and duly informed it to the AFC.
Dhaka Abahani Ltd, which earlier showed their home venue as Sylhet District Stadium in their AFC Licence, later appealed to BFF to arrange their match at the Dhaka Stadium as the country's premier sports venue is now ready for competitive football after the renovation
U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh to play Pakistan on Tuesday to decide Pool A champions
BPL champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC were entitled to play in the AFC Challenge League this time, but they missed the opportunity as the team have no AFC Licence.
Another Bangladeshi Club Bashundhara Kings, which finished 3rd in the last BPL, also get the opportunity to play in the AFC Challenge League as some clubs of other countries also failed to fulfill the AFC criteria.
Dhaka Abahani will be the first club team to play at the National Stadium in Dhaka after 2021 football league.
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Men's U-18 Asia Cup: Bangladesh taste first defeat losing to Pakistan by 3-6 goal
Bangladesh Men's Hockey team tasted the first defeat in their 4th and last Pool A match of Men's U-18 Asia Cup Hockey losing to favorite Pakistan by 3-6 goal at the Dazhou National Training Centre in China on Tuesday.
The day's defeat will not affect their semifinal berth of Bangladesh from Pool A
Bangladesh assured the last four berths with one match spare securing nine points from three matches beating hosts China by 5-2 goal, Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goal and crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goal In Pool A matches.
The day's match between Bangladesh and Pakistan was locked in 3-3 goals in the half time (2nd quarter) .
Bangladesh bravely fought with their mighty opponents Pakistan till the half time but went down in the race conceding one goal in the 3rd quarter and two more goals in the 4th and last quarter.
U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh to play Pakistan on Tuesday to decide Pool A champions
In the day's match, Ismail Hosen struck twice and Din Islam scored the remaining goal for Bangladesh .
However, the champions of Pool A will decide after the Pakistan -China last group match on Wednesday.
Pakistan will be the Pool A champions to reach semifinal with all win run if they will able beat China in the last group match and then Bangladesh reached semifinal as the Pool A runners up.
Bangladesh is likely to play semifinal against Pool B leader Japan on Friday .
In Pool B, Japan men’s team dominated the group securing 12 points from four matches while Malaysia followed them with nine points from four outings
Bangladesh men's team put in Pool A with Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, China.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh women's team in their first appearance in the Women's U-18:Asia Cup, also reached super four stage in the eight-team meet beating Hong Kong and Uzbekistan by 3-0 goals each after suffering 0-11 goals defeat in the opening match against group leader Japan.
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U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh to play Pakistan on Tuesday to decide Pool A champions
Bangladesh Men's Hockey team will play favorite Pakistan in their last Pool A match of the U-18 Asia Cup Hockey Tuesday (July 8) morning in the Chinese city of Dazhou to decide the Pool A champions.
Earlier, Bangladesh team secured the semifinal berth in the Men’s Junior Asia Cup from Pool A beating hosts China by 5-2 goals in their 3rd group match on Sunday.
Bangladesh men’s team made a good start in the Asian meet beating Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals in the first match last Thursday and consolidated their claim for the semifinal berth crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goals in their 2nd match last Saturday.
After the 3rd consecutive victory, Bangladesh team dominated the Pool A with an all win record securing full nine points from straight three group matches while Pakistan followed Bangladesh collecting full six points from straight two matches.
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In Pool B, Japan men’s team dominated the group securing 12 points from four matches while Malaysia followed them with nine points from four outings.
In Sunday’s 3rd Pool A match, Ismail Hosen struck twice for Bangladesh in the 7th and 43rd minutes, Bishal Ahmed, Jony Islam and Amit Hasan scored one each for Bangladesh in the 7th, 39th and 45th minutes ---four of which were field goals and the remaining one from a penalty corner.
Hosts China scored twice, one in each half, first in the 38th and 2nd in the 53rd minute, both from penalty corners.
Bangladesh men's team put in 11-team Pool A with Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, China.
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U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh Men’s team earns 2nd consecutive victory crushing Sri Lanka 13-0
Bangladesh Men's Hockey teams earned 2nd consecutive victory in the U-18 Asia Cup Hockey crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goals in their 2nd match in the Chinese city of Dazhou on Saturday.
Bangladesh men’s team, which made a good start in the Asian Junior meet beating Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals at the same venue last Thursday, today (Saturday) dominated the first half (2nd quarter) by 8-0 goals.
U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh beat Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals in opening match
Captain Mohammad Abdullah and Ismail Hosen made hattricks scoring four and three goals respectively, Din Islam and Sajedul Sajed struck two goals each while Bishal Ahmed and Mohammad Mehedi scored one each for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh men's team put in Pool A with Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, China in the 11-team Men's Asia Cup.
In the Women’s U-18 Asia Cup, Bangladesh team defeated Uzbekistan by 3-0 goals at the same venue on Saturday.
After barren first quarter, Kona Akhter scored twice, twinkling of an eye in the 30th minute while Airin Riya scored the other goal in the 28th minute.
Bangladesh women’s team, which was placed in the eight–team Pool A of the Asia Cup with stronger Japan, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong, China, made a frustrating start losing to stronger Japan by 0-11 goals in their first match on Friday.
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Liverpool players join family of Diogo Jota and his brother for funeral
Liverpool players joined family and friends for the funeral of their teammate Diogo Jota and his brother on Saturday, two days after the siblings died in a car crash in Spain.
Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk arrived carrying a red floral arrangement in the shape of a soccer shirt with Jota’s No. 20 in white. Liverpool teammate Andrew Robertson carried a similar arrangement with the No. 30, the number worn by Jota’s brother, André Silva, who played for Portuguese club Penafiel.
The service was held at Igreja Matriz church in the Portuguese town of Gondomar, where Jota had a home.
Church bells pealed at 11:00 am local time as the funeral started. Pallbearers carried the caskets of both brothers from a chapel next door and into the church.
Relatives and hundreds of friends and acquaintances, including players of the local Gondomar FC where Jota started playing at age 9, then followed.
Portugal's national team coach Roberto Martínez and several top Portuguese players also attended, including Manchester City duo Bernardo Silva and Rúben Dias and Manchester United's Bruno Fernándes.
The bishop of Porto, Manuel Linda, led the funeral mass. The church was filled to capacity and a couple of dozen people followed the service via loudspeaker from outside. Afterwards, the coffins were carried to the cemetery next to the church.
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Jota, 28, and the 25-year-old Silva were found dead near Zamora in northwestern Spain early Thursday after the Lamborghini they were driving crashed on an isolated stretch of highway just after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames.
The brothers were reportedly heading to catch a boat from northern Spain to go to England where Jota was to rejoin with Liverpool after a summer break.
Spanish police are investigating the cause of the crash, which did not involve another vehicle, they said. They said they believe it could have been caused by a blown tire.
Their bodies were repatriated to Portugal after being identified by the family. A wake was held for them on Friday.
Jota’s death occurred two weeks after he married long-time partner Rute Cardoso while on vacation from a long season where he helped Liverpool win the Premier League. The couple had three children, the youngest born last year.
Their loss led to an outpouring of condolences from the soccer world and Portuguese officials.
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U-18 Asia Cup Hockey: Bangladesh beat Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals in opening match
Bangladesh men's hockey team made a good start in the U-18 Asia Cup Hockey beating Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals in the opening match in the Chinese city of Dazhou on Thursday.
After a barren first quarter, Din Islam struck twice for Bangladesh in the 20th and 26th minutes, the first was a field goal (1-0) and another from a penalty corner (2-0).
Amith Hasan scored the remaining goal for Bangladesh in the 43rd minute, also from a penalty corner (3-0).
Bangladesh men's team put in Pool A with Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, China in the 11-team Men's Asia Cup.
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Bangladesh women’s team, which was placed in the eight–team Pool A of the Asia Cup with stronger Japan, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong, China,will start their campaign taking on stronger Japan on Friday.
Two top teams from each of the groups will qualify for the next round and two top teams of the round will play in the final.
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