Brazil now sit second on 238, while Argentina are a distant third with 152.

The Ivorians will meet Germany in their next Group E match on June 20. Germany thrashed debutants Curacao 7-1 earlier in the day.

A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half.

Pakistani batters failed to withstand the pressure from Indian spinners as they lost seven wickets within 31 runs to suffer a 64-run loss to their bitter rivals in the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday.

Germany won their first opening match at a World Cup since lifting the trophy in 2014 as they eased to a 7-1 win against debutants Curacao in their opening Group E match in Houston on Sunday.

Harmanpreet Kaur's side dominated from start to finish in their opening group game of the tournament at Edgbaston.

The Iranian community in Tijuana is tiny - around 20 people - and much smaller than that of Los Angeles, which is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran.

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first victory for Ferrari on Sunday at the Barcelona-Catalunya Formula One Grand Prix, ending championship leader Kimi Antonelli's five-race winning streak.

When the announcement of the player of the match came, a few eyebrows were raised. Many felt the award should have gone to Morocco's 18-year-old midfield sensation Ayyoub Bouaddi instead of Brazil's Vinicius Junior after a pulsating 1-1 draw in New Jersey on Sunday.

Bangladesh opener Juairiya Ferdous justified her selection in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup squad with a scintillating half-century as her side secured a six-wicket victory over the Netherlands in their Group A opener in Birmingham on Sunday.

From different corners of the globe, rivalries turn into friendships, strangers become family, and millions of voices unite in a single shared passion.

“Brazil and Argentina fans in Bangladesh and around the world often treat a draw like a defeat. They simply can’t accept it,” said Masud Parvez Kaiser, former Bangladesh national football team coach and an avid Brazil supporter.

Cooper Connolly struck a sensational maiden ODI century as Australia survived a dramatic late scare to edge Bangladesh by one wicket in the third and final ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.

Opener Juairiya Ferdous struck a blistering half-century as Bangladesh launched their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign in style with a six-wicket victory over the Netherlands at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday.

Brazil, 1-0 down against a team on a 29-match unbeaten run, nevertheless needed their poster boy to step up. He did just that, grabbing a gorgeous goal that earned Carlo Ancelotti’s the Selecao a crucial point.

The smallest nation by population in the tournament comes face-to-face with the four-time winners on Sunday when tiny Curacao play Germany in a true World Cup fairytale.

Since watching the 2018 FIFA World Cup from the stands in Russia as a football-loving child, Ayoub Bouaddi had dreamt of one day gracing football’s grandest stage himself.

Roberto Mancini has left Al Sadd, the Qatar Stars League champions announced on Saturday, with the 61-year-old coach widely expected to return to the Italy national team.

Australia scored a stunning 2-0 upset over Turkey in their World Cup Group D opener on Saturday as coach Tony Popovic's bold selection gamble paid off.

In a physically exhausting tournament, a single accurate cross toward a dominant striker may become more valuable than a beautifully constructed twenty-pass sequence.