Sweden coach Graham Potter announced his World Cup squad on Tuesday but there was no place for Tottenham Hotspur forward Dejan Kulusevski, who has been out of the game for a year with a knee injury and has not recovered in time for the tournament.

Bundesliga club Hamburg on Tuesday named Kathleen Krueger as sporting director, making her the first woman to hold the position on a permanent basis in league history.

Dhaka Premier League clubs Legends of Rupganj and Dhaka Leopards have filed complaints over their respective matches against Prime Bank and City Club at BKSP on Sunday.

The high-intensity match also saw a fight break out among players from both sides after the final whistle.

Shan Masood admitted Pakistan lacked game awareness in the fourth innings as crucial wickets at key moments led to a crushing 104-run defeat to Bangladesh national cricket team in the opening Test of the two-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

A dominant bowling display on the final day powered Bangladesh to a commanding victory over Pakistan in the opening Test of the two-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the series. The emphatic win also lifted Bangladesh from eighth to sixth in the current ICC World Test Championship standings. Here are some key highlights from the match:

Under Flick, Barca quickly reasserted their domestic dominance, winning back-to-back LaLiga titles along with the 2024-25 Copa del Rey and successive Spanish Super Cup trophies.

4.5 overs, two maidens, 10 runs, and four wickets. This was the match-winning bowling spell produced by Nahid Rana after he was brought back into the attack for his second spell in the final session of the opening Test against Pakistan in Mirpur on Tuesday. The spell proved decisive as Bangladesh thrashed Pakistan by 104 runs to secure their first-ever Test victory over the neighbouring nation on home soil.

Bangladesh have retained the same squad for the 2nd Test against Pakistan starting in Sylhet on May 16. a press release from the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed.

Mexico canceled plans to shorten its school year ahead of the World Cup after widespread backlash from parents, think tanks and local authorities, the government said Monday.

Bangladesh on Tuesday set Pakistan a target of 268 runs to win in at least 76 overs in the opening Test of the two-match series after declaring their second innings at 240 for nine in the first session on day five at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.

In the mornings, Pak Doo-ik worked with a dental drill as an army dentist. In the afternoons, he played football.

“Definitely, we will go for the win. If they are brave enough to give us 70 overs and a 260-run target, we will definitely go for the chase, but I don't think they will do that.”

Ochoa is set to become one of the few players to appear at six World Cups, alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, having previously represented Mexico at Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022.

Bangladesh declared their second innings at 240 for nine, setting Pakistan a target of 268 runs for victory on the final day of the first Test in Mirpur on Tuesday.

Indian batting great Dravid is the latest in a string of former cricketers to take an ownership stake in one of the league's six franchises based in Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Advocaat, who at 78 will become the oldest manager in World Cup history, resigned in February for family matters.

The 28-year-old becomes just the fifth player to win back-to-back awards, the last being Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2014.

Whether Amir eventually becomes the “great player” remains to be seen.

In his last five innings, he notched 82, 63, 87, 91 and now 56.