It’s quite rare for the “the two best teams” to meet in the final of a major international tournament but that’s exactly what’s set to transpire when England face Italy at EURO 2020 on Monday (1am, Bangladesh Standard Time).

Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley's maiden crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 on Saturday.

Bangladesh will look to take seven more wickets while Zimbabwe will target another 337 runs on the final day of the Harare Test tomorrow.

Bangladesh will look to take seven more wickets while Zimbabwe will target another 337 runs on the final day of the Harare Test tomorrow.

Shadman Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto struck unbeaten centuries as Bangladesh posted 284 for one before delaring in their second innings against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club half-an-hour before Tea on Day 4 of the one-off Test.

Ashleigh Barty is one victory away from realising her dream of winning the Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first triumph.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz bagged his second five-wicket haul abroad and Shakib Al Hasan picked up four as Bangladesh took a big first-innings lead against Zimbabwe, who lost their last five wickets in just 15 runs on the third day of the lone Test at the Harare Sports Club Ground yesterday.

Bangladesh was placed with strong opponents in Group D of the AFC U-23 Championship as the draw of the 42-team tournament took place yesterday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Neymar will be putting his friendship with former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi aside as he chases his first Copa America title with Brazil in Saturday’s final.

Former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Neymar will line up opposite each other in Saturday’s Copa America final looking to end a hoodoo that has also affected some of their countries’ greatest players. Like Brazil’s Pele and Diego Maradona of Argentina before them, neither Messi nor Neymar has ever won the Copa.

While Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrik Schick top the individual scoring charts at Euro 2020, their five-goal hauls are well adrift of the 11 own goals at the tournament -- a total that eclipses all the other European Championships combined.

England's makeshift one-day international team put the COVID-19 issues that hit the previous squad behind them to bowl out Pakistan for 141 runs before cruising to a clinical nine-wicket win in the series opener in Cardiff on Thursday.

The first time the two met in a friendly in 2010, Messi’s last minute winner helped seal a 1-0 win for La Albiceleste. The following encounter, also a friendly, in 2012, the world witnessed the 34-year-old Barca legend score an outstanding hat trick to secure the victory for his side in a 4-3 thriller.

Gary Neville called for a national celebration after England reached a major final for the first time in 55 years with a 2-1 win over Denmark at Euro 2020 on Wednesday.

Gary Neville called for a national celebration after England reached a major final for the first time in 55 years with a 2-1 win over Denmark at Euro 2020 on Wednesday.

The first time the two met in a friendly in 2010, Messi's last minute winner helped seal a 1-0 win for La Albiceleste. The following encounter, also a friendly, in 2012, the world witnessed the 34-year-old Barca legend score an outstanding hat trick to secure the victory for his side in a 4-3 thriller.

Mahmudullah Riyad’s Test career might be seeing a reversal of fortunes after a determined century against Zimbabwe was instrumental to Bangladesh being able to reverse their own fate in the ongoing one-off Test at Harare.

In the second day, Bangladesh made a dramatic comeback riding on Mahmudullah Riyad’s magnificent unbeaten century and Taskin Ahmed’s maiden Test fifty where the pair added a record 191 runs in the ninth-wicket stand against Zimbabwe in the lone Test at the Harare Sports Club Ground yesterday.

Paris St Germain have signed Spain defender Sergio Ramos on a free transfer after he left La Liga club Real Madrid, the French Ligue 1 side announced on Thursday. 

Mahmudullah Riyad smashed a ton, making a strong statement on his return to the Test squad following a 17-month forced exile, as Bangladesh staged a remarkable turnaround on the second day of their one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare today.  Riyad remains unbeaten on 112 off 215 deliveries as the Tigers scored 404 for eight at Lunch on Day 2.