The past and ongoing week offered a striking mix of sport intersecting with politics, cricket delivering a moment of confusion, and football once again underlining why transfer deadlines rarely lack drama. Here is a look at three stories that drew attention for very different reasons.

Openers Parvez Emon and Khawaja Nafay smashed half-centuries and put on the highest-ever opening stand in a BPL final to propel Chittagong Kings to 194 for three against Fortune Barishal in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League in Mirpur on Friday.