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News Hour: Argentina great Diego Maradona has criticised Lionel Messi, suggesting that the Barcelona star’s retirement from international football, and subsequent change of heart, was “staged”, reports BSS. “I don’t know whether this was staged to...

News Hour: Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday after winning both last season’s Champions League and Euro 2016 with Portugal, reports BSS. Ronaldo, 31, received the accolade...

News Hour: Serena Williams once again arrives at Flushing Meadows poised to rewrite the tennis record books — if her own troublesome right shoulder and increasingly emboldened rivals allow. The 34-year-old US superstar matched Steffi Graf’s...

News Hour: Sri Lankan allrounder Thisara Perera has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee while Mitchell Starc of Australia has received an official reprimand for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in separate...

News Hour: Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, who pioneered the “Dilscoop” flick over the wicketkeeper’s head, has announced his international retirement, reports BBC. Dilshan, 39, will step down after a final one-day international on Sunday and...

News Hour: England’s five-week tour of Bangladesh will proceed as planned starting in late September, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday after conducting a risk assessment, reports Reuters. Concerns were raised after...

News Hour: Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee because of the poor handling of their team during the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario confirmed on Thursday, reports Reuters Wario has set up a committee...

News Hour: Bangladesh Kabaddi mail team is going to start their residential training camp for the 3rd Kabaddi World Cup. Selected and talented kabaddi players will begin the camp season on Saturday (August 27) at Kabaddi...

News Hour: Roger Federer, who is sidelined for the rest of the year, said on Wednesday he plans to return to competition in Australia in January at the Hopman Cup and the Australian Open, reports Reuters....

News Hour: U.S. Soccer handed goalkeeper Hope Solo a six-month ban from internationals on Wednesday after she branded opponents Sweden “a bunch of cowards” at this month’s Rio Olympics, reports Reuters. The Swedes beat the United...