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Ireland needs big win in upcoming series to overtake Afghanistan in ODI ranking

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 9, 2016

News Hour: Ireland will have to defeat Afghanistan by a margin of 4-1 or better in the upcoming five-game series if it hopes to overtake its Asian rival in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings....
Sepp Blatter’s appeal against ban to be heard on August 25

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 8, 2016

News Hour: An appeal by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter against a six-year ban from all soccer-related activities will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on August 25, CAS said on its...
Gary Ballance and Toby Roland-Jones included in first Test squad

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 8, 2016

News Hour: England selectors today announced a 12-man squad for the first Investec Test against Pakistan beginning on Thursday July 14 at Lord’s. Middlesex seamer Toby Roland-Jones has been called up to the squad for the...
Ireland to face West Indies for ODI

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 8, 2016

News Hour: Ireland’s growing fixture list has been given another boost with the news that the West Indies will be travelling to Ireland in September 2017 to play a One-Day International. The West Indies are touring...
Serena on verge of 22nd major, again, after thrashing Vesnina

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 7, 2016

News Hour: A Champagne cork popped somewhere on Center Court four games into Serena Williams’s Wimbledon semi-final and while it was a tad premature, her 6-2 6-0 thrashing of Elena Vesnina suggested she could celebrating something...
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend

Mehrab Masayeed Habib - Jul 6, 2016

News Hour: South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, reports BBC. He was initially given a five-year term for...
Tomaž Vesel appointed chairperson of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 6, 2016

News Hour: The Bureau of the FIFA Council today appointed Tomaž Vesel of Slovenia as the independent chairperson of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee until the 67th FIFA Congress, with immediate effect. Mr Vesel currently serves...
Lionel Messi gets 21 months for tax fraud, unlikely to serve time

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 6, 2016

News Hour: Barcelona’s Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it...
Venus outguns Shvedova to reach Wimbledon semi-final

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 5, 2016

News Hour: Venus Williams vanquished Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6(5) 6-2 in a brutal baseline shootout at Wimbledon on Tuesday to reach her first grand slam semi-final for six years. In a scrappy match, the five-times champion –...
Chris Gayle’s bashing century helps Tallawahs’s winning chase

Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 5, 2016

News Hour: Chris Gayle bashing the Queen’s Park Oval stadium in Trinidad on Monday, with his unbeaten 54-ball 108 to propel Jamaica Tallawahs to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in their Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2016 game...