Manchester City have defeated Sunderland 5-3 in a goal-filled match despite Bryan Brobbey’s hat-trick. There were successive attacks, counter-attacks and the drama of the lead changing five times. Five goals were scored in the first half alone and three more after the break. Pep Guardiola’s team had the last laugh.
Bangladesh’s Asian Games women’s cricket campaign ended with a heavy 114-run defeat to India in Sunday’s semifinal at the Nishinomiya Koro Sports Park.
The Bangladesh team is now in Indonesia on its ASEAN Cup mission. The red-and-green representatives arrived in the country's capital, Jakarta, on Sunday morning. The Bangladesh team reached Jakarta on a Singapore Airlines flight after a transit of about three hours in Singapore.
Bangladesh have named a 15-member squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates, with Jaker Ali Anik and Towhid Hridoy returning to the side.
Bangladesh was scheduled to play a preparation match against China before the semi-final of the Asian Games. The request to organize the match had also come from China’s side. But they did not appear on the field at the scheduled time. As a result the preparation match on Saturday had to be cancelled in the end.
After raising cricketers’ salaries twice this year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is now planning to increase the salaries of coaches working in domestic cricket. The board said it is working on a review of the existing salary structure for coaches under its jurisdiction.