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Canada stun Venezuela on penalties to reach Copa semis

Both teams failed to score from the spot twice in the shoot-out, leaving it at 3-3 after five penalties each and sending the contest into sudden death Sports Desk: Canada

Chess Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman dies during game

Sports Desk: Bangladesh’s Chess Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died after feeling ill while playing in the National Chess Championship. Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman suffered a cardiac arrest while playing in the 12th

COPA AMERICA 2024: Ecuador sack coach Sanchez after Copa America exit

Sports Desk: Ecuador have sacked head coach Felix Sanchez in the wake of Thursday’s Copa America quarter-final defeat by Argentina, the country’s football federation (FEF) said. Ecuador reached the last

COPA AMERICA 2024: Argentina reach Copa semifinals with penalties win over Ecuador

Sports Desk: World champions Argentina reached the last four of the Copa America but needed a penalty shoot-out win to get past Ecuador after the game ended 1-1 in 90

Tamim’s brother Nafees Iqbal suffers brain stroke, airlifted to Dhaka

Sports Desk: Nafees Iqbal, elder brother of star cricketer Tamim Iqbal and former Bangladesh national cricket team’s opener batter and the current national team’s logistics manager, suffered a brain stroke

Argentina reach Copa America semi-finals with penalties win over Ecuador

A Lisandro Martinez header had put Argentina 1-0 up just before the break Sports Desk: World champions Argentina reached the last four of the Copa America but needed a penalty