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Messi-less defending champ Miami wins Leagues Cup opener

Sports Desk: Defending champion Inter Miami, playing without injured star Lionel Messi, blanked Mexico’s Puebla 2-0 at home on Saturday to begin defending their Leagues Cup crown. Paraguay’s Matias Rojas

Biles makes Paris Olympics entrance as Peaty eyes swimming landmark

Sports Desk: Simone Biles will make her eagerly anticipated first appearance at the Paris Olympics on Sunday while British breaststroke king Adam Peaty aims to emulate Michael Phelps in the

Akbar and Co depart for Australia

Sports Desk: Tanzid Hasan Tamim (L) and Akbar Ali (R) are seen in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport before departing to Darwin, Australia for the Bangladesh High Performance Unit’s one-dayer

IOC apologises for South Korea gaffe in Olympics opening ceremony

Sports Desk: The International Olympic Committee apologised Saturday for a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean.

Chinese qualifier Shang to face Thompson in ATP Atlanta semis

Sports Desk: Chinese teen tennis qualifier Shang Juncheng overcame two rain delays and advanced to the ATP Atlanta Open semi-finals on Friday by defeating Australia’s Max Purcell 7-6 (7/3), 6-4.

Epic pool rivalry lights up first day of Olympic medal action

Sports Desk: A mouthwatering 400m women’s freestyle headlines the first full day of sporting action at the Olympics on Saturday after a soggy but spectacular opening to the Games in