Two goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and a header from Pedro Porro helped Spain beat Austria 3-0 in the World Cup last-16 on Thursday. The European champions controlled possession and tore through the Austrian defense in a typically dominant display in Los Angeles, while Hollywood stars Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and singer Rosalía cheered. The win […]
Spain took a 1-0 lead over Austria after dominating the opening 45 minutes of their FIFA World Cup round-of-32 clash. After constant pressure, Spain finally got the breakthrough in the 36th minute when Mikel Oyarzabal calmly finished off Mark Cucurella’s pass. It was Oyarzabal’s third goal of the tournament and was reward for Spain’s sustained […]
Messi, the best player of all time, took an early penalty wide to miss the chance to overtake Miroslav Klose as the leading World Cup goalscorer. Messi later said he was “very angry” with himself after he came close to scoring twice, only to be denied twice by Austria captain David Alaba. And then came […]
That was despite showing his familiar weakness from 12 yards when he missed an eighth-minute chance to cross the mark from close, which he equaled with a hat-trick against Algeria last Tuesday. Lautaro Martínez was brought down by a combination of Stephan Poch and Xaver Schlager as he charged into the area, although referee Amin […]
Ralf Rangnick has made three changes to the Austria team that won 3-1 against Jordan, bringing on Kevin Densow, Paul Wanner and Michael Gregoritsch in place of Philipp Lienhart, Philipp Mwene and Sasa Kalajdzic. Lionel Messi will play for Argentina for the 201st time and extend his record as his country’s most capped player. Marcel […]
Austria will hope their organized pressing game can disrupt Argentina’s rhythm and cement their credentials as potential group winners. Argentina assistant coach Pablo Aimar warned that Austria would present a different challenge to Algeria, describing Rangnick’s team as a physical team capable of causing problems despite Argentina’s impressive start. “Austria is a very difficult team, […]
Austria has offered to take skilled workers from Bangladesh and invest in our green energy, especially wind and waste2energy sectors. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg gave this information to Foreign Minister Hassan Mahmood at a bilateral meeting in Vienna today, Monday. The two Foreign Ministers agreed to deepen bilateral relations in the areas of economic […]
Pakistan faced aggressive Australian bowling on the second day of the opening Test in Perth on Friday and did not suffer any loss till tea while chasing the hosts’ first innings score of 487 runs. At the break, their score was 43–0, with Abdullah Shafiq unbeaten on 25 and Imam ul-Haq unbeaten on nine. They […]
Australia started with two losses but bounced back with the next two losses and are fourth in the 10-team table led by hosts India. The Netherlands will be looking for another upset after defeating South Africa last week. Afghanistan had defeated defending champions England in the previous match at this venue, which also saw the […]
“Australia obviously has a much larger area where testing is a bit more feasible – so I think that’s a unique thing, for example, that Australians bring to the table.”China has denounced the AUKUS agreement as undermining peace in the region – a charge that Washington, Canberra and London reject.But critics have also asked whether […]
Touhedul also served in various capacities at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, the Bangladesh Embassy in Jakarta and the Bangladesh Consulate General in Los Angeles. The ambassador, serving at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, was elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Second Committee at the 67th session […]