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Barcelona on Thursday revealed post-tax profits of 304 million euros ($321 million) for the 2022/23 season, higher than the forecasts of the Spanish giants who are seeking to consolidate their financial situation. The club, which predicted revenues of 859 million euros for the current season, “closed the 2022/23 financial year with a net profit of 304 million euros after tax, higher than that approved in last season’s budget,” Barca said in a statement. A profit of 274 million euros had...

Agency :China thrashed Uzbekistan 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of women’s football competition in the Asian Games at Hangzhou in China on Thursday. Wang Shanshan broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute to gift China a 1-0 lead in the first half. Wang added another five minutes after the break, before Shen Mengyu and Chen Qiaozhu netted to make it 4-0 for China just before the hour mark. Substitute Yan Jinjin had a brace to secure a lop-sided victory for...

AFP, Palma :Youngster Fermin Lopez rescued Barcelona a 2-2 draw at Real Mallorca on Tuesday which extended his team’s La Liga lead, even though the champions dropped two points. Barcelona came from behind twice to secure a draw, Vedat Muriqi opening the scoring for the hosts early on, before Raphinha pulled them level. However Abdon Prats sent Mallorca ahead again and 20-year-old Lopez levelled with a firm drive on his second appearance for the club. Girona and Real Madrid, second...

BSS, Hangzhou :Nepal became the first men’s team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 International (T20I) cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against Mongolia at the Asian Games. They bludgeoned 314-3 in their 20 overs in Hangzhou, beating the previous highest of 278-3 by Afghanistan against Ireland in 2019. Kushal Malla, batting number three, led the way by crashing the fastest T20I century, off 34 balls. Malla beat the previous quickest, by South...

Sports Reporter :Bangladesh Cricket team left the city on Wednesday for India to take part in the ICC World Cup, which is scheduled to be held at the different venues across India. The gala extravaganza will start from October 5 and will come to an end on November 19. All the matches will be 50-over-a-side affairs. A total of ten teams will take part in the round-robin league basis first phase of the most prestigious cricket competition of the whole...

BSS, Hangzhou :New York based Bangladeshi boxer Zinnat Ferdous eliminated from the 19th Asian Games boxing event losing to her Mongolian rival Esugen Oyuntsetseg by 5-0 point in the 50kg weight category pre quarterfinal held at Hangzhou Gymnasium on Wednesday. The judges announced the results after the three rounds and in that result Mongolian boxer Esugen Oyuntsetseg won the match easily. All five judges gave their favor to the Mongolian boxer in every round. As a result Zeenat lost the...