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AC Milan given until 2021 to break even or face ban Reuters | Zurich C Milan have been given Bangladesh cruise to Auntil June 2021 to com- ply with UEFA’s break even Financial Fair Play rule or face a one-season ban from European club football, Eu- ropean soccer’s governing body said yesterday. UEFA said that Milan series win over Windies would be banned from tak- ing part “in the next UEFA AFP | Sylhet, Bangladesh club competition for which West Indies: it would otherwise qualify amim Iqbal and Soumya C. Hemraj c Mithun b Mehidy 9 in the two seasons 2022/23 Sarkar slammed half-cen- S. Hope 108 and 2023/24” if the club Tturies as Bangladesh D. Bravo b Mehidy 10 was not break-even com- cruised to an eight- win M. Samuels b Saifuddin 19 pliant by June 30, 2021. over the West Indies in the third S. Hetmyer lbw b Mehidy 0 Under UEFA regulations, and final one-day international R. Powell c Mushfiqur b Mehidy 1 any football club spending to take the three-match series R. Chase c Soumya b Shakib 8 more than its generated rev- 2-1 yesterday. F. Allen c Mithun b Shakib 6 enue faces possible sanc- Tamim hit an unbeaten 81 in K. Paul b Mashrafe 12 tions, including, in certain the northeastern city of Sylhet K. Roach lbw b Mashrafe 3 circumstances, a ban from while Soumya added 80 off 81 D. Bishoo not out 6 playing in competitions run balls to guide Bangladesh to Extras (lb 1, lb 4, w6, p5) 16 by UEFA. 202-2 in 38.3 overs after Mehidy Total (9 wkts; 50 overs) 198 The seven-times Euro- Hasan’s career best 4-29 helped Bangladesh: pean champions were orig- the home side restrict the West not out 81 inally banned from Euro- Indies to 198-8 in 50 overs. c Powell b Paul 23 pean football this season by Shai Hope fought a lone bat- Soumya Sarkar b Paul 80 UEFA for failing to comply tle for the tourists, scoring his not out 16 with the rules but won an second successive hundred of Extras (w1, nb 1) 2 appeal at the Court of Arbi- the series but it was in vain as Total (two ; 38.3 overs) 202 tration for Sport. no other batsman provided sup- Result: Bangladesh won by eight As a result, they were able port. wickets to enter the second-tier Series result: Bangladesh won the Europa League where they series 2-1 were eliminated in the Soumya Sarkar hits a shot group stage. Fresh from an unbeaten 146 Soumya and Tamim denied Powell, his eighth and ninth “Our bowlers have been very UEFA also barred the off 144 balls in the previous the West Indies any momen - boundary of the innings. good. Spinners have been tight club from registering new Our bowlers have match, Hope struck another tum, putting 131 runs in their Mushfiqur Rahim was un - and pacers also stuck to the players in European com- unconquered knock of 108 off second wicket stand, which all beaten on 16 at the other end. plans,” he added. petition for the next two been very good. 131 to prop up the visitors, tak- but sealed the contest and the Earlier, skipper Mashrafe Earlier, Hope defied the spir- seasons. Spinners have been ing his tally in the series to 297 series. Mortaza and spinner Shakib ited Bangladesh attack, hitting tight and pacers runs. Soumya was the aggres - Al Hasan claimed two wickets Shakib over the long off to bring also stuck to the Bangladesh made a steady re- sor-in-chief, smashing five sixes each after man-of-the-match up his fourth ODI century after plans sponse, with Tamim and Liton and as many fours before Paul Mehidy rattled the West Indies’ the ninth wicket had fallen for Premier League Das hitting 45 runs for the open- sent his leg-stump cartwheeling. top-order. 177 runs. ing wicket before Liton offered a Tamim, who happily an - “It was a good match -- Hope The opener, who was named calls on fans to catch to Rovman Powell at mid- chored the innings, sealed the played an excellent innings,” player of the series, also hit 10 behave on off Keemo Paul. game with successive fours off Mashrafe said after the match. fours in his fine innings. AFP | London he Premier League pub- Tlished a message to fans Injured Robben to miss Bayern’s yesterday calling on them to support their teams in the three remaining games in 2018 Rafael Nadal to join Roger right way following recent AFP | Berlin incidents of abuse that have blighted the game. eteran winger Arjen Rob- Federer in 2019 Laver Cup Raheem Sterling was Vben will miss Bayern Mu- subjected to alleged racial nich’s last three games of 2018 greatest players, and rivals, the abuse during Manchester with a leg injury, the defending sport has ever seen together City’s defeat at Chelsea last Bundesliga champions con- KNOW WHAT on one team is very exciting week. The England forward firmed yesterday. for our sport — and will give us later issued a statement ac- Robben, who turns 35 in the best possible chance to win cusing the British media of January and has announced the Laver Cup three years in a fuelling racism in the way it this will be his final season Robben will miss today’s row.” reports certain stories about with Bayern, has missed five of trip to second-from-bottom Federer and Nadal, first and black players. the last seven matches with the Hanover 96 second in the all-time list of Chelsea banned four sup- Bavarian giants, who sit third men’s Grand Slam winners porters pending an investi- in the league table and nine with 20 and 16 respectively, gation and were then forced points behind leaders Borussia ly from the leg knock before won a doubles match together to condemn anti-Semitic Dortmund. training resumes ahead of at the Laver Cup in Prague in chanting during Thursday’s Head coach Niko Kovac Bayern’s first game of 2019 on 2017. Europa League tie with Vidi wants to give the fleet-footed January 18 at Hoffenheim. “I think we all underestimat- in Budapest. forward time to recover ful- “The risk is too great that ed how powerful it would be to something will happen, so he see them sitting side by side, will be treated to be fit again coaching each other and cheer- and ready for January 4 (when ing each other on,” Borg said. training resumes),” explained Roger Federer (L) of Switzerland takes photo with Rafael Nadal of Spain (R) Swiss Federer, one of the Kovac. during the award ceremony of Shanghai Masters instigators of the event, said “We’ll give him the break he having Nadal in the team again needs - it’s no use if he picks up Reuters | London inaugural match in 2017. after he missed this year’s edi- a major injury.” Team Europe non-playing tion in Chicago due to injury Robben will miss today’s paniard Rafael Nadal will Bjorn Borg said having was an exciting prospect. away trip to second-from-bot- team up with perennial rival Nadal and Federer was a boost “We had a lot of fun in Prague at Seef District too S tom Hanover 96, Wednesday’s Roger Federer for the third edi- for the September competition. and it will be very special for me home match against RB Leip- tion of the Laver Cup in Geneva “It doesn’t get much better to team up with him again in zig followed by an away trip next year. for a captain than naming both Switzerland to try and defend to Eintracht Frankfurt, a first The team event featuring the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal our title,” Federer said. return to his ex-club for Kovac, best of Europe against a World for the Laver Cup in Geneva,” Next year’s match will take on December 22 before the team will be taking place for former world number one Borg place on a black court inside month-long Bundesliga winter the third time, with Nadal and said in a statement. Geneva’s 17,000-seat Palexpo Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 break. Federer also teammates in the “Bringing together two of the venue.