13 - 19 April 2018 Bangla Post 31
Sports News
Liverpool stun Man City
Liverpool ripped apart Manchester City, scoring three goals inside the opening 31 minutes, as they won their Champions League quarter-final, first leg tie 3-0 at Anfield on Wednesday. Juergen Klopp's side grabbed the lead in the 12th minute when Mohamed Salah played the ball inside to Roberto Firmino whose shot was blocked by City keeper Ederson. Firmino pounced on the loose ball and slipped it to Salah who fired home. Liverpool were rampant and harrying City off the ball in midfield when James Milner won back possession and moved it straight to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who unleashed an unstoppable drive from 25 metres to make it 20 in the 20th minute. City were reeling and looked nothing like the team that has marched so convincingly to a 16-point lead in the Premier League and it was not long before the five times European champions made it 3-0. Salah floated a teasing cross from the right towards Sadio Mane, who rose above the City defence to power a header past Ederson and send the Anfield crowd into delirium. City regained their composure after the break, helped by Salah going off injured in the 52nd minute, but they now have a mammoth task to the turn the tie round in next Tuesday's second leg at the Etihad.
Roma own goals give Barcelona victory Barcelona capitalised on two disastrous own goals from AS Roma to take a huge step towards reaching the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in three years as they thrashed the Serie A side 4-1 at home in Wednesday's quarter-final first leg. Roma's captain Daniele De Rossi hit an unstoppable shot into his own net to break the deadlock in the 38th minute of what had been a delicately poised game and a second own goal 10 minutes into the second half, this time by Greek defender Kostas Manolas, stretched the runaway La Liga leaders' advantage. Barca defender Gerard Pique piled more misery on the Italians four minutes later, mopping up on the rebound after Luis Suarez was thwarted by goalkeeper Alisson before Roma's top scorer Edin Dzeko struck at the right end to give his side faint hope of a turnaround in the second leg.
Shakil wins silver at Commonwealth Games
Bangladesh’s Shakil Ahmed has won the silver medal in the 50m Pistol Men’s final at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Shakil scored 220.5 overall, coming in second to Australia’s Daniel Repacholi,
who scored a Commonwealth Games record with a score of 227.2. India’s Om Mitharval took third with a score of 201.1, while defending champion Jitu Rai of India suffered an early exit.
Bangladesh girls clinch title in Hong Kong
Suarez effectively vanquished those hopes, however, by notching his side's fourth goal three minutes from time, scoring for the first time in the Champions
League in over a year. Roma had managed the game well until De Rossi's own goal and Dzeko could have won an early penalty when he was pushed over
by Nelson Semedo and winger Diego Perotti failed to hit the target from a free header at the start of the second half.
Bangladesh Under-15 Girls have clinched the Jockey Club Girls International Youth Invitational Football Tournament title by routing hosts Hong Kong. Tohura Khatun’s hat-trick on Sunday, the second in their three matches of the four-nation tournament, helped the team secure a huge 6-0 win. Tohura put Bangladesh ahead in the fourth minute.
The Bangladesh girls took full control with Sajeda Khatun’s strike in the 39th minute followed by another of Tohura a minute minute. Bangladesh did not allow Hong Kong to get back in the match in the second half. Shamsunnahar and Anuching Mogini took the match beyond the reach of Hong Kong by striking in the 67th and 72nd minutes respectively.