Published on 12:00 AM, December 01, 2018

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Bayern Munich midfielder James Rodriguez posted this adorable picture of him working out with his daughter on Twitter, with the caption: "With my personal trainer." PHOTO: TWITTER

Siddikur makes cut in Mauritius

-- Sports Reporter

Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman made the cut in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open with a two-round aggregate of four-under-par (140) yesterday. The two-time Asian Tour winner, who finished second in this tri-sanctioned event in 2016, carded 70s in the first two rounds and was in 22nd position going into the weekend rounds. Kurt Kitayama of USA grabbed the clubhouse lead at 14-under-par (130) following matching 65 in the first two rounds played at the Four Seasons Golf Club at Anahita, Mauritius.    

Navy, Army win in V-day hockey

 -- Sports Reporter

Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Army registered victories in their respective matches of the Victory Day hockey competition at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday.

Navy beat Bangladesh Air Force 3-0, with goals from Ashraful Islam, Seen Islam and Roman Sarker. In the second match, Army edged BKSP 3-2, with Hasan Jubayer Niloy, Milon Hossain and Mahbubur Rahman scoring for Army. Parvez scored both for BKSP.  

Sanchez out for extended period

 -- Afp

Alexis Sanchez's miserable spell at Manchester United took another turn for the worse on Friday with manager Jose Mourinho announcing he faces several weeks out with a hamstring injury.

The 29-year-old Chilean forward suffered the injury in training on Thursday.

"It is an aggressive muscular injury," Mourinho said at Friday's press conference. "He has not had a scan yet but the player is experienced. He knows what injury is.

"From my experience, the painful scream and way it happened, it will be a long time. It is not a little muscular injury that he will be ready in a week.                

Rule change means Jofra can play for England

-- Reuters

Barbados-born all-rounder Jofra Archer will be eligible to play for England at next year's Cricket World Cup following a rule change announced on Thursday.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said overseas players would, from Jan. 1, become eligible to play for England after living in the country for three years rather than a previous seven.

Archer would not have been able to play for England until 2022 under the existing rules.

The 23-year-old Sussex player, who has a British father and passport, featured for West Indies at under-19 level and arrived in Britain in 2015.

The Rajasthan Royals paid 72 million Indian rupees for him after a fierce bidding war in last January's Indian Premier League Twenty20 auction.

Archer could also be available for England's Caribbean tour that runs from January to March, and includes matches in Barbados.

"It may or may not happen but I would love to debut in front of my family," he said on Twitter on Thursday.       

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