Short Corner

Eka guides Keraniganj

Sports Reporter

An unbeaten 65-ball 44 from Eka Mallick helped Keraniganj Cricket Academy register a seven-wicket win over Kalabagan Krira Chakra in a Premier Division Women’s Cricket League match, which was reduced to 30 overs due to overnight rain, at BKSP-3 in Savar yesterday.

Keraniganj took just 22.5 overs to chase the 99 for six posted by Kalabagan, courtesy of Eka’s unbeaten knock.   

Herrera confirms MU exit

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Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has revealed he will leave Old Trafford at the end of the season amid reports of a move to Paris Saint-Germain.

Herrera’s United contract expires at the end of the season and it is believed he has lined up a deal with French champions PSG.

United hadn’t commented on Herrera’s future, but the 29-year-old Spaniard posted a goodbye message to fans via the club’s Twitter account on Saturday.

“There is red in my heart, I knew it from the first time I played here and in the moment I started to wear it,” said Herrera, who has also been linked with Arsenal, Juventus and Inter Milan.

“Every time I represented this club, in every game, in wins and losses, even when I couldn’t help from the grass, I understood what this club means.

Raiola handed global ban

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Super-agent Mino Raiola, who counts Manchester United’s Paul Pogba amongst his clients, on Friday had a three-month Italian ban extended to a global sanction, FIFA announced. “The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has today decided to extend the sanctions imposed by the Italian Football Association (FIGC) on the intermediaries Carmine (Mino) and Vincenzo Raiola to have worldwide effect,” said a FIFA statement.

“Carmine Raiola is suspended for a period of three months and Vincenzo Raiola for a period of two months.”

The outspoken agent -- whose high-profile clients also include Marseille’s Mario Balotelli and Juventus teenage striker Moise Kean -- was handed the FIGC suspension on Wednesday.