Mohamed Salah’s long goodbye from Liverpool signals the end of a glorious era and leaves the Premier League giants facing another expensive rebuild. The Egyptian superstar announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving Anfield at the end of the season after a glittering nine-year spell at the club. An emotional Salah, 33, expressed his love for Liverpool, where he stands alongside the all-time greats. He has won two Premier League titles along with a Champions League and other silverware and piled up a remarkable number of personal awards.

BCB selectors get zonal duty

The newly formed four-member national selection panel has been assigned zonal responsibilities alongside their regular duties, informed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cricket operations chairman Nazmul Abedeen Fahim. BCB on Monday announced the panel, headed by Habibul Bashar, with its tenure running until the selection of Bangladesh’s squad for the ICC World Cup 2027, scheduled to be held in Africa in October-November. “The major change in this selection panel is that while the four selectors will pick the national team, ‘A’ team and High Performance (HP) squad, each of them will also be responsible for a specific region,” Fahim told The Daily Star on Wednesday.

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