Monday, 13 Jan, 2025

Sports

BFF admits financial limitations over appointing foreign referees

The transparency of the country’s top-tier football league, Bangladesh Premier League, was paled away when some prominent outfits of the country raised questions over local referees and their various controversial decisions in the ongoing season. The situation heated up when

Deciding Test Evenly Poised 

Benaud - Qadir Test Series: Australia VS Pakistan  3rd Test Played at Lahore ( 21-25 March 2022)  Brief Score at Stumps Day One  Australia 232/5 in 88 Overs (Usman Khawaja 91, Steve Smith 59, Travis Head 26 , Cameroon Green 20* , Naseem Shah 2/36, Shahin Shah Afridi 2/36

Man City see off Southampton to reach semis 

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says not many players in world football could have scored Phil Foden's goal in the 4-1 win at Southampton. The Saints were in contention for more than an hour in a tight encounter at St Mary's after Aymeric Laporte's own goal on the stroke

Taylor Fritz beat Nadal to win Indian Wells title 

Rafael Nadal says he suffered from breathing difficulties during his straight sets defeat by Taylor Fritz in the Indian Wells final. Nadal, 35, appeared out of sorts and quickly found himself 4-0 down before leaving the court for treatment. He looked more comfortable on his return

El Clasico: Reborn Barcelona rekindle magic with Real Madrid rout

If Barcelona wanted to prove their resurgence under Xavi should be taken seriously then silencing the Bernabeu and simultaneously rekindling the magic of El Clasico after a period of Real Madrid dominance was some statement. The Catalan giants have been reborn under their legendary

Viewing Either Side Of The Moon 

South Africa VS Bangladesh ODI Series  2nd Match Played at Wanderers, Johannesburg of 20 March 2022 South Africa 195/3 in 37.2 Overs (Quinton de cock 62, Verrynne 58* , Afif 1/15)  Bangladesh 194/9 (Afif Hossain 72, Mehedy Miraj 38, Kagiso Rabada 5/39) Gifted with the

Series loss Looming Large For South Africa

The possibility of a series loss looms large as in a few hours from now South Africa appears in the second match of three matches ODI series. For a pleasant change favored South Africa is on the cusp of getting whitewashed by underdog Bangladesh in the ongoing ODI series. Surprising many

Lewandowski scores twice as Bayern go 7 points clear

Robert Lewandowski scored twice to move to 31 Bundesliga goals for the season as Bayern Munich thrashed Union Berlin to go seven points clear at the top. The Poland striker has now scored 30 or more Bundesliga goals in a season five times, equalling the record set by Germany legend

Lukaku helps Chelsea reach FA Cup semi-finals

Romelu Lukaku scored his 12th goal of the season as Chelsea beat Championship side Middlesbrough to reach the FA Cup semi-finals. Middlesbrough had knocked out Manchester United and Tottenham on their way to the quarter-finals but their hopes of claiming another Premier League victim

ICC Women's WC: England beat New Zealand by 1 wicket

England are on course for a place in the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup after somehow completing a nerve-shredding one-wicket win over hosts New Zealand in Auckland. Chasing 204 to win at Eden Park, defending champions England were being taken to victory by a stand of 70

Archery Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat India to clinch gold

Bangladeshi archers Ruman Shana and Nasrin Akter won gold after defeating India by 5-3 points in the 2022 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament Stage-1 mixed finals on Saturday. This was Bangladesh's first medal in the tournament. However, Malaysia won the bronze.  Earlier,

Sakkari to face Swiatek in Indian Wells final

Maria Sakkari beat defending champion Paula Badosa to reach the biggest final of her career at Indian Wells. Greece's Sakkari, who had previously won just 12 of her past 14 semi-finals, broke down in tears after overcoming the Spaniard 6-2 4-6 6-1. She will face Iga Swiatek on

Multiple bids lodged to buy Chelsea 

The Ricketts family, who own Major League Baseball team the Chicago Cubs, a consortium featuring Lord Coe and another group led by British property investor Nick Candy have all submitted offers to buy Chelsea. A deadline for bids was set for 21:00 GMT on Friday after the Premier League

Bengal Tigers Set Foot Prints In Protea Land

Bangladesh VS South Africa ODI Series ICC ODI Championship League  1st Match Played at Super Sports Park, Centurion On 18 March 2022 Bangladesh 314/7 (Shakib Al Hasan 77, Yasir Ali Rabbi 50, Litton K Das 50, Tamim Iqbal 41, Mahmudullah Riad 25, Mehedy Hasan Miraj 19* , Keshab

Time For Tigers For Setting Foot Prints In New Frontier

Bangladesh having no wins in any formats in bilateral series in South Africa in 20 years,  starts Protean mission today in their favorite format ODI at Centurion Park. The second match would be played at Johannesburg on 20 Match before the 3rd match at Centurion again on 23 March. In

Milestone Setter Babar Inspired Pakistan Led Rescue Mission

Pakistan VS Australia Test Series  2nd Test Played at Karachi National Stadium from 12-16 March 2022 Brief Scorecard  Australia 556/9 Declared (Usman Khwaja 156, Alex Carey 93, Steven Smith 72, Nathan Lyon 38, David Warner 36,  Faheem Ashraf 2/65, Sajid Khan 2/165

Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool: Reds close gap on Man City in title race

Liverpool moved to within one point of Premier League leaders Manchester City as they emerged impressive winners after a tough examination at Arsenal. The Gunners, well in the fight to finish in the top four, pushed Liverpool hard until Jurgen Klopp's quadruple-chasing side

Chelsea beat Lille to make Champions League last eight

Thomas Tuchel wants Chelsea to be the side everyone wants to avoid in the Champions League quarter-final draw after the holders beat Lille at a lively Stade Pierre-Mauroy to secure a 4-1 aggregate win. The Blues took a 2-0 first-leg lead to France but, in a match played amid continued

Villarreal eliminate Juventus in Turin

Villarreal scored three late goals to move into the Champions League quarter-finals as Juventus went out in the last 16 for a third successive year. The Spanish side did not have a shot on target before substitute Gerard Moreno converted a 78th-minute penalty after Daniele Rugani

Sheikh Russel, East Bengal vow to work together for development of football

Top Bangladeshi outfit Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Ltd and India’s Sporting Club East Bengal agreed to work together for the development of football infrastructure in this region, said the East Bengal officials on Wednesday. A delegation team of East Bengal, one of the most