Monday, 13 Jan, 2025

Sports

Questions Raised Over Bangladesh T20 Squad

BCB authorities have just announced 16 members squad for playing 3 matches T20 series against strong Pakistan. We are aware of brilliant all round performance of Babar Azam led Pakistan in the just concluded ICC T20 world cup.  Just for a stroke of luck they lost in the semi final

Netherlands beat Norway to book place at World Cup

The Netherlands booked their place at the World Cup finals in Qatar with victory against Norway, who missed out on next year's tournament as a result. Late goals from Tottenham Hotspur's Steven Bergwijn and Barcelona's Memphis Depay ensured the Dutch claimed top spot in

Argentina draws with Brazil, qualifies for World Cup

Argentina joined Brazil in qualifying for next year's World Cup in Qatar despite the arch-rivals playing out a dour 0-0 draw in San Juan on Tuesday.  Defeats for Uruguay (3-0 to Bolivia) and Chile (2-0 to Ecuador) ensured Argentina, unbeaten in 27 matches, booked their ticket,

Bangladesh to co-host 2031 ICC World Cup with India

Bangladesh will host the 2031 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup jointly with India, confirmed International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday.  The ICC confirmed the 14 host countries of the ICC men’s white ball events during the period of 2024-2031, an ICC press release

Swiss qualify, Italy go into World Cup play-offs

Northern Ireland produced their best performance of the qualifying campaign to earn a 0-0 draw that denied Italy automatic World Cup qualification. Substitute Conor Washington almost won it for the hosts in the last minute but his effort was cleared off the line. Switzerland's

ODI series: Bangladesh Women whitewash Zimbabwe

Bangladesh whitewashed Zimbabwe in three-match ODI series after winning the third and final game by seven wickets at Bulawayo. Earlier, Zimbabwe women won the toss and opted to bat first. Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for 72 runs 27.2 overs.  Sharne Mayers was the only

Morata's goal sends Spain to World Cup

Alvaro Morata's late goal helped Spain qualify for the 2022 World Cup and consigned Sweden to the play-offs. Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen tipped Dani Olmo's shot on to the crossbar with Morata on hand to tap the ball in after 86 minutes. Luis Enrique's side needed just

As Mitrovic scores, Serbia reach World Cup, Portugal play-offs

Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a dramatic late winner as Serbia booked their place at next year's World Cup and condemned Portugal to the play-offs. Hosts Portugal only needed a draw to qualify and looked to have done enough, with Renato Sanches' opener cancelled out

Australia Added Another Feather In The Crown 

Final Match: Australia VS New Zealand Played at Dubai Cricket Ground, UAE on 14 November 2021. Australia 173/2 in 18.5 Overs (Mitchell Marsh 77*, David Warner 53,Glen Maxwell 28* , Trent Boult 2/18 ) New Zealand 172/4  (Kane Williamson 85 , Martin Gutill 28, Glen Philips 18 , Josh

Australia beat New Zealand to win T20 World Cup

Australia won their maiden T20 World Cup title as they defeated New Zealand in the final by 8 wickets.  Chasing a target of 173, Australia won the game with 7 balls to spare, thanks to half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh and David Warner.  Earlier, Kane Williamson smashed a

T20 WC Final: Australia send New Zealand to bat first

Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and sent New Zealand to bat in their final match of the T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The winner of the trans-Tasmanian battle will clinch the trophy for the first time in seven editions.  Australia is

Mbappe scores 4 as France qualify for Qatar in style 

Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for France as the reigning world champions secured their place at next year's World Cup in Qatar in style by thrashing Kazakhstan. Mbappe got four of the eight goals, with the striker's first three coming in the opening 30 minutes. He

Who Wins Trans-Tasman Battle Today?

The teams from down under New Zealand and Australia would battle out for a new winner of T20 world cup 2021 at Dubai International Stadium this evening.  New Zealand in the recent past won the red ball test Championship getting the best of India. They also finished close second to

BCB dismisses fielding coach Ryan Cook

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has dismissed Ryan Cook, the fielding coach of the national cricket team following Bangladesh’s disastrous Twenty20 World Cup campaign in UAE and Oman. Akram Khan, director and also the chairman of Cricket Operations also said that the board is not

Dani Alves set to play for just 1 EURO monthly for Barcelona

BARCELONA have confirmed Dani Alves will return to the membership on a free switch – and can play for simply ONE EURO monthly. The Brazilian right-back, 38, turns into former team-mate Xavi’s first signing as Nou Camp boss. And extremely the membership legend will play

Pakistan cricket team arrive in Dhaka

Pakistan cricket team have arrived in Bangladesh Saturday morning to play three T20Is and two Tests. An Emirates Airlines flight, carrying the team members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8am. The tour will start with T20Is as hosts Bangladesh will play the

Argentina beat Uruguay as Di Maria scores 

Argentina will be a dangerous team when it finally qualifies for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar because it can win in so many ways. It moved closer to booking that ticket with a hard-fought 1-0 in Uruguay and it didn't even need superstar Lionel Messi to carry it this time. The

Miracle Led Australia Storming Into The Final

Australia VS Pakistan Australia 177/5 in 19 Overs (David Warner 49, Matthew Wade 41*, Marcus Stoinis 40*, Mitchell Marsh 41*, Shadab Khan 4/26, Shaheen Shah Afridi 1/35) Pakistan 176/4 (Mohammad Rizwan 67, Fakhar Zaman 55, Babar Azam 39, Mitchell Starc 2/38) Australia Won By 5

Australia win toss, send Pakistan to bat 

Australia skipper Aaron Finch has won the toss and elected to bowl against Pakistan in the second semifinal of the ongoing T20 World Cup at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday (Nov 11).  Both the teams have made no changes in their playing XI.  Pakistan have

Youngsters Mitchell, Conway Starred In Knocking Out English Lions

New Zealand VS England Played at Sheikh Jayed Stadium ,Abu Dhabi on 10 November 2021 New Zealand 167/5 in 19 Overs (Daryl Mitchell 72 *, Devon Conway 46, James Neesham 27, Liam Livingstone 2/22 ,Cris Woakes 2/36) England 166/4 (Moeen Ali 51*, David Malan 41, Joss Buttler 29, James