Sunday, 12 Jan, 2025

Sports

Ronaldo scores twice on his return to Man Utd 

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his return to Manchester United as the hosts eventually cruised to victory against Newcastle United and delighted a packed Old Trafford. Cheered from the moment he left the team coach on its arrival at the ground, throughout the warm-up and then once

Brave Afghans Would Cause Few Upsets 

Afghanistan is going through turmoil yet again. The very resourceful but very unfortunate country for continuous war and conflicts however possess some top-quality cricketers who took their team to great heights already in world cricket.  Fortunately, Talibans love cricket and

UK’s Raducanu makes history with US Open victory

Emma Raducanu ended Britain's 44-year wait for a women's Grand Slam singles champion as she beat Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open in the most thrilling style. The 18-year-old ended her scarcely believable run in New York with a 6-4 6-3 win over her 19-year-old Canadian

Did BCB Plan For ICC T20 World Cup?

Bangladesh cricket is on celebration mode after winning three series in trot against minnows Zimbabwe, mighty Australia and New Zealand. All these commendable achievements added new feathers to the crown of Bangladesh. Team tigers have proved them as impregnable team at SBNCS, Dhaka But

US Open 2021: Djokovic sets up final with Medvedev

World number one Novak Djokovic won a gruelling five-setter against Alexander Zverev to set up a US Open final against Daniil Medvedev and keep his bid for a calendar Grand Slam on track. Russian second seed Medvedev had earlier kept alive his hopes of a first major title with a 6-4

US Open 2021: Raducanu faces Fernandez in final

Emma Raducanu will seek to become the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in 44 years when she takes on fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in an unlikely US Open final between two players who have lit up New York. A final between the world numbers 150 and 73 was never

All Did Not End Well For Team Bangladesh 

New Zealand –Bangladesh T20 Series  5th Match Played On 10 September 2021 at SBNCS, Dhaka  Brief Scorecard  New Zealand 161/5 in 20 Overs (Tom Latham 50*, Fin Allen 4, Henry Nicholls 20, Shariful 2/48, Afif Hossain 1/18, Nasum Ahmed 1/25, Taskin Ahmed 1/34) 

English Lions Would Challenge The Best of The Best

Mother Country threatened to win major trophies from global tournament ever since the ICC global tournaments were introduced. The finished as brides mate few times in ICC World Cup. England finally won the Championship for the first time at Lords in 2019 and that two through a photo

Reigning Champions Look Formidable Yet Again

Reigning T20 Champions West Indies announced Squad for ICC Men’s T20 Championship 2021 have all movers and shakers.  If just two of the players are on mood any given day they take any bowling attack to cleaners. So many power hitters and so many explosive batsmen. West

Can Proteas Brush Off Choker Tag?

South Africans always start global cricket tournaments as one of the favourite. To a certain stage they look like going all the way. But at business stage they choke. They have so far won only one global tournament the Champions trophy at Dhaka, Bangladesh.  The team that produced

Bangladesh Can Be Dark Horse

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has just announced its 15 Members T20 I World Cup Squad and two Standbys. With its premiere opening batsman Tamim Iqbal opting out there has been no surprises. The T20 series winning XI has Soumya, Taskin, Shoriful and Shamim Patowary added to it makes

Taliban to ban women’s sports in Afghanistan

Afghan women, including the country’s women’s cricket team, will be banned from playing sport under the new Taliban government, according to an official in the hardline Islamist group. In an interview with the Australian broadcaster SBS, the deputy head of the

Bangladesh squad announced for T20 World Cup

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021. Mahmudullah will lead the team, it said on Thursday. The Tigers are set to begin their campaign in the first round taking on Scotland in their opening game on October 17. The World

Host India Hot Favourite

Indian cricket now leaps and bounds in all formats. True they lost test championship to New Zealand yet IPL franchise and high quality well organised domestic cricket continues producing quality cricketer like flowing fountains. In ICC T20 world cup 2021 due to start at end of the month

Nasum, Mahmudullah and Mustafiz Script Historic Series Win

Bangladesh New Zealand T20 I  Series  4th Match Played on 8 September 2021 at SBNCS Dhaka Bangladesh 96/4 in 19.1 Overs (Mahmudullah Riad 43*, Mohammad Naim 29, Ajaj Patel 2/9)  New Zealand 93 All Out in 19.3 Overs (Will Young 46, Tom Latham 21, Nasum Ahmed 4/10,

Bangladesh seal first T20I series against New Zealand 

Bangladesh clinched their maiden T20I series victory over New Zealand after their 6-wicket win in the fourth match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday. Tigers scored 96 runs for four after chasing down the Kiwis' tally of 93-all out with five balls to spare

New Zealand facing Bangladesh bowlers in 4th T20I

New Zealand batsmen are facing Bangladesh bowlers in the fourth T20I at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Dhaka on Wednesday. New Zealand cricket captain Tom Latham won the toss and opted to bat in the fourth Twenty20 international match. Earlier, Bangladesh won first two

Tomorrow Will Be A New Day For Tigers 

Smart teams carry nothing but lessons learnt from past match. Considering the lost last match and the nightmare of getting bundled out for 76 Bangladesh should turn around tomorrow. They still have the advantage .The series for their taking if they win one of the two matches. They should

US Open: Emma Raducanu reaches quarter-finals

"It is right to be excited - not just necessarily about the future, but about what Emma Raducanu is doing right here, right now." As she walked out on to the cavernous 24,000-seater Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, teenager Raducanu took a minute to soak in her surroundings.

US Open: Djokovic beat Jenson Brooksby to reach quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic was again made to fight hard as he beat American wildcard Jenson Brooksby to reach the US Open quarter-finals and keep his calendar Grand Slam hopes alive. The world number one overcame a poor first set to win a bruising encounter 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-2. He was pushed all