Saturday, 11 Jan, 2025

Sports

Australia's 'No' to Shakib for Big Bash trip

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan though intended to join the newest edition of the Australian Twenty20 competition Big Bash League, Cricket Australia shut the doors on him for his past charges of corruption. As Shakib’s one-year sanction from cricket for not complying with

Hero Worshiping Right and Flawed Way 

Shakib Al Hasan is a well song hero of Bangladesh sports arena. None before him attained the world’s best in the business acclamation. Still for some antics he also featured in some controversies.  Him appearing in Kali Puja festival at Kolkata is the latest controversy that

Tamim’s Lahore Qalandars reaches PSL final

Tamim Iqbal though failed to produce a big knock, his team Lahore Qalandars reached the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) by beating Multan Sultans. They will take on Karachi Kings in the final on Tuesday. After eliminating Peshwar Zalmi, winning the Eliminator game by five

Taylor outclasses Gutierrez to defend 4 women's lightweight titles

Katie Taylor served up a ruthless display to dominate against Miriam Gutierrez and defend her four world lightweight titles with a points win. Taylor was ferocious from the bell against a previously unbeaten opponent who had no answer for her speed. She floored Gutierrez at the end

Bangladesh football coach Jamie Day tests positive for Covid-19

The head coach of Bangladesh national football team Jamie Day has tested positive for coronavirus. A member Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) confirmed the information to Banglanews. The British coach tested positive on the routine tests carried out on all the players and

Sheikh Russel's cricket team soon: Sayem Sobhan 

Country’s top-flight professional football club and former champions of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Limited held its annual general meeting on Saturday at the city’s Bashundhara area. The AGM was chaired by club chairman and Managing Director

Brazil struggle to beat Venezuela without Neymar

Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino scored the crucial goal as Brazil laboured to a 1-0 win over a well organized but limited Venezuela in their World Cup qualifier on Friday. Firmino broke the deadlock on 66 minutes in Sao Paulo, poaching a goal after Venezuelan defender Darwin

Preview of Bangabandhu Cup T20 Tournament 

T20 is perhaps not the right format Bangladesh should have opted now with the West Indies tour looming and some bilateral test series Bangladesh would be playing in 2021. Yet BCB going for Bangabandhu Cup T20 tournament would be a way of remembering the father of the nation in his birth

Ronaldo scores again in Portugal rout

Cristiano Ronaldo moved one goal closer to the all-time international goalscoring record in men's football as Portugal thrashed Andorra. Ronaldo, 35, scored his 102nd goal for his country with a powerful header and is now seven behind the record of Iran's Ali Daei. Wolves

Bangladesh Is The Least Prepared Team In World Cricket 

During the COVID-19 pandemic ICC full members and associate members prepared their teams in whatever ways possible for bilateral and international tournaments. For lack of vision and foresight of BCB Bangladesh is the least prepared of all the teams.  Before the onset of Pandemic

Teranga In Kangaroo Land: Mouth-watering Contest Expected 

A very strong Indian Contingent is due to leave for down under later this month for playing tests, ODI and T20 series. All three formats is expected to witnessed mouth-watering contests between evenly matched contingents. India with a much different all-round bowling unit apart from

Mumbai Indians Routed Delhi Capitals 

IPL 2020 Final Played at DSC Dubai Mumbai Indians (MI) VS Delhi Capitals  (DC) on 10 November 2020 Brief Scorecard: MI 157/5 in 18.4 overs (R Sharma 68, Ishan Kishan 33*, Q De Kock 20, SA Yadav 19, A Nortje 2/32) beat DC 156/7 (SS Iyer 65*, RR Pant 56, TA Boult 3/ 30, NM Coulter

Sparkling Delhi Capitals Overwhelms SRH 

Dream 11 IPL 2020, 2nd Eliminator  Delhi Capitals VS Sunrisers   Hyderabad  Played at Abu Dhavi on 8 November 2020 Brief Scorecard: DC 189/3 ( S Dhawan 78, SD Hetmeyer 42* ,  MP Stoinis 38, SS Iyer 21, Rashid Khan 1/26)  beat SRH 172/8 ( KS Williamson 67 ,

Vintage Babar Leads Another Cake Walk Win Of Pakistan

Pakistan VS Zimbabwe T20 Series  1st Match (Day Night) Played at Rawalpindi, 7 November 2020 Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 157/4 in 18.5 Overs (Babar Azam 82, Mohammad Hafiz 36, B Muzarabani 2/26) beat Zimbabwe 156/6 (W Madhvere 70*, SC Williams 25, BRM Taylor 20, Haris Rauf 2/25,

Substitute Messi helps Barcelona to first league win in five games

Half-time substitute Lionel Messi turned the game around for Barcelona as they beat Real Betis for a first La Liga win in five games. Ousmane Dembele gave Barca the lead with a powerful effort and Antoine Griezmann had a penalty saved. Antonio Sanabria smashed home an equaliser just

SRH Eliminated RCB In A Thrilling Encounter

Dream11 IPL 2020, 1st Eliminator  SRH VS RCB Played at Abu Dhavi on 6 Nov 2020 Brief Scorecard: SRH 132/4 in 19.4 Overs (Ken Williamson 50*, Jason Holder 24*, Manish Pandey 24, Mohammad Siraj 2/24, Adam Zampa 1/12, YS Chahal 1/24) beat RCB 131/ 5 ( AB de Villiers 56, AJ Flinch 32,

Shakib returns home

Cricket star Shakib al Hasan has returned to Bangladesh after over one-month stay with his family in the United States. He arrived at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Qatar Airlines flight around 2:10 am on Friday. The all-rounder had previously come in to the

Sizzling Hot MI Clinically Dispatched Awful DC 

Dream 11 IPL 2020, 1st Qualifier  Mumbai Indians (MI) VS Delhi Capitals (DC) Played at DSC, Dubai on 5 November, 2020  Brief Scorecard:  MI 200/5 (Ishan Kishan 55*, SA Yadav 51, D de Kock 40, HH Pandya 37*, R Ashwin 3/29) beat DC 143/8 (MP Stoinis 65 and AR Patel 42,

Shakib retains top ODI all-rounder spot

Bangladesh star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, whose ban ended on October 28, has retained his spot as the number one all-rounder in ODIs.  Shakib tops the ranking chart with 373 rating points. Earlier in October 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) imposed a two-year ban,

Rodrygo's late strike gave Real Madrid victory over Inter Milan 

Rodrygo's late strike gave Real Madrid victory over Inter Milan - their first Champions League win of the season. Real looked in control when Karim Benzema rounded Samir Handanovic to put them ahead and Sergio Ramos headed in his 100th goal for the club. But moments later