Saturday, 11 Jan, 2025

Sports

IPL prevailed over ICC tournaments

COVID 19 out break and contamination spread brought almost everything standstill for several months. Like all other areas like economy, civil aviation and tourism, trade and commerce, energy and environment, silence prevailed in recreation activities like sports and culture as well. Some

Team strategy for the second Test 

In all fairness Pakistan should have won the Old Trafford test. It is only Pakistan that loses cricket matches in situation that prevailed till an hour after lunch on day four.  Chasing a victory target of 277 England was down to 117 for 5.  Off course Buttler and Woakes

Collin Morikawa holds off Casey to win US PGA 

American Collin Morikawa emerged from a stacked leaderboard to win the 2020 US PGA Championship after a flawless final round in San Francisco. At one point on the back nine, six players shared the lead but an eagle on the 16th saw the 23-year-old go clear. The world number 12 carded

Lessons for Bangladesh Cricket from Old Trafford Test 

Truly unpredictable, unbelievable, intense, and intoxicating Old Trafford test match between England and Pakistan is just over.  Pakistan was looking set for winning the intriguing contest till the midway to the second last session of the 4th days play with England reduced to

Messi and Suarez help Barca into quarter-finals

Barcelona set up a Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich after overcoming Napoli on a night of high VAR drama at the Nou Camp. Quique Setien's hosts scored three times through Clement Lenglet, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in an incident-packed first half, during

Buttler and Oakes win the Test for England

1st Test Played at Old Trafford, Manchester from 5-8 August 2020 Brief scorecard at stumps on Day-4 Pakistan  1st Innings:  326 All Out  in 109.3  (Shan Masood156, Babar Azam 69, Shan Shadab Khan  45, Abid Ali 16, SCJ Broad 3/56, JC Archer 3/59 CR Woakes

Cliff Hanger at Old Trafford 

1st Test Played at Old Trafford, Manchester from 5-9 August 2020  Brief Scorecard At Stumps at Stumps On Day Three   Pakistan 1st Innings:  326 All Out in 109.3  (Shan Masood156, Babar Azam 69, Shan Shadab Khan 45, Abid Ali 16, SCJ Broad 3/56, JC Archer 3/59 CR

Hat Trick Centurion Masood Puts Pakistan In Command

Ist Test Played at Old Trafford , Manchester  Brief Scorecard At Stumps at Stumps On Day Two  Pakistan  Ist Innings:  326 All Out  in 109.3  Overs ( Shan Masood156,.Babar Azam 69 , Shan Shadab Khan  45 , Abid Ali 16, SCJ Broad 3/56 , JC Archer 3/59

Pakistan Looked Confident At Old Trafford 

Pakistan England Test Series  1st Test Played at Old Trafford , Manchester (August 5 to August 9) Pakistan 139/2 in 49 Overs (Babar Azam 69*, Shan Masood 46*, Abid Ali 16, CR Woakes 1/14, JC Archer 1/23)  Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.  Rain interrupted

Bashundhara Kings confirm Brazilian Robinho

DHAKA: Bashundhara Kings confirmed the signing of Brazilian domestic league star Robson Azevedo da Silva Robinho for their upcoming campaign through a Facebook post on Wednesday (August 5). “Brazil, known for being the home of football superstars, sends us another gem -- Robson

Football world says goodbye to Iker Casillas on his retirement

Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas announced that he has officially retired from football on Tuesday. The Spanish keeper spent 16 years with the Real Madrid senior team and 8 years with the academy. He won 19 titles with Real. He served as captain of the club for five seasons. He holds

Minnow Ireland Turned The Table On World Champion England 

ICC Men’s Super Cup Championship  3rd ODI: England Vs Ireland played at Ageas Bowl, Southampton  Ireland 329/3 in 49.5 Overs (PR Stirling 142, A Balbrine 113, HT Tector 29*, KJ O’Brian 21*) beat England 328 All Out in 49.5 Overs (EJG Morgan 106, T Benton 58, DJ

Immobile beats Ronaldo to win Golden Shoe

  Lazio striker Ciro Immobile won the Serie A Golden Boot and European Golden Shoe as he matched Gonzalo Higuain's record of 36 goals in an Italian top-flight season. The 30-year-old scored in Lazio's 3-1 defeat by Napoli on the final day as his side finished fourth.

England Cruised To Series Win

  ICC Men’s Super League Championship  Ireland Vs England ODI series played at Southampton  Ireland 212/9 (C Campher 68, HC Tector 28, Simi Singh 25, Adil Rashid 3/34, S Mahmood 2/45). David Willey 2/48) lost to England 216/6 (Jonny Bairstow 82, DJ Willey 47*, SW

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to win FA Cup

  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores a brace as Arsenal come from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 and win the Heads Up FA Cup for a record 14th time. Chelsea took the lead in the Heads Up FA Cup final inside five minutes through Christian Pulisic's smart finish but then fell

Arsenal Can 'Save' Season By Winning FA Cup: Lacazette

  Arsenal are excited about Saturday's Heads Up FA Cup final against Chelsea because the players want to "save our season", says Alexandre Lacazette. The Gunners, who have won a record 13 FA Cups, finished eighth in the Premier League and will not qualify for the

Cake Walk For English Lions

ICC Men’s World Cup Super League England Vs Ireland Played at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on 30 July 2020.  World Champions England steam rolled their Irish Cousins ruthlessly in the inaugural ODI of the ICC Men’s World Cup super league winning by 6 wickets. It did not

Real Madrid most valuable brand in world football

  The most valuable football club brand in the world is that of Real Madrid. Due to the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of the brand has fallen 13.8 percent to 1.419 billion euros, but retains top spot. Barcelona come in second, slightly ahead of Manchester

ICC Men’s World Cup Super League Sets Off Today

  ICC Men’s World Cup Super League among the 12 full members to be played on home and way basis starts between England and Ireland starts today at Ageas Bowl today.  This super league is for qualifying India plus seven teams for playing in the 2023 ICC World Cup to

Pakistan England Test Series: Even Contest Expected 

The three matches test series between touring Pakistan and host England starts at Emirates stadium, Old Trafford, Manchester on 5 August 2020. The two other teats would be played on August 13-17 and August 21-25 and respectively at Rose Bowl, Southampton.  Given the present form