Barcelona and Argentina superstar player, Lionel Messi, turns 33 on Wednesday. The Argentine has spent his entire career at Barcelona where he won a record 34 trophies including ten La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and six Copa Del Rey cups. Record-breaking Ballon

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have jointly decided to postpone the upcoming Test series in August-September this year due to coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand was supposed to come to Bangladesh to play two matches of the ICC World Test

The avalanche of COVID-19 is not yet over. In South Asia or to be more specific in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan the community spread of the pandemic is still peaking. But at the same time international cricket is slowly preparing to get back into business as usual. Situation in New

DHAKA: Veteran cricketer and member of parliament for the Narail-2 constituency, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19).  Mortaza's family sources confirmed the matter on Saturday (June 20). On June 15, the result for Hosne Ara, Mashrafe's

Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, has dropped a health update and said that he was recovering well after spending “really tough” first two-three days. In a latest Facebook video, Afridi has said: “I wanted to make this video as I

Barcelona scored 66 seconds into their return to action as Lionel Messi completed a comfortable 4-0 win at Mallorca in La Liga. Arturo Vidal headed the opener and former Middlesbrough striker Martin Braithwaite added his first for the club before the break. Luis Suarez came off the

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has tested positive for Covid-19. Afridi, in a tweet, revealed that he had been feeling unwell since Thursday. He asked his fans and well-wishers to keep him in their prayers and ended his post with ‘hope not out’. “I’ve been feeling unwell

Amidst the spread of COVID 19 contamination, ICC member countries have started taking initiatives for preparation the teams for the ensuing tight international commitments.  England and West Indies are all set for three matches test series in July 2020 in empty stadiums. Australia,

COVID19 has confined all including cricket players, team officials, cricket writers are cricket admirers at home like all others. With no cricket being played anywhere cricket family is spending time in teleconferences over zoom, face book live or any other virtual windows.  Some

Former five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather has offered to cover the funeral costs for George Floyd, who died while being restrained by Minneapolis police. Protests have been held in the US and worldwide after Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while being pinned down by white

Multidimensional impacts of COVID-19 avalanche has evidenced that for post COVID recovery every sector would require very well planned and well managed execution by specialist and professionals.  COVID 19 like all other activities has stalled cricket world. Many bilateral series of

Like any other sporting event international cricket has also come to standstill for COVID19 pandemic avalanching. Many bilateral series have been either deferred or suspended, domestic cricket leagues. PSL could not be completed, IPL 2020 is in uncertainty.  At this moment ICC T20

DHAKA: Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has become World Food Programme’s National Goodwill Ambassador in Bangladesh. Tamim Iqbal confirmed the matter on his official Facebook page on Monday afternoon.  Posting a video, the Bangladesh ODI captain said, "Today I have been

DHAKA: Former national footballer Golam Rabbani Helal passed away at a city hospital on Saturday at the age of 63. He breathed his last at the Square Hospital in the capital at around 12:15pm. The former footballer of Abahani Limited was admitted to the hospital after suffering

DHAKA: Masharafe Bin Mortaza’s bracelet, which hugged his wrist for long 18 years, sold for a whopping Tk 42 lakh during an auction. The former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team auctioned the bracelet to raise funds for people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. The

A robot dog is patrolling one of Singapore's parks as part of coronavirus-related trial. The machine - made by US-based Boston Dynamics - is fitted with a camera to monitor how busy Bishan-Ang Moh Kio Park becomes. It also carries a loudspeaker to broadcast social-distancing

Diego Maradona has lent a hand in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in his hometown by autographing an Argentina national team jersey for a raffle. The sale raised money for an underprivileged area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires affected by quarantine rules. "We're

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Former West Indies skipper and legendary Caribbean batsman Brian Lara turned 51 on Saturday, making it an opportune moment to re-visit his world record 400-run Test knock. Lara's mammoth innings in the last Test of the four-match series against England in 2004 at the Antigua

Australia moved to the top of the official test rankings on Friday but coach Justin Langer said the toppled India team still remained the benchmark for them. Australia's rise ended India's stay at the top since October 2016 in the latest update, based on results over the past