Wednesday, 08 Jan, 2025

Sports

PM hails Afif’s performance

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Bangladesh Cricket Team on its hard-earned victory against Zimbabwe and also appreciated Afif Hossian for his outstanding performance.  Bangladesh won by three wickets against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the triangular T20I series

Amazing Afif rescued Bangladesh from Zimbabwe scare

OBHAI Tri Nation T20 series 1st match Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe played at SBNCS Dhaka Brief Scorecard Bangladesh 148/7 (AfifHossian 52, MosaddeqHossain 30*, Liton Das 19, SabbirRahman 15, Madziva 2/25, Zarvis 2/31, Chatara 2/32) beat Zimbabwe 144/5 (RP Burt 57, H Masakadza 34, CT

Tigers win by 3 wickets against Zimbabwe

DHAKA: Bangladesh won by three wickets against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the triangular T20I series at ShereBangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday (September 13). Zimbabwe scored 144 runs losing 5 wickets whereas Bangladesh scored 148 runs having lost 7 wickets with only 2

Tigers opt to bowl first against Zimbabwe

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the triangular T20I series at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday (September 13). The match was reduced to 18 overs-a-side due to rains. Bangladesh: Liton Das, Soumya

Bangladesh’s Ruman Shana wins gold at Asia Cup Archery

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Ruman Shana has won gold medal against Shi Zhenqi of China in the men's singles recurve category at the third leg of the 2019 Asia Cup in the Philippines. The 24-year-old archer from Bangladesh beat China's Zhenqi Shi by 7-3 set points in the final of the

Can Team Tigers Redeem in Tri-Nation T20 Series?

Rookie Afghanistan has humiliated Bangladesh in OBHAI only Test at Chattogram. A loss by huge 224 runs must have rub salt to Bangladesh injury after disastrous Sri Lanka tour following average performance in CWC 2019.  Unexpected loss is test against Afghanistan which only played its

Sri Lanka's tour to Pakistan uncertain after terror threat

Sri Lanka’s scheduled tour of Pakistan has hit a roadblock, following warnings of a possible terrorist threat received from the Sri Lanka Prime Minister’s Office. Hours after the squads were announced for the upcoming tour, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a press release that the security

BCB XI suffer warm-up loss to Zimbabwe

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI suffered defeat to visiting Zimbabwe in the only practice match ahead of the T20 tri-series.   The Tigers won the toss and set the visitors 143-run target after batting first, losing 7 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, in Khan Shaheb Osman Ali

BCB XI post 142/7 against Zimbabwe

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI set 143-run target for visiting Zimbabwe in the only practice match ahead of the T20 tri-series.  BCB XI, captained by Saif Hassan, scored 142 by losing 7 wickets in stipulated 20 overs.    Saif Hassan and Mohammad Nayeem batted as openers

Bangladesh women's hockey team record first international win

DHAKA: Bangladesh women’s hockey team registered their first victory on Tuesday (September 10), beating Sri Lanka 2-0 in AirAsia Women’s Junior (U-21) AHF Cup in Singapore.  Tarin Akter Khushi scored the first goal in the 27th minute and Fardia Akter Ratri scored the second in the

Ex England captains Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss knighted

Former England captains Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been given knighthoods in ex-Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation honours list. Boycott, 78, scored 8,114 runs in 108 Tests for England from 1964 to 1982 and was captain on four occasions in 1978 in place of the

Sunshine for Afghanistan, doomsday for Bangladesh

OBHAI Only Test: Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chottogram. Appearing only on its 3rd ever test match against strong Bangladesh playing its 115th test, all guns blazing Afghanistan achieved overwhelming 224 runs victory. The tables were turned on the

Afghanistan bag historic test win against Bangladesh

DHAKA: Afghanistan clinched an epic victory beating Bangladesh by 224 runs in the one-off Test match in Chattogram on Monday (September 9).  Rashid Khan's 5-fer helped gain a lead close to 140 and that sealed the match on day-5 of the match. The Afghanistan skipper took three

Zimbabwe in Dhaka to play T20I tri-series

DHAKA: Zimbabwe national cricket team arrived here early on Monday (September 9) to play with Bangladesh and Afghanistan in the T20I tri-series – beginning from September 13. Hamilton Masakadza and his team landed in Dhaka around 2:00am. Bangladesh and Afghanistan are now playing

Rafael Nadal wins 19th Grand Slam title

Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev's exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals. Spain's Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the fifth seed in New York. Nadal, seeded second, was cruising at two sets

Rain delays 5th day of Chattogram Test

DHAKA: Rain delayed the start of the fifth day of the one-off Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram Monday (September 9). Bangladesh is set to resume their 2nd innings at 136/6 on the final day, still needing 262 to win. Afghanistan collected

Australia retain the Ashes at Old Trafford

Australia have successfully retained the Ashes after bowling England out to secure victory on the final day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford. The win puts Australia 2-1 ahead in the series, with just one match to play, at the Oval next week. England could yet level the series with

Historic Afghanistan Win Will Be POETIC JUSTICE

OBHAI Only Test: Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day-4 Afghanistan 1st Innings 341 All Out (Rahmat Shah 102, Asghar Afghan 92, Rashid Khan 51, Afsar Zazai 41, Ibrahim Zadran 21, Taijul Islam 4/116, Nayeem Hasan

T20WC: Bangladesh Women's Team in group of death

DHAKA: Qualifier roundup champion Bangladesh Women's Cricket Team is placed in Group-A, the group of death, to play the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.  The group also features Australia, India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka as ICC issued the schedule. Bangladesh women will

Bianca Andreescu stuns Serena Williams to win US Open final

Bianca Andreescu just doesn't know how to lose a tennis match these days while Serena Williams suddenly is struggling to win a grand slam final. Andreescu became Canada's first ever grand slam singles champion and at 19, the first teen to win a major since Maria Sharapova 13