Sunday, 19 May, 2024

Sports

Crunch Time for Team Tigers

All eyes of ardent Bangladeshi cricket admirers and sports enthusiasts in Bangladesh and wherever they are will remain glued to whatever media that can be accessed from 3:30 PM (BST) Friday (May 11).  Bangladesh cricket team will launch its preparatory mission for ICC Champions trophy

BCB astonished over PCB’s suspension of Bangladesh tour

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has expressed astonishment over Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s sudden decision that postponed their tour to Bangladesh this year indefinitely. PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan said that they have taken the decision based on mutual consent after

Prospects for Team Tigers

DHAKA: Cricket admirers all over the world are eagerly awaiting the ICC Champions trophy 2017 cricket fiesta set to start from June 1 when Bengal tigers take on host English Lions at Oval.  The eight ICC top-ranked teams divided into two groups will play one another in round robin

Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona

Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal to send them top of La Liga with an injury-time winner against 10-man Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Barca, whose win put them top because of a better head-to-head record, have five games left, Real have six to play. Casemiro scored first

Can The Tigers Roar?

It is all set for a prestigious ICC Champions trophy 2017. The prestigious eight top ranked ICC full member countries will appear in ODI contest from June 1, 2017 in England. Divided in two groups A and B the teams would play against each other in round robin league before two teams

Tigers get Shakib as T20 captain

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday (April 22) appointed top all rounder Shakib Al Hasan as captain for tigers in T20.  BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon announced the decision after the 16th meeting of executive committee.  It was BCB’s first meeting in 2017.

Serena’s pregnancy confirmed

Serena Williams, the most successful female player of the Open era, is pregnant - just 12 weeks after winning her record 23rd Grand Slam. The American, 35, is due to give birth in the autumn, says her representative, reports the BBC. The world number two posted a picture on social

Tigers for English Safari

BCB is set to announce the 15-member squad for the ensuing Bangladesh-New Zealand–Ireland tri nation ODI series and ICC Champions trophy Thursday afternoon (April 20).  The tri nation series is being hosted by Ireland. The champions trophy will be held in England. Eight ICC ODI top

Tiger twos in IPL 2017

DHAKA: Two of the mainstays of Bangladesh cricket team’s recent successes in international cricket Shakib Al Hasan (ICC top-ranked all-rounder in all formats) and Mustafizur Rahman (wonder boy of World Cricket) are part of two leading teams of IPL. Shakib is playing his seventh

Challenging missions for team tigers

DHAKA:  After a very successful and eventful tour to Sri Lanka, team tigers is getting warmed up for big challenges for proving a point that they are truly emerging as a super power in the big league.  Throughout the rest of 2017, Bangladesh Cricket team will have an extremely busy

German football team bus hit by explosions

Three explosions have hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. In a news conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack on the team, reports the BBC. Player Marc Bartra underwent

Mashrafe retirement episode drags on

The retirement issue of Bangladesh Cricket captain Mashrafe from T20 international format is taking new dimensions as more and more pieces of evidence revealing the circumstances which led Mashrafe to take the surprising decision. Players come players go. No one remains indispensable

Few more questions on Bangladesh Cricket

It is not even a week that the Charismatic cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza of Bangladesh announced his retirement from T20 International. He is an enigmatic cricketer, a charismatic person. He has millions of followers, fans, and well-wishers all over the world. From Prime Minister

U-19 to play tri-nations series in India

DHAKA: Ahead of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2018, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants to revitalize the younger tigers in full vigor. It has been learned that the Bangladesh U-19 team will play a tri-nations series along with Sri Lanka, in India next year. As part of the

Questions asked about Bangladesh Cricket

Few questions we would like to ask to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) following eventful tour to Sri Lanka. Why ace pace bowler Rubel Hossain was not used, even in a single match, in Sri Lanka? Why Mahmudullah was being sent home after first test? Why Miraz was sent home after proving his

‘We should’ve won the ODI series by 2-0’

DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket team members returned home from Sri Lanka on Friday (April 7). Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) received the cricketers with warm welcome and floral wreaths at the VIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 11:30am. Bangladesh’s

Winning gift to Mashrafe on swansong

Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 International Played at R Premadasa Stadium Colombo Bangladesh 176/9 (Shakib Al Hasan 38, Imrul Kayes 36, Soumya Sarkar 34, Lasith Malinga 3/34 including a hat-trick) beat Sri Lanka 131 All Out (CK Kapugedera 50, NLTC Perera 27, WU Tharanga 23, Mustafiz

Winning T20 farewell to Mashrafe

DHAKA: Bangladesh finally gave their captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza a fitting farewell as they beat Sri Lanka by 45 runs in his last T20 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The host lost all wickets to score 131 in 18-over while chasing the Tigers-set 177-run target. Shakib Al

Tigers batting first in 2nd T20

DHAKA: Bangladesh are batting first against host Sri Lanka in the second T20 international at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Thursday (April 6). Tiger captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to bat first in the match. This will be Mashrafe’s last match as he has

Cricketer Sunny chargesheeted

DHAKA: Police submitted charge sheet against national cricket team player Arafat Sunny in a case filed against him under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The charge sheet was presented at the court of Magistrate Masud Zaman on in presence of the accused Sunny on