DHAKA: Bangladesh national football team left here Wednesday (Mar 6) for Cambodia to play a friendly ending five-month absence from any international match.  A Thai Airlines flight, carrying the 23-men squad led by Coach Jamie Day, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim is unlikely to return to the Bangladesh side for the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington, slated to begin from Friday (March 8). He has been suffering from a wrist injury, as well as a flare-up of a rib problem since the beginning of New Zealand tour,

Cricket is set for a return at the Asian Games after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sunday included it in the sports programme for the 2022 edition in Hangzhou. The decision was taken at the OCA’s General Assembly in Bangkok. “Yes, cricket has been included in the sports

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost the first Test of three-Test series against New Zealand by an innings and 51 runs in Hamilton. Somya Sarkar and Mahmudullah Riyad couldn’t even come into rescue by their heavy tons. On day-4, Bangladesh started the second innings with 174 runs of 4 wickets

Somya Sarkar recorded his maiden century in Test cricket on day-4 of the Tigers’ first Test against New Zealand. He reached the three figures, making 149 off 171 balls in Hamilton, to touch Tamim Iqbal’s nine-year-old record of fastest Test century.  Somya reached 100 off 94

DHAKA: Bangladesh national hockey team former player Md Mohsin has died while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday (Mar 2). He breathed last around 4:30am. He was 71. National sports award winning hockey player Mohsin

DHAKA:  Defeating hosts Myanmar 1-0 goal, Bangladesh moved into the final round in their 2nd Group B Qualifying Round-2 match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championships. The match began at the Mandalar Thiri Stadium in Mandalay city of Myanmar at 5:30pm (Bangladesh time) on Friday (March

DHAKA: New Zealand, leading Bangladesh by 217 runs, were 451/4 in their first innings at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Hamilton on Friday (March 1). Kiwi lost JA Raval (132), TWM Latham (161), LRPL Taylor (4) and HM Nicholls (53) at  The opening stand put together

Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram on Wednesday, 27 February, made an appeal to India, saying Pakistan is not its enemy, rather both the countries have a common enemy – terrorism. Amid escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, Akram took to Twitter with

DHAKA: New Zealand scored 86 runs without any loss in 28 overs.  Bangladesh was whittled out to score 234 runs in 59.2 over in the first innings of the opening Test match against New Zealand in Hamilton Thursday (Feb 28). New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner took five wickets for 47 runs

DHAKA: Bangladesh‘s dashing opening batsman Tamim Iqbal scored his ninth century in Test cricket, during match 1 of the three-match Test series against New Zealand at Hamilton on Thursday (Feb 28).  His ton came off 100 deliveries hitting boundary, hammering a pull in front of

Luis Suárez scored twice, and forced an own goal, as the Catalans stormed into the Copa del Rey final with a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Barcelona came to the home of their greatest rivals needing a victory to take them to a record sixth consecutive Copa del Rey

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost all wickets to score 234 runs in 59.2 over on the first day of first Test against New Zealand Thursday (Feb 28). Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal made a brilliant 126 with 21 boundaries and one over boundary. Besides, Liton Das, Shadman Islam Mahmudullah, Mominul

DHAKA: New Zealand have picked Todd Astle in the 13-man squad announced for the upcoming three-Test series against Bangladesh, meaning Ajaz Patel misses out. The 32-year-old spinner was affected by a number of injuries in 2018 and makes a comeback to the Test side after undergoing knee

DHAKA: New Zealand completed a 3-0 one-day international series whitewash over Bangladesh after winning the third and final match by 88 runs at the University Oval in Dunedin. Bangladesh could manage 242 runs with Sabbir Rahman hammering an impressive 102 in response to the 331-run

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has confirmed he will retire from one-day internationals after this summer’s World Cup but is willing to lend his star power to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new 100-ball competition. The 39-year-old Jamaican has racked up 284 ODIs since his

The Melbourne Renegades have claimed their first Big Bash League title after a stunning collapse from crosstown rivals the Melbourne Stars at Docklands Stadium. Having restricted the Renegades to just 5-145 in the first innings, the Stars were crusing to victory at 0-93 in the 13th

Grieving Argentines have paid tribute to Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala at a special memorial in his home region of Santa Fe. The body of 28-year old Sala, who died in a plane crash last month, was laid out in a gymnasium in the town where he grew up so friends and family could

The body of footballer Emiliano Sala has arrived back in his home country of Argentina ahead of his funeral on Saturday. It arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday afternoon and will be driven 334 miles (538km) to his hometown of Progreso in the Santa Fe province. Sala, 28, died after the

DHAKA:  New Zealand won by eight wickets against Bangladesh in the 1st ODI in Napier city of New Zealand's North Island on Wednesday (February 13). Tigers were bowled out in 48.5 overs scoring 232 runs. New Zealand managed to win in 44.3 overs losing only 2 wickets. Mohammad