Saturday, 12 Jul, 2025

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Bangladesh defeat Bhutan by 5-2 goals

DHAKA: Defending champions Bangladesh started their opening match of SAFF Under-15 campaign by crushing Bhutan by 5-2 goals. The matched was played at Kalyani Stadium in the Nadia district of West Bengal in India on Friday (August 23). Forward Al Mirad netted the first goal at the

PSG reject €100m + three players bid for Neymar

DHAKA: Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have rebuffed Real Madrid's efforts to take Neymar to the Spanish capital, claims L'Equipe.  The Merengue upped the ante in their most recent bid, offering €100 million (£91m/$111m) plus no less than three players - believed to be James

ICC to live stream Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier matches

Ten ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 matches will be live streamed for the first time ever, as part of the ICC’s ongoing commitment to delivering greater coverage of women’s cricket and showcasing the game to more people across the world. The six-camera live-stream will

3 BKSP cricketers hurt in Savar road accident

DHAKA: Bangladesh emerging squad cricketers were returning to Dhaka after leveling the series against Sri Lanka Emerging Team with a superb victory. But the joy of that win was foiled as three of the young Tigers suffered injuries in a road accident. Young wicketkeeper-batsman Zakir

How Bangladesh Cricket Can Move Forward?

Many would argue that given the domestic cricket formats, standards of local cricket, quality of BCB and other cricket administration Bangladesh cricket perhaps achieved the maximum in international cricket.  Five top quality international cricketers Mashrafe, Shakib, Mushfiq, Tamim

Langeveldt, Domingo join tigers’ conditioning camp

DHAKA: New head coach of national cricket team Russell Domingo and newly appointed pace bowling coach Charl Langeveldt have joined conditioning camp of tigers on Wednesday (August 21).  On the third day of the conditioning camp, the primary team members of the national team started

Afghanistan names squad for Bangladesh tour

DHAKA: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced squads for one-off Test against host Bangladesh and tri-nation T20 series. ACB twitted the squad Tuesday (August 20). Test squad: Rashid Khan, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Ihsanullah Janat, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah

Stokes warns Australia to expect more fire from Archer

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has warned Australia to expect more intense fast bowling from Jofra Archer in their next Ashes encounter at Headingley. Archer, who made his Test debut in the second Ashes Test at Lord's, returned match figures of 5/91 in the drawn encounter. Not only

Tigers' pace bowling coach Langeveldt arrives

DHAKA: Bangladesh national cricket team's newly appointed pace bowling coach Charl Langeveldt arrived in Dhaka while head coach Russell Domingo is expected to arrive in afternoon Tuesday (August 20). Former South Africa pacer Charl Langeveldt arrived here around 10:30am.

Afghanistan's Shahzad suspended for a year

Mohammad Shahzad, the Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman, cannot play "any form of cricket" for a year. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), which had earlier suspended Shahzad indefinitely for breaching the board's code of conduct, has fixed the term of his suspension. Shahzad's

Argentina names squad sans Messi, Aguero and Di Maria

Paulo Dybala and Lautaro Martinez headline Argentina's squad for upcoming friendlies against Chile and Mexico with Lionel Messi missing through suspension. Lionel Scaloni named a 27-man squad on Sunday, featuring seven uncapped players including Alexis Mac Allister, Leonardo

Ashes: Second Test ends in draw at Lord's

Men's Ashes: Second Specsavers Test, Lord's (day five of five) England 258 & 258-5 dec (Stokes 115*, Cummins 3-35) Australia 250 (Smith 92) & 154-6 (Labuschagne 59, Archer 3-32, Leach 3-37) Match drawn England had to settle for a draw in the second Ashes Test, but not

Three killed in Honduras football fans' rioting

Three people have been killed and about 10 injured in rioting between fans of rival football clubs in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. The violence broke out ahead of a planned game between the Motagua and Olimpia clubs on Saturday evening. It began when crowds threw stones at the

Sri Lanka cricket team reaches Lahore after 8 years

The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Lahore under heavy security to play the final T20 International of a three-match series against Pakistan. The visit comes eight years after they suffered a gun and grenade attack in the same city.   International cricket was suspended in Pakistan

Second Ashes Test set for thrilling conclusion

The second Ashes Test is poised for a thrilling conclusion after a memorable fourth day in which the fast bowlers of England and Australia illuminated Lord's. In a ferocious spell in which he touched 96mph, England debutant Jofra Archer struck Steve Smith on the neck and forced the

Russell Domingo appointed Tigers' head coach

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed former South Africa coach Russell Domingo as new head coach of national cricket team. BCB President Nazmul Hassan made the announcement at BCB Office in Mirpur Saturday (August 17). The contract with Domingo was made for two years. He

Ravi Shastri to continue as India head coach

Ravi Shastri has been reappointed as the head coach of the senior men's Indian team and will remain in charge until the T20 World Cup of 2021 to be played in India. The confirmation came on Friday (August 16) evening following the completion of the selection process by the Kapil

Host England on the Back Foot

Second ICC Test World Cup Match England Vs Australia (August 14-18, 2019) Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day Two England 1st Innings 258 All Out( RJ Burns 53, JM Bairstow 52, CR Woakes 32, JL Denly 30, JR Hazlewood 3/58, PJ Cummins 3/61 , NM Lyon 3/68) Australia 1st Innings 30/1 With

Liverpool beat Chelsea to clinch Super Cup title

Liverpool have won the Uefa Super Cup via a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea following a thrilling 2-2 draw in Istanbul. Olivier Giroud gave the Blues a deserved lead before the break but Sadio Mane equalised just three minutes after the restart. Frank Lampard made three

Kohli leads India to series win over West Indies

Rain has been the biggest worry in the three-match ODI series between India and West Indies, forcing the final contest to be reduced to a 35-over contest. Not that it bothered the Indian cricket team as they were on top of proceedings ever since the dismissal of Chris Gayle, who was at