DHAKA: Bangladesh set South Africa 241-run target in the first ODI Match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Chittagong on Wednesday (January 27).Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 73 runs off 82 balls in the Group A match that started at 9:00am at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.Alongside

DHAKA: Bangladesh U19 started their innings slowly in the first  One Day International (ODI) match against South Africa U19 of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.Pinak Ghosh and Saif Hassan opened the innings and England broke the opening partnership at 30 runs of 57 balls with

DHAKA: England Under-19s are facing bowlers of Fiji Under-19s in the second match of ICC world cup at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.England have scored 24 runs for one in 4.1 overs in the match that began 9:00am (Bangladesh time).DW Lawrence and JTA Burnham are at the crease

DHAKA: Bangladesh Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat in the first match of ICC Under-19 World Cup at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.The 1st match of Group A between Bangladesh Under-19s and South Africa Under-19s is scheduled to begin at 9:00am (Bangladesh

The much talked about Under19 World Cup Cricket tournament in cricket frenzied Bangladesh is set to take off from tomorrow. 48 matches to be played across eight venues of four cities Dhaka ,Chittagong ,Sylhet and Cox’s bazar from 27 January to 14 February. Citing security concerns

DHAKA: Bangladesh youth beat England youth by 97-run in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday.While chasing Bangladesh youths’ set 247-run target, England youths managed to score a meager 149-run losing all wickets after

DHAKA: Adidas, the biggest sponsor International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has told athletics' world governing body it is to terminate their sponsorship deal four years early.The sportswear giant informed the IAAF of its decision - understood to be a direct result of

DHAKA: England batsmen are chasing the 247-run target set by Bangladesh in the Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday.Visiting English players have scored 16 runs for four at the end of 8.0 overs in the 50-over match that started at

DHAKA: Following the glorious year 2015 for Bangladesh cricket, Wisden India honored tigers ODI & T20I skipper Mashrafe Mortaza as one of the six Cricketers of the Year for their terrific performances in 2014-15.According to the list of best cricketers of the year, published by Wisden

We know T20 is not the forte of Bangladesh cricket though they proved an unbeatable team in ODI at home in 2015. Yet they were expected to white wash Zimbabwe in the recently concluded 4 matches T20 series. Bangladesh cruised to 2-0 lead after two matches with minimum hiccups. Team must

DHAKA: The technological issues will be given priority to ensure security during U-19 ICC Cricket World Cup 2016.The event is scheduled to start from January 27 at eight venues in four districts of Bangladesh.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) director general (DG) Benazir Ahmed came up with

DHAKA: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one of West Indies' finest batsmen, has retired after 22 years and 164 Test matches. This means Chanderpaul remains the second-highest West Indian Test run-maker until now, 86 runs short of Brian Lara: Lara got 11,953 (11,912 for West Indies and the rest for

Bangladesh Football losing its way has reached such a rock bottom stage that it cannot even compete strongly at SAARC level. The situation is so miserable that even Nepal, Maldives are proving difficult opposition for Bangladesh. This writer has experienced Bangladesh competing neck to

DHAKA: Nepal won first international title in 23 years, beating nine-man Bahrain U23 team 3-0 in the final of Bangabandu Gold Cup 2016 in Dhaka on Friday.Bimal Gharti Magar, Bishal Rai and Nawayug Shrestha scored one each to guide Nepal to the spectacular victory at the Bangabandhu

DHAKA: Visiting Zimbabwe leveled the Walton T20 Cricket series by winning the fourth and final T20 match by 18-run against host Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.While chasing a mammoth 181-run target, hosts managed to score 162-run losing 10 wickets in

DHAKA: Bangladesh need 181-run from 20-over to win the fourth and final T20 match as well as the Walton T20 Cricket series against visiting Zimbabwe at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.Earlier in the day, visitors’ captain E Chigumbura won the toss and elected to bat first

DHAKA: Zimbabwe are facing the Tiger bowlers in the fourth and final T20 match in the Walton T20 Cricket series at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.Mashrafe Mortaza opened the bowling and already took one wicket in the first over of Zimbabwe’s innings. V Sibanda returned to

DHAKA: Zimbabwe have won the toss and have chosen to bat the fourth and final T20 international against Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.The match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (09:00 GMT) Three changes for Bangladesh. Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed and

The four-match T20 Series has not yet been won by Bangladesh. Zimbabwe shocking a self-depleted Bangladesh by 31 runs in the third match will leave nothing unturned to finish the series on a high. Bangladesh may bring back Tamim on the top and give Taskin and Arafat Sunny a match today.

DHAKA: Real Madrid have topped the league table of the world's 20 richest football clubs for the 11th year in a row, according to Deloitte.Its Football Money League, based on season 2014-15, also said the combined revenues of the 20 clubs had risen 8% to €6.6bn, a new record, reports