The visit of Socceroo to Bangladesh in November 2015, successful staging of Zimbabwean series and BPL having many international players could not create confidence in Cricket Australia (CA) that their Under 19 team can play World Cup in a safe and secure manner.They have sent a team to

DHAKA: The 2016 Bangladesh Cricket League first-class competition will begin on January 10 with participation of four zonal teams - North, South, East and Central - in a home-and-away basis.BCB's tournament committee chairman Akram Khan said ‘The BCL, to begin on January 10, will be in

Boxing Day Test at MCG: 26-30 December 2015 Australia 551/3 Declared (Burns128, Khawja 144, Smith 134* and Voges 106*) West Indies 91/6 (Lyon 2/18, Siddle 2/19, Pattinson 2/ 36) Very strong Australians starting from impregnable position on the second morning at 345/3 had run feast racing

2015 will go down as the year of historic achievements for Bangladesh in international cricket. The talented team of gifted cricketers affectionately called Bengal Tigers earned many first time achievements making Bangladesh bigger and brighter among the sporting community of the world.

MCG, MELBOURNE (Australia): Frank Worrell Trophy; Second Test Played at MCG on 26 December (Boxing Day) 2015Australia 345/3 (Usman Khawaja 144, JA Burns 128, Jerome Taylor 2/83)Rampaging Australia savaging West Indies attack raced to 345/3 by stumps of the Boxing Day threatening yet

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Football Team is set to start their campaign in the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 taking on current Champion Afghanistan in a group B match at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Kerala of India at 7:00pm (Bangladesh time) Thursday.Star Sports will live

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Zimbabwe may play a split three-Test series, with one game hosted by Bangladesh in January and the remaining two hosted by Zimbabwe, reports espncricinfo.Two days after BCB president Nazmul Hassan said the Test series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in January would

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Zimbabwe may play a split three-Test series, with one game hosted by Bangladesh in January and the remaining two hosted by Zimbabwe, reports espncricinfo.Two days after BCB president Nazmul Hassan said the Test series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in January would

DHAKA: Mehedi Hasan will lead the Bangladesh Under-19 side for the second time in a World Cup after he was named captain for next year's tournament.The 15-member side, which was announced on Wednesday, includes four other players - Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Saeed Sarkar, wicketkeeper Zakir

DHAKA: For three consecutive times, Bangladesh will host Asia Cup to be held from February 24 to March 6 next year.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief executive officer Nizam Uddin Chowdhury Sujan disclosed the matter to the media on Tuesday in city’s Mirpur area.He said a total of

DHAKA: Scotland has announced their U-19 squad that will compete in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh in January and February. The young Scots will face a stern test in Group A against current U19 Champions South Africa, host Bangladesh and Namibia.Captain Neil Flack will lead

DHAKA: In response to the eight-year ban from the FIFA independent Ethic committee, suspended FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter on Monday said “I will fight!”According to decisions by the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee on Monday, Blatter and Michel Platini, Vice-President

DHAKA: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will retire from all forms of international cricket at the end of the home series against Australia in February 2016, reports espncricinfo.The Blackcaps skipper made the announcement in Christchurch a day after his team won the Test series

DHAKA: The BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said that Bangladesh’s two-match Test series against Zimbabwe, scheduled originally for January 2016, will be shelved to keep the team's focus on T20Is.Hassan did not mention when the series will be now be held, but said the period after the

DHAKA: Sepp Blatter and the longtime FIFA president’s one-time heir apparent, Michel Platini, have been banned from football for eight years.The banning has apparently ended the career of the former and definitively derailed the vaulting ambitions of the latter.The Fifa ethics

DHAKA: Karachi Kings have selected Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib al Hasan Pakistan Super league (PSL), which will run from February 4-23 in Dubai and Sharjah. In the second round of the draft pick, held in Lahore on Monday (December 21), allows the five PSL teams to select players from a

DHAKA: Bangladesh under-14 girls' football team clinched the title of AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship beating Nepal by 1-0 goals Sunday.The match began at Physical Training Ground at Kathmundu.Bangladeshi girl Maria scored the only winning goal in the first half of the match.

DHAKA: A 26-member Bangladesh national football team has left home for India on Sunday (December 20) to participate in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship that is scheduled to begin December 23 in Kerala.The team, led by Mamunul Islam Mamun, has left Hazrat Shahjalal

Rezaul Islam Shubho an ardent cricket admirer in his blog has suggested a Bangladesh squad for the ensuing Asia Cup to be played for the first time in T20 format. Obviously, the form and fitness of the players in the recent BPL T20 was the primary basis of his suggested squad. He off

DHAKA: Chelsea has sacked manager Jose Mourinho for a second time, just seven months after winning the Premier League.The 52-year-old has been dismissed with Chelsea 16th in the division and one point above the relegation zone following a dismal run of nine defeats in 16 games, reports