DHAKA: Having won the second one-dayer, Bangladesh wants to achieve 3-0 series whitewash against Zimbabwe when the last match starts on Wednesday afternoon. The third and final ODI at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, to begin at 1:00pm, is possibly the last such game in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A 15-member strong Bangladesh A team leaves Dhaka today for playing three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against India A team. They will play two three-day matches one each against India A and Ranji Trophy Champions Karnataka also on this tour. Expectations of tiger fans are sky

DHAKA: Wimbledon champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza captured their second consecutive Grand Slam women's doubles crown Sunday, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final. Indian Sania and Swiss veteran Hingis did not drop a set in becoming the

DHAKA: Zimbabwean pacer Heath Streak, the bowling coach Bangladesh national cricket team, has been appointed as A team coach for the India tour.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday declared his appointment in new post.Bangladesh A are set to leave Dhaka for India on Sunday for a

DHAKA: Barcelona's defensive frailties were once again evident as the treble winners were humiliatingly thrashed 4-0 by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana on Friday, Aritz Aduriz netting a hat-trick.Luis Enrique's men surrendered a three-goal lead against Sevilla

DHAKA: Australia captain Michael Clarke has confirmed he will retire from international cricket at the end of ongoing Ashes series.“I’ll have one more Test and that will be the end of my career,” Clarke told Channel Nine after the loss, reports espncricinfo.“I’m retiring from

England 391 for 9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Starc 6-111) beat Australia 60 (Broad 8-15) and 253 (Warner 64, Rogers 52, Voges 51*, Stokes 6-36) by an innings and 78 runsEngland regained the Ashes 10.2 overs into the third day at Trent Bridge as they completed a thumping win by an innings

DHAKA: Robert Lewandowski scored a late winner as Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in the final of the Audi Cup at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday.The Poland international stole a march in the penalty box and tapped home Douglas Costa's free-kick from out wide with two minutes left

DHAKA: Bangladesh team reached home wining 54 medals, including 18 gold medals, in ‘Special Olympic Summer World Games-2015’ held in Los Angeles of USA.The 80-member Bangladesh team also won 22 silver medals, 14 bronze. In Athletics, Bangladesh won six gold medals, five silvers and

DHAKA: Under pressure FIFA leader Sepp Blatter on Monday gave up his International Olympic Committee seat because he will soon end his reign in charge of world football. Blatter, whose organisation is embroiled in a corruption scandal, was among a group of eight IOC members who should

DHAKA: The Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa ended in a draw after rain had washed out plays both of its Chittagong and Dhaka matches.After the three successive washed-out days, the final day was also called off Monday before the scheduled start of play due to a wet outfield

DHAKA: Australia are set to arrive Bangladesh in October for their first Test series against the Tigers in over nine years.The Aussies will arrive on September 28 to play a three-day warm-up match against the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s XI at Fatullah outside the capital.Bangladesh is

DHAKA: After three successive washed-out days, the second Test match between the Bangladesh and South Africa played in Mirpur was called off due to wet outfield caused by couple of days’ rain.As the outfield has taken too much water and has been rendered unfit for play, umpires decided

DHAKA: Heavy rain forced the fourth day's play to be abandoned without a ball being bowled in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur on Sunday.Earlier, the second and third days’ play at the Shere Bangla National Stadium have also been called off due to rain with

DHAKA: Rain prevented play starting as scheduled at 9:30am local time on the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa in Mirpur on Sunday. Earlier, the second and third days’ play at the Shere Bangla National Stadium have been called off without playing a single

DHAKA: Shahid Afridi then Anwar Ali lifted Pakistan from nowhere to beat Sri Lanka by one wicket with four balls left and sweep their two-match Twenty20 series on Saturday.After winning the toss, Sri Lanka put up a formidable 172-7, helped by a career-best 48 not out from Chamara

DHAKA: The third day's play in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur has been called off due to rain on Saturday.An entire day's play was lost without playing a single ball due to wet outfield caused by rain with the influence

DHAKA: Rain delayed the start of the third day's play in the second Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur on Saturday.Earlier on Friday, incessant rain due to the influence of cyclonic storm Komen washed out the entire second day's play in the Test.Bangladesh scored 246

DHAKA: Beijing was selected Friday to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.Beijing narrowly defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a vote of the International Olympic Committee. The vote was surprisingly close: 44-40, reports Yahoo

DHAKA: The second day's play in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur was called off due to rain on Friday. Bangladesh could not resume their first innings as the entire morning session of the second day's play was washed out