Wednesday, 27 Nov, 2024

Sports

Bangladesh's Hakim, Diya win gold in Asia Cup Archery

Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Diya Siddiqui won gold medal for Bangladesh in the recurve mixed team event of the 2023 Asia Cup World Ranking Tournament, Stage-1 in Chinese Taipei on Sunday (March 19). Hakim and Diya beat their Kazakhstan opponents by 5-3 sets in the final of recurve mixed team

Haaland hits FA Cup hat-trick as Man City rout Burnley 

Erling Haaland scored his second hat-trick in five days as Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup semi-finals by hammering Championship leaders Burnley at Etihad Stadium. Haaland followed his five-goal haul against RB Leipzig in the Champions League by claiming another three to take

Rybakina beats Swiatek to reach Indian Wells final

Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina defeated world number one Iga Swiatek in straight sets to reach the Indian Wells final. Kazakh 10th seed Rybakina was dominant against defending champion Swiatek, needing just one hour 17 minutes to beat the Pole 6-2 6-2. It is the second time

Ronaldo scores 30-yard free-kick to inspire comeback win for Al-Nassr

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a long-range free-kick as Al Nassr came from behind to beat Abha 2-1 in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. The effort broke a three-game scoreless streak for the Portuguese forward, and was his first at home for his new club. The win moves them to within a

Bangladesh Pulverize Ireland on Milestone Setting Day

Bangladesh-Ireland ODI Series  1st Match Played at Sylhet on 18 March 2023  Brief Scorecard:  Bangladesh 338/8 (Shakib Al Hasan 93, Towhid Hridoy 92, Mushfiqur Rahim 44, Graham Hume 4/ 60) Ireland 155 All Out in 30.5 Overs (George Dockrell 45, Stephen Doheny 34 , Paul

Bangladesh shatters Ireland by 183 runs

Bangladesh beat Ireland by 183 runs in the first match of three one-day internationals in Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Ebadot Hossain scalped four wickets conceding 42 runs and Nasum Ahmed picked three wickets 43 runs while Taski Ahmed and Shakib Al Hasan claimed

Bangladesh post highest-ever ODI total of 338 vs Ireland

Bangladesh have scored 338 runs for 8 in their stipulated 50 overs against Ireland during the first of three One Day Internationals at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Saturday (March 18). This is Bangladesh's highest total in their ODI history as the previous best came against

Ireland win the toss, send Bangladesh to bat first

Ireland have won the toss and sent Bangladesh to field first in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Bangladesh kept Mehedi Hasan Miraz out due to his injury, apart from leaving out Afif Hossain from the lineup.

Djokovic denied entry to US to play at Miami Open

World number one Novak Djokovic has failed in his bid to play at next week's Miami Open after being denied entry to the United States. The 22-time Grand Slam winner, 35, had applied for special permission to enter the US because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19. The US

Cristiano Ronaldo picked in Portugal squad 

Cristiano Ronaldo has been picked in Portugal's squad for their Euro 2024 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Luxembourg this month. There were question marks about the 38-year-old forward's international future following the 2022 World Cup. He left the pitch in tears after

Bangladesh gear up for Ireland challenge

Bangladesh are looking forward to play their best cricket and keep the winning momentum going as they take on visiting Ireland in the three-match ODI series opener tomorrow (Saturday) at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The match which starts at 2 PM will be aired live on

Ireland Will Test the Nerve of Bangladesh Cricket

The expectations of Bangladesh Cricket have soared sky high after spectacular performance of Bangladesh against world champions of both the white ball formats. None in the widest of dream envisioned Bangladesh achieving comprehensive white wash in T20 series.  Ireland, a minnow in

Man City tie down World Cup winner Alvarez to 2028

Manchester City extended Julian Alvarez's contract to 2028 on Thursday in recognition of an impressive debut season from the Argentine World Cup winner. Alvarez has largely had to play second fiddle to Erling Haaland, but has still scored 10 goals in 33 appearances in his first

Arsenal knocked out in penalty shootout defeat

Arsenal were knocked out of the Europa League at the last-16 stage in a penalty shootout defeat by Sporting Lisbon at Emirates Stadium. Gabriel Martinelli's spot-kick was saved by goalkeeper Adan before Nuno Santos netted the winner to spark celebrations among Sporting's

Gianni Infantino re-elected unopposed as FIFA president

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA for four more years, after running unopposed at the congress of world football’s ruling body. The 52-year-old Swiss-Italian lawyer was confirmed in office by acclamation at the gathering in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda,

Real Madrid defeat Liverpool to reach Champions League quarterfinals

There was no historic comeback for Liverpool. Real Madrid’s title defense in the Champions League rolls into the quarterfinals. Liverpool never really came close to overcoming its three-goal deficit from the first leg against the titleholders at the Santiago Bernabéu

Cricket comes to Imran Khan’s rescue as police halt operation

When an intense two-day police operation to arrest former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the eastern city of Lahore came to a halt, it was cricket that came to the former cricket star’s rescue. Police had surrounded Khan’s residence in the provincial capital of

How Tigers Prevailed Over the Lions? 

Experts were in the opinion that Bangladesh a force to reckon with in ODI Cricket specially at home may win ODI series against the world Champions. But not even few found any possibility of Bangladesh winning the T20 series, not to talk even a comprehensive series whitewash.  Yet

English Lions Tamed 

Bangladesh VS England T20 Series  3rd Match Played at SBNCS Dhaka on 14 March 2023  Bangladesh 158/2 (Litton K Das 74, Nazmul Hossein Shanto 47*, Rony Talukdar 24)  England 142/6 (Dawid Malan 53, Jos Buttler 40, Taskin Ahmed 2/26)  Bangladesh won the Match by 16

Haaland hits five as Man City reach quarter-finals

Erling Haaland rewrote the record books by scoring an incredible five times as Manchester City swept RB Leipzig aside to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Haaland becomes the fastest and youngest player to reach 30 goals in Europe's elite club competition. He is also