Wednesday, 16 Jul, 2025

Sports

BPL to get new shape, cancel past contracts

DHAKA:  The governing body of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is about to make some changes in its contracts with all franchisees ahead of T-20 session in December of the current year. “A letter will be sent to all franchisees of BPL within 48 hours to discuss this issue,”

Du Plessis named SA Cricketer of the Year

DHAKA: Faf du Plessis and Dane van Niekerk, the captains of the men's and women's national teams, have been named 'South African Cricketer of the Year' in their respective categories at the Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards function held in Pretoria on Saturday (August 3).

Lions Have Paws on Kangaroos' Necks

World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Three  Australia 1st Innings: 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35, SCJ Broad 5/86, CR Woakes 3/58) and 2nd Innings 124/3 ( SPD Smith

Bashundhara Kings, Ctg Abahani tie BPL final

DHAKA: The final match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football season 2018-19 between Bashundhara Kings and Chittagong Abahani ties. The finalists took the match to 1-1.  The match, played on Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday (August 3), was also interrupted by rain.

Three month international ban for Messi

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was "corrupt". Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina's 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile and later said the "cup was fixed for Brazil".

Slow and Steady England Takes Control

1st Test Of ICC World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham From August 1-5 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Two Ist Innings Australia 284 All Out  (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) England Ist Innings

Bangladeshi youths reach tri-series final

DHAKA: Bangladesh U-19s have confirmed the final of the tri-nation series in England after beating the hosts by 72 runs. India is another team of the series.   Sent into bat, Bangladesh youths bundled out scoring 224 runs in 47.1 overs. Tanzid Hasan clinched century (117) while

Return of A Maestro

Day One of the First Test of Ashes Series (ICC World Test Championship) Played at Birmingham  Australia Vs England  Brief Scorecard: Australia Ist Innings 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) England Ist Innings 10/0 Steven Peter

Shakib joins dengue awareness campaign in Banani

DHAKA: National cricket team Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan took part in a campaign here to raise awareness against mosquito-borne viral fever dengue which has taken an epidemic form countrywide. He called on established and sensible persons of the society to stand by the dengue

BCB pays heartfelt tribute to first captain Shamim

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) paid rich tributes to the first captain of national cricket team who died at a city hospital on Monday (July 29). BCB hosted a namaj-e-janaja of Shamim Kabir on its grounds around 11:15am Thursday (August 1).   Former cricketers Raqibul Hasan,

Comprehensive Lanka Wash Left Bangladesh Bruised and Battered

TVS ODI Series Third Match Played at R Premadasa Stadium , Colombo Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Brief Scorecard Sri Lanka 294/8 ( AD Matthews 87, BKG Mendis 54, FDM Karunaratne 46, MDKJ Perera 42, MD Shanaka 30, Soumya Sarkar 3/56 ,Shafiul Islam 3/68) beat Bangladesh 172 All out in 36

Bangladesh need 295 to avoid whitewash

DHAKA:  Bangladesh need 295-run against Sri Lanka to avoid whitewash at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday (July 31). Sri Lanka scored 294 runs in 50 overs losing 8 wickets in the third ODI of the three-match series. Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Rangpur Riders sign Shakib Al Hasan

DHAKA: Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 franchise Rangpur Riders signed national cricket team Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan for 2019-20 edition. The agreement was signed at the auditorium of Bashundhara Group Industrial Headquarters-2 in Bashundhara Residential Area here Wednesday

Bangladesh bowl against Sri Lanka

DHAKA: Sri Lanka won the toss and sent Bangladesh to bowl first in the third match of three-match ODI series in Colombo. The match started at 3pm (Bangladesh time) Wednesday (July 31), at R Premadasa Stadium. The visiting Tigers captained by Tamim Iqbal suffered defeat in the first

Objective Assessment of Bangladesh Cricket

It is few weeks now CWC 2019 is done and dusted. Cricket in different countries are back to bilateral engagements. World test Championship is about to start. England Australia would soon start Ashes series. India has gone to West Indies. New Zealand has traveled to Sri Lanka. Bangladesh

Bangladesh Must Play For Pride

With 3 matches ODI series already lost through two huge defeats by 91 runs and 7 wickets Bangladesh must leave nothing unturned in the third and last match tomorrow to avoid Lanka wash. The difference of quality between two teams does not suggest Sri Lanka winning by such huge margin

Lanka Wash For Team Tigers Looming

Sri Lanka –Bangladesh ODI Series  2nd Match Played at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 28th July 2019  Brief Score Card: Sri Lanka 242/3 (WIA Fernando 82 , AD Matthews 52* , BKG Mendis 41* ,MDKJ Perera 30, Mustafizur Rahman 2/50 ) beat Bangladesh 238/8 ( Mushfiqur Rahim 98* ,Mehedy

Mushfiq reaches 6000-run club in ODI

DHAKA: Tiger batsman-wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim has reached the milestone of 6000 runs in One Day International (ODI) format of cricket, after scoring 8* runs against Sri Lanka in Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Before the match played on Sunday (July 28), he was eight-run away from

2nd ODI: Bangladesh choose to bat against Sri Lanka

DHAKA: Bangladesh have won the toss and choose to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the three-match series at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday (July 28). The match is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm (Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh made one change. Taijul Islam

Accolades to a Maestro

Separamadu Lasith Malinga a legendary right handed fast bowler of Sri Lanka has just retired. He will be ever remembered in world cricket for his exceptional ability of bowling toe crashing Yorkers at will both with new ball at the beginning of the innings and at death.  Adoring fans