BCB has just announced a fourteen-member tiger squad for the first two of the four matches T20 series against Zimbabwe starting on 14 January in Khulna. For preparing the other venues for Asia Cup and Under-19 World cup matches other venues will not witness any T20 match of the series.The

DHAKA: Australia have pulled out of the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh starting on January 27 due to security concerns.CA chief executive James Sutherland said the decision was taken after advice from the government stated that the threat to Australian interests in Bangladesh was as

DHAKA: US-Bangla Airlines has been made the Airlines Partner for upcoming international football tournament “Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016”.Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will organize the tournament, to begin on January 8 in Dhaka and Jessore simultaneously.Venues of this

DHAKA: The next SAFF Championship will be held in Bangladesh. The 12th edition of tournament of South Asian countries will be held in 2017. The decision has taken in a meeting of South Asian Football Federation held at Kerala on Saturday.On Sunday, India beat defending champions

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the sponsor of the Bangladesh National Cricket team Robi have teamed up to look for promising fast bowlers, both male and female, from all over the country.The campaign ‘Robi Fast Bowler Hunt’ will get underway on January 17 and continue till

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Football Team has beat ten-man Bhutan by 3-0 goals in their well contested last match in SAFF Suzuki Championship 2015 on Monday.Bhutan made four changes in the penultimate group stage match of South Asian Football Championship (SAFF) 2015 as K. Nidup, K.

Boxing Day Test at MCG, Melbourne, December 26-30, 2015Australia 551/3 (UT Khawaja 144, SPD Smith 134*, JA Burns 128, AC Voges 106*) and 179/3 (SPD Smith 70*, UT Khawaja 56), West Indies 271 All Out (DM Bravo 81, CH Braithwaite 59, JL Pattinson 4/72, NM Lyon 4/66)MELBOURNE: West Indies

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