DHAKA: Indonesia is poised to be selected as the host of the next Asian Games in 2018 after Vietnam withdrew because of financial concerns. The president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) told media on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. The decision will be formally ratified at an

DHAKA: Bangladeshi batsman Mahmudullah Riyad has been awarded with the ‘Walton Smart Player of the Match’ in second and final Test against West Indies on Tuesday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia.He has been given a Smartphone and 300 US dollars by the

Bangladesh digested yet another ignominious White Wash. They lost tests at St Vincent and St Lucia back to back almost in the same fashion. Defeat by 10 wickets and 296 runs in two tests only reflect the sad and poor state of cricket in Bangladesh. Earlier they were white washed in

DHAKA: West Indies left a total runs of 427 after batting out the rest of the third day and fortified their hold of the second Test in St Lucia. However, barring the 92 minutes they took in the morning session to bowl Bangladesh out for 161. Moreover, the lead sits after they reached

DHAKA: Bangladesh U-23 national team on Monday started their Asian Games campaign by beating Afghanistan 1-0 at the Munhak Stadium in Incheon of South Korea.Captain Mamunul Islam scored the goal a few minutes before the end of the match with a low drive from the edge of the

DHAKA: World top all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will be eligible to play domestic and international cricket from Tuesday as his disciplinary suspension came to an end. His next international assignment will be in Incheon, Korea when Bangladesh will take part in the Asian Games As per the

DHAKA: Tigers started to struggle again in their first innings of the second Test against West Indies at Gros Islet.  West Indies seized control of the second match as 14 wickets tumbled on day two at the Beausejour Stadium. Tigers did well to restrict the West Indies to 380 all out

West Indies 246/3 [KC Brathwaite 63, LR Johnson 66, DM Bravo 44*, S Chandrapaul 34, Mahmudullah Riad 1/25, Shafiul Islam 1/37. Taijul Islam 1/79]Bangladesh had yet another day of lesson learning from West Indian Cricketers how to play test cricket and how to bat. West Indian batsmen

DHAKA: West Indies are in a strong position after the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh at Gros Islet in West Indies.Tigers took just three wickets all day as the West Indians reached 246-3, with openers Kraigg Brathwaite and debutant Leon Johnson recording

DHAKA: West Indies’ swashbuckling opening batsman Chris Gayle will miss the 2nd Test match against Bangladesh starting Saturday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground due to personal reason.Leon Johnson will replace him. The upcoming second Test also marks the Windies’ 500th Test.Gayle

When Pakistani new ball bowlers Sarfaraz Newaz, Imran introduced reverse swing and Wasim –Waqar perfected English cricket community started raising hue and cry about the legitimacy of Reverse Swing. In one test Inzimam refused to continue a test match in protest When great

Bangladesh has yet another opportunity to show its character and commitment in the second and last test of the two test series against West Indies scheduled to start tomorrow at St Lucia. This will be incidentally the 500 th test that West Indies will play after graduating to this

DHAKA: South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake, BBC reports. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted "negligently" when he fired shots through a toilet door but in the "belief

DHAKA: The West Indies Cricket Board Selection Panel early Friday announced a 13-member West Indies squad for the second and final Dhaka Bank Test against Bangladesh.However, this will be the West Indies’ 500th match since entering Test cricket in 1928, Windies Cricket said on their

DHAKA: West Indies will have to do without talismanic opener Chris Gayle for the second and final Test against Bangladesh starting on Saturday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.A West Indies Cricket Board release said Gayle had been unavailable for selection for the next Test.“He has

DHAKA: The 2014 Asian Games, the largest sporting event in Asia, is scheduled to take place in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4, this year.However, inquirer.net ahead of the event published five memorable Asian Games moments on Thursday.Red faces over blue

DHAKA: Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq will help countryman Saeed Ajmal to correct his bowling action which led to his suspension from international cricket.Saqlain, 37, invented the “doosra”, a delivery which turns away from the batsman as opposed to conventional

DHAKA: The cricket all rounder of the country Shakib Al Hasan along with his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir visited the Society for the Welfare of Autistic Children (SWAC) institute on Tuesday to meet autistic children.He posted some photos with the children and also wrote about their visit

DHAKA: ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Thursday as a South African judge dismissed the most serious charges against him.‘The state clearly has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of

Bangladesh digested yet another huge defeat of 10 wickets by West Indies at the first of the two test match series at St Vincent Yesterday. West Indies declared their only innings on the third day at 484/7 and required scoring only 13 in the second innings without losing any wicket.