Monday, 25 Nov, 2024

Sports

Tiger Woods launches new venture after split with Nike

Tiger Woods has used his traditional choice of wearing red in a tournament's final round as influence for a new venture following his split with Nike. The move follows the 48-year-old ending a partnership of more than 27 years with the sportswear giant in January. The logo for

Superb Diaz strike earns Real Madrid win at RB Leipzig

A brilliant goal by Brahim Diaz handed Real Madrid the advantage following the first leg of their Champions League last-16 meeting with RB Leipzig. Diaz curled a superb finish into the top corner three minutes after half-time to give Real the win in Germany. The Spanish midfielder

Man City claim first-leg win at FC Copenhagen

Manchester City resumed their Champions League title defence with a comfortable victory at FC Copenhagen in the first leg of their last-16 tie. After Kevin de Bruyne gave Pep Guardiola's side an early lead it looked like they would go on to claim a big win as the hosts barely laid

Mohammedan to meet Abahani in place decider today

Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd will meet runners-up Abahani Ltd Dhaka in a Group B place decider match of the ongoing ABG Bashundhara Federation Cup 2023-24 today (February 13) at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in Gopalganj.  Chittagong Abahoni Ltd will

Shanto named Bangladesh captain for all formats

Bangladesh have named Najmul Hossain Shanto as their new captain for all three formats. Shanto's first big assignment will be the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies later this year. Shanto was impressed as captain in the two-match Test series against New

Gallagher scores twice as Chelsea win at Palace 

Conor Gallagher scored twice as Chelsea came from behind to win at Selhurst Park and increase the pressure on Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson. The Blues dominated the opening period of the match but it was Palace who took the lead, with Jefferson Lerma picking up the ball on the

BCB appoints Ashraf Hossain Lipu as chief selector

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed former Bangladesh captain Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu the new chief selector replacing Minhajul Abedin Nannu. Sports Minister and BCB President Nazmul Hasan made the announcement after the first BCB board meeting of the year on Monday (February

Teenage winger Yamal scores twice as Barca are held 

Teenage winger Lamine Yamal scored twice as Barcelona came from behind to draw a six-goal thriller against La Liga strugglers Granada. The 16-year-old hit the opener for the hosts but Ricard Sanchez levelled from Facundo Pellistri's cross. A frenetic six-minute period saw

Marathon record holder Kiptum dies in road accident

The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday. Kiptum made a breakthrough in 2023 as a

Brazil miss out on qualification as Argentina secure spot

Defending champions Brazil failed to qualify for the men's Olympic football tournament as a 1-0 loss to Argentina put their rivals through to Paris 2024. It is the first time since 2004 that Brazil - who were aiming for a third successive gold - will not feature. Luciano Gondou

Australia beat India to clinch U-19 Cricket World Cup

Australia won the Under-19 World Cup for the fourth time after a 79-run victory over India in the final. Australia posted a competitive 253-7 from their 50 overs as Harjas Singh top-scored with 55 while Raj Limbani took 3-38 for India. India opener Adarsh Singh compiled a patient 47

Ivory Coast beat Nigeria to clinch AFCON title

Sebastien Haller was the hero for Ivory Coast again as the Elephants came from behind to beat Nigeria and win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on home soil. The striker, who had also netted the semi-final winner just 13 months on from his return from testicular cancer, flicked in

Maxwell equals Rohit's record of most T20I centuries

Glenn Maxwell equalled Rohit Sharma's record of scoring five T20 International centuries at Adelaide Oval during the second T20I against the West Indies. Australia, having chosen to bat after Rovman Powell's decision, were 64-3 in the seventh over at Adelaide. Marcus Stoinis

Chattogram Challengers bus meets accident

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) team Chattogram Challengers bus met an accident while going to Chattogram today (Feb 11). The incident happened this morning in Sitakund area after a lorry hit the bus from the opposite direction, the team source said. However, no casualties were

Haaland sinks Everton as Man City step up pressure on title rivals

With a swipe of his lesser-used right foot, Erling Haaland beat Jordan Pickford to score his first goal since late November and put Manchester City on track for the three points that, until that point, appeared to be eluding them. Everton’s ploy of squeezing up high on Pep

China cancels Argentina games amid Messi backlash

Chinese officials have cancelled two Argentina friendlies that were due to take place in the Asian country after Lionel Messi did not play for Inter Miami in a match in Hong Kong. The world champions were set to face Nigeria in Hangzhou and Ivory Coast in Beijing in March. Fans in

Liverpool return to top with win over Burnley

Liverpool returned to the top of the table as they got back to winning ways against struggling Burnley in front of a club record league crowd at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp's side were looking to respond after last weekend's defeat by Arsenal, and having fallen a point behind

Qatar beat Jordan in Asian Cup final 

Akram Afif scored a hat-trick of penalties as Qatar beat Jordan 3-1 in the Asian Cup final at Lusail Stadium. The result meant hosts Qatar became the fifth team to win back-to-back Asian titles, having also triumphed in 2019. Yazan Al-Naimat's second-half goal had levelled

Rangpur crush Chattogram to retain top spot 

Rangpur Riders racked up first 200 plus total of this season's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and later defended it astutely to crush Chattogram Challengers by 53 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The victory, their fifth on the trot, helped them consolidate their

Shakib reaches 7000-run milestone in T20 cricket

Shakib Al Hasan became only the second Bangladeshi batter to reach the milestone of 7000 runs in T20 cricket during his 16 ball-27 runs knock against Chattogram Challengers in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match held today (February 10) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.