Monday, 25 Nov, 2024

Sports

England hit record 267 to level T20 series with West Indies

Phil Salt's second successive century helped England hit their highest T20 international total in a chaotic 75-run win over West Indies to level the series. Salt's astonishing 119 - the highest score by an England men's batter in the format - came from just 57 balls and

Man City beat Urawa to reach 'once-in-a-lifetime' final

Manchester City's players have a once "in-our-lifetime" opportunity when they face Brazil's Fluminense in the Club World Cup final, says manager Pep Guardiola. Guardiola's team swept past Urawa Red Diamonds in Tuesday's semi-final to set up a meeting with the

Haaland named BBC's World Sport Star of the Year

Erling Haaland has been named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year for 2023 after helping Manchester City secure the Treble. The Norwegian, 23, scored 52 goals in all competitions as City won the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup during the 2022-23

Soumya’s record in vain as NZ win ODI series over Bangladesh

New Zealand clinched the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh after winning the second match by seven wickets on Wednesday (December 20) at the Saxton Oval in Nelson. Soumya Sarkar played an incredible knock of 169 runs off 151 balls with 22 fours and two sixes for the Tigers.

Mitchell Starc smashes IPL auction record

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc smashed Indian Premier League (IPL) auction records on Tuesday when Kolkata Knight Riders paid 247.5 million rupees ($2.98 million) for his services, a live broadcast showed. Starc, 33, will return to the IPL after an eight-year absence, having

Bus set on fire in Gulistan

Miscreants torched a passenger bus at Gulistan's Zero point area in the capital today (December 19), during a daylong hartal across the country, called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties. The incident took place at around 1pm in front of General Post office (GPO) in the

Girona beat Alves to return to top of La Liga 

La Liga surprise package Girona beat Alaves to move back to the top of the table. Artem Dovbyk headed in their opener after Yan Couto's shot was parried by Alaves keeper Antonio Sivera. Portu doubled their lead with a strike from near the edge of the area following a cross by

Man City to face Copenhagen in Champions League last-16

Holders Manchester City will play Copenhagen in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Arsenal face Porto. Danish champions Copenhagen, who finished above Manchester United in their group, reached the knockout stage for the first time since 2011. The first legs take place on

Bashundhara Kings beat Mohammedan to retain Independence Cup

Bashundhara Kings retained Independence Cup title beating Mohammedan Sporting Club by 2-1 goals in the final of 2023 edition at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in Gopalganj on Monday (December 18). After the day’s feat in the season's curtain raiser, Kings will be

Liverpool fail to go top as Man Utd earn Anfield draw

Manchester United lifted the mood of crisis around manager Erik ten Hag by securing a battling point against Liverpool at Anfield. In a mediocre encounter, United stopped the rot that had been spreading after the heavy home loss to Bournemouth and a tame Champions League exit

Bellingham scores as Real beat Villarreal to go top

Jude Bellingham continued his fine goalscoring form as Real Madrid beat Villarreal to return to the top of La Liga. The England midfielder headed in a superb cross from Luka Modric to claim his 13th league goal of the season and put Real ahead in the 25th minute. Rodrygo added a

Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan applauds role of sportsmen

Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan has applauded the role of sportsmen, including golfers, to brand the country’s image across the world. Ahmed Akbar Sobhan said while addressing a function at Kurmitola Golf Club in the capital on Sunday (December 17) He said,

PM congratulates Bangladesh U-19 cricket team

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (December 17) greeted Bangladesh U-19 cricket team for winning the maiden ACC Under-19 Asia Cup demolishing the UAE by 195 runs in the final at the Dubai International Stadium. In a message, the cricket-lover Prime Minister greeted all the players,

Bangladesh now U-19 Asia Cup champion

Bangladesh Under-19 clinched their maiden ACC Under-19 Asia Cup title when they demolished the UAE by 195 runs in the final at the Dubai International Stadium today. Ashiqur Rahman Shibli hit a century to power Bangladesh to 282-8 in 50 overs before the bowlers did a tremendous job to

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 44 runs in 1st ODI

The Black Caps have won the first One Day International against Bangladesh by 44 runs in a rain reduced match in Dunedin. New Zealand were put in to bat first but rain interruptions meant the match was reduced to 30 overs and the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method came in to play. The

New Zealand's Young hits ODI century, Bangladesh chase 245

Opener Will Young hit a century as New Zealand recovered from losing early wickets to post 239-7 off 30 overs in the rain-affected first one-day international against Bangladesh on Sunday. The home side burst into life in the final stages of their innings in Dunedin after intermittent

Bangladesh Women crush South Africa Women by 119 runs 

Bangladesh women sealed a memorable victory, by 119 runs, marking their first ODI win against South Africa since 2017, at Buffalo Park, East London on Saturday. An amalgamation of an unbeaten half-century from Murshida Khatun and a team effort from the bowlers helped Bangladesh seal a

Williamson to lead New Zealand in Bangladesh T20 series

Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand as they get their preparations for the Twenty20 World Cup underway with a three-match series against Bangladesh in the final few days of the year. The totemic batsman missed New Zealand’s last T20 series against England earlier this year

Palace deny Man City win with 95th-minute penalty 

Manchester City's stuttering title defence suffered another blow as Michael Olise's 95th-minute penalty rescued a dramatic point for Crystal Palace. City had led 2-0 through goals by Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis and appeared to be cruising to victory until Jean-Philippe Mateta

Stuttering Barcelona held to a draw by Valencia 

Barcelona's winless run stretched to three games as they were held to a draw by Valencia in La Liga. Xavi's side were looking to bounce back after successive defeats - 4-2 to Girona in the league and then 3-2 at Royal Antwerp in the Champions League. They seemed on course to