Tuesday, 26 Nov, 2024

Sports

Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs, confirm Super Fours

Bangladesh have bounced back in Asia Cup 2023 with a big win over Afghanistan in their final Group B match at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium today (September 3). Mehidy and Shanto helped the Tigers reach the Super Fours after beating Afghanistan by 89 runs.

Bangladesh, Afghanistan play goalless draw

Bangladesh played to a goalless draw with visiting Afghanistan in the first match of two-match FIFA Tier-1 Int'l series held today (Sunday) at Bashundhara King Arena in the city. The day's match was special in the football history of Bangladesh. For the first time, a national

Rain Ruined Epic Pakistan-India Derby

Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan VS India Played at Pallekelle, Kandy, Sri Lanka on 2 September 2023  India 266 All Out in 48.5 Overs (Hardik Pandya 87, Ishan Kishan 82, Jasprit Bumrah 16, Shreyas Iyer 14, Ravindra Jadeja 14, Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/35, Naseem Shah 3/36, Haris Rauf 3/55) 

US Open 2023: Draper wins, Evans loses to Carlos Alcaraz, Norrie & Boulter out

Britain's Jack Draper reached the last 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time at the US Open but Dan Evans lost a thriller to top seed Carlos Alcaraz. Draper, 21, continued to brush off a pre-tournament injury with a 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3 win over American Michael Mmoh. Evans, 33, went

Bellingham scores again to rescue Real Madrid

Jude Bellingham rescued Real Madrid with a stoppage-time winner against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu. Former Real striker Borja Mayoral had given the visitors a shock lead on 11 minutes. Joselu equalised early in the second half and after piling on the pressure Bellingham

US Open 2023: Sabalenka and Pegula into round four

Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula - ranked second and third in the world - both won to progress to the fourth round of the US Open. Belarusian second seed Sabalenka needed just 60 minutes to cruise to a 6-1 6-1 victory over France's Clara Burel on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Later

Sri Lanka take historic win over England to level T20I series

England slumped to their first defeat by Sri Lanka in T20 internationals as the visitors levelled the series with an eight-wicket win at Chelmsford. England collapsed to 104 all out off 18 overs with Sri Lanka's superb spinners taking eight of the 10 wickets. Charlie Dean's

India-Pakistan match ends in no result, rain washes out contest

Rain forced a no-result in the blockbuster Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan after just one innings of play on Saturday. Pakistan bowled out India for 266 in 48.5 overs with pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi returning figures of 4-35, but no further play was possible due to

Tearaway New Zealand pacer to lead Blackcaps on Bangladesh tour

New Zealand's tearaway pacer Lockie Ferguson is set to lead the team during their upcoming ODI tour of Bangladesh leading into the World Cup as Tom Latham among other senior pros is going to get a break ahead of the marquee tournament in India. Latham, who is currently in charge of

US Open 2023: Wozniacki, Gauff and Swiatek win 

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki continued her dream comeback by reaching the US Open fourth round - where she will meet American sixth seed Coco Gauff. Former world number one Wozniacki, who retired in 2020 and had two children before returning in August, beat American Jennifer Brady

Liverpool reject £150m Al-Ittihad offer for Salah

Liverpool have rejected a £150m offer for Mohamed Salah from Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad. The bid for the 31-year-old forward was for in excess of £100m, with add-ons taking it up to £150m. Liverpool remain insistent the Egypt international is not for sale,

Dominant England thrash New Zealand in 2nd T20I

A sublime batting display led England to a crushing 95-run win over New Zealand in the second T20 at Old Trafford. Opener Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten 86 from 60 balls and Harry Brook struck a magnificent 67 from 36 as England posted 198-4. Fast bowler Gus Atkinson then took 4-20

India-Pakistan Derby at Kandy Today

Billions of adoring cricket admirers will be glued today right across the cricket world to the coverage of the epic India -Pakistan derby to be played at Kandy, Sri Lanka.  These two fancied teams are top favorites for winning the Asia Cup 2023. The two evenly matched fancied

Bangladesh U-16 football team face India tomorrow

The Bangladesh U-16 national football team will take on defending champions India in their opening group A match of the SAFF U-16 Football Championship scheduled to be held tomorrow at Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu. The match kicks off at 3 pm, prior to the day's group B opening

Liverpool reject £150m Saudi bid for Mohamed Salah

Liverpool have rejected a £150 million bid for Mohamed Salah. Club sources say the Al-Ittihad offer was given no consideration and the matter is closed so far as they are concerned. The Al-Ittihad bid amounted to a complete package of £150 million, with an initial

Bangladesh-Afghanistan FIFA friendly match brings forward by one day

The first FIFA friendly match between host Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be held on Sunday (Sept 3) instead of September 4, as scheduled earlier. The schedule of the fixer has been made a slight change. The first match has been brought forward by one day. However, the schedule of the

Undercooked Bangladesh Suffer Heavy Defeat to Depleted Sri Lanka 

2nd Match Asia Cup 2023  Sri Lanka VS Bangladesh Played Pallekele, Sri Lanka on 31 August 2023  Sri Lanka 165/5 in 39 Overs (Chrith Asalanka 62, Sadeera Samrawickrama 54, Shakib Al Hasan 2/29, Shoriful Islam 1/23, Taskin Ahmed 1/34, Mahedi Hasan 1/35) Bangladesh 164 All Out

Bangladesh taste defeat to Sri Lanka in Asia Cup

Bangladesh made a disappointing start to its Asia Cup campaign by suffering a five-wicket defeat to co-host Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy today.  Opting to bat first, the Tigers put up a mediocre 164 before being all out in 42.4 overs with Najmul

Bangladesh Hockey team wins against Japan

Bangladesh national men's hockey team finally earned victory in the Men's Asian Hockey five-a-side World Cup Qualifier beating Japan by 10-3 goals in their fourth match of the group held in Salalah, Oman on Thursday. In the proceeding, Dwin Mohammad Emon and Saiful Islam

Acid Test of Hathurusingha Prescription Today

Bangladesh starts its Asia Cup mission 2023 against a little depleted Sri Lanka at Pale Kelle in a few hours from now in their first match of group B. It will be an acid test of team tigers formed on head coach Chandrika Hathurusingha prescription for favoring relatively new players over