Dhaka – Taijul Islam wants to be the highest wicket-taker in Bangladesh’s upcoming two-match Test series against Australia, taking advantage of home conditions.”If Australia comes, I will try to be the highest wicket-taker in the series,” Taijul said, sharing his…
Venus Williams could become the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open era when she meets Garbine Muguruza in Saturday’s Wimbledon final.
Melbourne, (AP/UNB)- Football Federation Australia said Saturday that the Socceroos will play Thailand at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Sept. 5 in their final World Cup qualifying group game.
London, (AP/UNB)- They love their history around these parts and they love Roger Federer and, above all, they love watching him make history.Now he stands one victory from an unprecedented eighth Wimbledon men’s singles championship after qualifying for his 11th…
Dar Es Salaam, (AP/UNB)- Wayne Rooney scored in his first game back with Everton on Thursday, and was given a hug by a spectator who ran onto the field.Rooney scored the opener for his boyhood club in Everton’s 2-1 win…
Colombo, (AP/UNB)- Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer has won the toss and elected to bat first in the one-off cricket test against Sri Lanka at R. Premedasa Stadium, Colombo on Friday.Zimbabwe goes into the match confident after securing its first ever…
London, (AP/UNB)- Even at 37 and with five Wimbledon titles to her name, Venus Williams still has that overwhelming desire to win. And she’s showing it again this year at the All England Club, where she will face Garbine Muguruza…
Nottingham, (AP/UNB) – South Africa battled to 56-1 in the opening session of the second test against England after opting to bat in difficult conditions on Friday.Opener Heino Kuhn was 34 not out and Hashim Amla on 16 as the…
Barcelona,(AP/UNB) – Spain’s tax authority says that customs agents have boarded and carried out an inspection of a yacht rented by Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo.In an email response to questions by The Associated Press, the authority said Wednesday that the…
Dhaka – Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) to play Bangladesh Textiles University in one of the three opening day matches of the Walton First Inter-University Football Tournament, to be known Faraz Challenge Cup, beginning on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium…
Dhaka – The 2nd Division Kabaddi League, organized by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, will begin on Sunday at the Kabaddi Stadium here.President of Bangladesh Kabbadi Federation and Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque will inaugurate the nine-day league as the…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board High Performance (BCB HP) declared the 1st innings scoring 312 for 6 on day one in the three-day match against Northern Territory Invitational Eleven (NT XI) at Marrara Cricket Ground-1 in Darwin, Australia on Tuesday.…
London, (AP/UNB) – Garbine Muguruza will get another shot at the Wimbledon title.The 14th-seeded Spaniard advanced to the final at the All England Club by beating Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1 Thursday on Centre Court.
London, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) – Novak Djokovic is considering a break from tennis, with surgery on his injured right elbow now a possibility. The 12-time Grand Slam champion, who has won three Wimbledon titles, retired from his quarterfinal match against…
Dhaka, Jul 13 (AP/UNB) – The chairman of Cricket Australia has heavily criticized the country’s top players for their stance in a long-running pay dispute, and accused their union of a “reckless strategy that can only damage the game.” In…
New Delhi, (AP/UNB) – India’s cricket board has announced the appointment of Ravi Shastri as the head coach for the Indian cricket team, replacing Anil Kumble, who quit his job following reported differences with Captain Virat Kohli.
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB) – Bangladeshi athlete Zahir Rayhan of BKSP reached the semifinal of the World Youth Athletics Championship with a timing of 48 seconds in heat of the 400-metre run in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi on…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-23 Football team, now touring Qatar as part of their preparation for the AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers to be held in Palestine this month, will play Qatar Under-23 team in a preparatory match at Al Saad Stadium…
Dhaka – Bangladeshi dashing opener Tamim Iqbal has dismissed the media reports on the attempted hate crime against his family in England, saying he is returning home after playing a single match for Essex due to personal reasons.According to media…
London, Jul 12 (AP/UNB) — Bothered by what he called a “hole” at Centre Court, Novak Djokovic complained about the condition of the grass at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Manchester, (AP/UNB) – Romelu Lukaku joined Manchester United from Everton for 75 million pounds ($97 million) on Monday after the striker rejected a late bid by former club Chelsea.The 24-year-old Belgium international signed a five-year deal and became the second…
Dhaka, – Bangladesh Cricket Board High Performance (BCB HP) team earned 5-0 series victory against Northern Territory Invitational Eleven (NT XI) after a huge 151-run win in the last one-day match at Marrara Cricket Ground-1 in Darwin, Australia on Tuesday.
London,(AP/UNB) – Henman Hill? Murray Mound? Konta Cliff? At Wimbledon on Monday, it was all three.For the first time since 1973, Britain will have players in the quarterfinals of both the men’s and women’s singles draws.Johanna Konta defeated Caroline Garcia…
Dhaka – Bangladesh dashing opener Tamim Iqbal, who went to England to play 7 to 8 games for Essex Eagles in the 4th NatWest T20 Blast, is returning home due to personal reasons after playing a single match.Essex County Cricket…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-23 Football team conceded a solitary goal defeat against the host Nepal Under-23 side in a friendly encounter at ANFA Complex, Lalitpur in Kathmandu on Tuesday.Nepal U23 captain Bimal Gharti Magar scored the match winner in the…
London,(AP/UNB) – Rafael Nadal kept getting pushed to the brink of defeat. He kept resisting.He dropped the first two sets, then won the next two. He erased two match points in the riveting fifth set’s 10th game, then another two…
Dhaka – Hanif Mollah of Bangladesh clinched the gold medal in the 60-year plus category of the open section in the Commonwealth Chess Championship that concluded in the Indian city of New Delhi on Monday.After Rani Hamid, Hanif was the…
Dhaka – Four teams-Viqarunnisa Noon, Holy Cross, Commerce and Tongi Amjad Ali Colleges-reached the semifinals of the Walton Inter-College Women’s Baseball Competition eliminating their rivals on the opening day at the Dhanmondi Women’s Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Dhaka- Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon on Tuesday said they have not taken any decision to remove national ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza form the team or scrap his captaincy.”BCB has no plan to remove him (Mashrafe)…
Dhaka- A brilliant hat-trick by Arafatul Islam enabled BGC Trust University to crush Ma & Shishu Medical College by 6-0 goal in the Dakhina-CJKS Inter-University Football Tournament at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday.Arafatul Islam slammed a hat-trick…