Dhaka – Bangladesh’s preliminary squad for the ODI and Test series against England started their conditioning camp at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday.All players called up joined the camp on the first day, except Shakib Al Hasan…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s left-arm pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman left for UK on Wednesday to join Sussex’s squad for the ongoing NatWest T20 Blast.Mustafizur will play his first match for Sussex against Essex in Chelmsford, on July 21.He will be able…
Dhaka – Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have pulled out of the Rogers Cup, leaving the Toronto tournament without three of the world’s top four men’s tennis players.Tennis Canada announced the withdrawals Tuesday, a day after Wimbledon champion and world…
Associated Press The Kremlin says Russian athletes are still focused on competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro despite calls for the entire Russian delegation to be banned over doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency backs a blanket ban after…
Dhaka – The 2nd Walton Mirza Farid Smriti Hockey Umpires Tournament 2016, will begins on Wednesday at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium here.Abdul Malek Cunnu Hockey team will meet Mir Saber Ali Hockey team in a five-side 30-minute match at…
Dhaka – A scathing report outlining a state-sanctioned doping system in Russia prompted immediate calls for the nation’s entire team to be sidelined from the Summer Games, raising the possibility that the Olympics could go on without a sports superpower…
Dhaka – England duo James Anderson and Ben Stokes have been included in a 14-man squad for the second test against Pakistan after recovering from injuries.Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, was sidelined with a stress fracture in his right shoulder,AP/UNB…
Dhaka – The logo and the trophy of the 12-team jb Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football were unveiled in a colourful ceremony at a city hotel on Monday evening.The ceremony featured playing league’s theme song, captains of the participating posing…
Dhaka -Hosts Bangladesh will start their Group C campaign of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifiers taking on Islamic Republic of Iran in one of the three opening day fixtures on August 27 at 6 pm at the Bangabandhu…
Dhaka – Tunisia’s most decorated sportsman Oussama Mellouli will go the Olympics for the fifth time in Rio de Janeiro at the end of a roller coaster swimming career of gold medals and a drug ban.A two-time gold medalist and…
Dhaka – Mohammad Amir took the winning wicket on his return to Lord’s after a spot-fixing scandal as Pakistan beat England by 75 runs on Sunday in the first cricket test.Leg-spinner Yasir Shah grabbed 4-69 for his maiden test haul…
Dhaka – Borna Coric beat Jack Sock 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give Croatia a 3-2 comeback victory over the United States on Sunday in their Davis Cup quarterfinal match.Marin Cilic set up the deciding fifth match by beating John…
Dhaka – The logo and trophy unveiling ceremony of the ensuing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, the most prestigious and professional football league of the country, will be held on Monday (July 18) at 5:30 pm at the grand ballroom…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation will accord a reception to International Children Games silver medalist Bangladeshi promising shooter Abu Sufian and other team members at the federation conference room of Gulshan Shooting Complex on Monday at 10 am,UNB News…
Dhaka-Bangladesh’s premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan tuned Jamaica Tallawahs a huge 108-run win over St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the 17th match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday morning (Bangladesh time).
Dhaka – Pakistan recovered from a top order collapse and Chris Woakes’ menace and stretched its lead to 281 runs against England on the third day of the first test at Lord’s on Saturday.Asad Shafiq (49) and Sarfraz Ahmed (45)…
Dhaka – Defending champions Great Britain, Argentina and France gatecrashed their hosts’ Davis Cup parties to edge closer to the semi-finals on Saturday.Britain, playing without Wimbledon champion and world number two Andy Murray, took a 2-1 lead over 2010 winners…
Dhaka – Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic dealt Bob and Mike Bryan a rare doubles defeat on Saturday to keep Croatia alive in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against the United States.World number 12 Cilic stepped in at the…
Dhaka – Grass has overgrown the unattended grave of Samuel Wanjiru on the remote Ol-Ojorok plateau in central Kenya – a symbol of how quickly a country can forget its heroes.”He was a great guy,” said Eliud Kipchoge, a two-time…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is on the final entry list for the Rio Olympics.The 14-time major champion hasn’t played since pulling out of the French Open because of an injured left wrist and needed the International Tennis Federation’s Olympic Committee…
Dhaka -Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka says she is pregnant and plans to resume her career after the baby is born.The 26-year-old Azarenka posted a letter on her Twitter account Friday saying that when she was recovering from the…
Dhaka – Spanish football’s ‘El Clasico’ encounters between Barcelona and Real Madrid will happen in December and April, two of the most anticipated games of the 2016-17 Primera Division season whose fixtures were announced on Friday.
Dhaka – Portugal have omitted from their Olympic football squad each of the six pre-listed players who took part in the national team’s European Championship triumph. The players left out were Renato Sanches, Raphael Guerreiro, Andre Gomes, Joao Mario, William…
Dhaka – Captain Misbah-ul-Haq hit a century in his maiden test appearance at Lord’s and spearheaded Pakistan to 282-6 against England on the opening day of the first test on Thursday.The 42-year-old Misbah overshadowed the return of fast bowler Mohammad…
Dhaka – Shakib Al Hasan missed the opportunity to belt the milestone of playing 200 matches in the T20 format as the first-ever Bangladeshi cricketer as his side Jamaica Tallawahs’ previous match in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) against Barbados…
Dhaka – The Australian Olympic Committee has selected the last of its 410 athletes headed to the Rio de Janeiro Games and re-affirmed its aim of a top-five finish in the medal standings.
Dhaka – This year’s U.S. Open men’s and women’s singles champions will each earn a record $3.5 million, up from $3.3 million in 2015.The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday the total tournament purse will be $46.3 million, a $4 million…
Dhaka – Most Olympics have only one official poster. The Rio de Janeiro Games will have 13, a collection meant to showcase the diversity of Latin America’s largest country.The collection, composed by 12 Brazilian artists and a Colombian, went on…
Dhaka – Mohammad Amir returns to the scene of his crime on Thursday, given a second chance at international cricket after he was sent to jail and banned for fixing parts of a test match for money.Six years ago at…
Dhaka – Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman’s tour in the UK to play for Sussex in the NatWest T20 Blast has been delayed due to visa issues.As Mustafizur could not leave on July 13 as planned, the cutter-master will miss…