Bangladesh’s hope of playing semifinals of the 11th SAFF Suzuki Cup vanished into blue as title aspirants Maldives scored a winning goal at the fag end of the match as they dumped Bangladesh by 3-1 goals in the crucial second…
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SAFF Suzuki Cup: Bangladesh to face Maldives Saturday
Bangladesh will face the Maldives in the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup football tournament at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Kerala, India on Saturday.The match will start at 4:00pm (Bangladesh time).
BD humiliated by Afghans in SAFF opener
Bangladesh conceded a humiliating 4-0 defeat against defending champions Afghanistan in the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup at Trivandrum International Stadium in Kerala, India on Thursday.Upper-ranked Afghanistan dominated the first half by 3-0 goals.Defender Masih Saighani put Afghanistan ahead in the…
England’s Anderson out of first S. Africa Test
England paceman James Anderson has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa with a calf strain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.”@jimmy9 ruled out of the first Test vs @OfficialCSA with a calf…
Messi says Ronaldinho urged him to take his No.10 jersey
Ronaldinho had joined Barcelona in 2003 and left in 2008 after making over 200 appearances for the Catalan giants.In an interview with Barca TV, Messi revealed Ronaldinho gave him the shirt months before leaving Camp Nou.
BCB announces squad for ICC U-19 Cricket WC
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced squad for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Bangladesh 2016.Mehidy Hassan Miraz will lead the youth side while Najmul Hossain Shanto has been named his deputy.
SAFF Championship: Sri Lanka beat Nepal 1-0
Sri Lanka beat Nepal by a solitary goal in the tournament opening match of the seven-nation 11th SAFF championship, SAFF Suzuki Cup, at Trivandrum International Stadium in Kerala, India on Wednesday.After the barren first half, Rifnas Mohammed scored all important…
Australia skipper Steve Smith named ICC Cricketer of the Year
The 26-year-old right-hander kept the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in Australia for the third straight year after pace bowler Mitchell Johnson and his predecessor as skipper, Michael Clarke, won in 2014 and 2013.Smith also scored four centuries and 1,249 runs…
Mamunul stays brave ahead of Afghanistan clash in SAFF Championship
Bangladesh are keen to beat the Afghans to get their mission of winning the competition off to a solid start, the captain told bdnews24.com Tuesday.The tournament is set to start in Kerala on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Men’s Volleyball Team in Iran
Bangladesh National Volleyball team, now preparing for the 12th South Asian Games, reached Iran early Tuesday for a higher training as well as to play 10 friendly matches there ahead of the biggest regional sports meet.A 19-member Bangladesh National Men’s…
Curtain of 11th SAFF Football to be raised tomorrow
The curtain of 11th SAFF Suzuki Cup to be raised tomorrow (Wednesday) through a lone group A opening match between Nepal and Sri Lanka at the sports hub Trivandrum Stadium in Kerala, India.The match kicks off 4 pm (BST).On the…
Arsenal beats Man City at home
Arsenal landed a meaty blow in the Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at home to rivals Manchester City on Monday that swept away a few more doubts about their title credentials.Arsene Wenger’s side certainly had the swagger…
Tamim to play for Peshawar Zalmi in PSL, Mustafizur for Lahore Qalandars
Karachi Kings earlier secured the service of Shakib Al Hasan for the first edition of the five-franchise Twenty20 competition on Monday.Mustafizur and Tamim were grouped in the Gold category while Shakib was in Platinum, the topmost category, in PSL drafts.
Karachi Kings recruit Shakib Al Hasan in PSL drafts
Tamim Iqbal was drafted into Peshawar Zalmi while Lahore Qalandars went for young pacer Mustafizur Rahman. Shakib was grouped in the topmost category, Platinum, in the PSL drafts. Karachi called for the Bangladeshi star in the second round of the…
Fifa: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini get eight-year bans
Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following an ethics investigation They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) “disloyal payment” made to Platini in 2011.The…
Andy Murray named 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Andy Murray has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the second time after helping Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.The 28-year-old Murray says “I didn’t expect this. It’s very humbling to be…
New Zealand beats Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in 2nd test
Kane Williamson kept his head while all around him were losing theirs, reaching an unbeaten century to steer New Zealand to a tense five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second test on Monday and a 2-0 sweep of the…
Bangladesh emerge as AFC U-14 Girls Regional football champions
The girls in red and green beat hosts Nepal 1-0.They took the lead in the 16th minute through a goal by Maria. Krishna Rani Sarkar and her team kept pressing for more goals, without success, during the rest of the…
Barcelona complete memorable trophy haul
Barcelona won their fifth trophy of 2015 after clinching the Fifa Club World Cup for a third time with a comprehensive victory over River Plate. River could not cope with Barca’s Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar. Messi scored the…
BFF announce preliminary U-23 squad for Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Sunday announced a 41-member preliminary squad for upcoming Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament (BGCIT) scheduled to be held from January 8 to 18, 2016 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital.
Bangladesh football team off to India
Bangladesh national football team, led by Mamunul Islam Mamun, left Dhaka for India today to participate in the SAFF Suzuki Cup scheduled to be held on December 23 to January 3 in Kerala.Eight South Asian nations — Bangladesh, hosts India,…
Messi, Neymar to play in Club World Cup final
Lionel Messi returned to Barcelona’s starting line-up for Sunday’s Club World Cup final against River Plate in Yokohama after recovering from a bout of renal colic, the Spanish club said.Brazilian striker Neymar, who had been struggling with a groin strain,…
Mustafizur tops google search
Cricketer Mustafizur Rahman has topped the lists of persons searched on Google from Bangladesh in 2015.He has thereby ended the dominance of film artistes, who so far have been holding the top position on the list.Cricketers Taskin Ahmed and Mashrafe…
Victorians wins BPL title
Alok Kapali took 13 runs in the last over as Comilla Victorians defeated Barisal Bulls by three wickets in a nerve-wracking final to lift the title of the Bangladesh Premier League 2015 on Tuesday.In fact, Kapali hit four fours in…
Cricketer Bijoy accused of beating youth
A complaint was filed against national cricket team player Anamul Haque Bijoy on Sunday for beating and stabbing a young man in Kushtia, reports UNB news agency on Monday.Abdul Halim, father of victim Motaleb Hossain Bappy, 24, filed the case…
100 mph delivery caused by a bird!
A low-flying seagull was blamed for interfering with the speed gun on Friday when New Zealand’s Neil Wagner bowled a ball clocked at 160 kilometres (99.4 miles) per hour — one of the quickest on record.The surprise missile from Wagner,…
‘They used to beat me with sticks’: Maid agaist cricketer Shahadat
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN Dhaka (CNN) She’s known as “Happy” but when Mahfuza Akhter was found bruised and crying in the streets of Dhaka she was anything but. The 11-year-old former live-in maid of one of Bangladesh’s cricketing heroes is…
Starc to miss World T20
Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc will have ankle surgery and is “unlikely” to play in the World Twenty20 tournament in India next year, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.Starc, who has had trouble with his right ankle stemming back to the…
Shakib lost no 1 spot in test
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has toppled Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan from the top spot in the ICC’s ranking for Test allrounders.The game’s governing council published the rankings after the conclusion of the Test series between India and South Africa.The right-arm offspinner…
ICC to stage world T20 in US
Cricket chiefs hope to stage a Twenty20 World Cup in the United States within a decade as the game ramps up efforts to crack the huge American sports market, a report said Tuesday.The International Cricket Council’s head of global development…