Dhaka – Six-time Bangladesh Premier League Football champions Dhaka Abahani Limited is ready to play April 25 Sports Club (4.25) of North Korea in an away match of the inter-zonal semifinal of AFC Cup 2019 at the Kim-ll-Sung Stadium in…
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Bangladesh Army play goalless draw with Indian Army
Dhaka – The friendly football match between Bangladesh Army and touring Indian Army team ended in a goalless draw at the Army Stadium at Banani in the capital on Tuesday.
National footballers make training at BNS on Monday
Dhaka – Bangladesh national football team made their training session on the 3rd day at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here Monday morning, ahead of their first match of the joint qualification (Round-1) for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and…
Langeveldt for bowling in right areas
Dhaka – Newly-appointed pace-bowling coach Charl Langeveldt has asked pace-bowlers to continue bowling in the right areas to make the success rate better, said the national team pace-bowler Shafiul Islam on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday.…
Shakib eyes nothing but win over Afghanistan
Dhaka – Bangladesh Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan has said he is looking forward to winning the solitary Test against Afghanistan which is set to begin on September 5 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. “Every team…
Long-distance Swim: Romana, Faisal of BD finish runners-up
Dhaka – Bangladeshi swimmers Romana Aktar and Faisal Ahmed of the Army, finished as runners-up in their respective events of the 76th World Long Distance Swimming Competition at the River Bhagirathi in Murshidabad District of West Bengal, India on Sunday.…
Kohli,India set records in 318-run win over West Indies
Antigua(AP/UNB) — Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets for seven runs as India bowled out West Indies for 100 on Sunday to clinch a record 318-run win and help Virat Kohli equal a captaincy mark.
Al Amin’s five leads BD earn massive 7-1 goals
Dhaka – Five goals by forward Md Al Amin Rahman enabled two-time champions Bangladesh to pile up massive 7-1 goals victory over Sri Lanka in their second match of the five-nation SAFF Under-15 Championship at the Kalyani Stadium in Nadia…
Experience will be key against Afghanistan, reckons Miraz
Dhaka — Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz on Sunday reckoned that experience will be the key factor for Bangladesh against their one-off Test against Afghanistan beginning on September 5 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Recognizing Afghanistan’s satisfactory…
Sk Kamal Int’l Club Cup Football from Oct 19
Dhaka – The eight-team Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football Tournament’2019 under the auspices of Chattogram Abahani Ltd will be held at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram on October 19-30. The schedule for the 3rd edition of the tournament…
AFC Cup: Abahani due to fly for Pyongyang Sunday
Dhaka – A 31-member Dhaka Abahani Limited team will fly for North Korean capital Pyongyang Sunday early hour (2:10 am) to play their away match of AFC Cup inter-zonal semifinal against April 25 Sports Club on August 28 at the…
SAFF U-15: Bangladesh crush Bhutan by 5-2 goals
Dhaka – Defending champions Bangladesh started their SAFF Under-15 campaign crushing Bhutan by 5-2 goals on Friday at Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal.
New Zealand pushes Sri Lanka to 144-6 at stumps on Day 2
Colombo (AP/UNB) — Fast bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee took two wickets apiece to put Sri Lanka on the back foot on a rain-curtailed second day of the second test as the hosts reached 144-6 before rain caused early…
Bangladesh eliminated from Recurve Junior Boys team
Dhaka – Bangladesh team were eliminated from Recurve Junior Boys team in the ongoing World Archery Youth Championship.
First-round fireworks: Serena, Sharapova to meet at US Open
New York, Aug 22 (AP/UNB) — Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will finally meet in the U.S. Open, and they’ll do it in their very first match. A long-awaited Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal showdown could come only in the final. Williams…
Mominul glad as Bangladesh will play more Tests in coming days
Dhaka- In the last three years, Bangladesh played 21 Tests but in the next three years, they will play 32 Tests, including those of the World Test Championship and this has made left-handed top order-batsman Mominul Haque, who is often…
BFF picks 21 BPL booters for U-18, U-19 training
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has selected 21 footballers from the just-concluded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for the ongoing residential training camp of Bangladesh Under-18 and Under-19 teams at BFF Fortis Football Academy in Beraid area of the capital.…
Bangladesh to become a big force soon, says Domingo
Dhaka – Newly-appointed head coach of the Tigers Russell Domingo believes Bangladesh national cricket team are really close to becoming a big force in international cricket. The South African coach talked to the media on Wednesday for the first time…
Langeveldt upbeat to create stronger pace battery for Tigers
Dhaka — In his first interaction with the media after reaching Dhaka, Charl Langeveldt, the newly-appointed pace-bowling coach of the Tigers, said he is upbeat to strengthen the Bangladesh cricket team with an upgraded pace-attack. Langeveldt believes Bangladesh has a…
Bangladesh to start SAFF U-15 campaign on Friday
Dhaka – Defending Champions Bangladesh Under-15 Football team will start their SAFF Under-15 campaign taking on Bhutan in the first match on Friday (August 23) at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal of India.The match will kick-off at 12:30 pm…
Bangladesh level series 1-1 against Sri Lanka
Dhaka – After losing the first game by a big margin of 186 runs, Bangladesh emerging cricket team made a good comeback in the second game to level the three-match one-day series 1-1 beating their Sri Lankan opponent by two…
Dhaka Abahani off to good start beating April 25 SC 4-3
Dhaka – Six-time BPL champions Dhaka Abahani Limited continued their fairytale performance in the AFC Cup beating April 25 SC (4.25) of North Korea by 4-3 goals in the first leg home match of the inter-zonal semifinal at Bangabandhu National…
Chaminda Vass inspires young cricketers to improve fitness
Dhaka — Legendary Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas on Tuesday said young cricketers have to concentrate more on fitness as modern cricket is getting tough.
Asian Youth Handball: Bangladesh Women’s team off to India
Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Handball team left here for India on Monday night to participate in the 8th Asian Women’s Youth Handball Championship’2019 beginning in the Indian city of Jaipur on August 21.
BCB starts meeting franchisees to set rules for next BPL
Dhaka —The Bangladesh Crickest Board (BCB) started meetings with the franchise-based Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 teams at the board office in Mirpur on Monday to chalk out a new agreement for a new circle of the event. The BPL…
Madrid loses, Arsenal gains as playmaker Ceballos shines
New York, Aug 19 (AP/UNB) – As he bewildered two Burnley midfielders with a center-field pirouette, delivered a stream of dangerous set-pieces and generally controlled play, it was easy to see why there was so much hype around Dani Ceballos…
Footballer Sabina Khatun becomes Youth Ambassador of Suchana
Dhaka – Captain of the Bangladesh national women’s football team Sabina Khatun became first Bangladesh woman footballer to be named as Youth Ambassador of Suchana Program in Bangladesh for one year.
Mahmudullah starts gearing up with batting, bowling
Dhaka – Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad started gearing up after the Eid vacation as he batted for an hour and bowled five overs at the academy ground in Mirpur on Sunday. Mahmudullah had been suffering from several injuries. But as…
Barca confirm Suarez calf injury
Madrid (Xinhua/UNB) — FC Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is likely to be out of action for a while after suffering a calf injury in his side’s 1-0 defeat to Athletic Club Bilbao on the first day of the new Liga…
BCB calls 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) called 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp beginning on Monday (August 19) under National Team Strength and Conditioning Coach Mario Villavarayen.