Dhaka – League leaders Bashundhara Kings further consolidated their position to clinch the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football title beating bottom-placed Team BJMC by 2-0 goals at the Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari on Sunday. With the day’s feat,…
Dhaka – Bangladeshi WCM Noshin Anjum beat WFM Revita Samantha Glo of Philippines and drew with Derotas Vic Glysen of Philippines in the 7th and 8th round girls group matches of the Asian Junior Chess Championships at Solo in Indonesia…
Dhaka- Bangladesh stalwart Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz improved their ICC ODI rankings in batting and bowling respectively. As per the latest ODI ranking published by ICC on July 6, the 32-year old world number one all-rounder Shakib…
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Bangladesh National Cricket team returned home on Sunday afternoon after their poor show in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. The Tigers landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 5:18pm by…
Rohit Sharma became the first player to make five centuries in a single World Cup match and his opening partner KL Rahul also struck a fluent century as India crushed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their final group match…
Dhaka – Dhaka Mariner Young’s Club earned a comfortable 37-11 goals victory over RN Sports Home in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Saturday. The winners led the first…
Dhaka – The ongoing 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday. After a barren first half, Japanese midfielder Uryu Nagata opened the Mohammedan account in the 66th minute converting a penalty while Mali striker…
Rio De Janeiro (AP/UNB) – Can a team that was trashed by the favorites in a major soccer tournament win a final against the same opponent only two weeks later? The answer will be known on Sunday after Copa América…
London (AP/UNB) – Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup hopes are over. After winning the toss and finishing on 315-9 in 50 overs on Friday, Pakistan needed to dismiss Bangladesh in their last group-stage match for an improbable seven runs or less…
Dhaka – Mustafizur Rahman carved his name on the Lord’s honours boards with his five-wicket haul against Pakistan on Friday, limiting Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side to 315 on a pitch that appears to favour batsmen. It was his back-to-back five-wicket haul,…
Lyon (Xinhua/UNB) — Jackie Groenen’s extra-time goal gave European champions the Netherlands a place in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Sweden in Wednesday’s semifinal. Latching onto a loose ball just outside the box, the…
Sports Desk A second five-wicket haul by Mustafizur Rahman in this World Cup has helped Bangladesh limit Pakistan to 315 after a century by Imam-ul-Haq and 96 runss by Babar Azam. Sarfaraz Ahmed did not hesitate to send Bangladesh in…
Dhaka – The dream of reaching semifinals came to an end after loss to India by 28 runs, but Tigers’ World Cup did not finish yet as they are set to face Pakistan at Lord’s, London on Friday. Tigers are…
Dhaka – West Indies won the toss and opted to bat first against Afghanistan in their last match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Headingley in Leeds on Thursday. Chris Gayle is likely to play his…
Dhaka – Viqarunnisa Noon Sports Club crushed Jamalpur Sports Academy by 39-19 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Thursday. They led the first half by 21-8 goals.…
CHESTER-LE-STREET, United Kingdom, (BSS/AFP) – Jonny Bairstow’s second successive hundred laid the foundation for England’s 119-run thrashing of New Zealand that saw the tournament hosts secure their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup on Wednesday. It is the…
Dhaka – In their last league stage game of the ongoing ICC World Cup, England posted 305 against New Zealand riding on the second consecutive century of Jonny Bairstow. England won the toss and opted to bat first. Bairstow and…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier archer Mohammad Ruman Shana advanced to the round of 16 in the men’s recurve singles on the 2nd day of ongoing Archery World Cup, Stage-4 at Maifield in Berlin on Wednesday. Shana will now face Brady…
Wimbledon, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) — Used to be that players would dread the prospect of facing Serena Williams, especially at Wimbledon. Nowadays, they seem to be eager to go up against her — not because they think they can beat…
Dhaka, July 2 (UNB) — Bangladesh’s dream to reach the semifinals of the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup came to the end as they suffered a loss to India by 28 runs at Edgbaston on Tuesday. India, on the other…
Sports Desk Half-centuries by Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin after a five-wicket haul by Mustafizur Rahman have gone in vain as Bangladesh have lost their virtual World Cup quarter-final match against India by 28 runs. India confirmed their place…
Dhaka – Chattogram Abahani Limited earned a facile 3-0 goals win over Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra in the 13-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday. Striker Mohammed Sohel Mia netted two and Gambian…
Dhaka- Bangladeshi left-arm medium pacer Mustafizur Rahman became the second Bangladeshi bowler to grab five wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup after Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib emerged as the first Bangladeshi bowler to record a five-wicket haul. His feat…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s chase of 315 against India started to look tough after the Tigers lost the wickets of Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Soumya failed to play a big innings in spite of settling down…
Dhaka – Bangladesh will seek to register their second win against two times world champions India in World Cups and keep their semifinal hope alive when they take on their giant neighbour in the global meet at Edgbaston in Birmingham…
Dhaka – Bangladesh star all-rounder Mahmudullah Riayd is likely to miss their vital match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup against two times champions India at Edgbastom on Tuesday. “Mahmudullah will not play tomorrow’s game (against India) given his…
Dhaka – Dilkusha Sporting Club outplayed Quantum Foundation by 52-9 goals in the Cute Women’s Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Monday. They dominated the first half by 23-4 goals. In the…
Dhaka – A brilliant hat-trick by Asif enabled Rayer Bazar AC to grab a comfortable 6-0 goals victory over Udity Club in their four-team super league match of the Metropolis 2nd Division Hockey at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on…
Dhaka- Afghanistan A arrived in the capital Monday evening on a 25-day tour to Bangladesh to play two four-day and five one-day matches against their Bangladesh counterparts in Khulna, Chattogram and BKSP in Savar. The tourists will start their campaign…
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, (BSS/AFP) – Jonny Bairstow hit a hundred before Chris Woakes starred as England ended India’s unbeaten run at this World Cup with a 31-run win on Sunday to once again leave semi-final qualification in their own hands.…