Dhaka – Visiting Bangladesh failed to start the tour on a positive note as they lost the lone practice game against New Zealand XI on Sunday at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln. Mehidy Hasan Miraz led the Bangladesh team while…
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1st Div Hockey: Bachelors SC beat Shishu Kishore 4-0
Dhaka – Bachelors Sporting Club managed a comfortable 4-0 goal victory over Shishu Kishore Sangha in the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Sunday. Naimur, Mozammil Haque, Khawja Taiyub Reza and…
SAFF U-15 Champs: Stage set for Bangladesh-Pakistan final Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play Pakistan in the final of the six-nation SAFF U-15 Championship on Saturday (November 3) at ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Arabic internet TV firm fined $24m for sports rights piracy
A Swedish court has ordered a bankrupt Arabic internet TV company to pay 210m Swedish crowns ($24m) in damages for distributing content including English Premier League soccer without permission. The Stockholm district court ordered the Sweden-based Advanced TV Network (ATN),…
Riyadh mulls legal action against beIN Sports
Saudi Arabia is planning to take legal action against Qatar-owned beIN Sports for ‘politicising’ the FIFA World Cup, a senior official has said. Turki al-Sheikh, the chairman of the Saudi General Sports Authority, said on Twitter that beIN Sports, had…
Investigation, sports, research reporting workshop at BAU
Dhaka – The certificate award giving ceremony of the 8-day journalism training on investigation, sports and research reporting for Bangladesh Agricultural University journalists ended on the campus in Mymensingh on Saturday.
Phelps bows out with gold in men’s relay
American legend Michael Phelps won a 23rd Olympic title in his final race at a Games, as Great Britain took silver in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. The 31-year-old secured his fifth title of Rio 2016 as he teamed up…
Schooling beats Phelps in 100m butterfly
Singapore’s Joseph Schooling won his nation’s first ever Olympic gold medal with victory in the 100m butterfly as Michael Phelps was one of three men to finish joint second. Schooling, 21, won in an Olympic record time of 50.39 seconds.
Rio 2016: 25th-placed Baki eliminated
Dhaka– Bangladeshi ace shooter and 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Abdullah Hel Baki was eliminated in the qualification round of his lone Rio Olympics event, the men’s 10-meter air rifles, at the Olympic Shooting Centre on Monday. Baki finished 25th…
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt sends cars out in Le Mans
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has got the 24 Hours Le Mans classic endurance race underway in difficult weather conditions.
Marseille clashes leave British fans in hospital
A number of British people are in hospital in France, the UK’s ambassador has said following a series of clashes between football fans in Marseille.Violence has broken out between England fans, rival supporters and police for three days in the…
Mustafiz now in Indian commercial!
‘Cutter Master’ and the pride of Satkhira, Mustafizur Rahman is on a roll. Apart from his on-pitch successes, he is now featured in television commercials, as part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad entourage, he was shown in an online delivery brand’s…
Pistorius to be sentenced in June for murder
South Africa’s former Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a Pretoria court where a judge scheduled five days in June to determine his sentence for the conviction of murdering his girlfriend. The sentencing hearing for Pistorius will be…
Zidane appeals for calm as Real stunned by Wolfsburg
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane urged his side to remain calm after their Champions League hopes suffered a setback with a shock 2-0 loss at VfL Wolfsburg in the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Wednesday.The Frenchman, who took…
Real to carry ‘Clasico’ winning momentum to Wolfsburg
Real Madrid will carry their momentum from Saturday’s ‘Clasico’ victory over rivals Barcelona into their Champions League quarter-final first leg at struggling VfL Wolfsburg on Wednesday, coach Zinedine Zidane said.Real scored their first league win at the Nou Camp since…
Windies take maiden title dethroning Australia in women’s T20
Dhaka – West Indies notched their maiden title of the Women’s World Twenty20 with an emphatic 8-wicket victory dethroning straight three times champion Australia in the 5th edition final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday. The new powerhouse of Women’s…
Shahadat couple is trying to reach a compromise
Court Correspondent The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 of Dhaka on Sunday shifted the hearing of the case filed against cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmine Jahaan Nitto in connection with torturing their 11-year-old domestic help Mahfuza Akhter…
Afghans enter T20 Super 10
Afghanistan knocked Zimbabwe out of the World Twenty20 with an emphatic 59-run win to storm into the Super 10 stage in Nagpur Saturday.Electing to bat, Afghanistan rode on Mohammad Nabi’s brisk 52 to post 186 for six and then bundled…
BD to begin their World T20 today
Bangladesh will miss out on the services of young sensation Mustafizur Rahman again as they take on the Netherlands in their first match of the World T20 Qualifiers on Wednesday.But that should bother the Tigers little as they look clear…
Messi bags brace in Barca win
A double from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona secure a 4-0 victory at Eibar in La Liga on Sunday that moved them 11 points clear at the top and brought up 100 goals for their lethal strikeforce.Munir El Haddadi, who was…
Luis Enrique relishing Barca’s treble tilt
After setting a Spanish record 35 matches unbeaten in all competitions, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is relishing the run-in to the end of the season with his side on course for a second successive La Liga, King’s Cup and Champions…
Cricket fans clash with police
Cricket fans have clashed with police in Dhaka’s Mirpur following rumour that tickets for the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India were sold out.The Tigers will take on India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on…
Martin Crowe passed away
Pioneering cricketer Martin Crowe, widely acknowledged as New Zealand’s greatest batsman who laid the foundations for Twenty20 cricket, was hailed a “hero” Thursday after he died of cancer aged 53.Diagnosed in September 2014 with terminal double-hit lymphoma, a rare form…
Real back to winning ways
Cristiano Ronaldo netted a first-half penalty as injury-depleted Real Madrid recovered from their derby defeat by Atletico Madrid at the weekend with a 3-1 win at Levante on Wednesday.An own goal by goalkeeper Diego Marino and a stoppage-time strike by…
Real working round injuries: Zidane
Zinedine Zidane vouched on Tuesday for the harmony in his Real Madrid dressing room after comments by Cristiano Ronaldo that hinted at divisions.Real visit Levante on Wednesday with their hopes for La Liga written off after last weekend’s 1-0 home…
Injured Benzema out for three weeks
The bad news continued to pile up for Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane with the confirmation on Monday that striker Karim Benzema will be out of action for the next three weeks with a hamstring injury in his right leg.Benzema,…
Tamim blessed with baby boy
Bangladeshi opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and his wife Ayesha Siddiqui were blessed with a baby boy on Sunday. The baby was delivered at a hospital in Bangkok early in the morning, according to a Facebook status of Tamim. In his…
Benzema fit to return in Madrid derby
Karim Benzema, the most effective striker in La Liga this season in terms of goals per minutes, is set to return for Real Madrid’s home derby with Atletico Madrid on Saturday.The France marksman missed last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Malaga…
Man City close on last eight
Manchester City moved within touching distance of a first appearance in the Champions League quarter-finals after a dynamic first-half display at Dynamo Kiev helped them secure a 3-1 last-16 first-leg win on Wednesday.City were irrepressible in the opening 45 minutes,…
BD to face India in Asia cup T20 opener
Bangladesh may have a poor record in Twenty20 Internationals but with an inspiring One-Day run to back them up, they are set to assess their skill in the shortest format against India in the opening match of the Asia Cup.The…