The early 2021 Cricket Challenge of Bangladesh is against the second tier much weakened Team from Caribbean Islanders West Indies. Even the full-strength West Indies now is a shadow of its glorious past of 1970s and 1980s.  In T20 franchise cricket they have rock and roll players

Liverpool's Premier League title defence suffered a setback as they fell to defeat at Southampton on Monday. Danny Ings' superb second-minute lob over Reds goalkeeper Alisson, from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick, settled the contest against his former club. Jurgen Klopp's

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday announced the preliminary squads for ODIs and Tests against West Indies excluding former national ODI skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza. Mashrafe though played in the just concluded Bangabandhu T20 Cup, authorities decided not to keep him in the

ICC World Test Championship  Pakistan VS New Zealand 2nd Test Played at Christchurch form January 3-7, 2021 Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day two   Pakistan 1st Innings 291 All Out in 297 in 83.5 Overs (Azhar Ali 93, Mohammad Rizwan 61, Faheem Ashraf 48, Zafar Gohar 34, Abid

A 90th-minute goal from ex-Barcelona striker Luis Suarez gave Atletico Madrid a 2-1 victory at Alaves as they returned to the top of La Liga. The 33-year-old, who joined Atletico in September, pounced from close range. He had earlier teed up a deflected shot from Marcos Llorente to

Barcelona got back to winning ways as Lionel Messi returned to the side to set up the winning goal in a narrow victory over bottom side Huesca. Messi, playing in his 750th match for Barcelona and 500th in La Liga, lifted the ball to Frenkie de Jong, who coolly diverted it past the

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and created another goal as Juventus thrashed Udinese in Serie A. Ronaldo opened the scoring with a trademark drive, after Aaron Ramsey's pass, before threading a through ball for Federico Chiesa to score. Ronaldo's second goal took his tally

Defending champions Bashundhara Kings earned a comfortable 2-0 win over Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited in the third quarter-final and sealed their place in the semis of the ongoing Walton Federation Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) on Sunday. Argentine-born Chilean

ICC World Test Championship  Pakistan VS New Zealand 2nd Test Played at Christchurch form January 3-7, 2021 Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day One  Pakistan 1st Innings 291 All Out in 297 in 83.5 Overs (Azhar Ali 93, Mohammad Rizwan 61, Faheem Ashraf 48, Zafar Gohar 34, Abid

Real Madrid went top of La Liga with a comfortable win against in-form Celta Vigo at the Bernabeu. The visitors arrived in Madrid unbeaten since 21 November, but were behind after six minutes when Lucas Vazquez headed home Marco Asensio's cross. Asensio got on the scoresheet

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan along with his mother Shirin Reza has returned home from the USA to join the national team ahead of the upcoming home series against West Indies. They arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:00am on Sunday by a Qatar Airways flight.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has been hospitalised in Kolkata and is undergoing primary angioplasty after suffering "chest discomfort while doing tread mill at his home gym".  The former India captain reached the Woodlands

Manchester United moved level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool as a Bruno Fernandes penalty saw off stubborn Aston Villa. Fernandes drilled his 11th league goal this season - and his fifth from the spot - into the bottom corner to punish Douglas Luiz's clip on Paul

Toggi World, an indoor amusement theme park for children at levels 8 and 9 of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in the capital’s Panthapath area, saw a huge number of visitors on Friday after its reopening. After a closure of over nine months since March 19 due to the Covid-19

Fast bowlers bowling at 140 plus are exciting commodities of world cricket. They are great possessions of teams for all formats. Bowlers win matches, batsmen save matches .In early days pace bowlers used to hunt in pairs. Hall –Griffith, Lindwall –Miller, Trueman

ICC Test Championship  New Zealand VS Pakistan Series  1st Test Played at Bay Oval, Mount New Zealand 1st Innings 431 All Out in 155 Overs (Kane Williamson 129, BJ Watlling 73, Ross Taylor 70, Henry Nichols 56. Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/109, Yasir Shah 3/113) and 2nd Innings

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has just announced 15 members Test and ODI squads for the tour of Bangladesh. West Indies will play 2 tests and 3 matches ODI series in the tour. The team would arrive in Bangladesh on 10 January 2021. The matches will be played observing bio security

New Zealand Pakistan Boxing Day Test Played at Mount Maunganu from December 26-30 Brief Scorecard at Stumps of Day Four    New Zealand 1st Innings 431 All Out in 155 Overs (Kane Williamson 129, BJ Watlling 73, Ross Taylor 70, Henry Nichols 56. Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/109,

Australia -India Border Gavaskar Vodaphone Test Series  Boxing Day Test at MCG Played 26-30 December 2020  Brief Scorecard  Australia 1st Innings 195 All Out in 73.2 Overs (Marnus Labuchagne 48, Travis Head 38, Matthew Wade 30, Jasprit Bumrah 4/56, Ravindra Jadeja

Australia -India Border Gavaskar Vodaphone Test Series  Boxing Day Test at MCG Played 26-30 December 2020  Brief Scorecard at stumps on Day Three Australia 1st Innings 195 All Out in 73.2 Overs (Marnus Labuchagne 48, Travis Head 38, Matthew Wade 30, Jasprit Bumrah 4/56,