Tuesday, 21 Jan, 2025

Sports

Russell Domingo appointed Tigers' head coach

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed former South Africa coach Russell Domingo as new head coach of national cricket team. BCB President Nazmul Hassan made the announcement at BCB Office in Mirpur Saturday (August 17). The contract with Domingo was made for two years. He

Ravi Shastri to continue as India head coach

Ravi Shastri has been reappointed as the head coach of the senior men's Indian team and will remain in charge until the T20 World Cup of 2021 to be played in India. The confirmation came on Friday (August 16) evening following the completion of the selection process by the Kapil

Host England on the Back Foot

Second ICC Test World Cup Match England Vs Australia (August 14-18, 2019) Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day Two England 1st Innings 258 All Out( RJ Burns 53, JM Bairstow 52, CR Woakes 32, JL Denly 30, JR Hazlewood 3/58, PJ Cummins 3/61 , NM Lyon 3/68) Australia 1st Innings 30/1 With

Liverpool beat Chelsea to clinch Super Cup title

Liverpool have won the Uefa Super Cup via a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea following a thrilling 2-2 draw in Istanbul. Olivier Giroud gave the Blues a deserved lead before the break but Sadio Mane equalised just three minutes after the restart. Frank Lampard made three

Kohli leads India to series win over West Indies

Rain has been the biggest worry in the three-match ODI series between India and West Indies, forcing the final contest to be reduced to a 35-over contest. Not that it bothered the Indian cricket team as they were on top of proceedings ever since the dismissal of Chris Gayle, who was at

Dushanbe to host BAN vs AFG FIFA World Cup qualifier

DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to start both 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers campaign through locking horns with the Afghans on September 10. The match is scheduled to be held at Central Republican Stadium in Tajikistan's capital city of Dushanbe. Bangladesh Football

Moeen Ali takes break from cricket after Ashes axe

DHAKA: England all-rounder Moeen Ali will take a “short break” from cricket after being dropped from the squad to face Australia in the second Ashes Test this week.  The 32-year-old was axed after scoring nought and four in England’s first Test defeat at Edgbaston. He also

ICC working towards cricket in 2028 LA Olympics

DHAKA: Cricket is in line to be included in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, MCC World Cricket Committee chairman Mike Gatting has said following an address by the ICC's new chief executive Manu Sawhney at Lord's this week. In what would be the end to one of cricket's

Bangladesh Women team for T20 WC qualifier announced

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced Bangladesh Women team, to be captained by Salma Khatun, for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019. All-rounder Rumana Ahmed ruled out of the tournament due to her knee injury, said Nazmul Abedeen, BCB women’s wing manager.  

Mathews, Chandimal in Sri Lanka squad for New Zealand tests

DHAKA: Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews have been named in the 15-member squad for the first Test of the two-match series against New Zealand.  Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the squad through a press release Friday (August 9). “The selections were made out of the

Sri Lanka suspends Hathurusingha, names Ratnayake interim coach

Sri Lankan cricket authorities Wednesday suspended head coach Chandika Hathurusingha and appointed a temporary replacement for the upcoming New Zealand series. Cricket board chairman Shammi Silva said former Sri Lanka fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake was made interim coach pending a final

Rampant Aussies Pulverize Pommies To Pulp

World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard  Australia 1st Innings : 284 All Out  (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) and 2nd Innings 487/7 Declared ( SPD Smith 142, Matthew

Silky Smooth Steve Smith Puts Australia in Complete Command

World Test Championship (Ashes series) played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Four Australia 1st Innings: 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44, TM Head 35, SCJ Broad 5/86, CR Woakes 3/58) and 2nd Innings 487/7 Declared (SPD

BPL to get new shape, cancel past contracts

DHAKA:  The governing body of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is about to make some changes in its contracts with all franchisees ahead of T-20 session in December of the current year. “A letter will be sent to all franchisees of BPL within 48 hours to discuss this issue,”

Du Plessis named SA Cricketer of the Year

DHAKA: Faf du Plessis and Dane van Niekerk, the captains of the men's and women's national teams, have been named 'South African Cricketer of the Year' in their respective categories at the Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards function held in Pretoria on Saturday (August 3).

Lions Have Paws on Kangaroos' Necks

World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham August 1-5, 2019 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Three  Australia 1st Innings: 284 All Out (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35, SCJ Broad 5/86, CR Woakes 3/58) and 2nd Innings 124/3 ( SPD Smith

Bashundhara Kings, Ctg Abahani tie BPL final

DHAKA: The final match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football season 2018-19 between Bashundhara Kings and Chittagong Abahani ties. The finalists took the match to 1-1.  The match, played on Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday (August 3), was also interrupted by rain.

Three month international ban for Messi

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was "corrupt". Barcelona forward Messi, 32, was sent off in Argentina's 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile and later said the "cup was fixed for Brazil".

Slow and Steady England Takes Control

1st Test Of ICC World Test Championship (Ashes Series) Played at Birmingham From August 1-5 England Vs Australia Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Two Ist Innings Australia 284 All Out  (SPD Smith 144, PM Siddle 44,TM Head 35,SCJ Broad 5/86 ,CR Woakes 3/58 ) England Ist Innings

Bangladeshi youths reach tri-series final

DHAKA: Bangladesh U-19s have confirmed the final of the tri-nation series in England after beating the hosts by 72 runs. India is another team of the series.   Sent into bat, Bangladesh youths bundled out scoring 224 runs in 47.1 overs. Tanzid Hasan clinched century (117) while