Fizz to be granted NOC for two IPL matches, Shakib also to get nod for PSL
Mustafizur, who was signed for the remainder of the IPL season by Delhi for INR 6 crore, had asked the BCB for NOC for Delhi’s last three league matches. 
15 May 2025, 08:15 AM
Bangladesh Emerging collapse after Akbar heroics, series level at 1-1
Skipper Akbar Ali produced a valiant century but Bangladesh Emerging Team fell short by 10 runs against South Africa Emerging in a high-scoring second one-dayer at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Wednesday.
14 May 2025, 13:18 PM
Bologna end 51-year wait for glory with Italian Cup triumph
Bologna ended a 51-year wait for a major trophy on Wednesday after winning the Italian Cup with a 1-0 victory over AC Milan, who slumped to yet another painful defeat in a horror season.
14 May 2025, 21:33 PM
Alcaraz sets up Italian Open semi clash with Musetti, Sabalenka falls
Carlos Alcaraz set up a semifinal meeting with Lorenzo Musetti at the Italian Open on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Jack Draper in the last eight, while women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka was knocked out.
15 May 2025, 00:00 AM
Sinner meets Pope
Men's world number one tennis player, Jannik Sinner, offered to rally with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, after being received by the head of the Catholic Church at the Vatican.
14 May 2025, 12:54 PM
Sinner moves through gears to reach Italian Open quarters
Jannik Sinner came through the first true test of his comeback from a doping ban with Tuesday's straight-sets win over Francisco Cerundolo which took the world number one into the Italian Open quarter-finals.
13 May 2025, 20:30 PM

Honeymoon ends, inquest begins

After the Bangladesh Sports Shooting Federation’s (BSSF) elected executive committee was declared illegal in 2012, Intekhabul Hamid was elected general secretary in one-sided polls. Two years later, Nazimuddin Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the presidential polls.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM

The end of Barca’s super club era?

“I hope some good comes of this,” Barcelona defender Gerard Pique had said after his team’s 8-2 mauling against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals. That it was not just another 3-1 or 4-2 defeat was perhaps something Pique hoped Barcelona could learn from. He summed it up with ‘we’ve hit rock bottom’, which implies that there really is no way left to go but up.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Even mom can’t help Cannavaro

Guangzhou Evergrande coach Fabio Cannavaro says his Chinese Super League champions have a major problem in defence -- and even his mother can’t help.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Three more positive at Marseille

France’s first match of the new Ligue 1 soccer season looks set to be postponed after Olympique de Marseille said on Tuesday they had confirmed three more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total at the club to four.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Three more positive at Marseille

France’s first match of the new Ligue 1 soccer season looks set to be postponed after Olympique de Marseille said on Tuesday they had confirmed three more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total at the club to four.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Mental health in bubble a concern for Finch

The mental health of cricketers confined to biosecure bubbles during COVID-19 will be tested over the next two years, and Australia’s staff are working hard to prepare players for the challenges, limited overs captain Aaron Finch said on Tuesday.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Glorious past, sordid present and the ‘ugly internal conflict’

The reason there are such big expectations from shooting is simple. Scintillating performances at international level, especially in South Asian and Commonwealth Games, fostered belief among sports lovers.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM

SL tour a long and tough process: Akram

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) cricket operations committee are busy with preparations for the upcoming Sri Lank tour and as the first step the board is going to conduct coronavirus tests of each player at their homes from September 18 before starting the residential camp on September 21.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Ruman Sana and co test negative

Although the majority of national footballers had to go through some tough times after being tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the now-postponed national training camp earlier this month, the national archers have had a big relief to have been tested Covid-19 negative today.
18 August 2020, 13:15 PM

Valentino Rossi fumes after escaping horror crash

World motorcycling superstar Valentino Rossi said a rival's stray bike, travelling at around 300 km/h (187mph), almost "killed me" in a horrifying near-miss at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.
18 August 2020, 05:22 AM

Hockey GS removed

AKM Mominul Haque Shaeed, the general secretary of Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF), has been relieved of his duties due to his 10-month absence in hockey activities.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Former hockey player Ehtesham dies at the age of 77

Former national hockey player and coach Ehtesham Sultan breathed his last at a city hospital in Mirpur today morning at the age of 77.
17 August 2020, 06:48 AM

United punished as old frailties at both ends return

Manchester United crashed out of the Europa League semi-finals with a 2-1 defeat by the competition's record five-time winners Sevilla after palpable frailties throughout the season came back to haunt them at crunch time.
16 August 2020, 23:56 PM

‘Dhoni arguably greatest white-ball captain’

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is arguably the greatest white-ball skipper in the history of the game, former England captains Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain said in a tribute to the Indian who quit international cricket on Saturday.
16 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Back in Business

Tamim Iqbal and Mustafizur Rahman yesterday trained at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur for the first time since the coronavirus-
16 August 2020, 18:00 PM

In trying to avoid fate, did Pep make it more likely?

It was another eyebrow-raising call from Pep Guardiola. Perhaps that was the appropriate way to end the night given the self-defeating way he had started it.
16 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Lyon shock Man City

Substitute Moussa Dembele struck twice as Olympique Lyonnais stunned Manchester City with a 3-1 victory on Saturday to move into the semi-finals of the Champions League where they will face Bayern Munich.
15 August 2020, 21:22 PM

Rain continues to disrupt play

Bad weather continued to dog the second Test between England and Pakistan on Saturday as a combination of bad light and drizzle wiped out the morning session on the third day at the Rose Bowl.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM

What they said

“We knew it is never easy against Barcelona, but this is an unbelievable result. It’s hard to comprehend.”
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Highlights

For the first time in the history of the UEFA Champions League, a club scored eight goals in a knockout match in the form of Bayern Munich as they thrashed Barcelona 8-2.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM