Mandhana, Rawal tons make India clinch last semi-final spot

Centuries from Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal powered India to a 53-run win over New Zealand and into the Women's World Cup semi-finals on Thursday.
23 October 2025, 18:19 PM Sports
Records at a glance after Tigers snap winless streak in style
Bangladesh sealed a 2-1 series victory over the West Indies with a commanding 179-run win in the third and final ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.
23 October 2025, 15:28 PM Sports
Bangladesh seal West Indies series with crushing 179-run win
Bangladesh ended their streak of four consecutive ODI series defeats in emphatic fashion
23 October 2025, 12:14 PM Sports
Napoli humiliation reinforces Conte's poor CL record
The humiliating 6-2 defeat to PSV Eindhoven made unfortunate history for both Antonio Conte and Napoli, but reaffirmed the coach’s poor Champions League record.
22 October 2025, 09:10 AM Sports

Zarif cites technical flaws in semifinal loss

The 17-year-old was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Thailand’s Ariyaphol Leekul at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna, just six days after claiming the boy’s singles crown at the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior J30 in Rajshahi.
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35th Bangladesh World Tennis Tour Juniors J-30 / Zarif triumphs in thriller to reach semifinals
Bangladeshi young tennis star Zarif Abrar has continued his dream run at the 35th Bangladesh World Tennis Tour Juniors J-30, Dhaka, securing his place in the semifinals after a thrilling quarter-final victory, defeating India's second-seeded player Shounak Chatterjee 2-1.
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Pep talks with Djokovic as Sabalenka vows to improve 'in everything'
World number one Aryna Sabalenka told AFP that she needs to improve her tennis "in literally everything" and how Novak Djokovic is helping her do it on and off the court.
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SPLASH OF JOY
22 October 2025, 14:52 PM Sports
Calm before Hong Kong takeoff
10 October 2025, 09:26 AM Sports

Smith ‘in best shape’

Australia star Steve Smith admitted Monday he has barely picked up a bat since cricket shut down, but said he was in his best physical shape in years.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Tales of triumphs off the field

They are used to battling it out on the field of play and have often succeed over their opponents by applying skill, technique and intelligence. Tales of the national age-group women’s football teams’ triumphson the international stage have become common in the country’s sports fraternity.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Playing under new rules really weird’

Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara says it will look “really weird” and “off-putting” to play cricket under the strict guidelines laid down
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

SL cricketers begin training today

A select group of Sri Lanka cricketers, mainly bowlers, will return to training today, amid efforts to restart the game after the coronavirus shutdown, the cricket board said on Sunday.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Bolsonaro wants football back in Brazil

The right-wing populist president of Brazil wants the football season to resume even though the five-time World Cup winning country is a hotspot of the coronavirus pandemic.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Icardi signs 4yr PSG deal

Paris Saint-Germain have signed Argentina international Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan on a four-year deal after taking up the option to buy the on-loan forward, the two clubs announced on Sunday.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Davies, Lewa star as Flick betters Pep’s record

‘Road Runner’ Alphonso Davies lived up to his nickname with another lightning sprint Saturday while Hansi Flick bettered Pep Guardiola’s record start as head coach of Bayern Munich, who opened a 10-point lead in the Bundesliga.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Winning Dhoni’s trust key to getting captaincy: Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli believes he landed the job largely because his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was impressed with his reading of situations in matches.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Justice for George

Schalke’s American midfielder Weston McKennie on Saturday wore a ‘Justice for George’ armband as part of the growing protests over the death
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Activity for most feds tied to Bangladesh Games

As the countrywide shutdown that lasted for more than two months to contain the spread of coronavirus came to a halt yesterday, different sectors in the country have reopened and sports are no exception.
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Austria gives go-ahead to crowd-free F1 races

Formula One can start its season in Austria with two races behind closed doors on July 5 and 12, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
31 May 2020, 07:22 AM

Coppa final before Serie A restart

The Italian football season will resume with the final stages of the Coppa Italia before Serie A gets under way on June 20, following a vote by the 20 top-tier clubs on Friday.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

ECB wants coronavirus substitutes

The England and Wales Cricket Board is in talks with the ICC about allowing coronavirus substitutions in its upcoming Test series against West Indies and Pakistan.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Am I next?’

Teenage tennis phenomenon Coco Gauff released a video protesting killings of African-Americans in the United States on Friday, joining a chorus of outrage across the country that followed the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Virus like walking up Kilimanjaro’

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers said Friday that being afflicted with the coronavirus was akin to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Federer tops sports’ richlist

Roger Federer is the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic knocked soccer’s Lionel Messi off top spot, according to the annual Forbes list released on Friday.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Red-hot Havertz fires Leverkusen

Exciting youngster Kai Havertz broke another Bundesliga record on Friday after scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory at Freiburg which moved Bayer Leverkusen into third place.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Ashik’s second life

From being detected as the first Covid-19 positive case in Bangladesh cricket on May 9 to successfully recovering from coronavirus and leaving the hospital on May 29 – the three weeks were perhaps the toughest journey in entire life for Ashikur Rahman.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Football icon Helal no more

Former national footballer Golam Rabbani Helal breathed his last at around 12:00 noon yesterday. He was 67.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Federer tops list of world’s highest-paid athletes

Roger Federer tops the 2020 Forbes magazine list of highest-paid global athletes announced Friday, leading the lineup for the first time with pre-tax earnings of $106.3 million (95.5 million euros).
30 May 2020, 12:31 PM