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

Sports

India coach Dravid seeks right recipe for global success

India must strike a balance between trying to win every match and building a side that can be successful in future global cricket events, new head coach Rahul Dravid said on Tuesday.
16 November 2021, 16:27 PM

Australia to tour Pakistan next year for first time since 1998

The Australian cricket team will tour Pakistan next year for first the time since 1998, visiting from March to April for tests, one-day internationals and one Twenty20 match, Pakistan's cricket board (PCB) said on Monday.
8 November 2021, 08:35 AM

Chief curator of NZ v Afghanistan match found dead

Mohan Singh, the chief curator of Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi has passed away, according to media outlets both in India and the United Arab Emirates.
7 November 2021, 12:37 PM

DNCC Mayor Cup to begin on Nov 15

With an aim to encourage the youth to engage in different sporting activities and keep them away from drugs, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Cup, powered by Runner and co-powered by Daraz, will begin on November 15.
11 October 2021, 12:43 PM

Hridoy advances in Muscat

Mohtasin Ahmed Hridoy, a young table tennis player of the Bangladesh national team, moved into the second round of singles event of World Table Tennis Pro Tour in Muscat today.
10 October 2021, 15:24 PM

Former sports organiser Asgar passes away

Shahed Asgar Chowdhury, prominent sports organiser and former member of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), passed away today morning in his hometown Chattogram. He was 83. 
8 October 2021, 14:35 PM

Broad backs England’s Ashes trip

England pace bowler Stuart Broad insists he will go on the Ashes tour of Australia this winter despite concerns over coronavirus restrictions.
19 September 2021, 18:00 PM

News In Brief

Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, closing the curtain on a 20-year career in which he became South Africa’s highest wicket-taker in Tests and arguably the country’s greatest ever fast bowler.
31 August 2021, 18:00 PM

News In Brief

Former England Test captain Ted Dexter, one of the country's greatest players, has died aged 86 after a recent illness, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Thursday.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Aubameyang grabs a hat-trick as Arsenal hit West Brom for six

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started his season with a hat-trick as Arsenal shook off their Premier League troubles and hit second tier West Bromwich Albion for six to reach the third round of the League Cup on Wednesday.
26 August 2021, 03:44 AM

‘Try everyday with sports’

The first female member of the Paralympic refugee team said Monday it was an “honour” to be at the Tokyo Games, urging other women with disabilities to get involved in sport.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM

News in Brief

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said Cristiano Ronaldo has told him that he will stay at the club this season, something the new boss
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Dream shattered for Afghan Paralympics athletes

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president said on Wednesday that it was sad that Afghan athletes trapped in Kabul would not be able to compete in the Games and heartbreaking to watch a female athlete's video plea for help in reaching Tokyo.
18 August 2021, 11:45 AM

NEWS IN BRIEF

Nigerian forward Sunday Chizoba and Brazilian midfielder Raphael Augusto scored braces to power Abahani to a massive 5-1 win over Sheikh Russel KC in their Bangladesh Premier League encounter yesterday.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM

PM hands over Sheikh Kamal NSC Award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the first time today handed over Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award, marking the 72nd birth anniversary of Shaheed Captain Sheikh Kamal.
5 August 2021, 07:24 AM

A brief history of the Olympic Laurel trophy awarded to Dr Yunus

The Laurel trophy presented in honour of Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics contains some of the most invaluable relics of the several thousand-year old history of the Olympics.
29 July 2021, 14:59 PM

China's Shi breaks weightlifting world record in 73kg category

China's Shi Zhiyong broke his own world record to win the men's 73kg weightlifting event at the Olympics on Wednesday and claim a gold medal for the second Games in a row.
28 July 2021, 22:49 PM

Curtains rise on Games of hope

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but celebrated as a moment of global hope.
23 July 2021, 18:00 PM

At least 100 US athletes unvaccinated as Olympics begin

About 100 of the 613 US athletes descending on Tokyo for the Olympics are unvaccinated, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s medical chief said hours before Friday night’s opening ceremony.
23 July 2021, 13:51 PM

'Fight!': Japan cheerleaders root for Olympic athletes

Japanese cheerleaders danced and waved pom poms outside a Tokyo train station on Thursday to show their support for Olympic athletes the day before the pandemic-postponed Summer Games finally get underway.
22 July 2021, 06:00 AM