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

Nadal expecting lengthy wait

Rafael Nadal thinks the global nature of tennis means there is little chance tournaments will go ahead any time soon as sport continues to be paralysed by the coronavirus pandemic.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Pollock reveals Sachin’s weakness

Former South African captain Shaun Pollock claimed that Sachin Tendulkar had once told him that he found it difficult to tackle the “short-pitched” bowling in Australia but effectively managed with shots over wicketkeeper and slip-cordon.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Samiul thankful to Tamim

Tamim Iqbal, captain of the Bangladesh one-day cricket team, has taken the responsibility of providing expenditure to the family members of the fastest teenage sprinter Samiul Islam amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has left many people in the country struggling for food and other basic necessities.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Have to prepare ourselves for the worst: Mani

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is quite puzzled about how to continue with the planned schedule of tours and what measures can be taken to check the financial losses and how to adjust the suspended schedule into the next year if the pandemic crisis gets extended.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

BFF polls uncertain, but process still on

Despite postponing its elections for indefinite period on March 27 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is still continuing the process of preparing voters’ list by extending the deadline of submission of the delegates’ names.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Drogba offers hospital in virus fight

Former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a local politician said.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

BFF officials distribute food in Fatullah

Some of the staff of Bangladesh Football Federation, along with local coaches, distributed one week’s food items including rice, potato and oil, lentils and onion among 220 people in Fatullah, Narayanganj yesterday.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

‘I’m not a sack of potatoes’

Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic has criticised his club for their recent treatment of him and for trying to force his departure last year.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Nadal ‘doesn’t give a damn about tennis right now’

Rafael Nadal ‘doesn’t give a damn about tennis right now’ as the fight against coronavirus takes priority, said his uncle and former coach Toni.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

‘We have meals on alternate days’

The country’s fastest teenage sprinter Samiul Islam and his family have fallen upon hard times in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a countrywide shutdown that has hit Samiul on multiple levels.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Has the ‘tree’ taken root properly?

‘April is the cruellest month,’ T.S Eliot had written in The Waste Land. Given the current coronavirus crisis the world over, this April is likely to be another cruel month for mankind.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Twenty years on, cricket still reeling from Cronje scandal

It may be two decades since the Hansie Cronje corruption scandal rocked cricket, but even now the ripples are still being felt.
13 April 2020, 08:05 AM

Football sponsors at a loss

With stadiums dark, match shirts folded in closets and most players confined at home, football’s sponsors have lost all visibility and are growing restless.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Ariful longs for home

Swimmer Ariful Islam could have caught a flight to Bangladesh before lockdown was enforced in France early last month, but the 21-year-old decided to stay back there in home quarantine in a bid to keep his family members and others in Bangladesh safe from the coronavirus.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

‘In 1971, we could see the enemy’

On February 26, 1971, with political turmoil at its peak and the two states -- East and West -- of the then Pakistan on the verge of war, a rebellious Roquibul Hassan, the only cricketer from the East amid the 10 other cricketers from the dominating West, was cheered when he walked onto the ground with a ‘Joy Bangla’ sticker on his bat to play for Pakistan in an unofficial Test against an International XI at the Dacca Stadium.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Moss dies at age 90

Motorsport great Stirling Moss has died aged 90 following a long illness, the British driver’s wife announced Sunday.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Chappell draws ‘lessons from Tendulkar, Redpath’

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has compared the ongoing pandemic with a five-day game, saying the need of the hour is to display patience, determination and initiative to tide over the crisis.
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

The travails of an ICC umpire

Stranded at his ancestral village of Dangrol in India’s Uttar Pradesh due to the nationwide lockdown, ICC international panel umpire
12 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Ronaldo warned over training

Cristiano Ronaldo has been warned over his conduct after he was pictured training at a football stadium in Madeira during the lockdown.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Dalglish infected

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has tested positive for coronavirus but is not showing symptoms of the disease, his family said Friday.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM