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
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
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
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

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.
16 October 2025, 14:58 PM
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.
15 October 2025, 15:53 PM
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.
15 October 2025, 08:25 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

About 950 people to watch the Olympic opening event at stadium

About 950 people, including officials and journalists, will watch Friday's opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at the main stadium from which spectators have been banned, one of the organisers said.
22 July 2021, 05:48 AM

First Palestinian weightlifter at Olympics braced to make history

Gaza weightlifter Mohammad Hamada says he is aiming to rank among the top ten when he makes history as the first Palestinian to compete in the sport at the Olympics that kicks off in Tokyo later this month.
19 July 2021, 15:18 PM

‘We should not dare to dream of winning a medal’

Archer Ruman Sana’s direct qualification to 2020 Tokyo Olympics has seemingly fueled the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) to dream something big this time around even though it has always been a token participation in the Olympics for Bangladesh since its first appearance at world’s showpiece event in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Nobel laureate Yunus to receive Olympic Laurel

Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will receive the Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games, the second time the trophy has been awarded, the IOC said Thursday.
15 July 2021, 11:28 AM

‘Olympics journey with a new dream’

Participating in the Olympic Games has always been a token one for Bangladesh since its maiden appearance in the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984 but the Bangladesh officials this time, are thinking differently ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics by tagging a slogan -- Olympics journey with a new dream.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Former hockey star Naveed passes away

Naveed Alam, a noted Pakistani hockey player and former coach of the Bangladesh national team, passed away in Lahore on Tuesday after a battle with cancer.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Czechs KO the Netherlands

A moment of madness from Matthijs de Ligt that led to a straight red card robbed Netherlands of any chance of making the quarter-finals of Euro 2020, with the loss of their defensive lynchpin leaving their team tactics in tatters.
28 June 2021, 01:56 AM

Hazard rocket fires Belgium past Portugal

Belgium knocked defending champions Portugal out of Euro 2020 with a 1-0 victory in the last 16 on Sunday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final tie against Italy.
28 June 2021, 01:56 AM

‘Our belief was huge, but we paid for mistakes’

Austria kept believing they could come back from two goals down against Italy in extra time in their last 16 game on Saturday but ultimately paid the price for small mistakes, said coach Franco Foda.
27 June 2021, 01:47 AM

Abahani’s third on the trot

Abahani secured a hattrick of Dhaka Premier League title by beating Prime Bank Cricket Club by eight runs in the final Super League game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Belgium and Portugal face off in a mouth-watering clash

Belgium and Portugal will trade tackles in one of the most high-profile round-of-16 fixtures in Euro 2020 tonight.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Czechs face Netherlands with history on their side

Memphis Depay, who will join Barcelona next week, has been integral to the Dutch’s stroll through the group stage, scoring twice and setting up one more as the Oranje racked up a perfect nine points and scored eight goals in three games.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM

News IN BRIEF

Bangladesh T20I skipper Mahmudullah Riyad was the surprise last-minute inclusion in Tigers’ Test squad for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM