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

Iachini named as head coach of Fiorentina

Giuseppe Iachini has been appointed coach of struggling Fiorentina, the Serie A club confirmed on Monday. Iachini, 55, replaces Vincenzo Montella who was sacked on Saturday with the team trailing in 15th place, three points above the relegation zone.
24 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Espanyol fire Machin

Espanyol, who are languishing at the bottom of La Liga, yesterday fired chief coach Pablo Machin after just over two months in the job, the club said.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Arteta demands accountability

Arsenal have a squad that can be improved but the players must take up responsibility and be accountable for their actions on the pitch if they are to be a part of the club’s future plans, new manager Mikel Arteta said yesterday.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Mourinho bemoans Son ban

Son Heung-min’s unavailability due to a three-match ban for a red card in Sunday’s 2-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea is a big loss for Tottenham Hotspur, manager Jose Mourinho said yesterday.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Rugby star follows Ozil

New Zealand rugby superstar Sonny Bill Williams followed Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil in criticising China’s treatment of its Uighur minority yesterday, while lamenting that some had chosen money over “humanity”.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Barca remain best paid team

Barcelona have retained their position as the world’s best paid professional sports team while National Basketball Association (NBA) sides took seven out of the top 10 places this year, a study by research body Sporting Intelligence has revealed.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

SA Games’ medallists set for cash awards

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) is all set to make good on their promise to provide cash-awards to the medal winners of the just concluded South (SA) Games on January 11 at a city hotel, confirmed BOA secretary general Syed Shahed Reza yesterday.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

31 disciplines for BD Games

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has decided in principle that the upcoming Bangladesh Games will feature 31 disciplines this time around, just as it had seven years ago during the 8th edition of the country’s largest multi-sports extravaganza in 2013.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Mahrez, Mane and Salah up for CAF award

Liverpool pair Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, plus Riyad Mahrez from Manchester City, were named as the three candidates for this year’s African Footballer of the Year award, to be decided next month.
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Flick named as Bayern head coach

Bayern Munich interim coach Hansi Flick will remain in charge until the end of the season, the German Bundesliga champions said yesterday.
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Blind’s heart procedure successful

Dutch-born Ajax Amsterdam defender Daley Blind has undergone a successful heart operation, the Eredivisie club has said.
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Three ‘Abahani players’suspended

Three footballers -- Raihan Hasan, Sohel Rana and Mohammad Sohel Rana -- have been handed injunction over playing for any club in the 2019-2020 season by a High Court division bench after Sheikh Russel KC filed a First Miscellaneous Appeal against those three players after being rejected at a District Judge Court.
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

‘The last thing you want to do is what you did five years ago’

The Daily Star (TDS): You are playing franchise cricket all over the world and also for England. Are you happy with the way things are going?
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

No excuses for Watford loss, Ole says

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said there were “no excuses” after Manchester United collapsed to a humiliating 2-0 defeat against Premier League bottom side Watford on Sunday following a David de Gea howler.
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

HIGHLIGHTS

Pakistani opener Abid Ali joined the elite club of batsmen who have hit hundreds in consecutive matches in his first two Tests. That hundred in the first Test had made Abid the first batsman ever to score hundreds on both Test and one-day debuts.
21 December 2019, 18:00 PM

V-Day gymnastics held

A day-long Victory Day Gymnastics Championship was held at the National Sports Council Gymnasium in Paltan yesterday, with BKSP leading the medals tally with six gold medals.
21 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Usain runs Olympic track

Sprinting great Usain Bolt ran on the track at Tokyo’s newly-completed National Stadium yesterday during an event to celebrate the opening of the venue set to be the centrepiece of next year’s Olympics.
21 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Fletcher powers Sylhet to register first win

Sylhet Thunder’s West Indies opener Andre Fletcher hit the first hundred in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League against Khulna Tigers at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
21 December 2019, 09:29 AM

Kallis admits to frustration

Jacques Kallis says watching South African cricket stuck in the doldrums in recent years has been ‘frustrating’ but he was confident the Proteas would be restored to its former glory.
20 December 2019, 18:00 PM

National school hockey from Jan 25

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) has decided to start National School Hockey Championship from January 25 next year after a three-year gap.
20 December 2019, 18:00 PM