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

PSG, KLABU join hands for Rohingya children

As part of a multi-year project, the Paris Saint-Germain Endowment Fund, the charitable arm of the preeminent sport club in France, and KLABU, a Dutch social start-up that provides access to sport in refugee camps, in partnership with Bangladeshi NGO Friendship, aim to build a sports Club Centre for the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar by this autumn.
28 May 2021, 10:58 AM

Nike says ended Neymar deal after non-cooperation in sexual-assault probe

Nike Inc (NKE.N) said on Thursday it ended its partnership with Brazilian soccer star Neymar last year because he refused to cooperate in an investigation into sexual assault allegations leveled against him by a Nike employee.
28 May 2021, 08:32 AM

‘We still need to work on the system’

Bangladesh football team are set to fly out for Qatar today to take part in next month’s World Cup and Asia Cup Qualifiers following a fighting display against Sheikh Jamal DC in the sole practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Can Tigers play the perfect game?

Despite registering a first-ever bilateral ODI series win over Sri Lanka with a game in hand, Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal stated that they were lucky in getting past the hurdles without playing to their best in the first two games of the three-match series.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Our little bet was a winner’

The decision to delay Roland Garros for a second successive year has saved “tens of millions of euros”, the head of the French Tennis Federation told AFP.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

English fans flock to Porto

As thousands of English football fans flock to Portugal’s city of Porto for Saturday’s Champions League final, hotels and bars are hoping the tourism boost will be a prelude to their emergence from a collapse brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Reshuffling begins at Europe’s elites

Zinedine Zidane’s decision to leave Real Madrid yesterday night signaled the start of European giants beginning to regroup after dismal showings in a season that was already tainted for them by the European Super League debacle.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Emery lauds ‘impeccable’ Villarreal

Villarreal coach Unai Emery praised his “impeccable” players for their dedication after claiming the club’s first major trophy by beating Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Shakib’s track record-- no joke!’

Mahmudullah Riyad said that he is ‘certain’ that premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has been struggling with form of late, will turn up with a better performance in the final ODI against Sri Lanka today.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM

BOA pledges to vaccinate all Tokyo Olympics participants

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) today ensured that all Bangladeshi participants travelling to Japan for Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be vaccinated against Covid-19 as per the requirements of the Japanese government, Tokyo Organising Committee and International Olympic Committee.
27 May 2021, 15:44 PM

Pistol coach Young reappointed

Bangladesh Shooting Sport Federation (BSSF) yesterday appointed South Korean coach Kim Il Young as the pistol coach of the national shooters for up to 2024 Paris Olympics at a programme at the BSSF Shooting Complex in Gulshan.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Cured of cancer, Navarro heads to Roland Garros

Former world number six Carla Suarez Navarro has confirmed her participation at the French Open, which starts on Sunday, a month after she said she had been cured of cancer.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Potential leadership void looms large

The process of preparing a future captain starts by grooming the relatively younger players into leadership roles, often as vice-captains, and train them to share responsibilities side by side with the experienced, senior cricketers so that they may evolve into future leaders.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Stardom to obscurity and back again

After displaying her potential in her inaugural tournament by grabbing a gold medal, archer Diya Siddique went AWOL in both domestic and international meets over the past two years before again bursting into the limelight by winning a silver medal from the Archery World Cup in Switzerland along with Bangladesh’s top archer, Ruman Sana.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘I want a trophy’

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema said he’s targeting a trophy with France after he was recalled to their provisional Euro 2020 squad following a controversial, six-year international exile.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Always tried to focus on little details’

Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz has become only the third bowler from Bangladesh to be ranked among the top two of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after a fine showing in the first two matches of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Who will take the baton from the Fab Four?

Bangladesh on Tuesday prevailed through a looming threat of cyclone and registered a thumping 103-run victory over Sri Lanka in Mirpur.
26 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Asahi daily, an official Tokyo Olympics partner, calls for cancellation of Games

Japan's Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Summer Games to be cancelled in an editorial on Wednesday, citing risks to public safety and strains on the medical system from the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 May 2021, 05:32 AM

Mushfiqur’s heroics shield same old trends

Mushfiqur Rahim single-handedly helped Bangladesh put up a fighting total of 246 runs against Sri Lanka during the second ODI in Mirpur yesterday, but although that one-man salvo averted another batting debacle the overall problem in the department persists.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mushy’s calm prevails in the storm

With a cyclone hovering over the Bay of Bengal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s most experienced batsman in ODIs with the greatest number of matches under his belt, battled and steered his team through a very different kind of storm, finding the calm and assurance that Bangladesh most needed from his bat. Mushfiqur’s 127-ball 125, while running out of partners, accounted for more than half the team’s runs and helped the Tigers post a challenging 246 after electing to bat first.
25 May 2021, 18:00 PM