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

Missed out on gold but still a golden success

Even though the Ruman Sana and Diya Siddique pair did not end up with the gold medal in the Recurve Mixed Doubles event of Archery World Cup
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mushy ‘not a big guy’, but flexes his skills

It is often Mushfiqur Rahim who comes up with a big and crucial score to save the day for Bangladesh. And that is what transpired once again
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Experience shows the way for batting unit

Once again it was that big guns -- skipper Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad -- that struck fifties to post a fighting 257 for 6 against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid scares spark further caution

There was huge uncertainty over the three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka just hours before the first ODI after news broke that
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Messi, Lewy set new records

Lionel Messi won his 8th Pichichi, 5th in a row to surpass Di Stefano & Hugo Sanchez’s record of 4 in a row. With 30 goals in 35 games in this La Liga
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Day satisfied with Saudi arrangements

Following the cancelation of the proposed Qatar training camp for the Bangladesh national football team due to the strict Covid related measures, the booters are all set to fly out this morning for Saudi Arabia for a better preparation of next month’s World Cup Qualifiers in Qatar.
23 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Ruman, Diya lose in final

Bangladesh had to be content with a silver medal in the recurve mixed team event of the Archery World Cup in Lausanne today following a defeat to Netherlands in the final.
23 May 2021, 09:48 AM

'Sci-fi' Lewy breaks Mueller's 49-year old record

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski said it felt like being in a “science fiction film” after scoring his 41st Bundesliga goal of the season on Saturday to break Gerd Mueller's 49-year-old German league record for a single campaign.
22 May 2021, 21:09 PM

Suarez leads Atletico to La Liga glory

Atletico Madrid won La Liga and Luis Suarez found vindication, his goal securing the 2-1 victory over Real Valladolid on Saturday that clinched his team another remarkable Spanish title.
22 May 2021, 21:03 PM

Ruman, Diya going for gold

Ruman Sana and Diya Siddique will settle for nothing less than the gold medal, they said, when they take on Gabriela Schloesser and Sjef Van Den Berg of Netherlands in the final of the recurve mixed team event in the World Cup Stage 2 today.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Winning start for Niaz, Razib

GM Niaz Murshed and GM Enamul Hossain Razib made winning start in the Asian Continental Individual Chess Championship, a qualifying event for FIDE World Cup to be held in Russia in July, at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room yesterday.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Success only for mixed team

Although Bangladesh pulled a string of surprising wins to reach final in recurve mixed team event of the Archery World Cup, they were eliminated from both men’s and women’s recurve team events in Lausanne, Switzerland yesterday.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Has Messi played his last for Barca?

Lionel Messi has been given permission by Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman to miss this weekend’s final La Liga match of the season against Eibar and take holiday, the club confirmed on Friday, meaning he may have played his last game for Catalan side.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Atletico on cusp of glory but Real ready to pounce

Barely a week has gone by this season without Diego Simeone pronouncing his mantra of “one game at a time” and now it really rings true, with Atletico Madrid one match away from winning La Liga.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Day wants two closed-door matches

Head coach Jamie Day has asked Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to arrange two closed-door practice matches at home to make up for the losses following the cancellation of a proposed Qatar camp for June’s World Cup Qualifiers in Doha.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘They have to deliver big-time’

Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal probably did the right thing as captain by backing his teammates when questions were raised regarding some of the areas of his team ahead of the Tigers’ three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
21 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Fwa award ‘something special’ for dias

Manchester City’s Ruben Dias was named England’s Footballer of the Year on Thursday by the Football Writers’ Association (FWA), making him the first defender to win the award since Steve Nicol in 1989.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Selectors shield Najmul from pressures of their own design

The Minhajul Abedin-led national selection panel yesterday announced a 15-member squad, along with four stand-by players, for the first two ODIs of the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, making a few changes to the squad that toured New Zealand last March for three ODIs and as many T20Is.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Tigers pleased with pre-match preparations

National cricket team selector Habibul Bashar expressed his contentment about the practice match between BCB Red and BCB Green team at the BKSP ground yesterday ahead of three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Ismail shattered by wildcard denial

After failing to get a wildcard for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics, country’s fastest man Mohammad Ismail yesterday appealed to the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) to reconsider the Bangladesh Athletic Federation’s (BAF) nominations.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM