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

Nishikori adds voice to Olympic concerns

Japan’s top-ranked men’s tennis player Kei Nishikori added his voice to concerns about staging the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July, as the country battles a surge in Covid-19 cases.
11 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘You don’t just win by clicking your fingers’

Didier Deschamps captained France to a World Cup and European Championship double as a player and is now hoping to repeat the feat as a coach when the delayed Euro 2020 finally goes ahead in June and July.
11 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Baridhara outplay Brothers

A brace from Egyptian forward Mostafa Khalek Hammad gave Uttar Baridhara Club an important 3-0 win over struggling giants Brothers Union in a Bangladesh Premier League encounter at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Booters start reporting for camp

The footballers are set to shift focus to national engagement from domestic completions as they have started checking in at Inter-Continental Hotel in Dhaka for next month’s World Cup Qualifiers in Qatar.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Bamboo bats a batsman’s dream?

If a group of Cambridge University scientists have their way, cricket fans might soon have to become accustomed to the sound of leather on bamboo.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Even Zidane got angry

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was left baffled after two handball calls went against his side in Sunday’s enthralling 2-2 draw at home to Sevilla which left Los Blancos still trailing La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid in the title race.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mahmud emphasises on tactical preparation

Speculations over the future of Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo have surfaced since Tigers’ dismal performances in their recent outings.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Mash’s success in absence of governing philosophy

That Bangladesh cricket is resigned to talking about individuals over team building and governing ideas of their cricket speaks to the greater culture now omnipresent over the course of a decade or so but is more prominent across the last few years.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Pakistan one wicket shy of series win

Pakistan enforced the follow on after bowling hosts Zimbabwe out for 132 on the third day of the second and final Test at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Kings players at Day’s disposal

Jamie Day will have all the 33 players of the preliminary squad for World Cup Qualifiers at his disposal for a week-long training camp in Dhaka including the 10 Bashundhara Kings players, thanks to the postponement of the AFC Cup.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Chelsea high on confidence, says Tuchel

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel praised his team’s performance and said they were high on confidence following Saturday’s dramatic 2-1 Premier League win at Manchester City which delayed the Etihad club’s title celebrations.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Bayern consistency pays off with ninth title in a row

Bayern Munich on Saturday earned their ninth consecutive Bundesliga title after RB Leipzig’s 3-2 loss at Borussia Dortmund and their own later 6-0 demolition of Borussia Moenchengladbach that put them 10 points clear with two games left to play.
9 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid claims two India Olympic hockey gold winners on same day

Two members of India's last Olympic gold medal-winning hockey team in Moscow 1980, Ravindra Pal Singh and Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, have died from coronavirus on the same day.
9 May 2021, 06:56 AM

Day pins hopes on old faces

Bangladesh coach Jamie Day has pinned his hopes on almost the same squad which played in the Three Nation Cup in Nepal last month when picking a 28-member preliminary squad next month’s World Cup Qualifiers in Qatar.
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM

A tale of striking contrast

Participating in Indian regional football league for Bangladeshi top footballers, especially in Kolkata, had once been a periodic and prestigious affair but unfortunately the scenario turned into a rarity, over the years.
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Results aren’t in my hands, but hard work is’

The Daily Star (TDS): We have witnessed a huge change in you since the lockdown last year. How did you manage to do that? What are the areas you worked on?
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Abid slams double hundred

Opener Abid Ali became the first opener from Pakistan to score a Test double hundred in Zimbabwe. The right-hander Abid Ali slammed a magnificent unbeaten 215 off 407 balls during second day of the second Test at the Harare Sports Club ground yesterday.
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Pressure is on Chelsea, says Mahrez

Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez said the pressure will be on Chelsea when the sides meet in a high-stakes Premier League encounter at the Etihad stadium on Saturday.
7 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Nadal, Osaka scoop top Laureus awards

Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka picked up the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Thursday with football star Mo Salah and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton also recognised.
7 May 2021, 18:00 PM

All-English final

Villarreal boss Unai Emery came back to haunt Arsenal as the Spanish side held out for a 0-0 draw at the Emirates on Thursday to set up a Europa League final against Manchester United with a 2-1 victory on aggregate.
7 May 2021, 18:00 PM