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

Urmi finally does it on the big stage

Urmi Akter was crowned champion of the women’s singles badminton event in the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games after the 10th-grader came back from a set down against Bristi Khatun to win the final 2-1 at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Mount, Chillwell give Chelsea the advantage

Superb individual goals from English pair Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell gave Chelsea a 2-0 win away to Porto in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday in Seville as the Londoners made the most of their few chances.
7 April 2021, 21:03 PM

Mbappe, Neymar star as PSG edge Bayern

Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe scored twice to steer the visitors to a 3-2 victory over holders Bayern Munich in a topsy-turvy Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.
7 April 2021, 21:03 PM

Abahani to face Eagles

Six-time Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani will face Eagles Club of Maldives in the Preliminary Round 2 of the AFC Cup after the Maldivian outfit handed a 2-0 defeat to Thimphu City of Bhutan in a Preliminary Round 1 match in Male yesterday.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

IPL set to roll even as pandemic worsens

The Indian Premier League is not only one of the world’s most lucrative annual sporting properties but also among the most durable, with not even the lengthening shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic apparently able to stop the Twenty20 juggernaut.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Vinicius deserved a night like that’

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane praised forward Vinicius Jr. for rising to the big occasion after the Brazilian’s brace powered a 3-1 win over Liverpool in Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

City get away with one

Phil Foden’s stoppage time winner ensured that Manchester City would leave the Etihad Stadium with a lucky 2-1 win against Borussia Dortmund, with poor officiating squarely in the limelight.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

BCB sticks to winning formula for U-19s

Proper execution of a long-term plan from the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) game development committee, led by former captain and BCB director Khaled Mahmud, played a vital role as the Bangladesh Under-19 team tasted World Cup glory in early 2020.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Mabia gets lighter and stronger

Bangladesh’s most renowned weightlifter Mabia Akter Simanta bettered her national records in the in the 64kg weightlifting category of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games despite sustaining an injury on her left elbow at the Mymensingh Gymnasium yesterday.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

A decisive turning point?

Was it the strike that might finally see Ousmane Dembele finally flourish at the Camp Nou? Having inspired confidence and then deceived so many times before, whether sitting on the sidelines through numerous nagging injuries or missing sitters that amounted to null contributions, ‘that’ goal -- a last-minute effort against Real Valladolid that gave Barca a 1-0 win on Monday night -- may be the first of Dembele’s that really matters as the La Liga race was thrown wide open for the final push with just nine games left in what is in evidence a three-horse-race.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM

FIFA wants ‘more transparent’ BFF accounts

Whenever there have been allegations of malpractice in maintenance of the financial accounts of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), the allegations were swept aside, but this time the game’s local governing body not reject the observations of FIFA, football’s world governing body.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Squad for SL tour to be finalised today

Members of the national selection committee, including chief selector Minhajul Abedin, had a meeting with the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s cricket operations department yesterday before announcing the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series in Sri Lanka.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Everyone needs to be in front of their TVs’

Last year’s finalists Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain’s will lock horns in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal and tonight’s clash in Munich could set the tone for the rest of the tournament before it comes down to the final four.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Krishna steals the spotlight

Following the elimination of country’s top archer Ruman Sana in pre-quarterfinal stage, the focus was on men’s individual recurve event in the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games, and Ram Krishna Saha stole the spotlight by winning gold medal in this event at the Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium in Tongi yesterday.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Real, Liverpool meet in a repeat of 2018 final

Two of the most successful teams in the history of the European Cup will lock horns in the Spanish capital on Tuesday night as Real Madrid welcome Liverpool for the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘We are not planning to have a bigger squad’

Despite the rising number of coronavirus infections across the country over the last one month which forced the government to impose a seven-day nationwide lockdown and prompted the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to suspend the third round of the Bangabandhu National Cricket League, the board is positive about the national team’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka this month.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Hurkacz stuns Sinner

Hurkacz stuns Sinner
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Records tumble as electronic timer lies unused

The Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur continued to see records tumble in the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games in hand-timing mode as the newly-installed electronic timer is not being used.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

IPL to continue despite lockdown

Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Devdutt Padikkal has become the third player to test positive for COVID-19 ahead of the new Indian Premier League (IPL) season, which begins on Friday.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM