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

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

Solskjaer hails improving Greenwood

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Mason Greenwood is adding a new dimension to his game after the young forward scored an instinctive winner in Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Guardiola knows Dortmund better than anybody

Manchester City’s pursuit of an unprecedented quadruple continues on Tuesday when they welcome Borussia Dortmund to the Etihad Stadium for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Man Utd strengthen top-four grip as others stumble

Manchester United took a giant stride towards securing a top-four finish as they battled back to beat Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday after several other sides in the race stumbled.
5 April 2021, 00:41 AM

Atletico stumble again

Sevilla recovered from missing an early penalty to beat La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home on Sunday and hand a lifeline to title challengers Barcelona and Real Madrid.
5 April 2021, 00:41 AM

Australia women set new world record

Australia’s women cricketers surpassed their male counterparts on Sunday to set a new world record for the most consecutive wins in ODI with a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in Mount Maunganui.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM

‘We are close to taking the crown’

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his team were within touching distance of dethroning Liverpool as the new Premier League champions after Saturday’s 2-0 win at Leicester City moved them 17 points clear at the top.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Barty hits out at critics

Ash Barty dismissed suggestions that she had unfairly held on to the top ranking while opting not to compete on the WTA Tour for most of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM