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

‘Asian Indoors gold medal is just a start’

The Daily Star (DS): Congratulations for bringing such a big honour for Bangladesh. How was your reaction when you won the gold medal?
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Mezbah Ahmed

Imranur has already produced a great result. If he can deliver a gold medal either in individual or relay events of upcoming SA Games, then his success will have a positive impact on the country’s athletics.  
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Juniors seek gold in World Kabaddi

Although a final berth at the Asian level has turned into a distant dream for Bangladesh senior kabaddi team, their junior counterparts have kept their sights locked on the ultimate prize in the fast-approaching 2nd Junior World Kabaddi Championship, scheduled to take place in Iran from February 26 to March 4.
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Messi responds to Nadal as greats back each other for sports award

Sporting greats Lionel Messi and Rafael Nadal on Instagram backed each other on to win the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
22 February 2023, 11:27 AM

Red-hot Napoli take on Europa League winners

Two months after World Cup final heartbreak with France, Eintracht Frankfurt striker Randal Kolo Muani is driving his club’s shot at a second-successive European crown.
20 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Klopp eyes Liverpool revival ahead of Real revenge mission

Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool to turn their recent improvement into a season-saving revival as the Reds eye Champions League revenge against Real Madrid.
20 February 2023, 18:00 PM

John Terry leads Atsu tributes

John Terry led tributes to former Chelsea and Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu, who was confirmed to have died in the earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month.
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Fortis FC stun Mohammedan

Newcomers Fortis FC stunned Mohammedan Sporting Club to a 4-3 defeat in a high-scoring thriller of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Dhirendra Nath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla yesterday.
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Tavengwa Mukuhlani

Our view is that harsh sanctions, including custodial sentences, will go a long way in helping cricket curb one of the biggest threats to its credibility. 
18 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Ninth time’s the charm

Ever since its inception, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has had to live with the blame of failing to match its hype, mostly due to yielding fewer boundaries and high-scoring contests -- the two T20 elements that are found in abundance in the most popular franchise-based competition, the Indian Premier League (IPL). 
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Minhajul Abedin Nannu

“Not just one or two players; there are quite a few from HP who played well. So, it won’t be right to point out one or two players’ names.”  
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Comilla’s recipe for success involves ‘not just money’

To know more about how the franchise consistently managed to produce success, The Daily Star’s Mazhar Uddin caught up with Nafisa Kamal, the owner of the Comilla franchise, who expressed her passion and pointed out the improvement areas for the tournament, alongside a few other topics. The excerpts of the exclusive interview are as follows:
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Sayeed attends BHF meeting after three-and-a-half-year hiatus

AKM Mominul Haque Sayeed, the general secretary of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF), suddenly appeared at a meeting of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation’s (BHF) executive committee today after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus following his alleged involvement in the ‘casino scandal’ in 2019.
14 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Morgan calls it quits

England’s 2019 World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket aged 36 on Monday, bringing the curtain down on a career studded with short-form success.
13 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Elusive gold leaves Imranur ‘shocked’

It took a while for Imranur Rahman to come to terms with reality after the England-born Bangladeshi sprinter reached the touchline during the men’s 60-metre event in Asian Indoor Athletics Championship in Kazakhstan on Saturday night.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM

MSC hit Azampur for six

Souleymane Diabate scored a hattrick as Mohammedan Sporting Club smashed bottom-placed Azampur FC 6-0 yesterday in the biggest victory of the Bangladesh Premier League season in Mymensingh.
10 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Atsu found alive in quake rubble

Ghana national player and former Newcastle midfielder Christian Atsu has been found alive in the rubble of an earthquake that killed more than 4,800 people in Turkey and neighbouring Syria, Ghana’s ambassador to Turkey said Tuesday.
7 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Scavenging to fund one’s dream

Nationally ranked bodybuilder Ali el-Sharkawy trains in the evenings, but only after the 29-year-old has spent the morning collecting rubbish to support himself through his sporting career.
7 February 2023, 18:00 PM

London Marathon will be Farah’s last

British athletics great Mo Farah has said this year’s London Marathon will likely be his last as he contemplates the end of a brilliant career.
31 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Koly shoots her way into historic final

Kamrun Nahar Koly became the first Bangladeshi shooter to qualify for the finals of the women’s 10m Air Rifle event in the ISSF World Cup, but the promising shooter had to be content with an eighth-placed finish in the shootout in Jakarta yesterday.
28 January 2023, 18:00 PM