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

Onus on MSC in clash against archrivals

During the draw ceremony of the season’s curtain-raising Federation Cup, Mohammedan SC’s British coach Sean Lane eager wanted Abahani in the same group so that his charges could be tested, but he was perhaps the most frustrated person after the humiliating 0-3 defeat to the archrivals in their first meeting of the season.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Razzak added to selection panel

Veteran left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has been included as the third member of the national selection panel alongside Minhajul Abedin and Habibul Bashar, according to a decision in the directors’ meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Life inside a ‘royal jail’

The fourth floor of the Radisson Blu hotel in Chattogram, where the Tigers are staying for the duration of the port-city leg of the series against the West Indies, may be the most entertaining and productive abode for Bangladeshi cricketers during their lives inside the bio-secure bubble.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Perfect Kings on top

Reigning champions Bashundhara Kings extended their winning streak to four straight in the Bangladesh Premier League as they handed a 3-0 defeat to Rahmatganj at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM

From scepticism to top 5 in world

From a below-par performance in the first ODI against the West Indies to finishing the three-match ODI series as the leading wicket-taker and now breaking into the top five of the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings -- Mehedi Hasan Miraz has turned up and repaid the management and skipper Tamim Iqbal’s faith.
27 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Sourav Ganguly taken to hospital again after complaining of chest pain

Sourav Ganguly, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and former captain of the national team, was taken to Apollo Hospital in south Kolkata today, after he complained of chest pain, family sources said.
27 January 2021, 09:52 AM

Proteas fight back after being spun out cheaply

Pakistan spinners Yasir Shah and Nauman Ali took five wickets between them to restrict South Africa to 220 all out, but the home side faltered in reply to close on 33 for four on day one of a fast-moving first Test in Karachi on Tuesday.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Foreign coaches tasked with rekindling BKSP

Although athletes from Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) have dominated the domestic circuit in most disciplines, only a handful have delivered expected performances at the international level.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Mominul and Co back in action

Barring the members from the ODI team that played in the last of three ODIs against the West Indies on Monday, Test skipper Mominul Haque and others from the preliminary 20-member Test squad took part in a training session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chattogram yesterday.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Nadal takes veiled swipe at Djokovic

Rafael Nadal has taken an apparent swipe at Novak Djokovic over his requests for quarantined players preparing for the Australian Open, saying not everyone felt the need to “advertise” how they were trying to help.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Batting changes not yet bearing fruit

The buzzword in the Bangladesh camp before returning to international cricket after over 10 months with the ODI series against the West Indies was long-term planning keeping the 2023 ICC World Cup in mind.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Gomez ‘sad and happy’ to leave Atalanta

Out-of-favour Atalanta captain Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez described his mixed emotions on Tuesday as he prepares to leave the Serie A club he helped take to the Champions League for the first time.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Ban bouncers in junior cricket, says a specialist

Cricket authorities should consider banning bouncers in the junior game to limit the risk of concussion, Michael Turner, a head injury specialist, told The Telegraph.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Chelsea sack Lampard

Chelsea dismissed manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge on Monday after the man at the heart of much of their greatest success as a player failed to deliver as coach despite spending over 200 million pounds in the summer transfer window.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

‘CAVANI TOLD ME WHERE TO AIM’

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes celebrates after his pinpoint free kick, which earned his side a 3-2 win in a blockbuster FA Cup fourth-round
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Success in Sri Lanka a boost for India next’

England’s performances in sweeping the Test series in Sri Lanka gives the team a major lift for their four test series in India, said victorious captain Joe Root after Monday’s second Test win.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Pak-SA Test series gets underway today

Pakistan captain Babar Azam is aware that his side have a poor a record against South Africa in Tests but he is confident that the past will count for nothing when the two teams meet in the opening test in Karachi from Today.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Lots of positives in lopsided series

Bangladesh were clear favourites to win the three-match ODI series against a depleted West Indies side. And so they did. The Tigers swept the series 3-0, winning all the matches convincingly.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Clinical Tigers romp to whitewash

A change in venue could not bring a change in the struggling West Indies side’s fortunes as a clinical Bangladesh registered their second whitewash over the Caribbean outfit.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

‘A monumental moment for Pakistan’

South Africa will play their first Test in Pakistan for 14 years this week, a match being described as a “monumental moment” for the revival of international cricket in the country.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM