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
Sinner meets Pope
Men's world number one tennis player, Jannik Sinner, offered to rally with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, after being received by the head of the Catholic Church at the Vatican.
14 May 2025, 12:54 PM
Sinner moves through gears to reach Italian Open quarters
Jannik Sinner came through the first true test of his comeback from a doping ban with Tuesday's straight-sets win over Francisco Cerundolo which took the world number one into the Italian Open quarter-finals.
13 May 2025, 20:30 PM

Chattogram ease into final

After conceding 210 runs in the first qualifier against Gemcon Khulna, Gazi Group Chattogram’s bowlers bounced back and dismissed Beximco Dhaka for just 116 to set up a comfortable seven-wicket win and reach the final of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup yesterday.
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Kings sign 28 players

Defending champions Bashundhara Kings partially completed their players’ registrations for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League as they signed 28 players including four new foreigners and as many local players yesterday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Focus on series against Pakistan’

New Zealand stand-in captain Tom Latham said on Monday their sole focus was the upcoming Test series against Pakistan despite their 2-0 sweep of West Indies putting them in contention for a place in next year’s world test championship final.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Gerard Houllier dies at 73

Former France manager Gerard Houllier, who rebuilt Liverpool from Premier League underachievers into a cup treble winning side in 2001, has died aged 73, his former club said on Monday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Messi battles Neymar as Liverpool face German guns

Barcelona will face Paris St Germain and former striker Neymar while title holders Bayern Munich are up against Italy’s Lazio in the last 16 of the Champions League after UEFA’s draw was held on Monday.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Firebrand Mushfiqur keeps Dhaka alive

On the same pitch which produced 441 runs in one of the group stage matches of the ongoing Bangabandhu T20 Cup, Beximco Dhaka yesterday managed to defend a sub-par total of 150 runs, beating Fortune Barishal by nine runs in eliminator.
14 December 2020, 18:00 PM

When passion becomes bullying

On national television, a domestic cricketer had to flinch twice because his captain, a national superstar, threatened to hit him with the ball. Twice in the space of a few minutes. Not quite threatened, but the captain instinctively wound up to chuck the hard cricket ball at the hapless junior cricketer at point-blank range.
14 December 2020, 17:30 PM

‘431 would be quite nice’

New Zealand’s bowlers again ripped through West Indies’ batting lineup to push them to the brink of a comprehensive victory in the second and final Test as they reduced the tourists to 244-6 in their second innings at the end of the third day on Sunday.
13 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Sean Lane’s Abahani wish fulfilled

Perennial rivals Abahani and Mohammedan were placed in the same group after seven years when the draw for the upcoming Walton Federation Cup, the season’s curtain raising tournament featuring 13 teams, was held at the BFF House yesterday.
13 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Stuttgart thrash Dortmund

Promoted VfB Stuttgart scored three times in 10 minutes to crush hosts Borussia Dortmund 5-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday and maintain their unbeaten run on the road this season.
12 December 2020, 23:13 PM

Ancelotti outwits Lampard as Everton beat Chelsea

Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti outwitted his former player Frank Lampard as his side put on a superbly organised performance to beat visitors Chelsea 1-0 in their Premier League clash on Saturday.
12 December 2020, 23:13 PM

Real hand Atletico first league loss

Real Madrid showed why they are Liga champions with a convincing 2-0 home win over Atletico Madrid in the derby on Saturday to end the pacesetters' unbeaten start to the league season.
12 December 2020, 23:13 PM

Manchester derby ends goalless

Manchester United had a penalty award overturned as their derby with Manchester City ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw in the Premier League on Saturday.
12 December 2020, 23:13 PM

Under-the-weather Tamim raises Covid concerns

Tamim Iqbal's absence in the second innings of Beximco Dhaka and Fortune Barisal’s Bangabandhu T20 Cup match on Saturday did not go unnoticed, but the left-hander raised concerns when he told media that he had been sent to isolate at the hotel because he felt “very weak” upon returning from batting in the first innings.
12 December 2020, 22:53 PM

Neymar’s veiled dig at FIFA

The three finalists for FIFA’s ‘The Best’ awards were named with Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo topping the men’s list.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Jamal’s I-League stint under Covid cloud

Bangladesh skipper Jamal Bhuiyan has tested positive for coronavirus in Doha, leaving his much-anticipated debut in I-League for Kolkata Mohammedan in doubt.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Jamieson swings NZ to the top

Kyle Jamieson bagged five wickets in a masterclass of swing bowling as New Zealand struck hard and fast to have the West Indies on the ropes on day two of the second Test in Wellington on Saturday.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM

PEACE IN CRICKET

Old, traditional children’s games like kanamacchi, daria-bandha, gollachhut, kite flying and ha-du-du have lost their popularity and cricket has now
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Thousands attend Rossi’s funeral

Thousands of mourners gathered in the Italian city of Vicenza on Saturday for the funeral of World Cup-winning Italy forward Paolo Rossi. The coffin
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Barishal clinch last spot

Naim Sheikh’s magnificent hundred went in vain as Fortune Barishal registered a nail-biting two-run win over Beximco Dhaka to clinch the final qualification spot for the playoff stages of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup yesterday.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM