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 Sports
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 Sports
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 Sports
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 Sports

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.
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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.
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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.
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SPLASH OF JOY
22 October 2025, 14:52 PM Sports
Calm before Hong Kong takeoff
10 October 2025, 09:26 AM Sports

All Blacks pay tribute to Diego

New Zealand captain Sam Cane laid an All Blacks No.10 jersey emblazoned with Diego Maradona’s name in the centre circle ahead of their match against Argentina in memory of the football legend Saturday.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Shakib’s landmark in vain

Gazi Group Chattogram continued their dominance in the ongoing Bangabandhu T20 Cup beating Gemcon Khulna comprehensively by nine wickets, registering their second consecutive win in the days’ first fixture at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
28 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Smith, Finch tons smash India

Steve Smith and Aaron Finch led the way with centuries as Australia opened their home summer with a one-day victory over India by 66 runs on Friday in the first men’s international played in front of a crowd since March.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

NZ go 1-0 up against WI

New Zealand defeated the West Indies by five wickets in a rain-affected first Twenty20 international at Auckland’s Eden Park on Friday.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Can Khulna’s stars step up against Ctg?

After two final-over thrillers on the opening day, the Bangabandhu T20 Cup dulled down a bit with Minister Group Rajshahi and Gazi Group Chattogram registering rather comfortable victories over Gemcon Khulna and Beximco Dhaka respectively on the second matchday on Thursday.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Overcoming hurdles and flying high

Selim Reza, a high jumper with a physical disability, hogged all the spotlight from his able-bodied fellows on the first day of the National Junior Athletics Championships as track and field made a comeback at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday after a long coronavirus-induced break.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘He was there for me in tough times’

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that Diego Maradona would call him after defeats, paying a warm tribute to the late Argentine great with a “big, big” heart.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Maradona death kept from Bilardo

Carlos Bilardo, the coach of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning team who is in poor health, was still unaware on Thursday of the death of Diego Maradona, because of his family’s wish not to upset him.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Maradona laid to eternal rest

Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever football players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in Italy.
27 November 2020, 18:00 PM

‘If you love football, you love Maradona’

When news of Diego Armando Maradona’s passing filtered through on the night of November 25 in Bangladesh, the grief that took hold in the country was as if a mischievous, magnetic boy next door died and not a footballing genius who lived 10,000 miles away and imbued everything he touched with the brightest colours.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Like a distant memory, brought back in ‘colour’

Growing up, Diego Maradona seemed like a ghost from the past for someone who had little experience of watching live football during the 90s.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Chattogram demolish Dhaka

Gazi Group Chattogram began the Bangabandhu T20 Cup on a high as they registered a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Beximco Dhaka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Rajshahi cruise after Nazmul fifty

Skipper Nazmul Hossain Shanto’s crisp fifty guided Minister Rajshahi to their second consecutive win, this time by a comfortable four-wicket margin over mighty Gemcon Khulna in yesterday’s first Bangabandhu T20 Cup fixture at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

India tour gets underway today

The plans for India’s tour of Australia have been ripped up and redrawn dozens of times over the last eight months but the action finally gets underway with the first one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on today.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Bayern, City through to round of 16

Bayern Munich and Manchester City qualified for the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, while Real Madrid beat Inter Milan in a group nevertheless still topped by Borussia Mönchengladbach and Liverpool lost at home to Atalanta.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Nadal leads tennis world in paying respect to Maradona

Spaniard Rafael Nadal led the tennis world in paying tribute to Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona who died at the age of 60 on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack.
26 November 2020, 07:45 AM

PM mourns death of football legend Diego Maradona

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her profound shock and sorrow at the death of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona.
26 November 2020, 05:04 AM

Real put Inter on the brink

Real Madrid claimed a first-ever win at San Siro on Wednesday, beating Inter 2-0 in the Champions League after the Serie A side had midfielder Arturo Vidal sent off for dissent in the first half.
26 November 2020, 01:05 AM

Argentina mourns Maradona

Heartbroken fans of Diego Maradona gathered on the streets of Buenos Aires to mourn the Argentine soccer legend's death on Wednesday, praying, laying flowers and singing patriotic and sport chants.
26 November 2020, 01:05 AM

Atalanta thump Liverpool

Atalanta's Josip Ilicic and Robin Gosens scored quickfire second-half goals to give them a comfortable 2-0 win over a toothless Liverpool, who barely managed a shot on target, in their Champions League Group D clash at Anfield on Wednesday.
26 November 2020, 01:05 AM