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

Easy to theorise but hard to implement

Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo has bold ideas about how he wants to rebuild the Serie A champions but is facing huge challenges to put them into practice and is going to need time to do it -- a luxury that few big clubs allow.
31 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Green gets nod for India series

Western Australia all-rounder Cameron Green has been named in Australia’s squad for the limited overs series against India after producing some sparkling form in the domestic Sheffield Shield.
29 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Barca, United make it two from two

Ousmane Dembele struck early and Lionel Messi converted a late penalty as Barcelona won 2-0 at Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday after Alvaro Morata had three goals disallowed for offside for the Serie A side.
29 October 2020, 18:00 PM

A MAKESHIFT GOLF COURSE!

A MAKESHIFT GOLF COURSE!
29 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Bumrah claims 100 IPL wickets as Mumbai down Bangalore

Paceman Jasprit Bumrah reached 100 wickets in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday with the key scalp of Virat Kohli and helped Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets.
29 October 2020, 01:37 AM

Chelsea ease to win at Krasnodar

Chelsea kickstarted their Champions League group campaign by coasting to a 4-0 win at Krasnodar on Wednesday thanks to goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi, Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and a late strike from Christian Pulisic.
29 October 2020, 01:27 AM

Neymar hurt in Basaksehir win

Paris St Germain's Moise Kean scored twice and Kylian Mbappe grabbed two assists as they overcame a sluggish start to beat Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir 2-0 away on Wednesday, securing their first win in this season's group stage.
29 October 2020, 01:27 AM

Sancho, Haaland sink Zenit

Borussia Dortmund needed a 78th-minute penalty from Jadon Sancho and a stoppage-time goal from Erling Haaland to beat visitors Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 in their Champions League Group F match on Wednesday.
29 October 2020, 01:26 AM

Need to work to reach Barca’s level, Pirlo says after loss

Ousmane Dembele’s deflected strike and a late Lionel Messi penalty gave Barcelona a 2-0 win away to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday after Alvaro Morata had three goals disallowed for offside for the Serie A side.
29 October 2020, 01:21 AM

Koeman hails 'best performance of the season'

Ronald Koeman said Barcelona had put in “the best performance of the season” in their 2-0 win over Juvenuts in Turin. Ousmane Dembele opened the scoring with a 17th-minute effort deflected off Federico Chiesa, before Lionel Messi converted a penalty.
29 October 2020, 01:19 AM

Koeman hails 'best performance of the season'

Ronald Koeman said Barcelona had put in “the best performance of the season” in their 2-0 win over Juvenuts in Turin. Ousmane Dembele opened the scoring with a 17th-minute effort deflected off Federico Chiesa, before Lionel Messi converted a penalty.
29 October 2020, 01:19 AM

Tusquets named Barca’s acting president

Barcelona named Carles Tusquets as their acting president on Wednesday, a day after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned in order to avoid facing a vote of no confidence.
29 October 2020, 01:16 AM

‘3 goals, 16 minutes, 10,30,000 signatures’

“3 goals, 16 minutes, 10,30,000 signatures”. The caption may have been a bit confusing, but there could have been hardly a better way for Marcus Rashford described a picture of himself celebrating Manchester United’s 5-0 win over RB Leipzig on Wednesday.
29 October 2020, 01:09 AM

Junior Hockey deferred

Bangabandhu Al-Arafa Islami Bank Junior (U-21) Asia Cup hockey has been deferred by five months and will now take place in June.
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Bartomeu’s parting bombshell

Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned as Barcelona president on Tuesday, along with his board of directors, and left with a bombshell admission that he had accepted a proposal for the club to play in “a future European Super League”.
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM

HA-DU-DU

HA-DU-DU
28 October 2020, 18:00 PM

FIFA referee Aziz no more

Former FIFA referee Abdul Aziz died of cardiac arrest at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday. He was 68.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Rohit’s omission raises questions

The extent of Rohit Sharma’s hamstring injury has intrigued batting great Sunil Gavaskar after the opener was seen practising on Monday, hours after his omission from India’s tour of Australia on fitness grounds.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

‘Individually we are better than Nepal’

Bangladesh national football team were once a much better side compared to their Nepalese counterparts and their six consecutive wins against Nepal from 1995 to 2005 spoke volume of Bangladesh’s supremacy on the field. But the scenario has changed a lot since a single goal-defeat to Nepal in 2011.
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Nadal the golfer

Two weeks after his 13th French Open title, Rafael Nadal proved his prowess in another sporting arena when he finished tied sixth in the Balearic Golf
27 October 2020, 18:00 PM