Bangladesh

Shakib, Fizz retained

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and left-arm pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman were both retained by their respective franchises for the tenth season of the Indian Premier League.
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Saif SC move 2 points clear

Saif Sporting Club moved two points clear at the top of the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League table after a 3-1 win over Victoria Sporting Club at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Youngmen taste first defeat

Youngmen's Club Fakirer-pool suffered their first defeat in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League when they were beaten 0-1 at the hands of Agrani Bank SC at the Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Kurtz considers practice plans

Bangladesh's German hockey coach Oliver Kurtz is mulling over the idea of taking the national team to South Africa to play a few practice matches as a part of the preparation for the World Hockey League Round-2, which is to be held from March 4 to 12 in Dhaka.
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Abahani meet Sk Jamal today

Title contenders Abahani will take on holders Sheikh Jamal DC in a crucial tie of JB Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today.
14 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Who's to blame for Satkhira withdrawal?

The women's wing chairman of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Mahfuza Akter Kiron, lamented the fact that one of the teams withdrew and went home ahead of the semifinal of the JFA U-14 Women's National Championship on Monday.
14 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Soumya stars in Sydney thrashing

Bangladesh chased down 84 in 6.4 overs losing three wickets in the rain-curtailed practice match against Sydney Sixers at North Sydney Oval today.
14 December 2016, 09:01 AM

Chandika Hathurusingha: The Sydneysider inspiring Tigers

When Chandika Hathurusingha signed up to be head coach of Bangladesh in 2014, he was joining a side that had only won one Test this decade and had lost nearly two thirds of its one-day internationals.
14 December 2016, 06:29 AM

Kabaddi meet postponed

The Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF) yesterday postponed the National Kabaddi Championship, which was scheduled to take off today, due to security reasons, said a press release from the federation.
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Kurtz starts camp for HWL

With two-and-a-half months left to the start of the Hockey World League (HWL) Round-2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh head coach Oliver Kurtz has started his selection process.
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Perfect weather for NCL

National selector Habibul Bashar hopes that the National Cricket League (NCL), the country's first first-class cricket competition which is set to resume on December 20, takes place in 'proper conditions.'
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: NZ weather a challenge for Bangladesh, says Mashrafe

Bangladesh are giving themselves every chance of making a decent fist of their tour to New Zealand starting on Boxing Day.
12 December 2016, 06:52 AM

Former booters skeptical

Former national footballers expressed reservations over the four-year football plan which was revealed by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Saturday.
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Lessons on offer for fresh U-19s

With an aim to form a team for the 2019 Under-19 World Cup, the Bangladesh under-19 team, led by Saif Hassan, will leave for Sri Lanka tomorrow in order to take part in the Under-19 Asia Cup.
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Tigers hire specialist

The Bangladesh national team will be availing the services of a wicket-keeping specialist during their 10-day preparatory camp in Australia.
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Shakib Al Hasan leaves for Australia tonight

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan will leave for Australia tonight to join the 22-member preliminary squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand scheduled to begin from 26 December, 2016.
11 December 2016, 07:44 AM

Cricket: Walsh living the coaching dream in Bangladesh

West Indies' leading Test wicket taker Courtney Walsh says that while the opportunity to coach didn't present itself at home, he is living his dream of a first international coaching sojourn with Bangladesh.
11 December 2016, 04:55 AM

Cricket: Good home memories will inspire us, says Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

After having aced a number of challenges at home, the Bangladesh national cricket team will embark upon a new challenge from the end of this month when they begin their tour of New Zealand.
9 December 2016, 06:58 AM

Pace hopes head down under

It will be a special moment indeed when Bangladesh's two most promising young pacers Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed pair up in conditions such as those in New Zealand.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM

'Batting will be key'

Bangladesh cricket has already entered a new era where the Tigers' main aim is to convert their dreams into reality. They are a team whose name is uttered with a lot of respect nowadays when it comes to limited-overs cricket.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM