league

Wolves bought by Fosun International for £45m

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International buys Wolverhampton Wanderers for £45m, with the club expected to confirm the deal on Thursday.
21 July 2016, 08:43 AM

Three BPL venues dropped

The professional football league of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday dropped three venues from the proposed seven for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League, saying it would consume less time to complete the league, which starts on July 24.
17 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Conte aiming to light a fire

Antonio Conte says he hopes Chelsea under his stewardship will light up the Premier League title race this season.
15 July 2016, 18:00 PM

More wrongs than rights

The just-concluded Premier Division Hockey League, which has been hailed for bringing all the big names of domestic hockey together after a long gap of 45 months, produced a new champion and a few promising players, but the league also drew attention for quite a few wrong reasons.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Chelsea rope in Batshuayi

Marseille's Belgian international striker Michy Batshuayi has signed a five-year contract with Chelsea, the Premier League club confirmed on Sunday.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Gopalganj named 7th venue for BPL

Gopalganj Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium has been included as the seventh venue for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League, said officials of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday.
2 July 2016, 18:35 PM

Krishnapada banned

Krishnapada, a player of Brothers Union, was handed a one-year ban from all football competitions arranged by the Bangladesh Football Federation.
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Mariners gunning for maiden title

Dhaka Mariners Youngs Club will be hoping to end their trophy drought in top-flight hockey when they take on reigning champions Usha Krira Chakra in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League's final Super Six match at the
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Facebook Live set to broadcast CPL T20 games

All 34 matches in this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be broadcast live on Facebook around the world, via Facebook’s official live streaming partner Grabyo.
30 June 2016, 07:32 AM

JB Group earn title rights of BPL

Jaj Bhuiyan Group, one of the prominent conglomerates of the country, have earned the sponsorship rights of the Bangladesh Premier League, which will get underway on July 25 at six separate venues across the country.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM

BCB steps in as clubs falter

The player payments of two of the four Dhaka Premier League (DPL) clubs, which had not paid its players, were completed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board over the last two days.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Kiron propels Mariners

Goalkeeper Mehrab Hossain Kiron put on a valiant display to lead Mariner Youngs Club to a 2-1 win over Abahani at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.
27 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Mariners, Usha keep winning

Leaders Usha Krira Chakra and second-placed Mariner Youngs Club continue their winning spree in the Super Six stage of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Clash of the dark horses

A revamped Arambagh Krira Sangha will be looking forward to making it to the Federation Cup final after 15 years when they take on Team BJMC in the first semifinal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM

One title won twice

Although Abahani won their game against Prime Bank Cricket Club at 4pm yesterday, it was not until 8:30 pm that they were officially declared champions of the Dhaka Premier League.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Sorry Mash, sorry Mushy

We know that Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is the epitome of courage. The current Bangladesh ODI and T20I skipper is not only a rare example for his fighting spirit to overcome one injury struggle after another but also as a “braveheart” cricketer for his on-field courage that has brought many recent successes in international cricket.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM

'He has the brain of a 45-yr-old'

622 runs and 15 wickets in 16 games, a stunning batting average of 77.75 that tops the list and a series of match-winning performances, 20-year-old Mosaddek Hossain barely did anything wrong in the Dhaka Premier League.
22 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hossain fined

Abahani Limited captain Tamim Iqbal is handed a one-match suspension and 1 lac Taka fine while Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club player Nasir Hossain is fined 20,000 Taka for their unruly behavior during the Dhaka Premier League match at BKSP on June 12, 2016.
22 June 2016, 11:43 AM

Abahani DPL 2016 champions

Abahani Limited, led by Tamim Iqbal become the Dhaka Premier League 2016 champions when they trounce Prime Bank Cricket Club by 115 runs at Mirpur today.
22 June 2016, 07:39 AM

Morgan not a fan of ODI league

England one-day international captain Eoin Morgan has played down the need for a new world league in the shorter format of the game.
21 June 2016, 18:00 PM