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Football: Brazil to meet Colombia in Chapecoense benefit game

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has announced a benefit game between Brazil and Colombia on Jan. 25, the same day Chapecoense play their first game since the air crash that prompted the friendly.
20 December 2016, 05:17 AM

Tigers pose for Mannequin Challenge

Waves crashed on the background, sea breeze substituted for that catchy song as the members of Bangladesh national cricket team completed the Mannequin Challenge at the picturesque beach in New Zealand today.
19 December 2016, 06:54 AM

Cricket: Bangladesh reach 230 against Pakistan

Afif Hossain and Mohammad Rakib took Bangladesh to 230 after 50 overs against Pakistan during the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup, Group B match at Galle International Stadium today.
18 December 2016, 08:11 AM

Pilot in footballers' crash in Colombia 'was not trained properly'

The pilot in the plane crash that killed 71 people traveling to Colombia on a Bolivian charter including footballers from Brazil had not flown enough hours to pilot commercial flights, a copilot's attorney said Saturday.
18 December 2016, 06:57 AM

Cricket: Rahul, Patel give India solid start in Chennai

India's makeshift opening pair of Lokesh Rahul and Parthiv Patel struck fifties to lead the hosts' strong reply to England's first innings total of 477 on day three of the fifth and final Test on Sunday.
18 December 2016, 06:34 AM

Football: Bangladesh clinch Plate title

Bangladesh U-14 football team clinched the title of Plate Group in Super Mokh Cup after handing a 1-0 defeat to Shonan Ballmare of Japan in the final in Kuala Lumpur this morning.
18 December 2016, 05:41 AM

Football: Higuain strikes again as Juve beat Roma in crunch match

Gonzalo Higuain struck again with a trademark goal to give Serie A leaders Juventus a 1-0 win over AS Roma in a tense top-of-the-table match which put them seven points clear on Saturday.
18 December 2016, 05:09 AM

BD U-14s move into plate final

The Bangladesh Under-14 team moved into the plate final of the Supermokh Cup with a 2-0 victory over an under-14 side from Manchester City FC in Shah Alam, Malaysia, said a press release from the Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday.
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

500 fine for tardiness!

These are days of demonetisation and India's hockey players are 'extra cautious' with their hard earned cash with strict disciplinarian Roelant Oltmans imposing a fine of Rs 500 on any player, who is late for their training sessions, get-togethers or official functions.
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

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

Cricket: Arthur's Pakistan aim for Australia history

The Pakistan team, six years in the making and armed with insider knowledge from coach Mickey Arthur, are poised to make history in Australia, veteran skipper Misbah-ul-Haq said Wednesday.
14 December 2016, 05:06 AM

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: Pakistan confident Yasir will be fit to face Australia

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is confident leg spinner Yasir Shah will be fit to face Australia in this week's day-night opening Test of a three-match series at the Gabba in Brisbane.
12 December 2016, 06:23 AM

Football: Antonio Conte impressed by reformed Diego Costa

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte believes Diego Costa has become a reformed character because the fiery striker has rediscovered his love of the game.
12 December 2016, 05:57 AM

Starc fires at Arthur

Australia have been a "closer" team since former head coach Mickey Arthur made way for Darren Lehmann, according to pace spearhead Mitchell Starc.
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM