world cup
‘A World Cup without the West Indies is quite unimaginable’
For those who have seen the glory days of Caribbean cricket, the sight of them missing the bus to World Cup was deeply painful
4 July 2023, 04:12 AM
Sethi casts fresh doubts over Pakistan’s participation in World Cup
“It’s our government who has to decide, just like when it comes to India, it’s their government that decides when they go to play. There is no point asking us if we will play in Ahmedabad," said Sethi
17 June 2023, 03:05 AM
Argentina to visit Indonesia next month for a friendly
The visit will be part of an Asian tour by the South American side that also includes a June 15 stop in Beijing for a friendly against Australia
24 May 2023, 11:08 AM
Emiliano Martinez coming to Dhaka!
Argentina's World Cup winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is likely to come to Dhaka on July ahead of his scheduled visit to Kolkata, the visit's organiser informed on Sunday.
21 May 2023, 09:19 AM
'Main target is to play the World Cup final'
Injury and Taskin Ahmed have been the close associates of each other ever since the pacer made his international debut. Taskin who is recovering from a side strain injury is gearing up to return even stronger as the 28 year old who has been a revolution in the Tigers pace bowling unit spoke about his bowling, plans over the upcoming World Cup along with a few other topics during an exclusive interview with The Daily Star's Mazhar Uddin.
16 May 2023, 02:30 AM
Diya excluded over poor performance
Bangladesh’s premier female archer Diya Siddique, who won a gold medal in recurved mixed events of Asia Cup World Ranking tournament in Chinese Taipei in March, has been left out of the World Cup Stage-2 team over poor performance.
14 May 2023, 18:15 PM
Time for stalwarts to set the standard
Following a brilliant three-wicket win in the second ODI against Ireland, Bangladesh will be looking to seal the series when they take on the hosts in the third and final game in Chelmsford today..There were a lot of positives to take from the second game, with Najmul Hossain Shanto hittin
14 May 2023, 03:21 AM
South Africa qualify for World Cup after Ireland-Bangladesh washout
Ireland had to win all three matches in a series against Bangladesh taking place at Chelmsford, the headquarters of English county Essex, if they were to move up from 11th place in the points table
10 May 2023, 00:56 AM
US book spot in ODI World Cup final qualifier
The U.S. have never qualified for the ODI World Cup but are assured of a place in next year's T20 World Cup, which they will co-host with West Indies.
5 April 2023, 10:24 AM
Italy boss Mancini slams 48 team World Cup
"We should really be reducing the number of matches footballers have to play," said Mancini on Monday
4 April 2023, 00:35 AM
‘I am fulfilled with this World Cup’
South American football governing body on Monday presented the 35-year-old Argentine star a with statue, which will be placed in the CONMEBOL museum next to those of legendary players Pele and Diego Maradona
28 March 2023, 03:26 AM
Australia back on top ahead of ODI World Cup
Australian white ball cricket looked to be at a crossroads only a few months ago, with Aaron Finch stepping down from the one-day captaincy and the Twenty20 team failing to reach the World Cup semi-finals on home soil
23 March 2023, 05:14 AM
Messi 'madness' in Argentina as world champions play first match
More than 1.5 million fans applied for 63,000 available tickets for the match against Central American minnows Panama at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires
22 March 2023, 05:07 AM
'Keep working': Scaloni's message to world champions Argentina
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said his players need to maintain their high competitive level after beating France on penalties to win the country's third World Cup in Qatar last year.
22 March 2023, 03:28 AM
Hosts eye hat-trick title and Kabaddi World Cup berth
A total of 12 teams from Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America, split into two groups, will be taking part in the tournament. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals and the top two Asian teams will earn a place at the 4th Kabaddi World Cup
13 March 2023, 04:52 AM
‘It is the best Argentine national team in history’
The midfielder, a key player in Lionel Scaloni's team, stated it when talking about the coach's virtues but made it clear that he did not say it with the intention of getting into controversy: " I don't want anyone to get angry because Argentina has an extremely important and rich history."
1 March 2023, 05:06 AM
Argentina may open embassy in Dhaka next month
Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship Santiago Andrés Cafiero is likely to visit Bangladesh on February 26 or 27.
30 January 2023, 05:51 AM
Brazil open door to breaking foreign coach taboo
More than two decades since their last World Cup triumph and without a local consensus pick, Brazil are considering breaking an unwritten taboo: hiring a foreign coach.
28 January 2023, 05:39 AM
Nagelsmann not focusing on Germany's 'bad, sad World Cup'
Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann said he is "not much of a comforter", telling the press on Sunday he decided not to focus on Germany's "bad, sad World Cup" with his side.
8 January 2023, 14:20 PM
Movies, TV shows helped Pelé to even more stardom
All of Pelé's biographers agree that he wrote more than 100 songs and sold more than 100,000 copies of one of his albums.
30 December 2022, 05:51 AM