Wednesday, 17 Apr, 2024

Sports

Cricketer Mustafiz hospitalized for surgery

LONDON: Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman is undergoing treatment at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London’s South Kensington for shoulder surgery. However, Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina talked with Mustafizur Rahman and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul

Brazil progress into Rio Olympic quarter-final

DHAKA: Brazil advanced to the quarterfinals at the Rio Olympic tournament defeating Denmark 4-0 and avoided another embarrassing elimination in front of the home fans. Gabigol scored twice on Wednesday and Gabriel Jesus and Luan netted a goal each at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador to

Phelps wins his 21st Olympic gold

DHAKA: Record-breaking Michael Phelps extended his tally to 21 Olympic gold medals as he won individual and team titles on day four at Rio 2016. The US swimmer comprehensively beat defending champion Chad le Clos in the 200m butterfly before he helped the US win the men’s 4x200m

Phelps wins his 21st Olympic gold

DHAKA: Record-breaking Michael Phelps extended his tally to 21 Olympic gold medals as he won individual and team titles on day four at Rio 2016. The US swimmer comprehensively beat defending champion Chad le Clos in the 200m butterfly before he helped the US win the men’s 4x200m

Real Madrid win Super Cup

DHAKA: Defender Dani Carvajal scored a fine solo goal a minute from the end of extra time as Real Madrid beat Spanish rivals Sevilla in a dramatic Super Cup. Champions League winners Real took the lead when Marco Anensio scored with a thunderous long-range strike. Europa League

South Africa supports 2-tier Test Cricket

DHAKA: The number of cricket boards supporting two-tier test cricket system rose to four as Cricket South Africa extended their support to it on Monday. Earlier, Cricket Australia, England Cricket Board and New Zealand Cricket endorsed their support to the system proposed by ICC chief

South Africa bans 4 cricketers

DHAKA: Cricket South Africa has banned four players for breaching its Anti-Corruption Code. The players who have admitted contraventions of the Code and have been banned are Jean Symes, Pumelela Matshikwe, Ethy Mbhalati and Thami Tsolekile. Jean Symes, an all-rounder, has been

Swimmer Phelps wins 19th Olympic gold

DHAKA: US swimmer Michael Phelps has won a gold medal in the men’s 4x100 meter freestyle relay to take his gold medal tally to 19, the most by any Olympian. The 19th gold medal made the aggregate to 23 for Phelps. Meanwhile, France claimed the silver and Australia took the bronze

Serena, Venus Williams lose in doubles

DHAKA: Serena and Venus Williams lost for the first time in an Olympics doubles match as their hopes of winning a fourth successive title were surprisingly ended in the first round at Rio 2016. The American top seeds lost 6-3 6-4 to Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora

Russian athletes banned from Rio Paralympics

DHAKA: Russian athletes have been banned from competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics following the country’s doping scandal. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had opened suspension proceedings following the McLaren report, and has now confirmed the ban, reports the BBC.

Mustafiz's shoulder surgery on August 11

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman will undergo shoulder surgery on August 11 in London. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee director Jalal Yunus said Andrew Wallace of London’s Fortius Clinic will conduct the surgery. He further said BCB is confident

BGB Lance Naik wins gold medal in India

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Lance Naik Nur Hossain won gold medal in International Karate-2016 held in India. BGB public relations officer (PRO) Mohsin Reza confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday (August 6). Nur Hossain will attend two more events on Sunday (August

Chinese investors agree to buy AC Milan

DHAKA: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed on Friday to sell soccer team AC Milan to a consortium of Chinese investors, ending his three decades of ownership of the seven-times European champions. Berlusconi’s Fininvest family holding said on Friday it had signed a

Rio Olympic Games declared open

DHAKA: The 31st edition of the Greatest Show on Earth, Summer Rio Olympics 2016, was inaugurated at Maracana soccer stadium of Brazil on Saturday (August 6) Bangladesh Time. Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer declared the Games open, the first to be held in South America. A lot

271 Russian athletes cleared to compete in Olympic

DHAKA: Russia will have 271 athletes eligible to compete at the Rio Games, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a doping

BCCI opposes two-tier Test Cricket

DHAKA: Anurag Thakur, President of Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI), has spoken out against the ‘two-tier’ Test system. He said neither he nor his board supports the proposed idea, reports cricketcountry.com on Wednesday (August 3). Stating “a need to protect

Bangladesh-India one-off Test from February 8

DHAKA: Finally, Bangladesh national cricket team is scheduled to visit India for one-off Test match in February next year. This will be Bangladesh’s first bilateral tour to the neighbouring country since its Test status in 2000. BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke said, “India will play

Sri Lanka beat Australia in 1st test

DHAKA: Sri Lanka beat visiting Australia by 106-run in the first test at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in the city of Kandy on Saturday (July 30). Young Kusal Mendis set the tempo in the second innings by scoring a blazing 176-run helping Sri Lanka set 268-run target after

Ashwin completes West Indies rout

DHAKA: Ravichandran Ashwin completed a splendid all-round performance with seven wickets to bowl India to a crushing victory by an innings and 92 runs on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua on Sunday. His haul of seven for 83 off 25 overs followed his

Fizz magic enthralling world cricket

DHAKA: Perhaps “Veni, Vici, Vidi” is the most appropriate expression for Mustafizur Rahman, the magic youngster from Bangladesh. A virtually unknown boy from a place adjacent to World Heritage, The Sundarbans - the abode of iconic Royal Bengal Tiger, rocked the cricket world in his