Friday, 19 Apr, 2024

Sports

Suarez's hat trick gives Barca win

DHAKA: Barcelona needed a clinical Luis Suarez hat-trick to secure a 3-1 comeback win at home to modest Eibar which put the champions level on 21 points with arch-rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga on Sunday.Barca's defence has been ragged this season and more poor play at the back

Nepal secure ICC Under-19 World Cup berth

DHAKA: Nepal secured their berth to the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Bangladesh in 2016, defeating Ireland by three wickets at Kinrara Academy in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.Batting first, Ireland had posted a target of 185 runs in the final of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Where de Villiers Dared

South Africa Vs India Fourth ODI Match Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai India 299/8 (V Kohli 138, SK Raina 53, AM Rahane 45, Rabada 3/54, D Steyn 3/61) beat South Africa 264/9 (AB de Villiers 112, Q de Kock 43, B Kumar 3/68, Harbhajan 2/50) by 35 runs. Man of the Match: Virat

Misbah ton frustrates England

DHAKA: A hundred from Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq seized the initiative after England threatened to take control of the second Test on day one in Dubai.Misbah, 41, hit two sixes off Moeen Ali's final over of the day to reach 102 and take Pakistan to 282-4, repots the BBC. A

6 ‘icon’ players get teams

DHAKA:  Six icon players will play in 6 teams in the 3rd edition of Bangladesh Primer League (BPL), to be kicked off on November 22.After a two and a half years’ of interval, the curtain of the tournament will be unveiled at home of cricket Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur in

Dhaka Abahani beat Karachi Electric

CHITTAGONG: Dhaka Abahani Limited beat Karachi Electric Club of Pakistan by 3-2 in the opening match of Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football Tournament at MA Aziz Stadium in port city Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.Waly Faisal and Sunday Chizoba scored two goals against the

Sheikh Kamal Intl Tournament opens at Ctg

CHITTAGONG: Sheikh Kamal International Football Tournament will be inaugurated at MA Aziz Stadium in port city Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.Dhaka Abahani and Karachi Electronics Club will meet in the inaugural match at 4:30pm.Private satellite television channel ‘Channel 9’ will

Pistorius released under house arrest

DHAKA: South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released under house arrest nearly one year after he was jailed for killing his girlfriend.Prison officials say, reports the BBC.He is expected to spend the remainder of a five-year prison sentence at his

2 India football teams reach Ctg

CHITTAGONG: Two popular football teams of India’s West Bengal ‘Kingfisher East Bengal’ and ‘Kotkata Mohammedan’ have reached Chittagong to take part in the upcoming Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup in the port city.Organizers of the tournament received the players at Shah

Why Test Cricket Is Ultimate Frontier?

England Vs Pakistan Test Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, 13-17 October 2015 Match Drawn Pakistan 523 /8  Declared ( Shoaib Malik 245 , Asad Shafiq 107 , Mohammad Hafiz 98 , Younis Khan 38 , BA Stokes 4/57 ) and 173 All Out ( Misbah Ul Huq 51, Younis Khan 45 , Mohammad Hafiz 34

East Bengal off to Bangladesh

KOLKATA: India’s premier football club Kingfisher East Bengal has left Kolkata for Bangladesh on Sunday to play in Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.The tournament scheduled to begin on October 20 in Chittagong port city.East Bengal will face Chittagong Abahani Club at MA Aziz Stadium

Australia to tour Bangladesh in 2017

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan Papan on Friday said after several weeks’ depression the sun started shining on Bangladesh cricket environment.The BCB boss returned from the Board Meeting of International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday.He said that Zimbabwe

Zaheer Khan announces int’l retirement

DHAKA: With 610 international wickets, Zaheer finishes as one of India’s most successful bowlers, being the fourth-highest wicket-taker for India across formats.He has the second-highest wickets tally (311) for an India seamer in Tests, behind Kapil Dev's 434.Zaheer, though, played few

What Bangladesh Cricket Gains From BPL?

The third version of BPL T20 Cricket with six franchises is set to start from End November. A debate has ensued in cricket community of Bangladesh about perceived benefits of BPL for Bangladesh Cricket.The recent successes of Bangladesh cricket in ODI format of international cricket and

Sheikh Kamal Int’l Club Cup begins Oct 20

CHITTAGONG: Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 2015 is scheduled to kick-off on October 20.Three local and five international football clubs will participate in this tournament.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the tournament through video conference.These were

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh tri-series soon!

DHAKA: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is probably considering to play a tri-series with neighboring countries Pakistan and Bangladesh in case the planned series with Pakistan fails to be turned up, sources said.As stated by the sources, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur and

U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board will host next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup from 22 January to 14 February. The ICC Board took the decision in its final round of meetings of 2015 at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on Tuesday.AS per decision, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB),

Foreign players keen to play in BPL

DHAKA: Nearly 200 foreign cricketers have expressed interest in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) despite security threats that forced the Australian team to cancel its tour of the country.Quoting a BPL official, cricbuzz reports that Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir and Chris Gayle from

Priorities of Bangladesh for Cricket

We have observed some recent conversation and speculation about future of international cricket in Bangladesh in electronic, pint and social media. These have got momentum after Cricket Australia postponing the scheduled tour to Bangladesh upon Australian Government advice originated from

South Africa Won a Thriller

South Africa Vs India IST ODI at Green Park Kanpur Played on 11 October 2015South Africa 303/5 (AB de Villiers 104*, F du Plessis 62, HM Amla 32, Farhan Behardin 35* ,A Misra 2/47 , UT Yadav 2/71)  beat India  298/7  ( RG Sharma 150, AM Rahane 60 ,MS Dhoni 31, SR Dhawan 23 ,Imran Tahir