Saturday, 27 Jul, 2024

Sports

Serena wins her 8th Miami Open

DHAKA: World number one Serena Williams thrashed Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro to win her eighth Miami Open title.The 33-year-old raced to a 6-2 6-0 victory in 56 minutes to secure her third straight title at Crandon Park.The American won the final 10 games as she outclassed Suarez

Great Opportunities

Ensuing tour of Pakistan cricket team to Bangladesh presents great opportunity to both teams to give the taste of competitive international cricket to many youngsters desperate to prove their skills. For tiger followers in Bangladesh it is another opportunity to cheer for their squad

Sahara out from Tigers’ jersey

DHAKA: From now on, Tigers will no longer carry any sign of Sahara India Parivar on their jerseys as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) ended its contract with Aamby Valley, an affiliate of Sahara, 15 months before stipulated time.BCB had signed a 14-millioin contract with Aamby Valley in

Papan gets ‘offer’ to be ICC president

DHAKA: Nazmul Hasan Papan has received a verbal proposal from ICC (International Cricket Council) to become its president.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) boss made the disclosure to the journalists at his residence in the capital Dhaka on Friday afternoon.Papan said, “I received a

BCB's reception to Tigers in next week

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will accord a reception to the national cricket team on April 8 or 9 for their successful mission in the just concluded World Cup in the Australia and New Zealand.BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papan confirmed the matter to reporters at his Gulshan

Pakistan declares squads for Bangladesh tour

DHAKA: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced squads which will travel to Bangladesh for a tour scheduled to begin later this month.Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal will mark his comeback in all three formats of the game and will display his new modified bowling action. The PCB

SA Under-19 due in Dhaka Friday

DHAKA: South Africa under-19 cricket team is set to arrive in Dhaka on Friday to play a 7-match One Day International series against junior tigers.During their three-week tour, they will play seven ODIs against Bangladesh under-19 in Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. Besides, they will

Jayasuriya quits as Sri Lanka selection chief

DHAKA: Head of Sri Lanka Cricket selector's committee, MP Sanath Jayasuriya has handed his resignation from the selector's committee to Sports Minister Navin Dissanayake.The cricketer-turned-politician in the letter to the Minister said the impending end of his tenure as the head of the

Pains and gains of Tigers from Cricket World Cup

Bengal Tigers achieved huge gains but left the tournament with heart bleeding and some pains. Bangladesh came to ICC World Cup with limited ambition for qualifying for the quarter finals. They achieved it with the glory of beating a major team England. They had many more positive

ICC accepts Kamal’s resignation

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday accepted the resignation of its president Mustafa Kamal, who quit the position to protest what he called a constitutional violation by the governing body.“The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that Mr Mustafa Kamal

Kamal resigns as ICC President

DHAKA: AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday stepped down from the post of president of International Cricket Council (ICC) after 9-month regime in protest against controversial umpiring decisions in World Cup quarterfinal match between Bangladesh and India. He made the disclosure in a press

Umar Akmal dropped from Bangladesh tour

DHAKA: Pakistan cricket team selection committee has dropped star batsman Umar Akmal from the series against Bangladesh.According to details, the decision was made keeping in review of world cup performance by the Umar Akmal, reprots thenewstribe.comIt is also expected he would be given a

Starc becomes top-ranked ODI bowler

DHAKA: Mitchell Starc has soared to No.1 in the ICC bowlers' rankings in ODIs following a stellar World Cup campaign, where he was the leading wicket-taker and player of the tournament.Australia, with their fifth World Cup title, also retained the ODI shield having finished as the

Vettori retires from Int’l cricket

DHAKA: Veteran spinner says he has played his last game for the Black Caps as team return home to New Zealand.New Zealand legend Daniel Vettori has played his match for the Black Caps, officially announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket today. Vettori arrived in Auckland

ICC President to open ‘Pandora’s Box’

DHAKA: International Cricket Council (ICC) president AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to address a press conference at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport immediately after returning from Australia on April 1.He will also explain whether he would hold ICC presidency.AHM Mustafa Kamal also

ICC announces World Cup team

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Monday announced the team of the ICC Cricket World Cup-2015 with Brendon McCullum as its captain. McCullum was chosen as the captain following his aggressive, innovative and inspirational leadership during the 44-day tournament that was the

Amazing Australia Rocked and Rolled at MCG

Advancing fair all the way Amazing Australian Cricket team achieved magical fifer in World Cup Cricket Tournament at MCG yesterday in front of record 93.013 adoring cricket fans. Strong in skills and athleticism all round Australian team caught the New Zealanders in MCG Mage and

Australia win 5th WC title

DHAKA: ICC World Cup 2015 co-host mighty Australia showed their supremacy in the cricket world once again clinching the World Cup championship for the fifth times beating New Zealand by seven wickets easily.Chasing New Zealand-set small target of 184 runs, Australia reached the victory,

9 ducks in World Cup final!

DHAKA: It is all about the 1979 world cup cricket final, not the story of this World Cup 2015 that have already experienced five ducks.Amidst Vivian Richards' destructive century, three West Indies batsmen failed to open their accounts in the 1979 final at Lord's.The Caribbean tail-enders

Guptill WC15 Top Scorer

DHAKA: New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptill, who hit a World Cup record score of 237 not out against West Indies, became the top run-scorer of ICC World Cup 2015, overtaking Kumar Sangakkara (541) of Sri Lanka.Guptill overtook Sangakkara took a total of 547 runs in the final match