Saturday, 27 Jul, 2024

Sports

AHF Cup Hockey: Bangladesh thrashes Indonesia by 7-0

Bangladesh men's hockey team maintained their winning run in the ongoing Junior AHF Cup Hockey Tournament beating Indonesia by 7-0 goals held in Singapore on Thursday. With this win, Bangladesh also emerged group champions to play the semifinals with 12 points winning all their

Woods gets PGA Tour lifetime achievement exemption

Tiger Woods has been awarded a lifetime exemption by the PGA Tour to enter all of its designated 'signature' events. Woods has won 82 PGA Tour titles including 15 majors, but the 48-year-old has struggled with injuries over recent years. On Tuesday, the PGA's policy

Hosts Germany beat Hungary to reach last 16

Jamal Musiala scored again as Germany continued their winning start to Euro 2024 with victory over Hungary to become the first side through to the knockout stages. The Bayern Munich forward impressed throughout and netted midway through the first half, drilling a powerful effort inches

South Africa survive scare against USA in Super 8s

South Africa survived a scare before beating USA by 18 runs in the first game of the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup in Antigua. After slipping to 76-5 in pursuit of 195, a superb partnership worth 91 between Andries Gous and Harmeet Singh gave USA hope of a stunning victory. They

England beat West Indies to start Super 8s

England produced their best performance of the T20 World Cup so far to begin the Super 8s stage with a composed eight-wicket win against West Indies. Having cannily restricted the previously unbeaten co-hosts to 180-4 on a good pitch, the defending champions completed the chase with 15

BCB Director Alamgir Khan passes away

Sports organiser and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Alamgir Khan passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Wednesday morning. The cricket board confirmed the news of the demise in a press release. Also known as ‘Alo Bhai’, the sports organiser had been ill for a

Baseball great Willie Mays dies at 93

Baseball legend Willie Mays, widely considered one of the best players in the sport's history, has died, according to the San Francisco Giants. "It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this

Djokovic to compete at Paris Olympics

Novak Djokovic will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Olympic Committee of Serbia has announced. This summer will be his fifth Olympic appearance, having competed in every Games since 2008. Djokovic, 37, won bronze at his first Olympics but has lost the third-place match twice

Portugal snatch last-gasp win against Czech Republic

Francisco Conceicao scored a late winner as Portugal fought back from a goal down to beat Czech Republic in their Euro 2024 opener in Leipzig. Roberto Martinez’s side are one of the tournament favourites after winning every game during qualifying, but they left it late to see off

Ferguson first in T20I history to concede 0 runs in 4-over spell

New Zealand may well be out of the race of the Super 8s in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 but are taking on Papua New Guinea (PNG) in their last group-stage match at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.  The Kiwis bowled first in the match which witnessed a

Jabeur 'avoids risk' by missing Paris Olympics

Three-time Grand Slam runner-up Ons Jabeur said on Monday that she will sit out this summer's Paris Olympics to avoid further injury to her knee. Tunisian Jabeur, 29, will miss the Games, held between July 27 and Aug. 4.  The tennis competition is being played at

T20 WC: Fixtures, dates and venues confirmed for Super 8 stage 

India (Group A), USA (Group A), Australia (Group B), England (Group B), Afghanistan (Group C), West Indies (Group C), South Africa (Group D) and Bangladesh (Group D) are the eight teams who have qualified for the Super Eights. India, Australia, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh will feature

Tanzim Sakib sets unique T20 World Cup record

Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib set a unique record during his side’s 21-run victory over Nepal in a low-scoring ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 clash. Sakib played an important role in Bangladesh’s victory and earned the man of the match award for his brilliant

Pakistan's World Cup failure down to poor batting, Babar says

Pakistan captain Babar Azam said on Sunday the team's batting let them down at the Twenty20 World Cup and apologised to fans for failing to reach the Super Eight stage. Pakistan fell to the tournament's biggest upset when the United States, a tier-two member of the game, beat

"Hope our batting performance will be fine": Shanto

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto revealed that he was not fazed by the low total they put on against Nepal in the crucial T20 World Cup group phase game because of his faith on the bowlers. Bangladesh put up just 106 before being bowled out in 19.3 overs but the bowlers lived

Bangladesh into Super Eights with win over Nepal

D stands for Drama, because that's exactly what Group D delivered in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was anything but smooth sailing for tournament progressors, Bangladesh. With South Africa already through to the next round, there was one more ticket to the Super Eight up for

Nepal’s coach aims for strong performance against Bangladesh

Ahead of Nepal’s final match of the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, head coach Monty Desai said his side is eager to put up a show against Bangladesh at the Arnos Vale Stadium. Nepal were knocked out of the race to Super Eights after suffering a heartbreaking one-run defeat to

Babar unlikely to be appointed as Test captain against Bangladesh 

Babar Azam's chances of reclaiming the Test captaincy have taken a significant blow following Pakistan's failure to progress to the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup, with their defeat against the USA proving to be the decisive factor, ANI reported quoting Geo News sources. 

Germany humble 10-man Scotland in Euro 2024 opener

Scotland wilted in the face of a scorching Germany performance as Steve Clarke's 10-man side opened Euro 2024 with a dismal defeat in Munich. The tone was set in an electric Allianz Arena after just 10 minutes as Florian Wirtz waltzed on to the ball to steer in the opener. Jamal

Messi and Martinez score twice in Argentina win over Guatemala

Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez both scored twice as Argentina beat Guatemala 4-1 in their final Copa America warm-up game in Maryland. Argentina were given an early scare when an own goal after four minutes by Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez put Guatemala ahead - their