Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Lionel Messi has been named FIFA’s Best Men’s Player after leading Argentina to World Cup success in 2022. Messi, 35, scored seven goals as Argentina won their third World Cup in Qatar. He has also been in fine form for Paris Saint-Germain this season, scoring 17 goals in all competitions, including ... Read more
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All out for 10 runs, the lowest score in T20 history
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The Isle of Man were dismissed for 10 in the final game of their tour on Sunday, the lowest score in men’s Twenty20 history. Spain won the toss and elected to bowl, and the Isle of Man were all out in 8.4 overs. Seven players were dismissed without scoring and Joseph ... Read more
Comilla wins its fourth BPL title
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Powered by an unbeaten 52-ball 79 from Johnson Charles, Comilla Victorians won a record-extending fourth Bangladesh Premier League title as they secured a seven-wicket victory against Sylhet Strikers in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. Liton Das had set the tone for Comilla as they began chase of a ... Read more
Sujon receives penalty for smoking in the dressing room
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Khulna Tigers head coach Khaled Mahmud Sujon was fined for violating the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) Code of Conduct after being caught smoking in the dressing room during his team’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) game against Fortune Barishan on Friday. “Mahmud was fined 30 percent of his match fees for a ... Read more
Tiger Woods return! will play at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational next week
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Tiger Woods will play in his first official PGA Tour event since his horrific 2021 car crash This Friday Tiger Woods announced he’s ready to take on another golf course during a tournament next week when he takes part of the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. It will ... Read more
SAFF U-20 Women’s championship: Bangladesh emerged unbeaten champions
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh clinched the four-nation SAFF Under-20 Women’s Championship title with a 3-0 win over Nepal in the final at the Birshrestha Shaheed Sepahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday. The hosts went to halftime with a 2-0 lead, with forward Shaheda Akter Ripa and midfielder Shamsunnahar Jr scoring one ... Read more
Shane Warne’s $21 million will revealed
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Celebrated Australian cricketer Shane Warne who died last year has left vast wealth for his children. Warne’s will was revealed on Wednesday where he handed almost $21 million of his estate to the three children. Warne, who suddenly died last March left his vast assets to his children Summer, Jackson and ... Read more
Man City’s Erling Haaland delivers a message of support to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
‘Our hearts are with you,’ 22-year-old says on Instagram Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Manchester City’s Norwegian star Erling Haaland on Wednesday shared a message of support on social media for earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria. “Our hearts are with you,” Haaland said on Instagram, and put a photo of a building damaged in the ... Read more
Hathurusingha appointed as Bangladesh cricket team head coach for second spell
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Chandika Hathurusighe has been appointed Bangladesh National Team Head Coach, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board through a press release on Tuesday. This will be the former Sri Lanka batsman’s second spell with the Bangladesh team which he had previously coached from 2014 to 2017. The 54-year old Hathurusighe has reached a two-year ... Read more
Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open and matches Nadal record
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2023 Australian Open final 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), to win his 22nd Grand Slam title (5). The victory in Melbourne means that Djokovic matches Rafael Nadal’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles, and the Serbian celebrated this one with a huge grin after ... Read more
USA to host 2024 Copa America
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The 2024 Copa America tournament will be held in the United States, CONMEBOL confirmed on Friday after an agreement between the South American football confederation and CONCACAF. The tournament will feature 10 teams from South America and six from North and Central America and the Caribbean. It will be the second ... Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo’s funny reaction after being mobbed by cameras at a restaurant
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Cristiano Ronaldo’s stardom means that any attempt to engage in a normal event out in public is always going to attract fans. That was the case when the Portuguese superstar took out his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez for a meal on her 29th birthday. The Al Nassr player entered the restaurant hall ... Read more
Sabalenka wins Australian Open for first Grand Slam crown
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com On Saturday, Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam by defeating Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open final. The Belarusian tennis sensation won the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and $2 million after coming from a set down. It wasn’t an easy climb for Sabalenka. She started the game ... Read more
Football Fed’s false promises bring shame
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Football organizers and former national team players say the Bangladesh Football Federation has lost respect due to repeated false promises to bring world football stars and huge teams to the country. After the BFF canceled a press conference to tell the media on the reigning World champion Argentine national football team’s ... Read more
Argentina’s visit to Bangladesh getting closer to become a reality
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Lionel Messi’s Argentina, the reigning world champions, have agreed in principle to come to Bangladesh for a friendly match in June this year, given all the conditions are met, informed Bangladesh Football Federation’s vice-president Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan Manik. The BFF official informed that they were working on finalising the details, which ... Read more
Kool-BSJA Media Cup begins January 21
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Kool-BSJA Media Cup football tournament, an annual football extravaganza of top media houses organised by Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA) and sponsored by Square Toiletries Ltd, is all set to get underway at the artificial turf adjacent to Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday. As many as 32 media houses from print, ... Read more
Young Tigresses defeat USA to advance as group champions
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh batters Rabeya Khan and Misty Shaha dug deep as they saw their side off in a nervy run chase beating the USA by five wickets in their final Group A match of the ICC Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup at Willowmoore Park in Benoni yesterday. With qualification already in the ... Read more
Bangladesh stun Australia in Women’s U-19 T20 WC opener
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team made a sensational start in the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup as they beat their Australian counterparts in their first match by seven-wicket at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Saturday. Dilara Akter scored 40 off 42 while Sumaiya Akter and Shorna Akter remained not out on ... Read more
Martina Navratilova has breast and throat cancer
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Navratilova has breast and throat cancer. The 66-year-old Czechoslovakian, who was diagnosed this week, told Tennis.com that the ailment is treatable. The tennis legend was diagnosed with cancer again after 2010 when she was clear after six months of his initial diagnosis. “The double whammy is serious, but fixable, and I’m ... Read more
Which cities will host the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico?
Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com FIFA announced 16 host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup recently at a live event in New York City, selecting 11 cities in the United States, three cities in Mexico and two cities in Canada. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will mark the first time that three countries have hosted ... Read more