Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to hold an in-person meeting with Shakib Al Hasan within a couple of days to know his next one-year plan before they sew up the central contract of the Tigers for 2022. BCB’s cricket operations chairman Mohammad Jalal Yunus further informed the reporters on Monday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury ... Read more
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Leeds sack Marcelo Bielsa as manager after disastrous slump in form
Move comes after string of heavy defeats pushes Premier League club towards relegation zone Premier League club Leeds have fired manager Marcelo Bielsa following Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Tottenham. The loss at Elland Road was their fourth defeat in five matches – a disastrous run in which they conceded 20 goals and slid towards the ... Read more
Sonny Ramadhin, legendary West Indies’ spin bowler dies aged 92
Former West Indies spinner Sonny Ramadhin has died aged 92. Born in Trinidad, he took 158 wickets in 43 Tests between 1950 and 1961, but he was best known for his exploits in the 1950 series against England. Bowling in tandem with slow left-armer Alf Valentine, the pair took 59 wickets in a spectacular series ... Read more
Bangladesh Test squad to train at Kirsten academy
Bangladesh Test side will train at the Gary Kirsten Academy in Cape Town when the limited-overs side will be busy in 50-over action against South Africa, said Bangladesh Cricket Board’s cricket operations chief Jalal Yunus. The Tigers are scheduled to fly to South Africa next month for a three-match one-day
Women’s team vows to make WC memorable
Bangladesh women’s team captain Nigar Sultana vowed to make their maiden ICC Women’s World Cup journey unforgettable by achieving a rare success in the global event, starting on March 4 at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. ‘Being our maiden World Cup, we are keen to make it unforgettable where we are aiming to
Poland refuses to play 2022 World Cup qualifying play-off against Russia
The Polish national football no longer wants to play the play-off match for the World Cup qualifying against Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Polish football federation president Cezary Kulesza said on Saturday. The two sides are set to go head-to-head on March 24 – with the game
Liton ton powers Bangladesh to series win
Powered by Liton Das’ brillian century and Mushfiqur Rahim’s valiant 86, Bangladesh secured a thumping 88-run victory over Afghanistan in the second ODI and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Friday Liton struck a cracking 136 off 125 balls, his sixth ODI, ton while
UEFA move Champions League final from Saint Petersburg to Paris
UEFA has moved this season’s Champions League final from Saint Petersburg in Russia to Paris in France. At an extraordinary meeting of the Uefa executive committee, the decision was made to shift the May 28 showpiece game out of the 68,000-capacity Gazprom Arena. The title match will now be played at the 80,000-seat Stade de ... Read more
Afif, Mehidy record stand stun Afghanistan
From six down with just 45 on the board after 11.2 overs, it needed something miraculous from Bangladesh to turn the game around in their favour. And that’s what Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Afif Hossain ensured as the duo stitched together a record unbeaten seventh-wicket stand to help Bangladesh stage one of the
Tigers await ODI relief
Bangladesh cricket team on Sunday started training ahead of their return to the 50-over format after a gap of seven months at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The Tigers and the visiting Afghanistan team are in the port city ahead of their three-match one-day international series which will be held in its entirety ... Read more
Tigers looking to counter spin threat
Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in the first of three ODIs on February 23 and the visitors’ spin threat will be the key component around which the Tigers base their strategies. Despite Afghanistan’s dominant spin attack, national selector Habibul Bashar said that the Tigers, having gotten back key players, are confident going into the series
Tickets for Ban-Afg ODIs to go on sale from Feb 22
Tickets for the upcoming bilateral three-match ODI series between hosts Bangladesh and Afghanistan will go on sale from February 22 at a designated booth at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has already been allowed to have 3000 to 4000 spectators in Chattogram for the ODI series. However, the ... Read more
Harry Maguire denies reports of rift with Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire denied reports of a rift with Cristiano Ronaldo, insisting the team is united and focused. United are in the midst of a disappointing season, with a top-four finish the best they can hope for in the Premier League. Maguire has also been below par. Reports suggested the
Comilla win hat-trick BPL title
Comilla Victorians won their hat-trick title in the Bangladesh Premier League with a one-run win in a thrilling final against Fortune Barishal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Defending ten runs off the last over and three off the last ball, Comilla’s pacer Shohidul Islam pulled off a successful one as Barishal ... Read more
Rajin named Tigers’ fielding coach for Afghanistan series
Former Bangladesh national cricket team captain Rajin Saleh has been named the interim fielding coach of the Tigers for their forthcoming series against Afghanistan, starting on February 23. ‘We have appointed him [Rajin] as the fielding coach for the series against Afghanistan,’ Bangladesh Cricket Board’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus told the media on
Novak Djokovic ‘willing’ to sacrifice trophies than get Covid vaccine
Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine. In an interview with BBC, Novak Djokovic, the 34-year-old world No 1 said he is willing to skip the French Open and Wimbledon over his stance, but said he is not part of the anti-vax ... Read more
Bangladesh squad for ODI series against Afghanistan announced
The Bangladesh Cricket Board today announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, with wholesale changes owing to various reasons. As many as seven players from the 16-member ODI series against Zimbabwe in July last year – the last series for the Tigers – lost their places while five players have ... Read more
Afghanistan name squad for Bangladesh ODI and T20I series
Afghanistan have named their squads for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Bangladesh. Hashmatullah Shahidi would lead the side in the ODIs, slated to begin from February 23rd while Mohammad Nabi will captain the side in the T20Is. The T20Is will count towards the ICC T20I Rankings, while the
Shakib remains unsold again
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan went unsold on Sunday, this time from the unsold players’ list, during the second day’s bid of the two-day IPL auction in Bengaluru today. Shakib, 33, with a highest base price of INR 20 million (US$266,000 approx), went unsold on the day one as no one showed the interest for ... Read more
Mustafizur roped in by Delhi
Bangladesh left-arm paceman Mustafizur Rahman was roped in by Delhi Capitals for the base price of two crore rupees in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Bengaluru today. . Delhi were the only one to bid for the left-armer in the auction. Mustafiz, who played for Rajasthan Royals in the last edition of IPL, ... Read more