According to El País journalist Juan Irigoyen, Ramos has already contacted Messi, who just landed in Paris this week after signing for PSG, to offer up his home to the former Barca player and his family while they look for a new residence in the French capital. “If you and your family prefer to be ... Read more
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Mr. Champion
Shakib voted ICC player of the month for July 2021 Shakib Al Hasan delivers a great performance in Zimbabwe tour in July. The world’s best all-rounder has shined in Tests, ODIs and T20s in the full series. Due to his great performance, he took place in the top three of the best cricketers of July. ... Read more
Shakib reclaimed top position
He has been voted the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for July 2021 Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib al Hasan has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC T20I all-rounder rankings and was also voted the ICC player of the month for July following Bangladesh’s first-ever bilateral series win against Australia. Meanwhile, ace left-arm paceman ... Read more
Aussies end winless streak against Tigers
Australia ended their winless streak in the ongoing series by registering a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the fourth Twenty20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Daniel Christian’s whirlwind 39 off 15 balls and Ashton Agar’s run-a-ball 27 powered Australia to 105-7, their first win in the tour after suffering defeats in the ... Read more
Tigers take historic series
Clinch first-ever series against Australia Bangladesh completed a historic 10-run win over Australia in the third Twenty20 to register their first ever series win over Australia in any format of the game at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Mustafizur Rahman went wicketless but conceded just nine runs in his quota of four overs ... Read more
Tigers win big in Mahmudullah’s ‘final Test’
Match analysis Tigers win big in Mahmudullah’s ‘final Test’ Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz took the best match figures for a Bangladesh bowler overseas to help dismiss Zimbabwe for 256 and see his side to a 220-run win on the fifth day of the only Test at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Zimbabwe had been ... Read more
Argentina crowned Copa America
Ángel Di María scored the only goal of the match Argentina beat Brazil 1 to 0 and was crowned champion of the Copa America at the Maracana stadium. After 28 years of frustrations and droughts of trophy, the Argentine National Team achieved a higher level title with a superb 1-0 victory over Brazil at the ... Read more
A mixed but encouraging bag
The 2-1 ODI series win over Sri Lanka was not only Bangladesh’s maiden bilateral ODI series win against the nation, but also managed to vault the Tigers to the top of the ICC ODI Super League. The Tigers’ think-tank was seeking improvement in quite a few areas before the start of the series but despite ... Read more
A lot of work to be done
Tamim says after Tigers lose the 3rd ODI by 97 runs Bangladesh were unable to execute the perfect game as Sri Lanka bounced back from two defeats with a convincing 97-run win in the third and final ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Skipper Kusal Perera’s magnificent hundred helped the tourists post ... Read more
‘No excuses,’ says Domingo but doesn’t know if ‘rules changed’
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said that he was not looking for any excuses although he reiterated that the conditions and the DLS confusion stacked against his side in the second T20I at Napier as New Zealand won by 28 runs following DLS method. The required target was not given to the Tigers when they ... Read more
Tigers heading to Napier for 31-0?
The Tigers sit at 30-0 after a crushing 66-run New Zealand win in the first of the three-match T20I series at the Seddon Park in Hamilton yesterday. It was the Tigers’ 30th international match across all formats against the Black Caps in their backyard and the outcome was as similar as it was in the ... Read more
World Cup qualifiers
RONALDO FUMES AS SERBIA SNATCH DRAW Cristiano Ronaldo stormed off the pitch before fulltime when he was denied a clear stoppage-time winner in a 2-2 draw in Serbia, while Belgium were held 1-1 by the Czech Republic in World Cup qualifiers on Saturday. Ronaldo threw off the captain’s armband and headed for the tunnel when ... Read more
Bangladesh Legends to fly for India Saturday
Bangladesh Legends, a team formed with former cricketers, will leave for India on Saturday to take part in the ‘Unacademy Road Safety World Series T20’, scheduled to be held at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur from March 5 to March 21. In the opening match, Bangladesh will take on the ... Read more
Nasir and Tamima defend their marriage
Cricketer Nasir Hossain and his newly-wed wife Tamima Sultana on Wednesday defended their marriage hours after Tamima’s ex-husband Rakib Hasan filed a case against the couple accusing them of adultery.Rakib filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim in which he accused Nasir of marrying Tamima without the latter formally divorcing him, said his ... Read more
Bangladesh clean sweep West Indies
Bangladesh clinched the one-day international series and moved up to second position in the World Cup Super League points table by defeating West Indies by 120 runs in the third and final match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Monday. The veterans led the way for the hosts as skipper Tamim Iqbal,
Maradona no more
Reports in Argentina said football legend Diego Maradona suffered a cardiac arrest yesterday and has died at the age of 60. Argentine newspapers Clarin and Ole claim the World Cup winner suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on Wednesday morning local time in the town of
Salahuddin elected BFF president for fourth term
Kazi Salahuddin has been elected as the president of Bangladesh Football Federation for a fourth consecutive term following a landslide victory at the BFF Elective Congress at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka today. The former national captain secured 94 votes to beat Badal Roy (40) and Shafiqul Islam Manik (1) comfortably, according to an ... Read more
Messi named world’s most marketable athlete
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been named the world’s most marketable sportsman in 2020, topping the Nielsen SportsPro 2020 list of the top 50 athletes. Messi, 33, comes in ahead of Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo, with Neymar, Mohamed Salah and Paolo Dybala the other footballers to make the
BCB calls off Sri Lanka series for now
Shifts focus on domestic cricket The stalemate between Bangladesh Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket came to a disappointing end on Monday with BCB president Nazmul Hasan calling off the tour after the boards failed to reach an agreement on the quarantine policy. Bangladesh national team was supposed to fly for Sri Lanka on September ... Read more
Mashrafe recovers from coronavirus
Former Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza today announced through a Facebook post that he had tested negative for coronavirus. “Alhamdulillah. By the grace of the Almighty and due to all of your prayers, I have been tested negative for coronavirus. I received the