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Ashfaq Ul Mushfiq

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Goalkeepers stealing everyone’s thunder

Argentina fans around the globe were expressing gratitude after Lionel Messi's last dance in the FIFA World Cup was extended by at least one more week following a 2-1 win over Australia in the Round of 16 on Saturday.
4 December 2022, 18:00 PM
4 December 2022, 18:00 PM
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Women footballers paint Dhaka Red and Green

Open top bus parades are conventional in Europe, where World Cup winners like Germany, Spain and Italy and Champions League giants like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and AC Milan have made such celebrations customary.
21 September 2022, 18:00 PM
21 September 2022, 18:00 PM
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Alfaz hopes 'this is only the beginning’

It was a cold, rainy evening at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu, but it was not only the weather that was conspiring against Bangladesh. There was also a hostile capacity crowd, cheering on hosts Nepal, but the women held their nerve and clinched their most significant milestone by winning a maiden SAFF Women's Championship title with a 3-1 victory in yesterday's final.
19 September 2022, 18:02 PM
19 September 2022, 18:02 PM
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‘Failure is very rare in Nikli’

Swimmer Karar Samedul Islam, a product of the Nikli Swimming Club, won one silver and three bronze medals in the 2004 SAF Games in Islamabad. Considered one of the best swimmers produced in Bangladesh, Samedul spoke about a journey that began at a club in Kishoreganj and shared the secrets of Nikli’s success while speaking to The Daily Star’s Ashfaq Ul Mushfiq.
17 September 2022, 07:09 AM
17 September 2022, 07:09 AM
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The long wait is over for shuttlers

Sport was halted by the Covid-19 pandemic and although some have already come out of that slumber, other disciplines are still trying to find their feet. Finally, after a patient three-year wait, the 37th edition of the National Badminton Championship is set to take the stage at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in Dhaka today.
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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In sync despite being 5 thousand miles apart

The beautiful game has been the most popular sport on the planet for over a century, but although the field has been dominated by men for most of its history, times have begun to change in the last few decades.
8 July 2022, 18:00 PM
8 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Beneath the surface of local strikers’ struggles

 “I have always said that scoring a goal is the best feeling in the world,” legendary English striker Alan Shearer once said. In football, where goals decide destinies, it is a striker’s role to deliver balls to the back of the net.
17 June 2022, 18:00 PM
17 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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Joty in awe of Mithali being a voracious reader

Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj announced her retirement from international cricket this Wednesday, drawing curtains on an illustrious career of 23 years during which she established herself as the country's greatest female batter. Many cricketers around the globe look up to Mithali's career and Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty is no different. 
9 June 2022, 12:42 PM
9 June 2022, 12:42 PM
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Resolve strengthened by defensive solidity

After an 84th minute equaliser earned Bangladesh a draw against Afghanistan in the World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers on Thursday, the men in red and green’s compact defence and their desire to chase the game till the final whistle were widely appreciated by coaches and football lovers all over the country.
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Tuchel’s simplicity trumps Pep’s convoluted plans

In every encounter, there is a winner and a loser. And in the clash of two tactical masterminds, the pedagogue Pep Guardiola was overshadowed by
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Flick and his magic wand

From fourth position in the league table after 10 matchdays in the Bundesliga to winning the Champions League, Bundesliga, German Cup and UEFA Super Cup -- Bayern Munich have made history in the longest season of the footballing calendar, 2019-20.
26 September 2020, 09:12 AM
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