Where it all came full circle
21 July 2026, 09:00 AM
At New York-New Jersey Stadium on Monday, several storylines came full circle in the World Cup final.
21 July 2026, 09:00 AM
Should Nico's goal have stood?: VAR, Argentina and the questions that won't go away
20 July 2026, 06:43 AM
The dust has settled. Spain lifted their second World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over an Argentina side that never truly showed up in the all-important final at New York-New Jersey Stadium today.
20 July 2026, 06:43 AM
All set for a blockbuster final
19 July 2026, 11:00 AM
The stakes could not be higher than they are at a World Cup final. And the grand finale at the New York-New Jersey Stadium on Monday (1:00am Bangladesh Time) could hardly have been scripted better, with Lionel Messi's Argentina taking on Lamine Yamal's Spain in a showdown set to bring the curtain down on the biggest edition in the competition's history.
19 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Golden Boot: The only prize left for Mbappe to chase
18 July 2026, 13:00 PM
The third-place decider is often described as the World Cup's most unwanted fixture. No player begins a tournament dreaming of featuring in it, yet one of the semifinal losers has to walk away with bronze while the other leaves empty-handed.
18 July 2026, 13:00 PM
Messi is inevitable
17 July 2026, 08:00 AM
Lionel Messi turned 39 during the course of this World Cup. Yet the things he has done, the numbers he has produced, and the sheer excellence he has displayed in North America continue to defy age and time.
17 July 2026, 08:00 AM
Resilient Argentina refuse to fall
16 July 2026, 04:08 AM
Most teams that go on to achieve ultimate glory have one thing in common: resilience.
16 July 2026, 04:08 AM
Tactical masterclass trumps rigidity
15 July 2026, 22:00 PM
Beyond Spain’s 2-0 victory over France in the World Cup semifinal in Dallas lay a far more compelling story than the scoreline itself -- one of a tactical masterclass from Luis de la Fuente that Didier Deschamps never truly recognised, let alone countered.
15 July 2026, 22:00 PM
Bellingham turns doubters into believers
15 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Standing tall, chest puffed out, and arms outstretched, Jude Bellingham’s trademark celebration has become one of the defining images of England’s World Cup.
15 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Girona arrive, but the challenge is to stay
Who would win LaLiga 2023-24?
22 December 2023, 19:00 PM
A fixer-upper with no fix in sight
An act of publicly taking the blame and responsibility, an initiation or indication of setting in motion an overhaul, or a statement of how things are to be taken from here on -- none of the aforementioned measures or steps were taken by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) even as over a fortnight passed since Bangladesh closed their disastrous World Cup campaign.
28 November 2023, 01:00 AM
Is the outrage and the extent of it justified?
It was an anticlimactic finish to the 2023 World Cup for arguably the largest cricketing fanbase -- India fans -- as they saw the best team on paper tumbling at the final hurdle only for Australia to clinch their sixth title last week.
25 November 2023, 01:05 AM
Kohli show to go on
It was inevitable.
More than it being a question of if, it was rather a debate over how and when.
16 November 2023, 18:00 PM
A reluctant captain at the centre of mess
From aspirations of making it to their maiden semifinal to barely qualifying for the 2025 Champions Trophy with an eighth-placed finish, Bangladesh’s World Cup dream has fluctuated as wildly as its tumultuous state of affairs.
14 November 2023, 01:30 AM
An outcome befitting the approach
What’s the trademark of a big team in modern cricket?
19 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Ability to score 300-plus to define Ind-Ban game?
Bangladesh will take on India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, a venue where 300-plus scores are the order of the day.
19 October 2023, 04:53 AM
That’s the way to chase
“I did not do anything special,” Mohammad Rizwan said after guiding Pakistan to a record World Cup run-chase against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
11 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Shakib’s toughest test yet
Four years back, the country’s top all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, was engulfed by the type of pressure that all athletes feel at least once in their careers: the pressure of not performing on the field.
6 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Will sense dawn after the ‘reality check’?
Having gone into the Asia Cup with lofty dreams, as it so often is the case with Bangladesh despite no history of success in major tournaments, skipper Shakib Al Hasan has already put it in the rearview mirror.
11 September 2023, 02:00 AM
A chance for pacers to show what they are made of
Rubel Hossain’s yorker going through the bat and pads of James Anderson at the Adelaide Oval in the 2015 World Cup will forever remain one of the most iconic moments in Bangladesh cricket.
28 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Saudi Pro League here to stay!
Links of Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid, rumours of Neymar returning to Barcelona have been the commonalities of the transfer market over the past few years. This summer, however, in addition to the aforementioned sagas, the emergence of one major entity -- the Saudi Pro League -- has taken the transfer market by storm.
12 August 2023, 03:30 AM
Not another pyrrhic success spell
From a statistical vantage point, the winning streaks of then and now might seem similar – or some might keep the streak of 2021 ahead as it involved the Aussies and the Kiwis, two giants of the game -- but in reality there lies a stark difference.
17 July 2023, 04:43 AM
Will Madrid ‘madness’ deny ‘City Goal’ again?
Depicted on the wall of Manchester City’s treatment room, ‘Our Goal’ is written over a picture of the Champions League trophy -- a silverware that has eluded the blue half of Manchester despite billions of dollars splurged into shaping up their squad over the years.
5 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Observation period over for Hathurusingha?
Chandika Hathurusingha’s reappointment as Bangladesh’s coach for a second stint could not have come at a more agreeable time.
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM
A masterstroke from the BCB boss
After having the media analyse and scrutinise the now-confirmed ‘strained relationship’ between Tamim and Shakib that had gone on to ‘stale the dressing room environment’, Hassan performed a stunning U-turn on his words on Monday, just a day after Tamim denied any ‘unhealthy environment for the past 15 years in the dressing room’ in a pre-series presser in Mirpur.
28 February 2023, 12:21 PM
A chance to make a statement
The recent success stories of the country’s women’s sides across different sports -- Bangladesh’s triumph in the SAFF Women’s Championship last year still very fresh in memory -- have not only resulted in a boost in viewership but also raised the bar of expectation from the girls representing the nation at any level in any sport.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
The year Liton came through on the long-overdue promise
Ever since Liton Das made his international debut in a Test against India back in 2015, the common sentiment, especially from within the team management, has been that he is a player with a ton of potential to flourish.
31 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Friendship takes backseat with greatness in sight
France’s Kylian Mbappe is set to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi once again at this World Cup. But this rendezvous is definitely going to be very different than their first meet-up which was at the team hotel of Morocco in downtown Doha where the France forward paid his Paris Saint-Germain teammate a visit just about a week ago.
14 December 2022, 03:00 AM
Desert Fest: A World Cup too cruel, too beautiful
When Cristiano Ronaldo walked down the tunnel in tears at the Al Thumama Stadium on Saturday, it must have felt surreal for millions of his and Portugal fans around the globe.
12 December 2022, 01:20 AM