England's hopes of T20 World Cup and Ashes glory suffered a major setback Thursday when it was announced that fast bowler Jofra Archer would be sidelined for the rest of this year with an elbow injury.

Bangladesh will stand on the verge of history when they take on the visitors in the third T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

“Man, he is a difficult customer. He is really good,” Ashton Agar said while wearing a smile that recognised that his side had its work cut out in dealing with Mustafizur Rahman’s cutters. Even for a spinner like Agar, it was something different.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the first time today handed over Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award, marking the 72nd birth anniversary of Shaheed Captain Sheikh Kamal.

Australia spinner Ashton Agar mentioned that Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s skill set is incredible and admitted having immense difficulty in picking up the slower balls of the left-arm paceman.

India won the bronze medal in hockey after a thrilling 5-4 victory over Germany at the Tokyo Games on Thursday, giving the country its first Olympic medal in the sport in more than forty years.

Bangladesh’s T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad showered his praise on his two young guns -- Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan -- after his side’s five-wicket win in the second T20I against Australia at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Youngsters Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan showed nerves of steel to propel Bangladesh from a difficult situation to their second successive win against Australia in the five-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.

An unbeaten partnership between Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan Sohan pulled Bangladesh out of a vulnerable position and ensured the Tigers register a convincing five-wicket victory over Australia in the second T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

A historic first win against Australia in the opening T20I of the five-match series went a long way to providing assurances, perhaps even overshadowing the areas that Bangladesh need to improve upon in the batting department in the coming matches.

Scenes at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday would have been very different in a pre-pandemic world.

It would appear that Bangladesh knew the opportunity to win the first-ever T20I fixture against an Australia side had surfaced, especially when they happen to be missing a few key players

Despite registering their first-ever T20I victory against Australia, Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad mentioned that they are keeping their feet on the ground as the Tigers prepare for the second T20I, to be played tomorrow in Mirpur.

Australia won the toss and elected to bowl against Bangladesh in the first of the five-match T20I series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Reigning Olympic men's football champions Brazil sealed a return to the final as they defeated Mexico 4-1 on penalties Tuesday following a goalless draw after 120 minutes in Kashima.

According to a report by ESPNCricinfo, England’s upcoming tour of Bangladesh, scheduled for September-October this year, has been postponed indefinitely. 

Revenge will be on Joe Root's mind when he leads England in a five-Test series against Virat Kohli's India beginning in Nottingham on Wednesday, kicking off a new World Test Series (WTC) cycle in the process.

There were no surprises as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officially announced a 17-member squad for their upcoming five-match T20I series against Australia, scheduled to begin on August 3. 

The confidence after the successful tour in Zimbabwe was clearly emitting in the words of the Bangladesh team’s head coach Russell Domingo during his interaction with the media as both Bangladesh and visitors Australia began their training ahead of the upcoming five-match T20I series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

World number five Alexander Zverev won the biggest title of his career when he crushed Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-1 on Sunday to win the men's singles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.