A Cristiano Ronaldo goal not given in a dramatic World Cup qualifier between Serbia and Portugal would have stood if the two football associations had agreed before the game to use goal-line technology, UEFA said on Monday.

Bangladesh were very clearly outplayed by New Zealand in their first of three T20Is at the Seddon Park yesterday. The Tigers were hammered by 66 runs as the Kiwis took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. But even on an otherwise bleak day for the Tigers, left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed, who made his T20 debut yesterday, was able to shine with the ball in hand.

Consecutive Test, Twenty20 and One-Day series defeats would be enough for most cricket nations to ring the changes, but not England, according to team stalwart Jos Buttler.

The second round of the Bangabandhu 22nd National Cricket League (BNCL) will start from today across four venues.

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.

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) promised to take firm measures to ensure a healthy and safe environment amid an alarming Covid-19 situation ahead of the start of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games across the country on April 1.

Bangladesh coach Jamie Day is still focused on giving game-time to younger players as the men in red and green take on hosts Nepal in the final of the Three Nations Cup at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu today.

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 other all games.

India beat England by seven runs in a tense decider on Sunday to clinch the one-day international series 2-1.

Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich said calls to boycott the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over the Gulf state's alleged treatment of migrant workers building stadiums have come "10 years too late".

Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he wears the Portugal captain’s armband with pride, and that he threw it to the ground in anger because “an entire nation is being harmed.”

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad has said that they need to pick themselves up from the crushing defeat in the first T20I and make sure they don't make the same mistakes in the second match on Tuesday.

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 66 runs in the first T20 International in Hamilton on Sunday.

Devon Conway, player-of-the-series of the three-match ODIs, stroked a brilliant unbeaten 92 off 52 balls as New Zealand posted 210 for 3 in the first T20I against Bangladesh in Hamilton on Tuesday.

New Zealand won the toss for the fourth time in the series and chose to bat first against Bangladesh in the first T20 in Hamilton on Sunday.

Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team will tour Bangladesh to play a four-day match and four 50-over matches from April 19 to May 5, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed yesterday.

Indian cricket team may like to revisit its 50-over template while picking up pieces from the Friday carnage with an aim to complete a hat-trick of series wins against England in the third and final ODI here today.

Bangladesh played out a goalless draw against Nepal in the last round-robin match of the Three Nations Cup at the Dasharath Rangasala yesterday to set up a final clash against the same team on Monday.

While Khaled Mahmud, former Bangladesh captain and chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s game development committee, was concerned about the poor showing in all three departments in New Zealand, newly appointed national selector Abdur Razzak was still trying to find positives from the ODI whitewash.

Russel Domingo’s vision of a long-term plan played a big part in his appointment as Bangladesh’s head coach after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) parted ways with Steve Rhodes following an eighth-placed finish at the 2019 ICC World Cup.