Eighteen former sports stars will carry the torch of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games from Tungipara in Gopalganj to the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, a meeting of the media and publicity committee of the games decided yesterday.

Although things appear to be picture-perfect for the Bangladesh national cricket team on their tour of New Zealand, the scenario is at stark contrast with the circumstances of a majority of domestic cricketers.

Bangladesh national football team captain Jamal Bhuiyan will be in the hearts of Kolkata Mohammedan Sporting Club, the club’s coach said yesterday while lavishing praise on the midfielder ahead of his last match for the outfit.

Bangladesh national football team’s captain Jamal Bhuiyan has said that he feels there is not much difference between the quality of football in the I League, the second-tier club competition in India, and the Bangladesh Premier League.

Mumbai City have clinched their maiden Indian Super League title just over a year after being taken over by the owners of English Premier League giants Manchester City.

Veteran sports organiser Fazlur Rahman Babul has been elected as general secretary of the new executive committee of Bangladesh Kho Kho Federation, said a press release.

Iran head coach Dragan Skocic and Mehdi Taremi, one of the nation's highest-profile players, have questioned the decision to hold the country's World Cup qualifiers in Bahrain when play resumes in June.

The JFA U-14 Women’s Football Championship, involving 42 district teams, starts tomorrow across seven zones of the country.

Novak Djokovic is capable of extending his record for holding the men’s world No.1 ranking for most weeks to 400, said Russia’s Daniil Medvedev who will climb up to a career-best ranking of second on Monday.

Bangladesh national football team’s full-back Rahmat Mia said that even though the upcoming tri-nation tournament in Nepal will be a platform of preparation for June’s World Cup qualifying fixtures, their target will be to play in the final.

Bangladesh’s top shooters will have dual targets -- Olympics quota places and monetary rewards from the Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation (BSSF) – in the upcoming ISSF World Cup in New Delhi.

In the new normal, quarantine and isolation taking a toll on players’ mental and physical health has proven to be one of the biggest hurdle for cricketers ever since the outbreak of the pandemic in March last year.

[L] Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams celebrates his century while [R] Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan (5-105) celebrates one of his five wickets

Uttarakhand Police did not spare India skipper Virat Kohli’s poor run of form as they used the example of the right-hander’s dismissal on zero against England in their first T20I on Friday to raise driving awareness.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder and batsman Darren Bravo will return to the squad for the two-Test series at home to Sri Lanka, the country's cricket board (CWI) said on Friday.

England's emphatic win over India in their opening T20 showdown revealed concerns for both sides as they seek to build momentum before this year's World Cup.

Jason Roy and Jofra Archer played the lead roles as England thrashed India by eight wickets in the opening Twenty20 interntional on Friday.

West Indies turned a leisurely canter into a desperate scramble to achieve a series-clinching five-wicket victory over SriLanka with two balls to spare in the second One-Day International of their three-match series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday.

Ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan and fellow slow bowler Amir Hamza shared seven wickets between them to leave Zimbabwe battling to avoid defeat in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

“Because of my laziness, I could not get into the national team in the past,” was the honest admission of Habibur Rahman Shohag, the Mohammedan player who recently been selected for the national squad for this month’s tri-nation tournament in Nepal.