Ancelotti suggests current squad the best he has had

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti believes the current Real Madrid squad may be the best that he has ever coached.
23 October 2022, 05:10 AM

Local booters' commitment issue resurfaces

Signing for a club after taking advanced payment from another club has apparently become a common phenomenon for the country's top footballers during the Bangladesh Premier League transfer window, and the latest one that began on October 8 ahead of the 2022-23 season proved to be no exception.
21 October 2022, 21:36 PM

Special ones still long for safety net

Following stellar outings at the international circuit, Pabna's special athletes desire to shine in the forthcoming Special Olympics World Summer Games in Germany in 2023. Despite their international success, however, proper measures of bringing them to a mainstream sporting structure have not been executed yet.
21 October 2022, 21:27 PM

Australia gamble without back-up keeper for 'better balance'

Australia skipper Aaron Finch admitted they were taking a risk after not calling up another wicketkeeper for their Twenty20 World Cup defence starting on Saturday.
21 October 2022, 04:59 AM

Gerrard sacked following Villa's Fulham defeat

Steven Gerrard's reign as Aston Villa manager ended on Thursday as he was sacked shortly after his team slumped to a demoralising 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham.
21 October 2022, 04:34 AM

Everything going well, says Xhaka after Arsenal reach Europa knockouts

Granit Xhaka's second-half winner secured Arsenal a 1-0 victory over PSV Eindhoven at the Emirates Stadium and a place in the Europa League knockout phase on Thursday.
21 October 2022, 04:07 AM

Soma, Mou guide Police to clinch TT league title

Sonam Sultana Soma and Sadia Rahman Mou shone throughout the Women's Premier Division Table Tennis League to guide Police Table Tennis Club in becoming unbeaten champions after they handed a 3-1 defeat to JBL 71 in the last match of the Super-Four stage at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in Dhaka today.
19 October 2022, 15:30 PM

FIFA asks BFF to pay Day’s due wages

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has clearly failed to learn lessons from its past mishaps as the local game’s governing body received another instruction from FIFA to clear the due wages of former Bangladesh national team’s head coach Jamie Day, who was relieved off his duty in September last year, prior to the beginning of SAFF Championship.
19 October 2022, 14:44 PM

India won’t travel to Pakistan for next year's Asia Cup, asserts Shah

BCCI secretary Jay Shah asserted that India will not travel across the border to Pakistan to play in the 2023 Asia Cup.
18 October 2022, 11:41 AM

Lula thanks Brazil legend Rai for Ballon d'Or support

Veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner to unseat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential runoff this month, thanked Brazilian football legend Rai for backing him Monday at the Ballon d'Or awards.
18 October 2022, 06:32 AM

Shooters lose focus in team events

Although Bangladeshi shooters displayed improved performances in the ongoing ISSF World Championships' individual events, they failed to carry the momentum into the 10m Air Rifle mixed-team event in Egypt's capital Cairo today.
17 October 2022, 15:01 PM

DU bag women's volleyball title

Dhaka University emerged champions in the Inter-College and University Women’s Volleyball Championship with a convincing victory over Jagannath University in the final of the event at the Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium in Dhaka today.
17 October 2022, 14:18 PM

Shakib buys tickets for Argentina match

After leading his side in the Australia T20 World Cup, Bangladesh T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan will likely head to Qatar to watch Lionel Messi and Co in action during the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
16 October 2022, 14:25 PM

Stunning win was made in the UAE, says Namibia captain

Namibia's stunning ambush of Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup opener on Sunday was born from the experience of playing the big dogs of cricket in the United Arab Emirates last year, according to captain Gerhard Erasmus.
16 October 2022, 09:20 AM

Namibia stun Sri Lanka as T20 World Cup begins with massive upset

Sri Lanka’s mission to seal a Super 12 berth in the T20 World Cup 2022 took a big blow as a spirited Namibia handed the Asia Cup champions a shocking 55-run defeat in the opening match of the marquee event in Geelong on Sunday.
16 October 2022, 07:10 AM

Sri Lanka opt to bowl against Namibia in T20 World Cup opener

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bowl against Namibia in the opening match of the T20 World Cup in Geelong on Sunday.
16 October 2022, 04:32 AM

Greenwood arrested on suspicion of breaching bail

Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has been arrested over an alleged breach of bail conditions, British police said on Saturday.
15 October 2022, 12:48 PM

India women on seventh heaven

India produced yet another dominant display to take home their seventh Women’s Asia Cup title as they brushed aside Sri Lanka with an eight-wicket victory in the grand finale at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
15 October 2022, 11:08 AM

Shakib reminds all about Tigers’ zero T20I experience in Australia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) organised a Captains' Day today, involving all leaders of the T20 World Cup 2022 teams ahead of the tournament opener in Australia on Sunday. During the event, all 16 skippers posed for group photos and answered questions from the media.
15 October 2022, 05:49 AM

Soumya, Shoriful replace Sabbir, Saifuddin in Tigers’ T20 WC squad

Batter Soumya Sarkar and pacer Shoriful Islam made their way back to the Bangladesh T20 World Cup squad as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) submitted the final 15-member squad today, ahead of the October 14 cut-off date for any final changes.
14 October 2022, 16:19 PM