Thakurgaon and Satkhira made winning starts in the final round of the JFA U-14 Women's National Championship at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.

Having lost to Comilla Victorians, Rangpur Riders will have to wait for the fate of the evening match between Dhaka Dynamites and Khulna Titans to know whether they have qualified for the Bangladesh Premierl League playoffs.

The Bangladesh Premier League returns to Gopalganj after two seasons as the 18th round of the top-tier league gets underway today at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium.

Five teams -- Narail, Mymensingh, Satkhira, Rangpur and Khagrachari -- moved into the final round of JFA U-14 Women's National Football Cham-pionship after emerging as zonal champions at their respective venues yesterday.

The 2nd JFA Cup Under-14 Women's National Championship gets underway today with 32 district teams participating across seven different venues.

Crisis-hit Australia included English-born opener Matt Renshaw among six changes to their revamped Test squad Sunday for this week's crucial third day-night Test against South Africa in Adelaide.

Youngmen's Fakirerpool Club maintained their lead in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League despite being held to a 1-1 draw by Saif SC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

A five-wicket burst from Rajshahi Kings bowler Abul Hasan helped his side restrict Khulna Titans to 133 for 8 in 20 overs during the 3 rd match of Bangladesh Premier League at Mirpur stadium today.

Saif Global Sports Ltd, sponsor of the JB Bangladesh Premier League, is contemplating launch of a joint-venture with Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in a quest to bring the budding BKSP footballers under a training programme of foreign coaching staff.

With the historic England tour done with, focus now shifts to the shortest format of cricket with the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) starting on November 4. Over the next two days The Daily Star Sports will be reviewing the seven participating teams.

Enjoy the reaction of players and organizations after Bangladesh national cricket team creates history and defeats England for the first time in Test cricket.

After taking 10 wickets in a session, Bangladesh win their first Test against England when they beat the visitors by 108 runs to level the series at Mirpur stadium.

Summit-DRU Media Cup Cricket Tournament gets underway at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka today with 48

Bangladesh end day-2 of the first Test against England at 221 for 5 and trail the visitors by 72 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket Stadium in Chittagong.

Alastair Cook admits to questioning how much longer he can extend his record-breaking England career, torn between the pride of playing for his country and the wrench of being parted from his young family.

Having lost out on a closely contested ODI series against England, Bangladesh will look to avenge their defeat when both teams clash in first Test of the two match series on Thursday at Chittagong.

With Bangladesh's season starting with the Afghanistan and England series, there was much hand-wringing over the long gaps between ODI and Test cricket.

If the Bangladesh squad for the first Test is anything to go by, there will not be much joy for the faster men when England and the home team square off at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong (ZACS) on Thursday.

The dearth of domestic longer-version cricket and Test matches is taking its toll on the national cricketers of Bangladesh as Tigers allrounder Shakib Al Hasan can hardly recall the last time he represented his country in the longer version of the game.

England and Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel feels that the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh and India will be exciting with the amount of talent on display.