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Manchester United have a long way to go to find their mojo

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-24 14:02:25

The 2017-2018 season is famous in English football for Manchester City’s glorious 100 points league campaign. However, everyone forgets that Manchester United ended the season with 81 points. G...

Tigers leave country for Asia cup in UAE

-- 2022-08-23 20:32:59

The Bangladesh cricket team left the country on Tuesday to take part in the upcoming Asia Cup, starting on August 27 in the United Arab Emirates. All of the members sans fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and...

Afif's batting order and BCB's lack of modern cricketing strategies

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-23 18:56:15

Bangladesh are going for the Asia Cup T20 with plenty of injury problems. This forced them to take only two openers in the squad. Also, it gave them the scope to try something new. Some rumours were...

Shakib not expecting miracles for Bangladesh at Asia Cup

-- 2022-08-22 19:41:30

Bangladesh T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan has urged the Bangladesh cricket community not to expect big things at the Asia Cup, starting August 27 in the UAE. Playing down his team's chances at the tourn...

Young cricketer Minhazul Abedin Asif wants to play for national team

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-22 17:21:51

Md Minhazul Abedin Asif was born on July 5 in 2002. From early childhood, he was very fond of cricket. It is his dream to play for Bangladesh national team. He is walking on his way. Minhazul is makin...

Should Bangladesh take a step back to go forward?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-22 15:08:00

The recent series against Zimbabwe has again shown Bangladesh's incompetency as a T20 side. Somehow, this team is looking reluctant to improve in this format and clueless about finding ways to improve...

England's 'hits' are suddenly all 'misses'

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-21 16:54:21

South Africa are giving England some real hard times. They drew the ODI series, won the T20 series, and the 1st Test of the ongoing series by an innings -- all on English soil. Not only South A...

Ali takes only a minute to win first female pro fight in Saudi

-- 2022-08-21 16:19:19

British-Somali super-bantamweight Ramla Ali took little more than a minute on Saturday to win the first sanctioned female professional boxing bout held in Saudi Arabia. The 32-year-old stopped Crysta...

We need to start like a baby step in T20Is, says Shakib

-- 2022-08-20 21:08:47

Shakib Al Hasan, the T20I captain of Bangladesh, says the team needs to start afresh in order to do well in the shorter format of international cricket. Bangladesh are now preparing for the Asia Cup...

Brazil to play Ghana, Tunisia in preparation for World Cup

-- 2022-08-20 16:32:55

Brazil's football federation on Friday said the national team will face Ghana and Tunisia in September in preparation for the Qatar World Cup, with players looking to secure their spot in the 26-man s...

Does Conte have a fair shot at the Premier League title?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-08-20 13:21:49

After Conte took over Tottenham Hotspur from Nuno Espirito Santo, expectations from fans were quite high for him. As a veteran manager who has won many domestic titles, he was thought to be the man wh...

BCB appoints Sridharan Sriram as technical consultant for T20 format

-- 2022-08-19 21:00:45

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed India’s former allrounder Sridharan Sriram as the technical consultant for only the T20 format, in which Bangladesh cricketers often found themselves...

PSG dug their grave themselves

Neel Rahman 2022-08-18 15:38:53

After yet another early exit in their last UEFA Champions League campaign, Paris Saint-Germain opted for a revised strategy this time. Gone were the days of extravagant spending and signing star name...

Batting lessons by Sikandar Raza for the Bangladeshi batters

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-17 17:42:32

Bangladesh will want to forget the latest Zimbabwe series quickly. The disastrous performance in both the ODIs and T20Is led to losing both series. The Tigers should move on quickly from this and loo...

The Sabbir Rahman saga that makes no sense

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-16 18:58:25

Sabbir Rahman is back in the colours of the Bangladesh National team after 3 years. This time there’s actually a lot of hope, optimism and expectations because of his profile in T20Is along with...

FIFA bans Indian football federation

-- 2022-08-16 10:46:41

FIFA has suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to “undue influence from third parties”, world football’s governing body said on Monday, reports...

Losing to Zimbabwe is a reality check, but who cares?

Neel Rahman 2022-08-14 12:47:30

Bangladesh were not supposed to lose even a single One-Day International to Zimbabwe in their tour. They didn't even have any nightmares about it. But they did. They didn’t just lose one, they...

PSG or City - who got the better squad?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-08-13 20:38:31

Manchester City and PSG, at this moment, are probably the two European teams with the strongest squad depth this season. The sheer number of football stars these two teams have at this moment is unmat...

Shakib will lead Bangladesh in T20 World Cup: BCB

-- 2022-08-13 18:13:18

Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh in the Twenty20 World Cup 2022 scheduled for October-November, Bangladesh Cricket Board has said. The confirmation came on Saturday amid criticism of the all-roun...

Benzema, Ronaldo and Haaland nominated for Ballon d'Or, Messi misses out

-- 2022-08-13 11:02:18

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema is among the 30 nominees on the shortlist for the prestigious men's Ballon d'Or trophy, organisers France Football magazine announced on Friday, Reuters reports. The...

Benzema, Courtois, De Bruyne up for UEFA Player of the Year award

-- 2022-08-12 20:31:32

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema and Thibaut Courtois and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne are in the running for UEFA's 2021-22 men's player of the year award after topping a 15-player shortlist, Europea...

Rights group urges FIFA, Qatar to compensate World Cup workers

-- 2022-08-12 17:57:27

With 100 days to go until the World Cup starts in Qatar, Human Rights Watch on Friday again urged FIFA and the host nation to improve compensation for migrant workers and their families. The rights g...

Two gymnasts reach final

-- 2022-08-12 10:50:48

Two Bangladeshi gymnasts Ali Kader Haque and Abu Saeed Rafi reached the final of gymnastics event of the ongoing 5th IslamicSolidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, said a press release, BSS reports. In th...

Shakib must end ties to betting: BCB

-- 2022-08-11 20:38:20

Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan has warned Shakib Al Hasan that if he does not cancel his contract with the online betting website BetWinner, it will spell the end of his ties t...

Why Afif should bat up the order

Neel Rahman 2022-08-11 15:44:28

Afif Hossain, since his debut in One-Day Internationals, has been depicted by the Bangladesh team management as a solution for number seven and thus has been denied to bat higher up the order. That i...

Real beat Eintracht 2-0 for record-equalling fifth UEFA Super Cup win

REUTERS 2022-08-11 14:08:50

Champions League winners Real Madrid outclassed Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 on Wednesday to clinch the UEFA Super Cup for a record-equalling fifth time and kick off their season with a trophy. A first hal...

Bangladesh escape whitewash, win last ODI against Zimbabwe

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-10 20:09:35

Bangladesh won the last game of three-match One Day International (ODI) series by 105 runs against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. With the consolation win, the visitors escaped a whitew...

Bangladesh set 257-run target for Zimbabwe in last ODI

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-10 17:24:26

Bangladesh set a target of 257 runs for Zimbabwe in the third One Day International (ODI) match at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. Captain Tamim Iqbal lost the toss again and was asked to bat first...

Qatar World Cup to begin one day earlier than planned

-- 2022-08-10 17:02:05

The World Cup in Qatar will kick off a day earlier than scheduled if FIFA's ruling bureau agree to a plan to hold the opening ceremony and the host nation's first match on Sunday Nov 20th, a sou...

Plenty of new signings for Barcelona: Where is the money coming from?

Neel Rahman 2022-08-10 16:22:46

FC Barcelona have been in a financial crisis since late 2020, and that resulted in them having to let go of Lionel Messi, along with Antoine Griezmann. But in the current transfer window, they have be...