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Rain delays Bangladesh-Australia 3rd T20I match

Rain delays Bangladesh-Australia 3rd T20I match

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-06 18:48:07

Rain has delayed the third Twenty20 international match between Bangladesh and Australia at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The match was originally scheduled to start at 6:00 pm on Frid...

IOC removes two Belarus coaches; sprinter says order came from 'high up'

IOC removes two Belarus coaches; sprinter says order came from 'high up'

REUTERS 2021-08-06 18:38:09

Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Tokyo Olympics have had their accreditation revoked and been removed from the athletes’ village, the IOC said on Friday. Ath...

Barcelona unable to re-sign Messi due to economic situation, president says

Barcelona unable to re-sign Messi due to economic situation, president says

REUTERS 2021-08-06 17:00:56

FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta said on Friday that the club was unable to re-sign Lionel Messi as it had no margin to pay more under La Liga's Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. Laporta said the c...

T20 series win over Australia beckons Bangladesh

T20 series win over Australia beckons Bangladesh

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-08-06 15:28:32

Bangladesh have a rare chance of winning a series against Australia today. Being 2-0 up, the Tigers are not probing to do any mistakes and will want to seal the series on a high. On the contrary, Aus...

Disbelief in Argentina as Messi to leave FC Barcelona

Disbelief in Argentina as Messi to leave FC Barcelona

REUTERS 2021-08-06 12:51:02

For the second time in a month football dominated both the front and back pages of newspapers in Argentina as a shocked nation dissected the news that Lionel Messi was leaving Barcelona. A month afte...

What next for Lionel Messi after Barca departure?

What next for Lionel Messi after Barca departure?

REUTERS 2021-08-06 09:47:58

In a bombshell development, Barcelona announced on Thursday that superstar and six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi would leave the club after 18 years. The Catalan side said that financial regul...

Barcelona release statement confirming shock Messi departure

Barcelona release statement confirming shock Messi departure

REUTERS 2021-08-06 00:43:25

Argentina striker Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract, the La Liga club said on Thursday, citing economic and structural obstacles to...

Walton gets Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award

Walton gets Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award

-- 2021-08-05 22:16:27

Bangladeshi Superbrand Walton has been honoured with the 'Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award-21' for the company's outstanding contribution in all forms of games and sports across the country,...

Olympics organisers report 31 new Games-related virus cases

Olympics organisers report 31 new Games-related virus cases

Reuters 2021-08-05 12:39:12

Tokyo Olympics organisers on Thursday reported 31 new Games-related Covid-19 cases, bringing the total since July 1 to 353.

Indian hockey team bag bronze, ending 41-year Olympic medal drought

Indian hockey team bag bronze, ending 41-year Olympic medal drought

-- 2021-08-05 10:46:08

India won the bronze medal after a thrilling 5-4 victory over Germany at the Tokyo Games on Thursday, giving the country its first Olympic hockey medal in more than forty years. Germany took an early...

Bangladesh clinch five-wicket win against Australia in second T20I

Bangladesh clinch five-wicket win against Australia in second T20I

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-08-04 21:36:24

Bangladesh have won the second T20 international against Australia by 5 wickets, taking a 2-0 lead in the series. Although at one point, it seemed that 121 runs target set by the Aussies would be cha...

Kazi Salahuddin to get lifetime achievement award

Kazi Salahuddin to get lifetime achievement award

-- 2021-08-04 20:56:31

The National Sports Council (NSC) has selected legendary footballer and Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Md. Salahuddin for a lifetime achievement award in the Sheikh Kamal National Sport...

Shakib Al Hasan climbs up in ICC bowlers, batsmen rankings

Shakib Al Hasan climbs up in ICC bowlers, batsmen rankings

-- 2021-08-04 20:33:27

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has surged up in ICC’s latest T20 rankings after playing a crucial role in the Tigers’ maiden win over Australia in the format. He climbed up six spo...

Australia manage to set Bangladesh 122-run target

Australia manage to set Bangladesh 122-run target

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-08-04 20:15:22

Australia and Bangladesh went head-to-head in the 2nd T20I of the series. Both the teams remained the same. So was the pitch and condition. And so was Australia. Unlike yesterday, chose to bat after w...

New Zealand cricket team to visit Bangladesh for five T20Is in August

New Zealand cricket team to visit Bangladesh for five T20Is in August

-- 2021-08-04 15:32:38

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday said that the New Zealand cricket team will visit Bangladesh later this month to play a five-match T20I series. The Blackcaps will arrive in Dhaka on Augu...

Tigers’ chance to corner Aussies further in second T20

Tigers’ chance to corner Aussies further in second T20

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-08-04 15:28:23

Bangladesh clinched their first-ever T20 win against Australia, a historic one that makes Australia the fourth team against whom Bangladesh emerged victorious in all three formats. However, ther...

Teens and tweens from Japan, Britain clinch medals in park skateboarding

Teens and tweens from Japan, Britain clinch medals in park skateboarding

-- 2021-08-04 13:37:41

Young skaters from Japan and Britain soared to victory in the women's park competition on Wednesday, with hometown heroes Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki cinching gold and silver, while Britain's Sk...

Australia's Marsh confident his side can bounce back in second T20I

Australia's Marsh confident his side can bounce back in second T20I

REUTERS 2021-08-04 12:54:03

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is confident his team can bounce back from its first-ever Twenty20 defeat against Bangladesh when the two nations face off again 24 hours after the hosts handed t...

Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Austria, adding fresh twist to diplomatic drama

Belarus sprinter leaves Tokyo for Austria, adding fresh twist to diplomatic drama

-- 2021-08-04 10:16:38

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo for Austria on Wednesday, adding another dramatic twist to a diplomatic saga in which she had sought refuge at the Polish embassy. Tsimanouskaya...

Bangladesh record first-ever T20 win against Australia

Bangladesh record first-ever T20 win against Australia

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-03 22:12:20

The Tigers roared back after struggling against Australia while batting and eventually defended a modest total of 131 runs. Bowling Australia out for 108 runs in the first of the first-ever bilateral...

Bangladesh give Australia 132-run target

Bangladesh give Australia 132-run target

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-03 20:09:28

Bangladeshi batsmen struggled against Australian bowlers and managed to score 131 runs in the first of five T20 matches in Dhaka on Tuesday. Shakib Al Hasan raised the Bangladesh hopes but his inning...

Australia opt to bowl in first T20I

Australia opt to bowl in first T20I

UNB 2021-08-03 18:40:44

Australia have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first T20I of the five-match series against Bangladesh on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. This is Bangladesh’s firs...

Tigers face Aussies in first-ever bilateral T20 series

Tigers face Aussies in first-ever bilateral T20 series

FE Online Desk 2021-08-03 14:12:47

Bangladesh will play without three key cricketers in the first of the five-match T20 series against a depleted Australia side in Dhaka on Tuesday evening. This is the last major contest for players o...

IOC launches probe into Belarus sprinter case

IOC launches probe into Belarus sprinter case

-- 2021-08-03 12:39:20

The International Olympic Committee has launched a formal investigation into allegations that Belarus attempted to force an athlete to return home. "We need to establish the full facts, that can...

At Tokyo Games, virus is Olympians’ chief foe

At Tokyo Games, virus is Olympians’ chief foe

AP 2021-08-03 12:04:12

Holding each other tighter than lovers, the wrestlers smear each other with sweat, spittle and — when they inadvertently cut each other — sometimes blood. Lungs heaving, mouths agape, they...

Warholm destroys world record to win men's Olympic 400m hurdles gold

Warholm destroys world record to win men's Olympic 400m hurdles gold

-- 2021-08-03 10:30:06

A world record had been predicted but Norway's Karsten Warholm did not just break it, he destroyed it to hold off American Rai Benjamin and win a superb men's Olympic 400 metres hurdles final on Tuesd...

England tour of Bangladesh postponed indefinitely

England tour of Bangladesh postponed indefinitely

ESPNcricinfo 2021-08-02 21:22:05

England's white-ball tour of Bangladesh, which was originally scheduled for September and October this year - shortly before the start of the men's T20 World Cup - has been postponed indefinitely. Tha...

Belarus athlete refuses to board flight back home, seeks asylum in Japan

Belarus athlete refuses to board flight back home, seeks asylum in Japan

REUTERS 2021-08-02 13:12:29

A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to the airport by her team against her wishes was "safe and secure" in Tokyo, the International Olympic Commit...

Greece's Tentoglou wins men’s long jump gold with dramatic final leap

Greece's Tentoglou wins men’s long jump gold with dramatic final leap

-- 2021-08-02 13:09:15

Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men's long jump in the most dramatic fashion on Monday as he leapt 8.41 metres in his final attempt to snatch the gold medal from Cuba's Juan Miguel Echevarria....

Olympic boxing: Why is there so much drama?

Olympic boxing: Why is there so much drama?

AP 2021-08-02 12:44:28

When Mourad Aliev sat on the boxing ring apron at the Kokugikan Arena for an hour after his disqualification for head-butting, the French super heavyweight took a metaphorical seat alongside all the b...