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Have FIFA’s rules relating to protest changed?

Have FIFA’s rules relating to protest changed?

Reuters 2021-03-27 11:57:55

Over the years FIFA has been opposed to players, teams and fans engaging in protests or sloganeering but it seems global football’s governing body is perhaps now prepared to tolerate a blurring...

Tigers whitewashed by Kiwis in ODI series

Tigers whitewashed by Kiwis in ODI series

-- 2021-03-26 13:51:35

New Zealand have whitewashed Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series beating the visiting side by 164-run in the third and last one-day cricket international Friday. South Africa-born Conway made 12...

Bonner ton helps West Indies draw test against Sri Lanka

Bonner ton helps West Indies draw test against Sri Lanka

Reuters 2021-03-26 10:46:02

Nkrumah Bonner scored an unbeaten maiden test century as the West Indies reached 236-4 on the final day to draw the first test against Sri Lanka in Antigua on Thursday. Set an imposing 375 to win, th...

Road safety world series: The return of the legends

Road safety world series: The return of the legends

Shafin Saif 2021-03-26 00:15:26

Nothing is more delightful for an avid cricket lover to see legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Sanath Jaysuriya playing together once again after their retirement. And this is what exactly...

ICC World Test Championship: Wait for a mesmerising end

ICC World Test Championship: Wait for a mesmerising end

Ahmed Tanvir 2021-03-25 16:21:15

The inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC), the flagship global tournament of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the longest version of the game, has found its finalists &ndas...

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets, take winning 2-0 lead

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets, take winning 2-0 lead

-- 2021-03-23 15:44:32

Tom Latham’s fifth one-day international century outweighed rival captain Tamim Iqbal’s 50th half-century as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by five wickets Tuesday to take a winning 2-0 lead...

Tamim, Mithun help Tigers set 271-run target for Kiwis

Tamim, Mithun help Tigers set 271-run target for Kiwis

-- 2021-03-23 12:03:45

Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Mithun hit a fifty each as the Tigers posted a challenging total of 271 runs for six wickets in the second ODI against New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Tuesday....

Domestic cricket set to return after a year

Domestic cricket set to return after a year

-- 2021-03-21 12:59:44

Bangladesh's domestic cricket is all set to return to the field with the National Cricket League (NCL), the most prestigious first-class cricket event in the country after more than a year. Eight tea...

Foreign spectators to be barred from Japan Olympics

Foreign spectators to be barred from Japan Olympics

-- 2021-03-21 10:55:17

International spectators will not be allowed to enter Japan for this summer’s Olympic Games amid public concerns over coronavirus, organisers have said, crushing many fans’ hopes and setti...

No international fans allowed at Tokyo Olympics

No international fans allowed at Tokyo Olympics

BBC 2021-03-20 17:50:20

No international fans will be permitted at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, organisers say. Japanese authorities told the...

Man Utd swap shirt sponsor Chevrolet for TeamViewer

Man Utd swap shirt sponsor Chevrolet for TeamViewer

Reuters 2021-03-20 11:21:54

Manchester United will sport German software firm TeamViewer’s logo on their shirts from next season, drawing a line under a deal carmaker Chevrolet which has sponsored them for the past seven y...

Tigers suffer crushing defeat in ODI series opener against New Zealand

Tigers suffer crushing defeat in ODI series opener against New Zealand

-- 2021-03-20 10:45:02

New Zealand laid down an impressive marker on their return to ODI cricket for the first time in a year with a thumping victory over a disappointing Bangladesh, reports ESPNcricinfo. Trent Boult top a...

Shakib, Shishir blessed with baby boy

Shakib, Shishir blessed with baby boy

-- 2021-03-16 12:56:33

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and his wife Ummey Ahmed Shishir have been blessed with a baby boy -- their third child, confirmed a source close to the cricketer's family. Shakib’s wife...

Japan considering limiting size of foreign delegations at Games

Japan considering limiting size of foreign delegations at Games

Reuters 2021-03-15 11:41:47

Japan is considering limiting the number of people who will be allowed to accompany foreign ministers and leaders for the delayed Tokyo Olympics due to health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyod...

American boxing legend ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler dies at 66

American boxing legend ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler dies at 66

-- 2021-03-14 11:21:20

Former undisputed middleweight world champion 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler has died at the age of 66. The American dominated the middleweight division from 1979 until his controversial defeat by Sugar R...

Basilashvili ends Federer's comeback in Qatar Open

Basilashvili ends Federer's comeback in Qatar Open

REUTERS 2021-03-12 11:46:09

Roger Federer’s comeback to the tour after nearly 14 months out ended with a 3-6 6-1 7-5 loss to Nikoloz Basilashvili in the Qatar Open quarter-finals on Thursday. Georgian Basilashvili saved a...

China Olympic Committee offers vaccines for Tokyo Games

China Olympic Committee offers vaccines for Tokyo Games

REUTERS 2021-03-12 11:24:13

The Chinese Olympic Committee has offered vaccine doses to be used for participants at this year’s Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sai...

IOC President Bach wins unopposed second term to 2025

IOC President Bach wins unopposed second term to 2025

REUTERS 2021-03-11 10:19:29

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Wednesday won an unopposed second term that will keep him in the post until 2025, following a vote on the first day of a virtual IOC sess...

Tigers off to Queenstown from Christchurch after 14-day quarantine

Tigers off to Queenstown from Christchurch after 14-day quarantine

-- 2021-03-10 18:13:52

Bangladesh cricket team members were on their way to Queenstown from Christchurch after their 14-day quarantine ended. They will stay in Queenstown before the first match of the three-match ODI serie...

Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics

Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics

-- 2021-03-10 12:58:03

Japan has decided to stage this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to public concern about COVID-19, two government sources with knowledge of the matter told...

Rare Kobe Bryant rookie card sells for $1.795m

Rare Kobe Bryant rookie card sells for $1.795m

REUTERS 2021-03-08 09:53:19

A flawless Kobe Bryant rookie card, considered “one of the rarest in existence,” according to Goldin Auctions, has sold to an anonymous buyer for $1.795 million. The Topps trading card is...

BCB planning to vaccinate domestic cricketers ahead of new season

BCB planning to vaccinate domestic cricketers ahead of new season

-- 2021-03-07 19:40:33

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is eyeing to vaccinate as many cricketers as possible ahead of the new domestic season. BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said this to the media on Sunday. Due to the C...

Rajasthan Royals want to open academy in Bangladesh

Rajasthan Royals want to open academy in Bangladesh

-- 2021-03-07 18:01:17

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals are eyeing an academy in Bangladesh to broaden their base. Ranjit Barthakur, the chairman of Rajasthan Royals, alongside a few others from the f...

India gets 3-1 series victory over England to reach WTC final

India gets 3-1 series victory over England to reach WTC final

-- 2021-03-06 21:10:59

Virat Kohli's India burnished their formidable home record with a 3-1 series victory over England on Saturday, the tourists flunking another trial-by-spin inside three days in the fourth and final Tes...

Tokyo Olympic organisers unlikely to accept overseas fans

Tokyo Olympic organisers unlikely to accept overseas fans

Kyodo 2021-03-06 18:45:49

The organisers of this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will most likely not allow overseas spectators to attend the mega sporting event, as global efforts to curb the spread of the novel coron...

Bangladesh team safe in New Zealand after earthquake

Bangladesh team safe in New Zealand after earthquake

-- 2021-03-05 19:53:30

Members of the Bangladesh national cricket team are safe and sound in New Zealand, said Jalal Yunus, the chairman of the media and communication committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). At 2:27am...

The resurgence of Joe Root

The resurgence of Joe Root

AYMAN CHOWDHURY 2021-03-04 12:08:19

Joe Root provides the sanity in the otherwise destructive batting line-up of England’s ODI team. But what he brings to the test team is a whole different story. A veteran of 100 tests, the leade...

India vs England to determine World Test Championship final

India vs England to determine World Test Championship final

-- 2021-03-03 17:10:53

After the contentious two-day test gave India a 2-1 series lead against England, the series and the World Test Championship equations are simple ahead of the fourth cricket test at Ahmedabad. A win o...

Reviving test cricket

Reviving test cricket

AYMAN CHOWDHURY 2021-03-03 12:49:58

The recently concluded Border Gavasker trophy between India and Australia was a testament to why test cricket is the premier version of the sport. Even the first test between Bangladesh and West Indie...

BCB announces women cricket teams for Bangladesh Games

BCB announces women cricket teams for Bangladesh Games

-- 2021-03-02 19:47:12

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced three different teams for the upcoming Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games. Along with the national team members, many young cricketers got the chance...