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BCB plans to begin cricketing activities next month

BCB plans to begin cricketing activities next month

-- 2020-06-29 21:22:37

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) hinted that the cricketers will start preparation from next month, keeping the Asia Cup and Twenty20 World Cup in mind if the situation allows them to begin cricketi...

FIFA approves $1.5n COVID-19 relief plan

FIFA approves $1.5n COVID-19 relief plan

-- 2020-06-26 17:25:10

FIFA has announced that it had agreed a $1.5 billion relief plan to help deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global game. FIFA's plan means world football's governing body will dip i...

BCB introduces COVID-19 WELLNESS app for players

BCB introduces COVID-19 WELLNESS app for players

-- 2020-06-25 16:55:47

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has introduced an app to monitor the health and mental well-being of the players during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The app, named as COVID-19 WELLNESS app has b...

Shakib wants to retire with Tamim, Mushfiqur

Shakib wants to retire with Tamim, Mushfiqur

-- 2020-06-24 20:25:22

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan expressed his desire to retire with the contemporaries Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim. During an online interview with Cricbuzz, Shakib also revealed the healt...

BCB postpones Bangladesh-New Zealand series due to Covid-19

BCB postpones Bangladesh-New Zealand series due to Covid-19

-- 2020-06-23 16:25:31

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said they have postponed the home series against New Zeland which was scheduled to take place in August-September this year. The decision was taken after a joint di...

Mashrafe doing well, confirms family

Mashrafe doing well, confirms family

-- 2020-06-22 15:54:21

Bangladesh former national team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who tested positive for coronavirus two days ago, has been doing well. Some media reports suggested on Monday noon that the former captai...

Mashrafe tests positive for COVID-19

Mashrafe tests positive for COVID-19

-- 2020-06-20 16:41:55

Iconic cricketer and Narail-2 lawmaker Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been diagnosed with COVID-19. After suffering from a fever, headache and sore throat for a few days, Mashrafe got tested for the corona...

Mushfiqur Rahim stands against racism

Mushfiqur Rahim stands against racism

-- 2020-06-15 11:53:01

Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim, one of the country’s most popular sportsmen, has chosen to speak out and take a stand against racism. Mushfiqur is thus the first Bangladeshi cricketer to...

Shahid Afridi tests positive for COVID-19

Shahid Afridi tests positive for COVID-19

-- 2020-06-13 16:44:00

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has tested positive for COVID-19.  “I’ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I’ve been tested...

BCB yet to finalise Sri Lanka tour

BCB yet to finalise Sri Lanka tour

-- 2020-06-08 19:31:07

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to finalise a scheduled tour in Sri Lanka for a bilateral series since the coronavirus situation in the country doesn’t improve significantly. Even tho...

BCB begins groundwork to resume cricket

BCB begins groundwork to resume cricket

-- 2020-06-02 18:32:54

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has planned to resume cricket gradually as they want the players to prepare for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour despite the uncertainty looming over the tour due to the...

Tamim becomes WFP’s national goodwill ambassador

Tamim becomes WFP’s national goodwill ambassador

-- 2020-06-01 16:22:41

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has been named World Food Programme’s National Goodwill Ambassador in Bangladesh. WFP confirmed Tamim’s appointment on June 1 through a press release, r...

La Liga to resume on June 11

La Liga to resume on June 11

-- 2020-05-29 19:50:40

Spain's La Liga will resume on June 11 with next season starting on September 12, says the league's president Javier Tebas. On Monday, Tebas said a behind closed doors derby between Real Betis and Se...

Tamim’s live show ends after enthralling fans

Tamim’s live show ends after enthralling fans

-- 2020-05-24 20:23:27

‘Tamim Iqbal’s Live Show’ that garnered huge popularity came to an end on Saturday night after the Bangladesh ODI skipper joined three senior players-Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mushfiqur...

Mashrafe reveals how he was left out of World Cup 2011

Mashrafe reveals how he was left out of World Cup 2011

-- 2020-05-24 16:27:15

Bangladesh former captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza revealed one of the painful memories of his career. The right-pacer was left out of the World Cup 2011 due to an injury, but Mashrafe had claimed he was...

BCB to help 1,600 cricketers who are not under contract

BCB to help 1,600 cricketers who are not under contract

-- 2020-05-22 20:48:30

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has continued to help the cricketers who are not under any contract offered by the board. In a recent move, BCB provided financial aid to 1,600 cricketers who play Prem...

BCB donates Tk 5.0m for athletes of different federations

BCB donates Tk 5.0m for athletes of different federations

-- 2020-05-20 19:29:22

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has donated Tk 5.0 million (5000,000) for athletes other than cricketers. Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, handed over 501 cheques of BDT 10,000 each on Wednesday to t...

Mashrafe’s bracelet sells for Tk 4.2m to support virus-affected people

Mashrafe’s bracelet sells for Tk 4.2m to support virus-affected people

-- 2020-05-18 10:09:31

The bracelet that hugged Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s wrists for as long as 18 years has been sold for a hefty Tk 4.2 million after a fierce bidding war in an auction. Going under the hammer on Faceb...

Mashrafe puts his bracelet on auction to help COVID-19 patients

Mashrafe puts his bracelet on auction to help COVID-19 patients

-- 2020-05-16 20:19:45

Former Bangladesh cricket captain Masrhafe Bin Mortaza has put his bracelet, which he has worn for 18 years, on auction to raise fund to help people hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The auction...

BCB to review contract of coaches

BCB to review contract of coaches

-- 2020-05-13 20:13:15

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will review the contract of the coaches if it is necessary in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. All of the coaches of the national team returned to their home coun...

Fake bidding forces suspension of auction for Mushfiqur’s bat

Fake bidding forces suspension of auction for Mushfiqur’s bat

-- 2020-05-13 10:35:43

Auction for the bat of Mushfiqur Rahim, what he used to smash the first-ever double-ton for Bangladesh back in 2013 against Sri Lanka, has been suspended indefinitely due to countless fake bidding. M...

Tamim likely to bid to buy Mushfiqur’s bat from auction

Tamim likely to bid to buy Mushfiqur’s bat from auction

-- 2020-05-03 12:18:43

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal said he might bid to buy the bat what Mushfiqur Rahim announced to put on the auction to raise money to help the poor people who are left stranded due to coronavirus...

FIFA to release $150m to member associations

FIFA to release $150m to member associations

-- 2020-04-25 16:12:49

FIFA will release operational funds for 2019 and 2020 amounting to $150 million to its member associations as the first step of a relief plan to help negate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemi...

Shakib’s bat sold for Tk 2 million

Shakib’s bat sold for Tk 2 million

-- 2020-04-23 11:54:04

Bangladeshi star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s World Cup bat has been sold for Tk  2 million (20 lakh) to a buyer identified as Raj, a Bangladeshi expatriate living in the USA.   Shaki...

Tokyo Olympic in doubt even in 2021

Tokyo Olympic in doubt even in 2021

AP 2020-04-10 18:00:02

As coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can't guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year — even with a 16-month delay. Japanese Pri...

Australia’s tour of Bangladesh postponed

Australia’s tour of Bangladesh postponed

UNB 2020-04-09 20:25:40

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Australia’s Test tour of Bangladesh, scheduled for June, to be postponed indefinitely. In a press release on Thursday, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirm...

Guardiola's mother dies after contracting coronavirus

Guardiola's mother dies after contracting coronavirus

Reuters 2020-04-07 13:19:50

The mother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has died after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the English Premier League champions said on Monday (UK standard time). “The Manch...

91 top Bangladeshi cricketers to donate their 15-day salary

91 top Bangladeshi cricketers to donate their 15-day salary

-- 2020-04-02 19:14:54

Top 91 Bangladeshi cricketers, who are contracted with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as the First-class ones, decided to donate their 15-day salary to help the poor people who have been suffering...

Olympics to begin on July 23 2021

Olympics to begin on July 23 2021

Reuters 2020-03-30 19:12:09

Next year's Olympic Games have been set to begin on July 23, 2021 and will run until Aug 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, Yoshiro Mori said on Monday, after he made the decision wit...

Weeks of anguish and a 'black box': Inside Tokyo's decision to delay the Olympics

Weeks of anguish and a 'black box': Inside Tokyo's decision to delay the Olympics

REUTERS 2020-03-27 14:53:58

Officials in charge of staging Tokyo’s Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside prime minister Shinzo Abe’s residence late Tuesday, wincing as they spoke by phone with the head of t...