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Cricketers go on strike for pay hike

Cricketers go on strike for pay hike

-- 2019-10-21 16:31:34

Bangladesh national team cricketers have announced to go on strike demanding a pay hike in domestic cricketing for the first time in the cricket history of Bangladesh. The cricketers made the announc...

Greizmann, Messi, Suarez on target, Barca go on top  

Greizmann, Messi, Suarez on target, Barca go on top  

-- 2019-10-19 20:25:21

Barcelona moved to the summit of La Liga as goals from Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez earned them victory at Eibar. They were on their way to a fifth successive win in all competitio...

Di Maria scores twice as PSG beats Nice  

Di Maria scores twice as PSG beats Nice  

-- 2019-10-19 16:37:24

Angel di Maria scored twice as Ligue 1 leaders Paris St-Germain beat nine-man Nice. Di Maria gave PSG an early lead then scored a fantastic first-time lob from a tight angle, reports BBC. Ignatius G...

Pakistan sacks Sarfaraz  as T20, Test skipper

Pakistan sacks Sarfaraz as T20, Test skipper

-- 2019-10-18 22:37:37

Babar Azam has replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed as Pakistan's Twenty20 captain until next year's T20 World Cup in Australia, and Azhar Ali has been appointed test captain for the 2019-20 season, reports AP. T...

El Clasico postponed because of fears over civil unrest

El Clasico postponed because of fears over civil unrest

-- 2019-10-18 18:05:27

This month's El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid has been postponed because of fears of civil unrest. The match was scheduled for October 26 but there have been days of protest in Barcelona...

Injured Tamim to miss 2nd round of NCL

Injured Tamim to miss 2nd round of NCL

-- 2019-10-18 00:45:46

A muscle strain on the right side of the rib forced Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal out of the second round of the National Cricket League (NCL), reports UNB. A BCB physician said the opener is now o...

Clasico may be moved to Madrid due to protests

Clasico may be moved to Madrid due to protests

-- 2019-10-17 18:41:31

Spain's top football division has asked that this month's El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid be moved from Barcelona to the capital amid growing protests in Catalonia. Nine Catalan se...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets PM, BFF officials today

FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets PM, BFF officials today

-- 2019-10-17 00:29:15

FIFA President Gianni Infantino will meet Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this (Thursday) morning at 10:30 am, reports UNB. The boss of the governing body of world football (FIFA) Gianni In...

Racist abuse blights Bulgaria-England qualifier

Racist abuse blights Bulgaria-England qualifier

-- 2019-10-15 13:26:18

Racist abuse cast a blight over a Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England on Monday with the match in Sofia twice halted by the referee after monkey noises and chants from the crowd were aime...

Sourav Ganguly set to be president of BCCI

Sourav Ganguly set to be president of BCCI

-- 2019-10-14 12:12:57

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly emerged as consensus candidate to be Indian cricket board (BCCI)'s new president, with elections unlikely to be held at BCCI's AGM on October 23. In a unanimous st...

15-year old Gauff becomes youngest WTA title winner in 15 yrs

15-year old Gauff becomes youngest WTA title winner in 15 yrs

-- 2019-10-13 21:40:56

Teenager Coco Gauff has become the youngest player to win a WTA title in 15 years with victory in the Linz Open. The 15-year-old American beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 1-6 6-2 and is projected to move in...

Czech Rep’s comeback win denies England Euro qualification

Czech Rep’s comeback win denies England Euro qualification

-- 2019-10-12 20:16:40

Zdenek Ondrasek came off the bench on his international debut to earn the Czech Republic a 2-1 win at home to England, denying the Three Lions qualification for Euro 2020. Harry Kane's fifth-minute p...

Lokman likely to lose his BCB post

Lokman likely to lose his BCB post

-- 2019-10-07 22:12:30

Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, chairman of the Facilities Management Committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), is likely to lose his BCB post, reports UNB. "The board president (Nazmul Hasan) cleared it...

Barca climb to second spot with win over Sevilla

Barca climb to second spot with win over Sevilla

-- 2019-10-07 12:25:18

Lionel Messi scored his first goal of the season as Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-0 on Sunday to climb into second place in the La Liga standings behind Real Madrid but ended the game with nine men as Ousm...

Young Tigers complete series victory over NZ U-19 team

Young Tigers complete series victory over NZ U-19 team

-- 2019-10-06 21:27:17

Mahmudul Hasan Joy smashed a scintillating 103 runs off 95 balls as Bangladesh Under-19 team secured the five-match one-day series against New Zealand counterpart with eight-wicket victory in the thir...

Suarez hits double as Barca battle back to sink Inter

Suarez hits double as Barca battle back to sink Inter

Reuters 2019-10-03 11:59:18

Luis Suarez scored two classy goals to inspire Barcelona to a 2-1 comeback win over Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday and inflict a first defeat on Antonio Conte since he took charge of...

Bayern put Spurs to sword

Bayern put Spurs to sword

Reuters 2019-10-02 11:50:23

Tottenham Hotspur suffered their heaviest home defeat in Europe as Serge Gnabry struck four goals for Bayern Munich in a 7-2 romp to seize control of Champions League Group B on Tuesday. Master marks...

Will Fatullah host international cricket again?

Will Fatullah host international cricket again?

UNB 2019-09-29 16:54:40

The Khan Saheb Osmani Stadium in Fatullah of Narayanganj, which was one of the most important venues for cricket in the country since gaining ICC recognition in 2006, is now on the verge of destructio...

Barca gets first away win of season

Barca gets first away win of season

-- 2019-09-28 22:37:44

Luis Suarez and Junior Firpo got the goals against Getafe as Barcelona moved registers their first away victory of the season. Suarez latched on to Marc-Andre ter Stegen's long clearance before lifti...

Bangladesh march into SAAF U-18 final

Bangladesh march into SAAF U-18 final

UNB 2019-09-27 18:44:41

Bangladesh secured a place in the SAAF Under-18 Championship 2019 final after crushing Bhutan by 4-0 goals in the semifinal at APF Stadium in Kathmandu on Friday. They will play the final against Ind...

BCB won’t spare Lokman, Mahbub if found guilty: Papon

BCB won’t spare Lokman, Mahbub if found guilty: Papon

-- 2019-09-27 17:14:09

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said that the BCB will not spare its two directors, Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan and Mahbubul Anam, if allegation against found to be correct. T...

National cricket team going thru’ transition process: Shakib

National cricket team going thru’ transition process: Shakib

-- 2019-09-27 14:23:17

Noting Bangladesh national cricket team is going through a transition process, its captain Shakib Al Hasan has expressed firm confidence that team’s bad time will be over soon and they will play...

Barca secure crucial win over Villarreal

Barca secure crucial win over Villarreal

Reuters 2019-09-25 13:12:27

Barcelona secured a much-needed 2-1 home victory over Villarreal in La Liga on Tuesday, racing into a two-goal lead inside 15 minutes before hanging on after Santi Cazorla halved the deficit on the st...

BD, Afghanistan declared joint champions as rain washes out final

BD, Afghanistan declared joint champions as rain washes out final

-- 2019-09-24 22:08:50

Hosts Bangladesh and touring Afghanistan were declared joint champions as the final match of the Tri-Nation T20 Series between two teams was abandoned due to rain at the Sher-e-National Cricket Stadiu...

Messi wins best FIFA player of the year

Messi wins best FIFA player of the year

-- 2019-09-24 10:23:36

Argentine Lionel Messi beat Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo to win the best FIFA player of the year award for a record sixth time on Monday. Messi, who won t...

Shakib leads Bangladesh to victory over Afghanistan

Shakib leads Bangladesh to victory over Afghanistan

bdnews24.com 2019-09-21 22:44:03

Shakib Al Hasan has helped Bangladesh break a streak of four losses in T20s against Afghanistan with a 4-wicket victory in the final league match of the tri-nation series in Chattogram. He smashed an...

PSG, Bayern Munich, Dinamo  win in Champions League

PSG, Bayern Munich, Dinamo win in Champions League

-- 2019-09-19 21:47:30

Angel Di Maria scored twice in a vintage performance to help Paris St Germain outclass Real Madrid 3-0 in their opening Champions League Group A game on Wednesday, reports Reuters. In the absence of...

Clinical Di Maria helps PSG thump Real Madrid

Clinical Di Maria helps PSG thump Real Madrid

Reuters 2019-09-19 13:22:41

Angel Di Maria scored twice in a vintage performance to help Paris St Germain outclass Real Madrid 3-0 in their opening Champions League Group A game on Wednesday. In the absence of the formidable at...

Tri-nation T20I: Tigers reach final beating Zimbabwe

Tri-nation T20I: Tigers reach final beating Zimbabwe

-- 2019-09-18 22:32:31

With one match to play in the league phase, Bangladesh reached the final of the ongoing Tri-nation T20I series beating Zimbabwe by 39 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday....

Mahmudullah guides Bangladesh to score 175 runs against Zimbabwe

Mahmudullah guides Bangladesh to score 175 runs against Zimbabwe

-- 2019-09-18 20:36:29

Bangladesh posted their highest-ever T20I total against Zimbabwe-175 for five - in their third game of the ongoing Tri-Nation T20 Series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday. M...