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Bangladesh's top-order batting collapse in Test cricket: A numerical look

Bangladesh's top-order batting collapse in Test cricket: A numerical look

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-23 18:28:36

Top-order batting collapse is a serious headache for Bangladesh now. This problem is taking them out of the game before it properly starts. Despite all the efforts later, this deficit cannot be cove...

Is Bijoy the right solution to our problems?

Is Bijoy the right solution to our problems?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-23 15:12:55

Bad forms of Shanto and Mominul seem to be reluctant to go away. Their forms are directly hurting Bangladesh in Tests. At this point dropping them is looking like a necessity. There are strong report...

Busquets and Alba are still irreplaceable for Barcelona

Busquets and Alba are still irreplaceable for Barcelona

Mahtab Jamil 2022-06-22 17:45:24

We all remember the domination of the Spain national team and FC Barcelona from 2008-2012. Within this period, Spain won 2 Euros and also the World Cup in 2010.  That team is regarded by many as...

Why is Bangladesh vs West Indies Test series not broadcasted in Bangladesh?

Why is Bangladesh vs West Indies Test series not broadcasted in Bangladesh?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-22 16:18:10

Today marks 22 years of Bangladesh securing Test status. While everything has changed for Bangladesh cricket, clearly for the betterment compared to old times, an issue is in the discussion while Bang...

Mane to Bayern Munich: A good deal?

Mane to Bayern Munich: A good deal?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-06-22 14:51:29

Liverpool's Sadio Mane is already in Munich, and according to all the sources, the Bavarian Club has signed the Liverpool veteran for a sum of £27.5 million initially, which is going to rise to...

FIFA move to protect foreign players affected by Ukraine conflict

FIFA move to protect foreign players affected by Ukraine conflict

-- 2022-06-21 19:50:38

Soccer's world governing body FIFA has moved to help protect foreign players affected by the conflict in Ukraine by allowing them to suspend their contracts until June 2023, news agency Reuters report...

FIFA, World Athletics review transgender rules after swimming's change

FIFA, World Athletics review transgender rules after swimming's change

-- 2022-06-21 19:01:38

World football's governing body FIFA and World Athletics said on Monday that they are reviewing their transgender eligibility policies after swimming passed new rules that restrict transgender partici...

Chelsea chairman to step down after 19 years

Chelsea chairman to step down after 19 years

-- 2022-06-20 19:03:42

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck will step down at the end of June after 19 years in the role, the Premier League club said on Monday. American lawyer Buck, who was appointed in 2003 when former owner Rom...

Young Indian side shows readiness for international cricket

Young Indian side shows readiness for international cricket

Shafin Saif 2022-06-20 16:33:04

The 5th match of the India vs South Africa T20 series was abandoned due to rain after only 3.3 overs were played. So the series remains drawn at 2-2.   After losing the first 2 games in the...

Bangladesh suffer seven-wicket defeat in first Test against West Indies

Bangladesh suffer seven-wicket defeat in first Test against West Indies

-- 2022-06-19 20:54:04

Poor batting handed Bangladesh a seven-wicket defeat in the first Test of the two-match series against West Indies on Sunday at Antigua. The hosts needed only 35 to win the match and they scored the...

More than half of all players at Euros, AFCON finals abused online: study

More than half of all players at Euros, AFCON finals abused online: study

-- 2022-06-19 18:17:33

More than half of all players at the finals of last year's European Championship and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were subjected to some form of discriminatory abuse online, a report published by glo...

What Miraz's batting promotion could mean for Bangladesh?

What Miraz's batting promotion could mean for Bangladesh?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-19 13:19:53

After seeing Tamim Iqbal walking back to the pavilion in the 2nd innings, to everyone’s surprise, Mehidy Hasan Miraz came to bat at No 3, in the place of Najmul Hasan Shanto.  It was surpr...

Proposed new rules in football: Will it change the game?

Proposed new rules in football: Will it change the game?

Mahtab Jamil 2022-06-18 15:51:11

Football is the number one sport in the world in terms of popularity and participation. For centuries, this game has evolved and changed in many ways. The rules have changed from time to time. ...

West Indies showing where Bangladesh made the mistake

West Indies showing where Bangladesh made the mistake

Shajedul Rahin 2022-06-17 23:48:17

On the 1st day of the 1st Test between West Indies and Bangladesh, the top order of Bangladesh collapsed again, which has been a usual scenario for Bangladesh in the recent past.  The Caribbeans...

England break ODI record with total of 498-4 in Netherlands

England break ODI record with total of 498-4 in Netherlands

-- 2022-06-17 20:15:54

England broke their own record for the highest score in a one-day international with a mammoth 498-4 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. In Matthew Mott's first game as England's new white-ball co...

FIFA announces 16 host cities for 2026 World Cup 

FIFA announces 16 host cities for 2026 World Cup 

-- 2022-06-17 18:10:34

The United States will have 11 of the 16 hosts cities at the 2026 World Cup, which will also feature matches in Mexico and Canada, world football governing body FIFA said on Thursday.  Seattle,...

Antigua Test: Bangladesh bat first against West Indies

Antigua Test: Bangladesh bat first against West Indies

-- 2022-06-16 20:22:43

West Indies have won the toss and sent Bangladesh to bat first in the first of the two-match Test series in Antigua Thursday. Bangladesh included left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman in the playing XI. L...

Alves confirms Barcelona departure after over eight years in two stints

Alves confirms Barcelona departure after over eight years in two stints

-- 2022-06-16 17:28:19

Barcelona right back Dani Alves will leave the LaLiga club when his contract expires at the end of this month, bringing the curtain down on his second stint with the Catalan giants a little more than...

LaLiga allege PSG, Man City continuously breaching financial regulations

LaLiga allege PSG, Man City continuously breaching financial regulations

-- 2022-06-15 20:34:15

LaLiga have filed a complaint to UEFA against Paris St Germain and Manchester City over alleged Financial Fair Play violations, the Spanish professional football league announced on Wednesday. The or...

Bangladesh vs West Indies 1st Test: Repetition of the past or a new story?

Bangladesh vs West Indies 1st Test: Repetition of the past or a new story?

Neel Rahman 2022-06-15 15:50:43

Bangladesh are in West Indies for a full tour, and the two-match Test series begins on June 16 at Antigua. For Bangladesh, this is a new chapter as Shakib Al Hasan will begin his third tenure as the...

McCullum unleashes a new brand of Test cricket in England

McCullum unleashes a new brand of Test cricket in England

Neel Rahman 2022-06-15 12:44:34

England had 71 overs to chase down 299 on a day five pitch, against the World Test Champions New Zealand -- with a batting lineup that gave them no hope of doing so, considering their recent performan...

FIFA prepares to name 2026 World Cup host cities

FIFA prepares to name 2026 World Cup host cities

-- 2022-06-14 19:05:39

The countdown to World Cup 2026 kicks off in earnest on Thursday, as football fans across Canada, Mexico and the United States learn whether their cities made the coveted cut to host the 48-team tourn...

Unstoppable Argentina - how the change came?

Unstoppable Argentina - how the change came?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-14 15:31:57

They may not look as flashy as Brazil, formidable as France or unstoppable as Spain. Yet they are unbeaten for 33 games. They may not look invincible, but they have been so for quite a long time.&nbsp...

Marcelo Vieira: A proper Real Madrid legend

Marcelo Vieira: A proper Real Madrid legend

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-06-14 12:50:21

Marcelo dribbling past a few opposition players and looking for a cross into the box has been one of the most common scenes that could be seen in any Real Madrid match from 2007 to 2022.  The Re...

Medvedev replaces Djokovic as world number one

Medvedev replaces Djokovic as world number one

-- 2022-06-13 21:54:36

Russia's Daniil Medvedev has replaced Novak Djokovic at the top of the world rankings, two weeks before a Wimbledon at which he will not be allowed to play. Wimbledon has been stripped of its ranking...

Marcelo bids emotional farewell to Real Madrid

Marcelo bids emotional farewell to Real Madrid

-- 2022-06-13 20:37:56

Brazilian full back Marcelo wept on Monday as he said goodbye to Real Madrid but said that he never contemplated retirement and is still motivated to keep playing for many more years. "I don't think...

Is Liton the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world now?

Is Liton the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world now?

Neel Rahman 2022-06-13 17:21:30

Liton Das was an enigma for Bangladesh fans. Since his international debut in 2015, and even before for the followers of the domestic cricket of Bangladesh, Liton was something the country’s cri...

Shakib’s coincidental hat-trick of captaincy

Shakib’s coincidental hat-trick of captaincy

Aniruddha Bhowmik 2022-06-13 14:42:06

Bangladesh’s greatest ever all-rounder is set to commence on his third stint as Bangladesh captain and as a miraculous coincidence, it's West Indies yet again against whom Shakib will be startin...

Rape case against Cristiano Ronaldo dismissed

Rape case against Cristiano Ronaldo dismissed

-- 2022-06-12 19:06:55

A US judge has dismissed the Las Vegas rape lawsuit against Manchester United and Portugal soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, Britain's Sky News reported on Saturday. The ruling comes nearly three year...

WI vs BAN: Tamim hits ton in tour match

WI vs BAN: Tamim hits ton in tour match

-- 2022-06-11 17:40:21

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal hit a ton in the first innings of the tour match against Cricket West Indies President XI at Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. Bangladesh ended up day one at 274 for s...