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Sourav Ganguly tests positive for Covid-19,  hospitalised

Sourav Ganguly tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

-- 2021-12-28 10:33:37

Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian cricket captain and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Indian media outlets, Reuters repor...

Rain stops India from continuing run fest against South Africa on day two

Rain stops India from continuing run fest against South Africa on day two

-- 2021-12-27 21:26:02

No play was possible on the second day of the first test between South Africa and India at Centurion Park on Monday as heavy rain meant frustration for both sides seeking to gain the upper hand in the...

BPL 2022 squads at a glance after draft

BPL 2022 squads at a glance after draft

-- 2021-12-27 19:56:07

The new season of Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is just around the corner. The draft of this season has taken place on Monday at a hotel in Dhaka. A total of six teams will take part in...

Most eventful football matches of 2021

Most eventful football matches of 2021

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-27 19:25:08

2021 has been a fantastic year for football lovers. With some unprecedented transfers and a few turn of events, which no one saw coming, this year will have a special place in the minds of football fa...

Australia put one hand on Ashes after England collapse

Australia put one hand on Ashes after England collapse

-- 2021-12-27 18:34:05

Australia's pacemen crashed through England's top order with four wickets in a thrilling final hour on day two of the third Ashes Test on Monday to all but crush the tourists' hopes of keeping the ser...

Rahul ton puts India in charge of 1st test against SA

Rahul ton puts India in charge of 1st test against SA

-- 2021-12-26 21:56:28

Opener KL Rahul showed superb application to score a seventh test century with an unbeaten 122 and steer India to a commanding 272 for three at the close of play on day one of the first test against S...

Football in 2021 - most significant events

Football in 2021 - most significant events

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-26 19:39:08

2021 has been an excellent year for Football lovers. With an exciting transfer window and some twists and turns of events on the international stage, this certainly is one of the most memorable years...

Where does Shakib stand among the greatest test all-rounders?

Where does Shakib stand among the greatest test all-rounders?

Mashfiq Mizan 2021-12-26 17:47:43

Despite two whole days of play being washed off by rain, Bangladesh suffered a defeat by an innings and eight runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the second Test match against Pakistan, cont...

Bangladesh cricket in 2021 - A disastrous year

Bangladesh cricket in 2021 - A disastrous year

Shajedul Hassan Rahin 2021-12-26 17:22:15

2021 has been an eventful year for the cricket world. There have been remarkable moments across all the formats. For Bangladesh, the year has been eventful as well, awful to be specific. Bangladesh s...

Plastic fans VS Loyal fans - why the debate?

Plastic fans VS Loyal fans - why the debate?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-25 12:27:12

‘Plastic Fan’ is something we hear frequently nowadays when it comes to the world of football.  The term has a multitude of meanings and is often used to represent a diverse set of p...

Jamie Siddons rejoins BCB after a decade

Jamie Siddons rejoins BCB after a decade

-- 2021-12-24 21:46:47

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have announced the return of the seasoned Australian cricket coach Jamie Siddons to Bangladesh cricket as batting consultant. He was Bangladesh’s head coach af...

Football legend Pele discharged from hospital

Football legend Pele discharged from hospital

-- 2021-12-24 15:49:21

Brazilian football great Pele has been discharged, Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital said on Thursday, and will spend Christmas at home after months of medical issues following an operation to remo...

Japan won't send government delegation to Beijing Olympics

Japan won't send government delegation to Beijing Olympics

-- 2021-12-24 11:20:21

Japan will not send a government delegation to next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing, it said on Friday, a move that stops short of joining a US-led diplomatic boycott of the Games, but one nonethele...

Continuing all three formats is almost impossible, says Shakib

Continuing all three formats is almost impossible, says Shakib

Mashfiq Mizan 2021-12-23 23:24:44

Shakib hinted at further breaks from international duties as the stalwart said it is close to impossible to play all three formats during the pandemic. “Time has come for me to think about Test...

Barcelona negotiating with Man City to sign Torres

Barcelona negotiating with Man City to sign Torres

-- 2021-12-23 20:26:35

Barcelona are close to agreeing a deal to sign 21-year-old Spanish forward Ferran Torres from Manchester City, the Premier League club's manager Pep Guardiola said on Thursday. Multiple British media...

NZ drop history man Ajaz for Bangladesh Test series

NZ drop history man Ajaz for Bangladesh Test series

-- 2021-12-23 19:34:18

Spinner Ajaz Patel has been left out of the New Zealand squad for the series against Bangladesh less than three weeks after becoming only the third bowler to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings of in...

Mominul as the captain is the way forward for Bangladesh in test cricket

Mominul as the captain is the way forward for Bangladesh in test cricket

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-12-23 15:03:56

Among the on-field activities which get criticised the most in Bangladesh test cricket, Mominul Haque’s captaincy has to be on the top of the list.  After every single game, the post morte...

Mikel Arteta : The Way forward for Arsenal?

Mikel Arteta : The Way forward for Arsenal?

Abrar Chowdhury 2021-12-23 14:28:40

Mikel Arteta’s two years as Arsenal Manager could only be described as partly good, partly bad; sometimes Arsenal plays like they are the best team in the premier league, sometimes they don&rsqu...

Conte says he is ready to give everything for Spurs ahead of Chelsea semi-final

Conte says he is ready to give everything for Spurs ahead of Chelsea semi-final

-- 2021-12-23 12:42:12

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte said he is relishing the opportunity to face former club Chelsea in the League Cup semi-finals after his side moved a step closer to ending their 13-year trophy...

Why Messi isn’t the GOAT?

Why Messi isn’t the GOAT?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-23 11:58:39

Lionel Messi won his 7th Ballon d'Or this year to become the most decorated player in the history of the game when it comes to individual awards.  It was long being said that without winning an...

Bangladesh win the SAAF U-19 Women's Championship

Bangladesh win the SAAF U-19 Women's Championship

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-12-23 00:40:29

Bangladesh have beaten India by 1-0, thanks to a wonderful strike of Anai Mogini in the final of SAFF U19 Women’s Championship 2021 at the turf of Birsreshtho Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium. The...

Bangladesh U-19 girls clinch SAFF Championship title

Bangladesh U-19 girls clinch SAFF Championship title

-- 2021-12-22 20:19:18

Bangladesh have won the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship with a 1-0 win over India as the hosts ended the tournament unconquered. Anai Mogini scored the winner to help her side emerge as unbeaten...

Saff U-19 Women's Championship: Blockbuster final awaits as Bangladesh-India lock horns

Saff U-19 Women's Championship: Blockbuster final awaits as Bangladesh-India lock horns

Mashfiq Mizan 2021-12-22 16:34:12

The stage is set for a blockbuster ending as Bangladesh girls will lock horns against arch-rivals India in the final match of the Saff U-19 Women's Championship today (Wednesday). The match will kick...

Familiar look of pacers in BCL opener in Rajshahi

Familiar look of pacers in BCL opener in Rajshahi

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-12-22 16:08:56

Bangladeshi fans have seen the worst in test cricket. But the comedy that goes on regarding pacers in this format cannot be seconded by anything else.  Pacers bowling only one spell in a day, ne...

A monstrous year of Joe Root, close to break Yusuf's all time record

A monstrous year of Joe Root, close to break Yusuf's all time record

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-12-21 19:49:02

Joe Root finished the Adelaide test with 1630 runs in 2021. He is now only 158 runs short of Mohammad Yusuf’s phenomenal year of 2006, where the ace Pakistani batsman scored the most runs in a c...

Akram Khan to resign from his BCB post

Akram Khan to resign from his BCB post

-- 2021-12-20 19:36:29

Former Bangladesh captain and the current chairman of the cricket operation department of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Akram Khan, is set to resign from his post at BCB, according to his family...

Rafa tests positive for Covid-19 after Abu Dhabi comeback

Rafa tests positive for Covid-19 after Abu Dhabi comeback

-- 2021-12-20 18:52:27

Rafa Nadal said on Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain after making his comeback from injury in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last w...

Omicron-affected Bangladeshi women cricketers test negative

Omicron-affected Bangladeshi women cricketers test negative

-- 2021-12-20 18:38:31

Two Bangladeshi women cricketers, who suffered COVID Omicron variant, are well now and tested negative, the chief physician of BCB confirmed on Monday, reports UNB. Bangladesh women cricket team has...

South Africa to investigate Smith, Boucher over racism allegations

South Africa to investigate Smith, Boucher over racism allegations

-- 2021-12-20 17:50:11

Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Monday that it would formally investigate director of cricket Graeme Smith and national team head coach Mark Boucher following allegations of racist conduct in an om...

Australia beat England by 275 runs in Adelaide Test

Australia beat England by 275 runs in Adelaide Test

-- 2021-12-20 16:46:53

Australia beat England by 275 runs in the day-night second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series. Chasing a daunting victory target of 468, England were all...