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Fireworks get Tokyo's no-frills opening ceremony underway

Fireworks get Tokyo's no-frills opening ceremony underway

REUTERS 2021-07-23 18:11:39

The sky over the National Stadium in Tokyo exploded in indigo and white as fireworks marked the start of the opening ceremony for the Olympics on Friday, celebrating the world's best athletes set to c...

Julian Nagelsmann: Bayern's new trump card

Julian Nagelsmann: Bayern's new trump card

Shafin Saif 2021-07-23 17:19:55

European football giant Bayern Munich has taken a bold move by appointing a 33-year-old Bavarian, Julian Nagelsmann, as their new manager after the departure of Hansi Flick. When it comes to the manag...

Bangladesh asked to bowl, eye T20 series win over Zimbabwe

Bangladesh asked to bowl, eye T20 series win over Zimbabwe

-- 2021-07-23 17:01:36

Zimbabwe Captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the second of the three-match T20 International series at Harare Sports Club on Friday, reports BSS.  B...

Australia-Windies ODI suspended after Covid-19 case

Australia-Windies ODI suspended after Covid-19 case

REUTERS 2021-07-23 09:34:21

The second one-day international between West Indies and Australia in Barbados was suspended minutes before the start on Thursday after a member of the West Indies staff tested positive for Covid-19....

Brazil beat Germany, Argentina suffer shock defeat  to Australia

Brazil beat Germany, Argentina suffer shock defeat to Australia

REUTERS 2021-07-22 22:04:56

Defending Olympic champions Brazil beat Germany 4-2 in their opening Group D game in the men’s Olympic tournament at the International Stadium Yokohama in Japan on Thursday. Meanwhile, Argentin...

How gold can she go? Biles shines in training amid Covid worries

How gold can she go? Biles shines in training amid Covid worries

REUTERS 2021-07-22 20:47:34

Defending Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles shone in training on Thursday in a series of sharp routines that included a vault so difficult that no other woman has ever attempted it in competiti...

Tigers get eight-wicket win in their 100th T20I

Tigers get eight-wicket win in their 100th T20I

-- 2021-07-22 20:25:32

Two sparkling fifties from openers Mohammad Naim and Soumya Sarker has spurred Bangladesh on to a crushing eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the T20 opener in Harare. Bangladesh celebrated the milest...

Opening ceremony director fired on Tokyo Games eve over Holocaust joke

Opening ceremony director fired on Tokyo Games eve over Holocaust joke

Reuters 2021-07-22 16:24:28

Tokyo Olympics organisers have fired the opening ceremony director on the eve of the event after reports emerged of a past joke he had made about the Holocaust, while media said former Prime Minister...

Australia to tour Bangladesh for five T20Is in August

Australia to tour Bangladesh for five T20Is in August

-- 2021-07-22 15:58:56

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that Australia will arrive in Dhaka on July 29 to play five T20Is against Bangladesh, from August 3 to 9, reports ESPNcricinfo.com. Australia will com...

Bangladesh look to maintain dominance over Zimbabwe in T20 series

Bangladesh look to maintain dominance over Zimbabwe in T20 series

-- 2021-07-22 14:12:02

The opening T20I against Zimbabwe will be Bangladesh's first of potentially 16 matches in their lead-up to the T20 World Cup in October-November, including matches against Australia, New Zealand and E...

10 new Covid cases reported at Olympic village

10 new Covid cases reported at Olympic village

-- 2021-07-21 22:10:55

Ten more people involved in the Summer Olympics in Japan, including an athlete, have tested Covid-19 positive, the organising committee said Wednesday. Among those who contracted the virus are a fore...

Evolution of Tamim Iqbal: A transition worth appreciating

Evolution of Tamim Iqbal: A transition worth appreciating

Samin Zarif 2021-07-21 20:47:15

In the year 2007, Bangladesh cricket saw the birth of a new sensation, Tamim Iqbal Khan, who was going to be the country’s best ever opener. Instantly dubbed as ‘Bangladesh cricket's next...

Shakib climbs 9 spots in bowling ranking, 3 in batting

Shakib climbs 9 spots in bowling ranking, 3 in batting

-- 2021-07-21 17:54:12

Shakib Al Hasan’s Man of the Series performances against Zimbabwe have seen him rise up the ICC ODI cricket rankings. His bowling not only saw him become Bangladesh’s highest wicket-taker...

Australia's Brisbane to host 2032 Summer Olympic Games

Australia's Brisbane to host 2032 Summer Olympic Games

REUTERS 2021-07-21 16:28:18

The Australian city of Brisbane will host the 2032 summer Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday approved the recommendation of its executive board. Brisbane, where hundreds...

Starc's five-for blows West Indies away

Starc's five-for blows West Indies away

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-07-21 11:19:03

Mitchell Starc took a five-wicket haul as he and Josh Hazlewood dismantled West Indies in the opening ODI to give Alex Carey, who had earlier played a key hand with the bat, a winning start as Austral...

England win thrilling 3rd T20, record series win over Pakistan

England win thrilling 3rd T20, record series win over Pakistan

-- 2021-07-21 10:59:22

A nervy England beat a battling Pakistan by three wickets, and with just two balls to spare, in a nail-biting thriller at Old Trafford on Tuesday that sealed a 2-1 T20 series win. Pakistan, who won t...

Tokyo Olympics 2020 kicks off amid COVID fears

Tokyo Olympics 2020 kicks off amid COVID fears

-- 2021-07-21 10:35:46

The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women's softball pitcher Yukiko Ueno getting Games competition underway in what the head of the World Health Organisation sa...

Bangladesh whitewash Zimbabwe

Bangladesh whitewash Zimbabwe

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-07-20 21:48:16

Bangladesh earned a comprehensive victory over Zimbabwe in the third one-day international match at Harare on Tuesday. The Tigers thus whitewashed the hosts in the three-match ODI series. Tamim Iqba...

Tigers complete clean sweep of Zimbabwe in ODI series

Tigers complete clean sweep of Zimbabwe in ODI series

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-07-20 21:25:21

Tigers have defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets in the third and final one-day international (ODI) match to complete a 3-0 clean sweep of the series. Skipper Tamim Iqbal smashed his 14th ODI century to...

Tamim hits 14th ODI century

Tamim hits 14th ODI century

-- 2021-07-20 20:24:57

Skipper Tamim Iqbal has smashed his 14th one-day international century off 87 balls in in the third and final match against Zimbabwe. The Tigers were 183 for two in 30 overs with Tamim (105) and Moha...

Improvements Argentina need for World Cup 2022

Improvements Argentina need for World Cup 2022

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-07-20 19:39:37

2021 should be a year, long remembered in Argentine football history as they ended their longest 28 years of trophy drought. Now the dream should be bigger, as the World Cup is only a year away. And w...

Zimbabwe set almost run-a-ball target for Bangladesh

Zimbabwe set almost run-a-ball target for Bangladesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-07-20 17:32:06

Three scintillating half-centuries from Zimbabwean batsmen posted a close to 300-run target for Bangladesh in the third and final one-day international cricket match at Harare on Tuesday. Already los...

Bangladesh opt to field first in third ODI

Bangladesh opt to field first in third ODI

FE Online Desk 2021-07-20 13:28:46

Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the third and last one-day international cricket (ODI) match against Zimbabwe at Harare on Tuesday. The Tigers have alre...

Bangladesh seek Zimbabwe whitewash today

Bangladesh seek Zimbabwe whitewash today

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-07-20 12:23:43

Zimbabwe would be hoping they can take away at least 10 points from the ODI series against Bangladesh, while the visitors wouldn't want to slip up like they did against Sri Lanka in May. This is a cri...

Bangladesh-Zimbabwe T20 series rescheduled

Bangladesh-Zimbabwe T20 series rescheduled

-- 2021-07-19 21:40:21

The three-match T20 series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe has been rescheduled, the governing body of cricket in Zimbabwe confirmed Monday. Both participant boards have agreed to bring forward the t...

Where lies Germany's problems?

Where lies Germany's problems?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-07-18 22:49:01

German National Football Team historically has been one of the most successful and consistent footballing nations. They have won four World Cups, three European Championships, one Confederations Cup a...

Shakib heroics ensure Bangladesh win Zimbabwe ODI series   

Shakib heroics ensure Bangladesh win Zimbabwe ODI series  

FE ONLINE DESK   2021-07-18 22:05:32

A cool-blooded not-out of 96 run by star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan brought victory for the visiting Bangladesh in the second one-day international cricket match against Zimbabwe at Harare on Sunday....

Tigers win ODI series against Zimbabwe

Tigers win ODI series against Zimbabwe

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-07-18 21:27:04

Bangladesh have won the three-match one-day international (ODI) series against Zimbabwe, defeating the hosts by three wickets in the second match of the series at Harare on Sunday. In the first innin...

Bangladesh need 241 to win 2nd ODI against Zimbabwe

Bangladesh need 241 to win 2nd ODI against Zimbabwe

FE Online Desk 2021-07-18 17:41:10

Shoriful Islam’s 4 for 46 and two top order wickets captured by Shakib Al Hasan restricted Zimbabwe to 240 runs for nine wickets in the second one-day international (ODI) cricket match at Harare...

Zimbabwe win toss, ask Bangladesh to bowl first in second ODI

Zimbabwe win toss, ask Bangladesh to bowl first in second ODI

-- 2021-07-18 13:51:36

Bangladesh lost the toss in the second ODI of the three-match series against Zimbabwe, and they will bowl first on Sunday at the Harare Sports Club.  The Tigers field an unchanged XI from the fi...