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Germany's Kroos announces retirement from international football

Germany's Kroos announces retirement from international football

REUTERS 2021-07-02 19:42:54

Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has announced his retirement from international football after his team's exit from the European Championship, the 31-year-old said on Instagram. The 2014 World Cup winn...

Tigers reach Zimbabwe for a long tour

Tigers reach Zimbabwe for a long tour

-- 2021-06-30 12:28:48

Team Bangladesh arrived in Zimbabwean capital Harare early on Wednesday for a long tour where they will be playing a one-off Test, three ODIs and three T20Is against the host at the Harare Sports Club...

Switzerland knock world champions France out of Euro 2020 on penalties

Switzerland knock world champions France out of Euro 2020 on penalties

-- 2021-06-29 10:27:11

Au revoir France, this summer belongs to Yann Sommer. The Switzerland goalkeeper, who left in the middle of the European Championship’s group stage to be with his wife for the birth of their se...

Khaled Mahmud doubtful about his position at BCB

Khaled Mahmud doubtful about his position at BCB

-- 2021-06-28 21:22:37

Former Bangladesh captain and influential director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said he is doubtful about his position as the vice-chair of the cricket operations committee of the board. Whi...

Belgium knock holders Portugal out of Euro 2020

Belgium knock holders Portugal out of Euro 2020

-- 2021-06-28 10:24:51

Belgium knocked defending champions Portugal out of Euro 2020 with a 1-0 victory in the last 16 on Sunday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final tie against Italy. A 43rd-minute strike from Thorgan...

Italy survive extra time comeback from Austria to reach last eight

Italy survive extra time comeback from Austria to reach last eight

-- 2021-06-27 11:23:26

Italy survived a huge scare as they scrambled past outsiders Austria into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 with substitutes Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina scoring extra-time goals to earn them a 2-...

T20 World Cup moved from India to UAE

T20 World Cup moved from India to UAE

-- 2021-06-26 10:54:48

The upcoming T20 World Cup has been shifted to UAE from India, reports UNB citing ESPNCricinfo. The world event is scheduled to begin from October 17 with the final being held on November 14. It was...

Redemption for Kiwis – Agony for Indians

Redemption for Kiwis – Agony for Indians

Tanvir Ahmed   2021-06-25 23:48:29

In a rain-affected affair, New Zealand took the better of India at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton to lift the mace of the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). This is the fir...

Tokyo 2020 organisers ban alcohol, defend allowing spectators

Tokyo 2020 organisers ban alcohol, defend allowing spectators

REUTERS 2021-06-23 15:58:38

With 30 days to go until the start of an Olympic Games dogged by the coronavirus pandemic and by controversy, Tokyo Olympics organisers decided on Wednesday against selling alcohol at venues while def...

Breaking records from outside the box

Breaking records from outside the box

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-06-22 17:07:59

“Messi has the ball where he likes it... he’s got the ball where he absolutely loves it...”- said the commentators with absolute ecstasy after Messi’s first goal in the 2018-20...

Argentina through to Copa quarterfinals with win over Paraguay

Argentina through to Copa quarterfinals with win over Paraguay

-- 2021-06-22 14:06:07

Papu Gómez scored in the 10th minute as Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 on Monday and secured its place in the Copa America knockout stage. The result at the Mané Garrincha stadium in Brasi...

Qatar will allow only vaccinated fans at World Cup 2022

Qatar will allow only vaccinated fans at World Cup 2022

REUTERS 2021-06-21 21:59:48

Qatar will only allow people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend next year's World Cup and is in talks to secure one million doses in case global immunisation efforts lag. The Gulf Arab state...

Up to 10,000 spectators allowed at each Olympic venue despite warnings

Up to 10,000 spectators allowed at each Olympic venue despite warnings

Reuters 2021-06-21 17:08:59

Olympics organisers on Monday capped the number of spectators at 10,000 for each venue at the Tokyo 2020 Games, days after experts warned that holding the event without fans would be the least risky o...

Lewandowski hands Poland 1-1 draw against Spain at Euro 2020

Lewandowski hands Poland 1-1 draw against Spain at Euro 2020

-- 2021-06-20 11:44:18

While Spain kept misfiring, Robert Lewandowski came through for Poland. The FIFA player of the year gave his team hope for advancement at the European Championship on Saturday by scoring a second-hal...

India's 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh dies from Covid-related complications

India's 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh dies from Covid-related complications

-- 2021-06-19 10:19:33

One of India's greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, has died from Covid-related complications, aged 91. Popularly known as "the Flying Sikh", Singh won four Asian gold medals and finished fourth in t...

Players may face punishment for recurrence of Ronaldo Coca-Cola case

Players may face punishment for recurrence of Ronaldo Coca-Cola case

-- 2021-06-18 22:03:56

Soccers, participating in Euro 2020, may face punishment for the recurrence of Cristiano Ronaldo’s removal of a Coca-Cola bottle as the UEFA has reminded the teams of contractual obligations tow...

France kick off Euro 2020 campaign with win over Germany

France kick off Euro 2020 campaign with win over Germany

-- 2021-06-16 09:05:48

World champions France started their Euro 2020 campaign with a win over Germany thanks to a Mats Hummels' own goal in a high-quality heavyweight Group F match. Hummels - recalled for this tournamen...

A miracle to qualify, or the same old play-off drama?

A miracle to qualify, or the same old play-off drama?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-06-14 15:29:33

It’s finally coming to an end. After all the speculations and uncertainties regarding the ending, it’s finally coming to an end. The campaign of joint qualifiers of FIFA World Cup 2022 and...

Bangladesh’s wicket-keeping dilemma

Bangladesh’s wicket-keeping dilemma

Ahnaf Wazed khan 2021-06-11 17:45:54

Tamim Iqbal throws the ball from mid-on. Mushfiqur Rahim gathers the ball and breaks the stumps; visibly, Kane Williamson fell short of the crease. The crowd went mad. The whole country started roarin...

T20 leagues pose 'serious threat' to international cricket, Faf du Plessis says

T20 leagues pose 'serious threat' to international cricket, Faf du Plessis says

-- 2021-06-08 22:10:37

The proliferation of domestic Twenty20 leagues poses a threat to international cricket and the game must find a way to balance both, according to South Africa's former captain Faf du Plessis. All top...

Mushfiqur Rahim nominated for ICC player of the month

Mushfiqur Rahim nominated for ICC player of the month

UNB 2021-06-08 22:08:25

Bangladesh's solidly dependable batsman-cum-wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim was on Tuesday nominated for the ICC men's Player of the Month award for May for his superb performance against Sri Lanka in T...

Mohammedan suffer second defeat

Mohammedan suffer second defeat

-- 2021-06-08 16:53:38

Mohammedan Sporting Club, who had a flying start to the Bangabandhu Dhaka Premeir Division Twenty20 Cricket League, suffered their second defeat on Tuesday at BKSP. In the rain-hit game, which was re...

Bangladesh confident ahead of the India clash

Bangladesh confident ahead of the India clash

Bashiir Ahammed 2021-06-06 15:33:37

Bangladesh earned a point from the 1-1 draw against Afghanistan in FIFA and Asian Cup joint qualifiers match in Qatar. This one point boosted the team's morale and they are now confident to secure poi...

Systems that dealt with counter-attacks better

Systems that dealt with counter-attacks better

Tofael Mahmud   2021-06-05 21:03:22

In modern football, managers tend to emphasise on work-rate. Preferably, having a workhorse in the central midfield area considerably reduces coaches’ headache, while it also helps others' games...

Bangladesh face Afghanistan in world cup qualifiers

Bangladesh face Afghanistan in world cup qualifiers

Bashiir Ahammed 2021-06-03 11:54:06

Bangladesh face Afghanistan in joint qualifiers of the world cup and the Asian Cup in Qatar today (Thursday). The 23 men squad, led by Jamal Bhuyan, the captain of the Bangladesh side, left for Qatar...

Copa America to be hosted by Brazil after Argentina ruled out

Copa America to be hosted by Brazil after Argentina ruled out

-- 2021-06-01 11:28:44

The 2021 Copa America will be hosted by Brazil, after Argentina was stripped of the tournament just two weeks before it starts. The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said Argentina w...

Copa America in doubt as CONMEBOL suspends tournament in Argentina

Copa America in doubt as CONMEBOL suspends tournament in Argentina

Reuters 2021-05-31 12:44:58

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Sunday that Argentina would no longer host the Copa America, throwing the troubled tournament into doubt just 13 days before it was due to...

The champions of Europe’s top five leagues   

The champions of Europe’s top five leagues  

Tofael Mahmud   2021-05-30 22:27:38

For Manchester City, winning the premier league has become a routine task, at least what it seems from their recent achievements. And for Bayern Munich, winning Bundesliga is no different. For many of...

Sorry state of domestic structure behind persisting failures

Sorry state of domestic structure behind persisting failures

Ahmed Taniver 2021-05-30 21:01:59

Since 11 November 2000, the day Bangladesh received their test status, the sun has lightened our beloved earth for almost seven and a half thousand times and Bangladesh cricket team have taken the fie...

Chameera leads SL to consolation win against Bangladesh

Chameera leads SL to consolation win against Bangladesh

UNB 2021-05-28 21:22:26

Dushmantha Chameera took five wickets conceding 16 runs in nine overs to lead Sri Lanka to a 97-run win in the last match of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh on Friday at the Sher-e-Bangl...