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Barcelona stage late fightback to stun Granada

-- 2021-02-04 10:34:35

Down by two goals with two minutes left, Barcelona finally showed the character of a champion again. Lionel Messi helped set up two late goals to force extra time, and Barcelona went on to beat Grana...

Shakib, Liton fight against Windies as Bangladesh end slow day

-- 2021-02-03 18:07:20

The West Indies have kept Bangladesh batsmen in check on a track that offered little for the bowlers as the hosts reached 242 for five on the opening day of Chattogram Test. Jomel Warrican (3-58) was...

Tigers are favourites, but Windies can pose big challenge, Mominul says

-- 2021-02-02 21:05:00

Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque insisted that the Tigers are favourites to win the two-match Test series starting from Tuesday in Chattogram, but he also said the West Indies have the ability to...

Fearless new breeds light up Indian test cricket’s future

Ahmed Tanvir 2021-02-02 18:25:35

The just-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020/21 was a breathtaking one, full of drama, despair, joy, grit and character throughout the series. India started off leaving their three first team men Is...

Messi scores 650th goal for Barcelona in victory against Bilbao

BBC 2021-02-01 21:10:25

Lionel Messi scored his 650th goal for Barcelona with a wonderful free-kick as they beat Athletic Bilbao to move up to second in La Liga. Athletic had a five-man wall, a player lying behind the wall...

Tigers need to play best cricket to beat West Indies test team: Chief selector

-- 2021-02-01 11:10:47

Chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu believes that Bangladesh would face a sterner challenge in the forthcoming two-match Test series against West Indies unlike the ODI series which was a lopsided one...

Five seamers named for Bangladesh Test squad against West Indies eyeing overseas tours

-- 2021-01-31 19:41:23

Selectors have named five fast bowlers in the Bangladesh squad for the two-Test series against the West Indies keeping in mind bowlers’ combination for overseas series in the future. Bangladesh...

Shahriar Nafees likely to be assigned role in BCB

-- 2021-01-31 17:36:21

Former Bangladesh captain and left-handed opener Shahriar Nafees might take a new role at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The 35-year-old batsman told reporters that he got a call from the chairm...

BCB announces final squad for Test series against West Indies

-- 2021-01-30 17:27:49

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced an 18-member squad for the two-match Test series against touring West Indies. Pace bowler Hasan Mahmud is the only uncapped cricketer included in the squa...

Debutant, old guns power Pakistan to 1-0 against South Africa

-- 2021-01-29 17:05:46

A dominant Pakistan defeated South Africa by seven wickets inside four days to win the first Test at the National Stadium, Karachi and take 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The hosts did lose three...

IOC fully committed to staging Tokyo Games

-- 2021-01-28 15:39:08

IOC President Thomas Bach has said the International Olympic Committee was fully committed to the successful organisation of the Tokyo Summer Olympics this year, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Tho...

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised again

-- 2021-01-27 17:23:44

India's cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly, affectionately known as 'Dada', has been hospitalised again. The 48-year-old former India skipper was rushed to Apollo, a leading private hospital in the e...

Spaniard Badosa slams quarantine conditions before Australian Open

REUTERS 2021-01-26 10:19:11

Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa has described her extended period of quarantine ahead of the Australia Open following a positive novel coronavirus test as the worst moment of her career, adding she...

Shakib only cricketer to score 6,000 runs, take 300 wickets in single country

-- 2021-01-25 22:18:13

Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become the only cricketer in the world to score 6,000 runs and take 300 wickets in a single country. He made a brilliant comeback to international cricket...

Tigers whitewash West Indies

-- 2021-01-25 19:58:08

Bangladesh produced an impressive batting display to crush the West Indies by 120 runs in the final ODI in Chattogram to complete a 3-0 clean sweep of the series. After being asked to bat first by th...

Rise of T20: From a misfit to a global powerhouse

Ayman Chowdhury 2021-01-25 19:38:18

Asia Cup 2020 was scheduled to be held in September last year in T20 format. Like many other bilateral series and international fixtures, the tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak. But, as...

Tigers post 297-6 with four half-centuries in last ODI against Windies

-- 2021-01-25 16:56:15

Eyeing a clean sweep of the ODI series against the West Indies, the Tigers rode on four half-centuries from the seniors to post a daunting 297 for 6 in the last ODI in Chattogram. After being asked t...

Chattogram to host international cricket match after more than two years

-- 2021-01-24 22:08:04

Keeping an eye on more points to secure a better place in the points table of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League, Bangladesh national cricketers are all set to take on West Indies in the las...

England’s Anderson takes 6-40 on second day in finely poised second Test

BBC 2021-01-23 19:29:36

James Anderson and Joe Root kept England in contention on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Anderson took 6-40 from 29 overs - his 30th Test five-wicket haul - as England bowled...

Making of a modern-day goalkeeper  

Naveed Ashfaque   2021-01-23 17:46:33

In football, goalkeeping has always been the most thankless job. The goalkeepers make saves after saves and people just say, “They’re doing their job”. But for one tiny blunder, they...

Dominant Bangladesh move to third spot in ICC CWCSL standings

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-01-22 21:20:56

Bangladesh moved up to the third spot in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League (CWCSL) standings with two wins in a row against West Indies. Bangladesh now have 20 points with two wins in two games,...

Mathews hits century on first day of second Test against England

BBC 2021-01-22 20:51:13

Angelo Mathews ground out a century for Sri Lanka as England's bowlers battled hard on the first day of the second Test in Galle. The hosts were 7-2 when James Anderson claimed two early wickets, and...

PM congratulates Tigers for winning ODI series against West Indies

-- 2021-01-22 18:52:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday extended the heartiest congratulations to the Bangladesh cricket team for winning the three-match one day international (ODI) series against the West Indies. In...

Real Madrid coach Zidane tests positive for Covid-19

Goal 2021-01-22 18:35:06

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for Covid-19, the Liga giants have revealed. The Frenchman, who has been seeing serious questions asked of his future at Santiago Bernabeu, will n...

Barca misses two penalties before edging past Cornella in extra-time

-- 2021-01-22 18:18:51

Barcelona missed two penalties before edging into the Copa del Rey last 16 with two extra-time goals against third-tier Cornella on Thursday. Miralem Pjanic and Ousmane Dembele were both denied from...

Bangladesh wins series with one match to spare

-- 2021-01-22 17:59:15

A superb four-wicket haul by Mehidy Hasan Miraz and a gritty half-century from captain Tamim Iqbal have fired Bangladesh to a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the second ODI against the West Indies i...

Olympics in doubt over Japan’s vaccination uncertainty

AP 2021-01-22 17:35:53

Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it off, many believe the vaccination of its 127 million citizens for the coronavirus is key. It's an immen...

Windies all out for 148, Miraz takes four wickets

-- 2021-01-22 15:46:29

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s four-for has helped Bangladesh bowlers tear through the West Indies batting line up, mirroring the first match as the visitors crumbled to 148 all out in the sec...

London Marathon plans for 100,000 runners

REUTERS 2021-01-22 10:57:16

This year’s London Marathon is set to break new ground with a record 50,000 runners expected to tackle the course on the city’s streets while another 50,000 compete in a remote race &ldquo...

Tigers eye series victory over West Indies today

UNB 2021-01-22 09:10:27

The Tigers are now eying to clinch the series on Friday with one match in hand. The second game is also set to take place at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka's Mirpur. The match will k...