Nabid Yeasin

‘Big Five’ not in picture, but what about persisting mediocrity?

Bangladesh cricket is set to get a glimpse of a new era in Tests when they take on hosts West Indies in the first of the two World Test Championship (WTC) fixtures from November 22 in Antigua.

2d ago

The Tiger brand: A penchant for unwanted surprises

Bangladesh batters have an abundance of tricks in their basket to surprise the audience.

2w ago

Cricket stuck in vicious cycle

Bangladesh cricket is unparalleled in terms of one thing -- creating its own mess and then bemoaning the untidiness.

2w ago

Rodri’s Ballon d’Or: Deserved or not?

Rodri becoming the first Manchester City player to win the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world on Monday did come as a surprise to many, and with ample reasons too as he pipped favourite Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid and Brazil to lift the most prestigious individual award in football.

3w ago

A lesson in how to extract Test wins

The Kanpur Test between hosts India and Bangladesh could be considered a reference point for teams in terms of how to force victories in the longest format of the game -- an aspect that teams lean towards more nowadays, especially since the introduction of the World Test Championship (WTC).

1m ago

The good and the bad omens for Bangladesh ahead of Kanpur Test

There are some positive signs and a few ill omens for Bangladesh ahead of their second and final Test against hosts India, beginning tomorrow in Kanpur.

1m ago

CR7: A GOAT whose hunger knows no bounds

If there is one thing that Cristiano Ronaldo could not master in his illustrious career, it is the concept of giving up.

2m ago

A tournament too far for Ronaldo!

Portugal will remember the Euro 2024 as another golden opportunity squandered to get silverware with arguably one of the most talented bunch of footballers, but for their captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, the tournament will remain as a case of whether the 39-year-old forward has stretched his international career one tournament too long.

4m ago

January 1, 2023

The year Liton came through on the long-overdue promise

Ever since Liton Das made his international debut in a Test against India back in 2015, the common sentiment, especially from within the team management, has been that he is a player with a ton of potential to flourish.

December 14, 2022

Friendship takes backseat with greatness in sight

France’s Kylian Mbappe is set to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi once again at this World Cup. But this rendezvous is definitely going to be very different than their first meet-up which was at the team hotel of Morocco in downtown Doha where the France forward paid his Paris Saint-Germain teammate a visit just about a week ago.

December 12, 2022

Desert Fest: A World Cup too cruel, too beautiful

When Cristiano Ronaldo walked down the tunnel in tears at the Al Thumama Stadium on Saturday, it must have felt surreal for millions of his and Portugal fans around the globe.

November 27, 2022

Desert fest: Why the outrage?

This World Cup was promised to be the ‘best-ever’ by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and that sentiment was echoed by different quarters, with the chief reason behind the assumption being all the innovation that this edition of the showpiece event in Qatar was set to offer.

November 22, 2022

The last dance

For over 15 years, the footballing world has been split in two. It had become almost impossible to not compare the genius of two players christened by each’s fanbase as the greatest of all time, fondly abbreviated to ‘GOATS’: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

November 9, 2022