Bulbul's Advisory Committee clouded in questions

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul’s three-member Advisory Committee has attracted a lot of criticism as the nomination of its members has not been in line with the board’s constitution.

Jaiswal salutes 'special' hundred

India's Yashasvi Jaiswal was proud of a "very special" innings as he inflicted yet more pain upon England with a fine century in the first Test at Headingley on Friday.

Pitch Perfect / Bangladesh cricket in a mess: On and off the field

This episode of The Daily Star’s podcast Pitch Perfect takes a deep dive into the unfolding crisis and tries to shed light on the root causes of the dysfunction and explore what it would take to bring Bangladesh cricket back from the brink.

Cricket

Cricket

No turn yet as bowlers pass tough day in Galle

The Galle wicket remained batting-friendly for the third successive day and the Sri Lankan batters made the most of it against a toothless Bangladeshi attack, reaching 368-4 at stumps to trail the visitors by just 127 runs at the end of the third day's play yesterday.

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‘Based on necessity’: BCB president defends appointment of three advisors

“We’ll try to adjust this. Earlier too, advisors were appointed in the same way—based on necessity.”

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BPL probe drags on after 50 interviews in five months

The independent inquiry committee, set up by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in February to assist its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in investigating suspicious activities during the last Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20, will need another one-and-a-half to two months to finalise its report.

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Rangpur Riders announce squad for GSL title defence

The defending champions Rangpur Riders have officially named their squad for the highly anticipated 2025 Guyana Global Super League (GSL), set to take place at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence from July 10 to 18.

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Test series win in England bigger prize than IPL: Gill

Gill is set for his first assignment since succeeding Rohit Sharma as Test skipper as he leads a new-look side in the first of five matches against Ben Stokes' England at Headingley this week.

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Mahbub Anam appointed chairman of BPL governing council

Bangladesh Cricket Board director Mahbub Anam was named the new chairman of the Bangladesh Premier League governing council, BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul confirmed to The Daily Star today.

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BCB president forms three-member Advisory Committee

Bangladeshi Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul has nominated Shakawath Hossain, Syed Abid Sami and Shyikh Mahadi as members of the President’s Advisory Committee, a BCB press release confirmed today.

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Bumrah aiming for three Tests out of five against England

India strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah expects to feature in only three matches of the five-Test series against England as he manages his workload following a back injury.

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Football

Football

'Even in the last minutes, he helped any way he could'

Veteran playmaker Messi curled home a fine free-kick in a man-of-the-match performance in Atlanta, the winning goal in Miami's 2-1 Group A victory over their Portuguese opponents.

PSG stunned by Brazil's Botafogo

French champions PSG are widely regarded as one of the favourites for FIFA's 32-team tournament.

Real Madrid star Mbappe hospitalised with stomach bug

Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe is being treated in hospital in the United States after suffering a stomach bug, the Spanish giants said on Thursday.

More Sports

More Sports

Bangladesh’s Alif earns gold in Asia Cup archery

In a landmark moment for Bangladesh archery, 19-year-old Abdur Rahman Alif claimed his first international medal by winning the recurve men’s individual event at the Asia Cup Stage-2 in Singapore on Friday.

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Alcaraz survives scare to reach Queen's quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar as the world number two moved into the Queen's Club quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory on Thursday.

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World No.1 Sinner shocked in Halle second round by Bublik

Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle on Thursday to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat.

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Archer Himu to vie for bronze

Archer Himu Bachhar is set to face India’s Chechi Sachin in tomorrow's bronze-medal match of compound individual event in the Asia Cup Stage-2.

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BKSP aims big with archers Alif, Sagor

Archer Abdur Rahman Alif made it to the final for the first time at the senior level when the 19-year-old archer from Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protistan (BKSP) advanced to the Recurve Individual final of Asia Cup Archery stage-2 beating beat Chinese Taipei's Pin-An Chen 6-4 in semifinal in Singapore yesterday.

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Alcaraz wins testing Queen's opener

Carlos Alcaraz came through a testing first-round match against Adam Walton at Queen's on Tuesday as the top seed returned to action for the first time since his dramatic French Open triumph.

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Sinner wins first match after French Open final defeat

World number one Jannik Sinner rebounded from his agonising French Open final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz with a straight-sets win at the Halle Open on Tuesday.

3d ago

Olympic gold in LA is Djokovic’s new obsession

Novak Djokovic says that defending his Olympic title at LA 2028 - when he would be 41 years old - has become his primary motivation to continue competing, marking a significant shift in priorities for the 24-times Grand Slam champion.

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Jaiswal salutes 'special' hundred

India's Yashasvi Jaiswal was proud of a "very special" innings as he inflicted yet more pain upon England with a fine century in the first Test at Headingley on Friday.

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Flamengo come from behind to stun Chelsea at Club World Cup

Substitute Bruno Henrique played a starring role as Flamengo came roaring back in the second half to beat Chelsea 3-1 at the Club World Cup on Friday, maintaining an impressive record for South American teams so far at the competition.

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Liverpool complete record swoop for Wirtz

Liverpool completed the blockbuster signing of Germany forward Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday in a deal which could reportedly rise to a Premier League record fee.

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Gill launches India captaincy reign in style with hundred against England

Shubman Gill marked his first innings as India captain with a sparkling hundred after fellow young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored a fine century against England at Headingley on Friday.

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Bulbul's Advisory Committee clouded in questions

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul’s three-member Advisory Committee has attracted a lot of criticism as the nomination of its members has not been in line with the board’s constitution.

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A different type of debut for Nayeem in Galle

Sever years into his Test career which began in 2018, off-spinner Nayeem Hasan made a different kind of debut in the ongoing Galle Test against Sri Lanka.

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Parma hire Cuesta as youngest Serie A head coach

Parma made 29-year-old Carlos Cuesta the youngest head coach in the history of Serie A on Thursday when they hired the Spaniard to replace Cristian Chivu.

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Bavuma ruled out of Zimbabwe Test series

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the two-Test series against Zimbabwe that starts in Bulawayo on June 28 after he failed to recover from a hamstring injury sustained in the World Test Championship final win over Australia at Lord’s.

9h ago

England strike back against India in first Test

England hit back with two wickets just before lunch on the opening day of the first Test after India threatened to make Ben Stokes pay for opting to bowl first at Headingley on Friday.

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Bangladesh’s Alif earns gold in Asia Cup archery

In a landmark moment for Bangladesh archery, 19-year-old Abdur Rahman Alif claimed his first international medal by winning the recurve men’s individual event at the Asia Cup Stage-2 in Singapore on Friday.

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