women's sports
Joty and Co upbeat for direct World Cup berth
Showcasing a spirited display, Nigar Sultana Joty’s team put aside all the pre-series fears.
Tigresses’ World Cup path hinges on Ireland series
While Ireland had recently beat England and Sri Lanka, the hosts are winless this year and last played a 50-over match in March.
‘Huge’ step for women’s cricket as series sponsor deal sealed
For the first time, BCB has been able to secure a deal for title sponsorship and ground rights for a home women’s series.
Sabina and Co brace for SAFF defence showdown
Bangladesh will start their campaign by taking on Pakistan in a Group A encounter on October 20 before facing five-time champions India in the group’s second and final match on October 23, after the seven-team tournament gets underway on October 17 in Kathmandu.
England show their class to get revenge over South Africa
In a repeat of the 2023 semi-final, England got their revenge with an all-round team display to chase down 125 with four balls remaining.
Joty and Co ready to ‘dream of something bigger’
The momentum for women's cricket in Bangladesh would have had a far bigger boost had they been staging the event as planned.
‘For us, the biggest thing is respect’
"In abroad, they give women's sports the same amount of importance as men's sports. I don't know if the men's and women's sports are getting the same importance, but the situation has improved a lot."
Women's sport draws record viewership in 2023: UK research
The FIFA Women's World Cup final, which England lost 1-0 to Spain at Stadium Australia, was 2023's most-watched women's sport event on TV with 38.4 million viewing hours.
Women's sport draws record viewership in 2023
A record 46.7 million viewers in Britain tuned in to watch women's sport on TV in 2023, eclipsing 2019's mark by almost a million, according to research published by the Women's Sport Trust on Tuesday.
Bangladesh find Russia too tough to handle
Hosts Bangladesh tasted their first defeat in the ongoing SAFF U-17 Women’s Championship when the girls in red and green suffered a 3-0 defeat to their Russian counterparts at the Shaheed Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday.
‘Encouragement is key’
In conversation with Ashreen Mridha, founder of Deshi Ballers and former shooting guard of the national women’s basketball team, Naziba Basher of The Daily Star delves into some of the deeper questions of why the women are still made to lag behind.
Are we doing enough for aspiring young female athletes?
The primary barriers girls face in regards to sports come from the families themselves.