BPL franchise Durbar Rajshahi have announced experienced pacer Taskin Ahmed as the new skipper for their remaining matches of the Bangladesh Premier League after relieving regular skipper Anamul Haque Bijoy from the role to ‘give him some space to concentrate only on his batting’.
Barcelona's last visit to face Benfica ended in a heavy thumping on the way to Champions League group stage elimination in 2021, but with young starlet Lamine Yamal propelling a team on the rise, hopes are far higher for the Catalans this time around.
The last time Chelsea won the Premier League was back in 2016-17. Since then, despite being in the fight for the crown on a few occasions, The Blues have struggled to find the killer instinct and have suffered from several setbacks centred around an unexpected change in ownership. Performance levels had also reached severe lows in the 2022-23 season and they ended up finishing 12th in the league.
A Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant against cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, along with three others, in connection with a cheque dishonour case involving IFIC Bank.
Hasan Mahmud pulled things together for Khulna Tigers in the death overs to snatch victory from the claws of defeat as even an Anamul Haque Bijoy ton came in vain for Durbar Rajshahi.
Fortune Barishal’s veteran batter Mahmudullah Riyad broke all-rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraz’s record for the most matches played for the franchise on Sunday.
Dawid Malan had been watching this BPL from the sidelines and before today, he had appeared in just one game. The chase of Chittagong Kings’ 121 for eight did not appear to be a steep one at first, but after Tamim Iqbal was run out following a confusion with the Englishman, the pressure was on Malan.
Spinner Sajid Khan took five wickets to guide Pakistan to a 127-run win in the first Test of the two-match series against West Indies in Multan on Sunday.
Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan struck four times to leave the West Indies in deep trouble on 54-5 at lunch on the third day of the first Test in their chase of 251 for victory.
Rishad’s Barishal teammate Dawid Malan, appearing in his fifth BPL, knows a thing or two about being benched, as the former England batter has played in only one game this edition. During a press conference yesterday, Malan gave his views on playing in foreign leagues and on Rishad.
After a training session at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday, most of the Dhaka Capitals cricketers had exited the ground, but not Sabbir Rahman. Sabbir, who remains a fan favourite despite not playing for Bangladesh since 2022, stayed back to work on his power hitting – something he has shown glimpses of in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
The development committee of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to hold the training camp of the Bangladesh Under-17 Men’s football team in Jashore instead of Dhaka ahead of their upcoming SAFF and AFC age-group tournaments.
United crumbled to a sixth loss in 11 Premier League games since Amorim arrived from Sporting Lisbon to replace the sacked Erik ten Hag.
Aurelien Tchouameni dropped out of Real Madrid's squad to face Las Palmas in La Liga on Sunday "due to discomfort in his left leg", said the Spanish champions in a statement.
"Couple days ago the famous sports journalist who works for official broadcaster Channel Nine here in Australia made a mockery of Serbian fans and also made insulting and offensive comments towards me," he said, not naming him but appearing to reference Tony Jones.
Jaime Alcaraz Garfia won his first qualifying match at the Les Petits As on Saturday, putting him one victory away from the main draw at an event that is a premier fixture on the Junior European Tour.
The 37-year-old Serb, who is gunning for a record 25th Grand Slam title and 11th Melbourne crown, beat 24th seed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) on Rod Laver Arena.
Coco Gauff wrote "RIP TikTok USA" and drew a broken heart on a camera lens shortly after reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday after the popular app used by 170 million Americans stopped working in the United States.
Daniil Medvedev has been fined a large chunk of his Australian Open prize money for unsportsmanlike conduct at the year's opening Grand Slam, included a racket-smashing meltdown in the first round.
Double-defending champion Sabalenka blew away Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in a ruthless display on the hottest day of the Melbourne tournament so far.
Ukraine's Svitolina beat Jasmine Paolini 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the third round of the women's draw just hours after Frenchman Monfils stunned American Taylor Fritz on the same Margaret Court Arena in the men's singles.
Gael Monfils said he was ready to "do some damage" after stunning Taylor Fritz on Saturday at the Australian Open in his first win over a top-five seed at a Grand Slam in almost 17 years.
Arteta conceded Arsenal were culpable for the defensive mistakes that allowed Villa back into the game.
Law began his career at Huddersfield Town but made a name for himself at United where he spent 11 years, winning the league title in 1965 and 1967, and the 1968 European Cup.
Belgium striker Lukaku nodded home his eighth Napoli goal from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's perfect cross in the 78th minute to give Antonio Conte's team a statement win in Bergamo.
The draw leaves the third-place Catalans five points behind leaders Atletico Madrid, who lost 1-0 at Leganes earlier in the day, but Hansi Flick's side could not take advantage.
Juventus moved into Serie A's Champions League positions on Saturday after convincingly beating AC Milan 2-0, as leaders Napoli prepare for a huge clash at title rivals Atalanta.
Antoine Griezmann missed a late penalty as La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid stumbled to a shock 1-0 defeat at Leganes on Saturday, ending a club record run of 15 consecutive victories.
Over the past week, club officials have raised concerns regarding certain proposals made by the constitution amendment committee, led by BCB director Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, which they believe could harm the country’s cricket.
In a bid to secure a direct spot in this year’s ICC Women’s World Cup in India, Bangladesh women’s team will take on West Indies in the opening game of a three-match WODI series in St Kitts today.
Darwin Nunez struck twice in stoppage time to earn Liverpool a 2-0 win at Brentford and open up a seven-point Premier League lead on Saturday after Bournemouth ran riot in a 4-1 win at Newcastle.
Bangladesh national football team captain Jamal Bhuiyan said it would be a proud moment for the country to see Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury put on a red and green jersey, but wants to see more players like Hamza playing in the Bangladesh ranks.
