Tuesday, 19 Nov, 2024

Sports

Rain delays start of 4th day

DHAKA: Rain prevented play starting as scheduled at 9:30am local time on the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa in Mirpur on Sunday. Earlier, the second and third days’ play at the Shere Bangla National Stadium have been called off without playing a single

Pakistan win T20 series with1-wicket win

DHAKA: Shahid Afridi then Anwar Ali lifted Pakistan from nowhere to beat Sri Lanka by one wicket with four balls left and sweep their two-match Twenty20 series on Saturday.After winning the toss, Sri Lanka put up a formidable 172-7, helped by a career-best 48 not out from Chamara

Day three of Dhaka Test washed out

DHAKA: The third day's play in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur has been called off due to rain on Saturday.An entire day's play was lost without playing a single ball due to wet outfield caused by rain with the influence

Rain delays start of 3-day play

DHAKA: Rain delayed the start of the third day's play in the second Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur on Saturday.Earlier on Friday, incessant rain due to the influence of cyclonic storm Komen washed out the entire second day's play in the Test.Bangladesh scored 246

Beijing wins 2022 Winter Olympics bid

DHAKA: Beijing was selected Friday to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.Beijing narrowly defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a vote of the International Olympic Committee. The vote was surprisingly close: 44-40, reports Yahoo

Play called off due to rain on Day 2

DHAKA: The second day's play in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur was called off due to rain on Friday. Bangladesh could not resume their first innings as the entire morning session of the second day's play was washed out

Rain delays start of play on Day 2

DHAKA: Rain delayed the start of the second day's play of the second Test between South Africa and Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.Both teams remain at the hotel as it has been raining cats and dogs due to influence of the cyclone 'Komen'. Earlier,

South Africa Has Nose In front

Bangladesh Vs South Africa 2 nd Test Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka Brief Scorecard : Bangladesh 246 /8 ( Mushfiqur Rahman 65, Mominul Haque 40, Mahmudullah 35 ,Shakib Al Hasan 35 , Imrul Kayes 30 , JP Duminy 3/27 ,Dale Steyn 3/30)Match Report:On a slow flat turning track,

Bangladeshis win 3 gold medals in Special Olympic

DHAKA: Bangladesh team won three gold medals on shot-put, badminton and table tennis in Special Olympics Summer World Games in Los Angels.In athletics, Suman Khan won the gold medal in shotput 4-kg, Rezwanul Haque in badminton single and Naimur Rahman in table tennis single.Moreover,

Tigers 246/8 at stumps

DHAKA: Bangladesh scored 246 runs losing eight wickets at stumps on Day-1 of the first innings in the second test against visiting South Africa at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Thursday.Mushfiq 65, Mominul 40, Mahmudullah 35, Shakib 35 helped Tigers to make the score in 88.1 overs as Steyn and

Expectations are high in China ahead of 2022 Olympic vote

DHAKA: Expectations are high in China as the vote on the 2022 Winter Olympics Games nears.‘Good luck for Beijing, and I will pray for you,’ said Li Maocuo, two days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decides to give the host right to Beijing, or Almaty, Kazakhstan.The

Bangladesh cross hundred

DHAKA: Bangladesh have scored 125-run losing three wickets in the first innings of the second test against visiting South Africa at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur in city on Thursday.Earlier, dashing opener Tamim Iqbal returned to pavilion in the fifth over of the

Tamim returns pavilion early

DHAKA: Dashing Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal returned to pavilion early in the first innings of the second test against visiting South Africa at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stafium in Mirpur in city on Thursday.He scored only 6-run. Dale Steyn took the wicket and on the way entered the

Tigers batting against Proteas

DHAKA: Bangladesh openers have started their innings against visiting South Africa in the second test of two-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur in city on Thursday.Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to bat first in the match that

Tigers to bat after winning toss

DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected to bat first against visiting South Africa in the second test of two-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stafium in Mirpur in city on Thursday.Bangladesh openers will open their innings at 9:30am local

Opportunity of a Life Time

It is an opportunity of the life time for the Tigers of Bangladesh to try and hurt African Lion further in cricket as the teams are poised to appear against each other in last encounter of the short series at Dhaka Thursday.Rain is expected to interrupt the proceedings. But, if nature

SA confirms 72-day tour to India

DHAKA: South Africa will play three Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and four Tests on a 72-day tour of India this year, according to the schedule released on Monday. The tour, which runs from September to December, will be South Africa's longest trip to India and will feature their

New Zealand to play as Aotearoa in Zimbabwe

DHAKA: New Zealand will adopt a temporary change during their tour of Africa, playing under the name Aotearoa for the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare on August 2, reports espncricinfo.The one-off move will help celebrate Maori Language Week; Aotearoa (common translation is “the

SL beat Pakistan by 165 runs in final ODI

DHAKA: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 165 runs in the fifth and final one-day international at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium. Despite the defeat, Pakistan won the five-match series 3-2.Sri Lanka plundered 368 for 4, but even on a placid Hambantota deck, the chase was too steep for Pakistan's

Paradigm Shift of Bangladesh Cricket

In only matter of months cricket in Bangladesh has witnessed a great paradigm shift. The ascending to higher level that started from the end last year with the comprehensive series win against low rated Zimbabwe has reached to such an epic level that Bangladesh is eying even a test series