The country’s leading football club – Bashundhara Kings are all set to complaint against the Bangladesh Football Federation’s autocratic decisions with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a top official of the club informed The Daily Sun on Saturday. Kings earlier decided to take legal actions against the federation over the venue snub and to lodge complaints to the higher…

India set up an ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 semi-final clash with Australia after knocking out defending champions Bangladesh. In a repeat of the 2020 Final, India bowled first and dismissed Bangladesh for 111 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua and Barbuda before their batters chased down the modest target for the loss of five wickets. India batted first in each of their…

Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal has announced that he will not  play T20 international in the next six months. He came up with the announcement at a press conference at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Thursday. "I will not focus on T20 cricket for the next six months and instead, concentrate on Test and ODI formats," he said.

The two-day 'Bashundhara Cup Golf Tournament-2022' kicked off at Bhatiary Golf and Country Club (BGCC) in Chattogram on Friday morning (Jan 21).  Country's leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group's concern Bashundhara Bitumen is sponsoring the event.  A total of 222 golfers including foreigners, women and children are taking part in the tournament.  The 24 Infantry Division…

Bangladesh Test team have arrived home after completing a successful tour in New Zealand. The flight carrying the Tigers landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday (January 15) afternoon. Though all the team members reached home today, senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim and team director Khaled Mahmud Sujan arrived Dhaka earlier on Thursday. Bangladesh clinched their maiden Test…

Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bat against Papua New Guinea in their bid to reach the Super 12s of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday. The Tigers remain unchanged from their previous win over Oman in Group B of the first round in Muscat. "Looks like a very good wicket to bat on, so (we) would like to put a good total on the board," Mahmudullah said at the toss."We…

Once the charge of the light brigade starts and one army makes a wrong move it gets extremely difficult to recover and regain the initiative. Exactly that is the situation of Bangladesh after losing their first match unexpectedly against associate member Scotland. Now Bangladesh not only have to win but have to win big making sure that they stay above Scotland and Oman in run rates. In the event Oman…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the schedule for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The season 14 opener of the cricketing extravaganza will take place between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 9. While the first match will be played in Chennai, the final will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium…

Sri Lanka's spinners bamboozled world champions West Indies to claim a 43-run win in the second Twenty20 International at Coolidge Cricket Ground on Friday. Having lost by four wickets in the opening game on Wednesday, in a game where West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard launched six sixes in an over, the tourists successfully defended 160 on Friday to level the three-match series. West Indies were…

Former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza on Friday urged current Bangladesh cricketers not to take any added pressure during their upcoming limited-over series against New Zealand, starting on March 20. “We all know that New Zealand is a very difficult condition. Shakib isn’t also there so it’s going to be very difficult. But the way they talked before going to New Zealand, that…

Any tour to New Zealand (be it white or red ball) is always extremely challenging for any team from South Asian subcontinent. Players of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Sri Lanka usually play on low, slow, turning wickets. Off course these days efforts are being made for leaving grass on wickets and letting players practice on simulated wickets. But these are too little to less to adjust with fast…

A General Diary (GD) has been filed with the capital’s Uttara Pashchim Police Station as Tamima Sultana got married to cricketer Nasir Hossain without divorcing her previous husband formally. The GD was filed by Rakib Hassan, ex-husband of Tamima. Shah Md Aktaruzzaman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Uttara Pashchim Police Station, confirmed the matter to risingbd on Saturday (February 20). He said,…

National team cricketers are set to fly for New Zealand on Tuesday (February 23) morning to play three ODI matches and as many T20Is. National team cricketers including coaching staff and supporting staff are taking coronavirus vaccine before flying for the series. Tamim, Soumya and Miraz among other cricketers took vaccines on February 18. Several coaching staff also received vaccine on the day.…