Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim ruled out of the last two Twenty20 Internationals against Zimbabwe due to his injury layoff. The diminutive wicketkeeper-batsman sustained an injury during the second Twenty20 match against the Southern African nation and has been replaced by fast bowler Taskin Ahmed…

The Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) is going to defer for around one month from third round due to players’ unavailability. As per the reschedule, the BCL third round will resume on February 19 and it’ll continue till March 14. The third round of the league was scheduled to start from January…

Zimbabwe stand-in captain Hamilton Masakadza urged his batsmen to show more intent after his side tasted the consecutive fourth defeat in T20 Internationals. The latest annihilation came against Bangladesh who sealed a facile 42-run win to go up 2-0 in the four-match series. Apart from Masakadza, only…

Robi Fast Bowler Hunt, a joint programme of country’s leading mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been kick-started with huge response yesterday. The first spell of the campaign held at two different venues of Chittagong and Sylhet, where aspiring fast…

AFP,  HAMILTON (New Zealand): A world-record T20 partnership by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand a comprehensive 10-wicket win…

The long term choice in No. 3! The experiment on Sabbir Rahman came out as good so far. He was promoted to No. 3 position in the series after he showed the position particularly to his like during the BPL. In the first match of the series, Sabbir played a 46 runs knock which eventually turned out to…

AFP, LONDON: Aston Villa’s Rudy Gestede prevented Leicester City pulling three points clear in the Premier League on Saturday, while John Terry’s…

AFP, PARIS: Not for the first time, Paris Saint-Germain were grateful to Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the Swede’s second-half goal secured a 1-0 win away to Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Saturday. It was far from a vintage performance from the champions and relegation-threatened Toulouse were unlucky not to…

AFP, JOHANNESBURG: Stuart Broad produced a sensational display of fast bowling as England swept to a series-clinching victory on the third day of the…

AFP, MELBOURNE: Glenn Maxwell blasted 96 from just 83 deliveries to lead Australia to a thrilling three-wicket win over India in the third one-day international Sunday and a series victory. After Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and sent India in to bat, the…

AP, LISBON (PORTUGAL): Benfica fought back to beat Estoril 2-1 and pull to within two points of Portuguese league leader Sporting Lisbon on Saturday. Leo Bonatini put Estoril ahead early, but Benfica got a goal from halftime substitute Konstantinos Mitroglou to level before Luis “Pizzi”…

Mercury House became champions in the annual sports of BAF Shaheen English Medium School (SEMS)  winning 11 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze medals. The sports meet was held at the school premises on Saturday, according to an ISPR press release. Venus House finished runners-up winning 9 gold 5 silver…

AFP, MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain took his tally to 20 goals in as many Serie A games this season as Napoli went four points clear of Inter Milan after a thrilling 3-1 win over Sassuolo on Saturday. But Higuain, who is well on his way to this season’s Capocannoniere (top scorer) award, did brilliantly…