The ECB’s delegation left Dhaka yesterday night after inspecting the venues and other matters, related to the security. The delegates seemed to have satisfied with the security plan and other things, said BCB media and communication chairman Jalal Yunus. Expecting the positive result from the…

Local giant Abahani Limited returned to the winning ways in the JB Bangladesh Premier League football after defeating Arambagh Krira Sangha by 2-0 at…

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced 33-man squad yesterday for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup pre-qualifying matches against Bhutan and a FIFA International Friendly match against Maldives. The Asian Cup qualifiers will be held on September 6 and 10 at home and away respectively while the friendly…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: China’s Chen Long inflicted more Olympic heartache on Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei with a straight games win for gold in the men’s badminton singles final on Saturday. Chen took both games 21-18 to consign Lee to a third consecutive defeat in an Olympic Games final.…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday trimmed the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh Women’s Cricket Team from 22 to 18.  The board will announce the 15-member final squad before flying for Belfast, Northern Ireland. They have been practicing through playing match amongst them at the…

AP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Russia’s dominance of synchronized swimming remains unchallenged after it captured the team gold Friday to preserve…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Allyson Felix became the first woman athlete with five gold medals as she powered the US sprint relay team to victory just a day…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Great Britain won their first Olympic Games women’s hockey gold medal on Friday with a dramatic shoot-out triumph over two-time…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: The United States collection of NBA stars, unbeaten for a decade, will face Serbia in Sunday’s Rio Olympics gold medal game…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Germany handed departing coach Silvia Neid the perfect send off by claiming women’s football Olympic gold for the first time thanks to a 2-1 win over Sweden in front of a huge crowd at Rio’s Maracana. Dzsenifer Marozsan’s sweet strike and Lisa Sembrant’s…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Usain Bolt insisted it was “mission accomplished” after signing off with a ‘treble-treble’ in his final Olympic race, predicting that his achievements may never be broken. “I hope I’ve set the bar high enough that no one can do it again,”…