Bangladesh have finally buried the hatchet with West Indies batting great Gordon Greenidge -- nearly two decades after unceremoniously sacking him as head coach in the middle of the 1999 World Cup, reports AFP.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) hosted a reception for Greenidge late Monday in the city, reuniting the...
Read moreBangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd will play their Group E home match of the AFC Cup Football against JSW Bengaluru FC of India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The traditional sky-blue Dhanmondi outfit have already been eliminated from the meet. They will...
Read moreAs the Bangladesh team consultant, Gary Kirsten's first order of business will be to help the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) finalise on a head coach, reports ESPNcricinfo. BCB president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday Kirsten is looking at the three candidates shortlisted by the board, to determine who would be...
Read moreROME, May 15 (AFP): Novak Djokovic got off to a winning start in his bid for a fifth ATP Italian Open title on Monday with a straight sets win over Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov as he gears up for the French Open in two weeks time.The 11th-seeded Serb, who has reached...
Read moreNEW DELHI, May 15 (AFP): India aims to launch a women's edition of the popular Indian Premier League cricket tournament in the next three years, a top official said Tuesday.As part of the build-up, top international women players will take part in a Twenty20 exhibition game at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium...
Read moreNEW DELHI, May 15 (AFP): India's Shashank Manohar has been re-elected chairman of the International Cricket Council for another two years, the sport's world governing body said Tuesday.Manohar, who became the ICC's first independent chairman in 2016, was elected unopposed for a second term after a tenure marked by broad...
Read morePERTH, Australia, May 15 (AFP): Cameron Bancroft has been cleared to play club cricket in Western Australia while serving his ban for ball-tampering in South Africa, as he looks for redemption over a scandal that tarnished his name.The 25-year-old opening batsman was suspended for nine months from state and international...
Read moreINDORE, May 15 (AP): Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets in a must-win Indian Premier League match on Monday and kept its hopes alive for a place in the playoffs.Umesh Yadav's short-pitched deliveries got the big wickets of Lokesh Rahul (21) and Chris Gayle (14) as...
Read moreDORTMUND, Germany, May 15 (Agencies): Injured Manuel Neuer was named in Germany's extended 27-man pre-World Cup squad on Tuesday, but there was no place for Brazil 2014 winner Mario Goetze.Neuer, Germany's captain and goalkeeper, has not played since September and still has to prove his fitness ahead of the June...
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