Footballers to remain busy this yr
Country's football will spend a busy time in its international engagements in 2018 as the national men's and women's soccer teams and age-group teams have a hectic schedule in different international as well as club-based tournaments, reports BSS.The national men's football team will likely start their international football in 2018...
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Liverpool, Newcastle, Leicester City, Manchester Utd win in Premier League
LONDON, Jan 2 (AFP): Ragnar Klavan's last-gasp goal gave Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 win at Burnley, while Stoke manager Mark Hughes faced calls for his sacking after a 1-0 defeat against Newcastle on Monday.With Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah missing due to thigh and groin injuries respectively and Roberto Firmino...
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Tigers' future tour programmes in 2018
As per the Future Tour Programmes (FTP), Bangladesh will play eight Tests, more or less 17 one day internationals (ODI) and seven T20Is in 2018, including their fixtures in the Asia Cup in India and Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka, reports UNB.The Tigers will play a tri-nation series at home...
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Kool-BSPA Sports Awards ceremony January 6
The Kool-BSPA Sports Awards-2017, a regular event of Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA), will be handed over on Saturday (January 6) afternoon at a function at the Ballroom of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital, reports UNB.Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will distribute the awards among the outstanding sports personalities...
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Sharapova downs Riske as Ostapenko crashes out in 1st round
SHENZHEN, China, Jan 2 (AFP): Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to defeat American Alison Riske at the Shenzhen Open on Tuesday and book a spot in the quarter-finals.Riske, who had been hoping for her first win against the former world number one, proved...
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Dominic Thiem starts well in Qatar Open, Fernando Verdasco struggles
DOHA, Jan 2 (Omnisport): Top seed Dominic Thiem wasted no time in stamping his authority over the Qatar Open with a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 victory over Evgeny Donskoy.Thiem is the standout player in the season-opening tournament in Doha after two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic withdrew on Saturday with his problematic...
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Mohamed Salah 2017 Arab player of the year
CAIRO, Jan 2 (AFP): Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah was named Arab Player of the Year for 2017 on Monday in a poll of around 100 sports journalists from several Arab countries. Salah, 25, has been an instant success at Liverpool since joining from AS Roma, scoring 17 goals...
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