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Injured Shakib to miss first T20I against Sri Lanka

Bangladesh cricket Test and T20I sides skipper Shakib Al Hasan will remain out of the squad in the first match of a two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka due to finger injury which he suffered during fielding against the same team in the Tri-nation ODI series final in Mirpur on...

Teenager Gerard wins US’ first Olympic gold

Teenager Red Gerard snatched a dramatic gold medal in the men's slopestyle to win the United States' first Winter Olympics gold in Pyeongchang, reports BBC Sport.The 17-year-old scored 87.16 on his final run with just four other athletes left to complete their third run.Canadian pair Max Parrot and Mark McMorris...

Olympics organisers confirm cyber attack, won’t reveal source

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organisers confirmed on Sunday that the Games had fallen victim to a cyber attack during Friday's opening ceremony, but they refused to reveal the source, reports Reuters.The Games' systems, including the internet and television services, were affected by the hack two days ago but organisers said it...

Brothers Union beat Prime Bank in Premier cricket

An all-round performance by former national cricketer Alok Kapali enabled Brothers Union Club to share the top slot in the Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League beating Prime Bank Cricket Club by 24 runs at the BKSP ground-3 in Savar on Sunday, reports UNB.After the day's match, three teams -...

Pakistan gears up to host PSL final in Karachi

KARACHI, Feb 11 (AFP): Foreign experts on Sunday inspected security arrangements in Karachi, which is scheduled to stage the final of Pakistan's Twenty20 league next month -- the city's first international match in nine years.The third season of the Pakistan Super League starts in the United Arab Emirates on February...

Aguero scores four against Leicester to lift Man City 16 points clear

Sergio Aguero scored four goals as Manchester City extended their Premier League lead to 16 points with a 5-1 rout of Leicester City on Saturday, reports Reuters.Raheem Sterling opened the scoring for the hosts, converting Kevin De Bruyne's teasing cross in the third minute before Jamie Vardy equalised against the...

Venus Williams, Vandeweghe give US 2-0 lead in Fed Cup

ASHEVILLE, Feb 11 (AP): Venus Williams used her 1,000th career singles match to get the United States off to a strong start in its Fed Cup title defence.CoCo Vandeweghe needed to stage a comeback to make sure that momentum continued.Williams and Vandeweghe won their singles matches Saturday to give the...

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, son of Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, son of Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, plays with a ball after the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Saturday. — AFP

FSIBL 3rd Diplomat Cup Tennis Tournament-2018

The FSIBL 3rd Diplomat Cup Tennis Tournament-2018, sponsored by First Security Islami Bank, was inaugurated recently. Md Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs and president of Bangladesh Tennis Federation was present as chief guest while Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank Limited, was present...