BCB hires ex-Indian cricketer Sriram as T20 consultant
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has hired ex-Indian cricketer Sridharan Sriram as the technical consultant to the team for T20Is ahead of the Asia Cup starting on August 27 in the UAE, reports UNB. Nazmul Hasan, the president of BCB, said Sridharan will work with the Bangladesh team till the...
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Naim hits ton as Bangladesh A beat West Indies A
In the second unofficial one-day match, Bangladesh A beat their West Indian counterparts by 44 runs at the Gros Islet on Thursday. Opener Mohammad Naim hit a hundred in the match. He made a great comeback after he was dismissed for a duck in the first match, reports UNB. Sabbir...
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VAR official admits error over hair-tug on Cucurella
Mike Dean, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, said on Thursday he made the wrong call when Spurs' Cristian Romero pulled Marc Cucurella's hair.The foul was not given by on-field referee Anthony Taylor and Spurs profited as they scored a last-gasp...
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Swiatek, Raducanu, Kontaveit knocked out of Cincinnati
World number one Iga Swiatek and reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu were both knocked out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, while second seed Anett Kontaveit also had her preparations for Flushing Meadows cut short in the round of 16, reports Reuters.Raducanu had beaten former Grand Slam champions Serena...
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FIFA sells 2.45m tickets for Qatar World Cup
Organisers have sold 2.45 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, world football governing body FIFA said on Thursday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5-16.FIFA said the biggest number of allocated tickets were for group stage matches...
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