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Dhaka Div score paltry 113 against Khulna Division in NCL

A seven-wicket haul by Mehedy Hasan Miraz enabled Khulna Division to bundle out Dhaka Division for 113 runs in 38.4 overs in the first innings on the first day of the four-day 6th and last round Tier-1 match of the Walton 1oT Smart Fridge 19th National Cricket League that began...

BD to face India in SAFF U-15 Women's football today

Bangladesh take on India in their last league phase match of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship scheduled to be held Thursday (tomorrow) at Birshrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city's Kamalapur, reports BSS.The match will kick off at 11:30 am.In the day's other match, Nepal will play...

Windies rue poor batting as New Zealand win first ODI

WHANGAREI, New Zealand, Dec 20 (AFP): New Zealand cruised to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the first one-day international on Wednesday as the tourists´ batting line-up failed to perform.The return of Chris Gayle could not spark the West Indies, with the short-form master managing only 22 as...

Manchester City, Arsenal thru to League Cup semis

LONDON, Dec 20 (AP): Manchester City kept alive its hopes of a quadruple as it beat Leicester 4-3 on penalties to reach the semifinals of the English League Cup on Tuesday.Arsenal is also through after beating West Ham 1-0.City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saved Riyad Mahrez's spot kick for the decisive...

Birmingham wins 2022 C'wealth Games bid

LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP): Birmingham is set to be announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Durban was stripped of the event in March, according to reports Wednesday.The Games were originally awarded to Durban in 2015 but the South African city had the event taken away for...

Djokovic picks new format for Australian Open warm-up

SYDNEY, Dec 20 (AFP): Former world number one Novak Djokovic will warm-up for a tilt at a record seventh Australian Open crown by playing in an innovative quickfire event at the Melbourne venue.Djokovic, who has been sidelined since July with a right elbow injury, is making his long-awaited return to...

IPL auctions set to take place on Jan 27, 28 in Bengaluru

The 2018 IPL auction will be held on January 27 and 28, in Bangalore. That means the mega auction will coincide with the final two days of India's third Test on the tour of South Africa; Virat Kohli's team is scheduled to play the final Test of the South Africa...

Napoli beat Udinese to reach Italian Cup quarterfinals

NAPLES, Dec 20 (AP): Serie A leader Napoli progressed to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup by beating Udinese 1-0 on Tuesday.Substitute Lorenzo Insigne scored 18 minutes from time. Napoli will face Atalanta or Sassuolo on Jan. 2.Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri rested some senior players, including Insigne and Dries Mertens,...

Hathurusingha sees opportunity for struggling SL

COLOMBO, Dec 20 (AFP): Chandika Hathurusingha said Wednesday he scents opportunity as the new head coach of Sri Lanka despite a string of humiliating defeats."It will not be pressure but an opportunity," the 49-year-old former Test batsman told reporters after being named to the post on December 8."I am proud...

Duckett to miss England Lions tour after Perth bar incident

LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP): Batsman Ben Duckett has been left out of the England Lions squad to tour the West Indies after pouring a drink over James Anderson in a Perth bar.Batsman Duckett, 23, had already been fined and suspended from Lions' matches on the Australia tour after the late-night...