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PM donates Tk 3.5m for ailing Swadhin Bangla footballer

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has donated Tk 3.5 million (35 lakh) to Swadhin Bangla Football Team player Taslim Sheikh for meeting his treatment costs and other family expenditures, reports UNB."Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over on Monday a cheque for the amount to Taslim Sheikh, who has been suffering...

20 players leading in Sonargaon Chess

Twenty players are sharing the lead in the Sonargaon International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament securing full two points after the second round matches at the Sonargaon Royal Resort on Wednesday, reports UNB.The leaders are: GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman, FM...

Tamim's Zalmi eliminate Riyad's Gladiators

Bangladeshi top order batsman Tamim Iqbal's Peshawar Zalmi eliminated Mahudullah Riyad's Quetta Gladiators from this year's Pakistan Super League (PSL) beating them by just one run in a nerve shattering match at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore Tuesday night, reports UNB.Two Bangladeshi cricketers displayed a good performance with Tamim Iqbal making...

Nat'l Football team concede defeat to Ratchaburi

Touring Bangladesh National Football team conceded to a 0-1 goal defeat against Thai Premier League Club Ratchaburi Mitr Phol FC in their first preparatory match at the Mitr Phol Stadium in Ratchaburi province of Thailand on Wednesday, reports UNB.The match-deciding goal was scored in the last minute of the match.The...

Premier Cricket super-six battles start Saturday

After finishing the league phase of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, the top six teams will play-off the rounds at three separate venues in the capital and its adjoining areas on Saturday, reports UNB.On the opening day, defending champions and the sixth slot holders in this edition after league phase...

England face New Zealand in Test today

AUCKLAND, Mar 21 (AFP): England were guarded over whether injury-hit Ben Stokes would bowl against New Zealand when he makes his Test comeback from suspension on Thursday.Speaking on Wednesday, ahead of the first day-night Test to be held in New Zealand, captain Joe Root said the all-rounder would "play a...

Women defy strict rules to play football in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Mar 21 (AFP): Shortly after sunrise, a group of young women arrives at a football pitch in Mogadishu, where they shrug off their hijabs-some changing underneath the billowing veil-to reveal their team kit.Young Somali men stand nearby, some disapproving but all watching closely, as the women jog up and...

Rabada boosts S Africa as Australia's Starc passed fit

CAPE TOWN, Mar 20 (AFP): South Africa will be boosted by the presence of their match-winning fast bowler Kagiso Rabada in the third Test against Australia starting Thursday but the visitors also received good news when Mitchell Starc was passed fit.With the series tied 1-1, Rabada, who took 11 wickets...

England to tour S Lanka for first time in six years

COLOMBO, Mar 21 (AFP): England cricket team will tour Sri Lanka for the first time in six years to play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty20 match. The tour will begin on October 10 with a day-night ODI at Dambulla, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement....

Rashid insists that Afghan WC hopes still alive

HARARE, Mar 20 (AFP): Rashid Khan insisted that "anything can happen" and that Afghanistan are still holding hopes of qualifying for next year's World Cup in England and Wales, after beating the United Arab Emirates by five wickets on Tuesday.Rashid took five for 41 as the UAE were bowled out...

Women's cricket team

MUMBAI: Women's cricket team captains (L-R) Australia's Meg Lanning, India's Harmanpreet Kaur and England's Heather Knight posing with the trophy ahead of the women's cricket tri-series at the Brabourne Stadium here Wednesday — AFP

Marcel Desailly holding the FIFA World Cup trophy

PARIS: Former French international football player Marcel Desailly holding the FIFA World Cup trophy during the Trophy Tour here Tuesday with the FIFA World Cup scheduled for June 14 to July 15 in 11 Russian cities — AFP