The South African legendary opening batsman and coach of the ICC World Cup champion Indian Cricket team Gary Kirsten appointed as the National Team Management Consultant of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reports UNB.In his first assignment, Gary Kirsten will help the BCB to finalize a head coach for national cricket...
Read moreMADRID, May 12 (AP): First it was Fernando Torres, then Andres Iniesta.The league season in Spain ended Sunday with two Spanish soccer idols bidding farewell to their clubs.Torres ended his storied career with boyhood club Atletico Madrid by scoring twice in the team's 2-2 draw against Eibar.A few hours later,...
Read moreBangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman shared the 3rd slot with 14 other players in the 3rd Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament- 2018 after the 7th round matches in Kolkata on Sunday, reports UNB.He secured five points. Fide Master Khondakar Aminul Islam followed Zia bagging 4.5 points.Three Bangladeshi players --IM Abu...
Read moreROME (Reuters): Rafael Nadal made the best of a rain delay to come from behind in the deciding set and beat defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1 1-6 6-3 in the Italian Open final on Sunday.The win gave the Spaniard his 56th title on clay and he will reclaim the world...
Read moreBARCELONA, May 21 (OmniSport): Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for a fifth time.The Argentina international claimed the prize after scoring 34 goals in La Liga this season, helping his club to a 25th league triumph.Messi -who came off the bench in Barcelona's final-day win over...
Read moreMILAN, May 21 (Reuters): Inter Milan ended a six-season absence from the Champions League on Sunday when they produced an extraordinary fightback to win 3-2 at Lazio and push their opponents out of fourth place in Serie A.The fixture list had pitted the two sides on the final day of...
Read moreBAGHDAD, May 21 (AFP): Iraq is to host a West Asia Football Federation championship in the southern city of Basra in November, the first international tournament to be staged in the country since the 1990s.Iraqi authorities hailed late Sunday WAFF's invitation to host the tournament, following the decision in March...
Read morePUNE, May 21 (AP): Chennai Super Kings ended Kings XI Punjab's IPL hopes with a five-wicket win and Delhi Daredevils stopped defending champion Mumbai Indians from advancing with an 11-run victory on Sunday.Punjab needed to restrict Chennai to 100 for a place in the Indian Premier League playoffs after it...
Read moreMUMBAI, May 21 (Hindustan Times): Sri Lanka's tour to West Indies is less than a week away and yet, the players of the sub-continent nation are yet to know if they're heading to play a Test or an ODI series or both. Gone are the days when almost the same...
Read morePARIS, May 21 (Omnisport): Injury-plagued former world number three Milos Raonic has withdrawn from the French Open.The 2016 Wimbledon runner-up retired from the Monte Carlo Masters last month due to a knee problem, but returned to action at the Madrid Open.Raonic was beaten by fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the...
Read morePARIS, May 21 (AFP): Maria Sharapova's run to the Italian Open semi-finals has earned her an 11-place jump to 29th in the latest WTA rankings on Monday.While Sharapova was moving up the charts Elina Svitolina remained at number four despite her successful title defence in Rome.Beaten finalist Simona Halep retains...
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