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Role of coach like a father figure: Walsh

Courtney Walsh, filling in as Bangladesh's head coach on an interim basis, feels the role itself is that of a father figure and is eager to take on the challenge which begins with the Nidahas T20 tri-series on March 6, reports ESPN cricinfo.Since Chandika Hathurusingha's resignation in October, the BCB...

Football team leave for Qatar today

Bangladesh national football team will leave Dhaka for Qatar today (Wednesday) to get better training as part of preparation ahead of their international engagements, reports BSS. The national team is comprised of 24 booters and eight officials. The SAFF Championship 2018 is scheduled to be held from September 4-15 in...

Inter-university athletic contest begins at RU

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 27 (UNB): The two-day Bangladesh Inter-University Athletic Competition-2018 began at Rajshahi University (RU) on Tuesday.RU Vice-chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan inaugurated the competition at the university stadium at 8:30 am.Among others, RU Pro-VC Prof Ananda Kumar Saha and Proctor Prof Lutfar Rahman also addressed the inaugural ceremony.A...

Four teams share lead in school chess

Four teams are sharing lead in the points table with maximum six-match points after the 3rd round games in the CJKS-Kwality Ice Cream Inter -School Chess tournament being held at the Gymnasium at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, reports BSS.

Div I women's cricket league final now on Mar 3

The final match of the Dhaka Metropolis First Division Women's Cricket League between City Club and Sheikh Russel Sports Development Academy scheduled for Tuesday at the Gulshan Youth Club ground in the city, was called off due to wet outfield, reports UNB.The 40-over-a-side final match will be held on March...

Mathews out of tri-nation T20

COLOMBO, Feb 27 (AFP): Sri Lanka limited-overs captain Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of next month's tri-nation Twenty20 tournament after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the country's cricket board said Tuesday.The hosts will be led by Dinesh Chandimal in the series starting March 6 at Colombo's R...

PSG's Neymar fractures metatarsal, likely to miss Real Madrid

PARIS, Feb 27 (AP): Neymar is doubtful for Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League game against Real Madrid next week after tests showed he has a cracked fifth metatarsal in his right foot along with a sprained ankle.PSG revealed the extent of Neymar's injured foot late Monday without saying how long he...

Bolt to face pop star Robbie in Unicef charity football match

PARIS, Feb 27 (AFP): Multiple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will line up opposite British pop star Robbie Williams in a charity football match at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium, the Jamaican revealed on Tuesday.Now retired, Bolt had given a teaser of what was to come on Twitter on Monday, claiming...

Indian women athletes to wear trousers instead of sari at Commonwealth Games ceremony

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (AFP): India's women athletes will for the first time wear trousers and a blazer instead of a traditional sari at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Australia, a move that has pitted reformers against traditionalists.Many Indian women competitors have welcomed the dark blue blazer and trousers...

Iraq hosts football int'l against KSA today for 1st time in four decades

BAGHDAD, Feb 27 (AFP): Iraq is hosting a football international against Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time in almost four decades, in a friendly encounter with high diplomatic and political stakes.With its match in the southern city of Basra against the Saudis who have qualified for the 2018...