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Mominul, Mushfiq flatten Sri Lanka

CHITTAGONG, Jan 31(AFP): Mominul Haque hit a towering century to help Bangladesh take opening day honours in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chittagong on Wednesday.Mominul hit an unbeaten 175 as the hosts reached 374-4 at stumps after electing to bat first at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.The left-hander...

Mominul fastest 2000-run scorer in Test for Tigers

Mominul Haque has become the fastest 2000 runs scorer, leapfrogging previous holder Tamim Iqbal, hammering an unbeaten century of 175* in the 1st innings on day one against visiting Sri Lanka in the 1st match of a two-Test series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday, reports UNB.Mominul...

Shapla Akhtar earns triple crowns in nat'l badminton

Shapla Akhter of Bangladesh Ansar earned triple crowns in the Ruchi Shamsul Arefin Smriti 35th National Badminton Championship by clinching women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles at Shamsul Arefin Gymnasium of Shaheed Aminuddin Stadium in Pabna on Wednesday, reports UNB.Shapla lifted the women's singles crown beating Elina Sultana of...

Young Tigers at sixth after defeated by SA in U-19 World Cup

Bangladesh finished their 11th appearance of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup placing 6th after a dismal eight-wicket loss in the 5th- place deciding play-off match at Queenstown Events Centre in New Zealand on Wednesday, reports UNB.South Africa claimed the 5th spot comfortably chasing down a target of 179, scoring...

East End CA beat Azad SC by 2 wkts

East End Cricket Academy managed a two-wicket victory over Azad Sporting Club in the Dhaka First Division Women's Cricket League at the Kalabagan KC ground in the city on Wednesday, reports UNB.Batting first after winning the toss, Azad SC were all out for 118 runs in 31.5 overs. In reply,...

Asif champion in DU FR Hall Sports

Ikramul Alam Asif, a 4th year student of the Department of Political Science at Dhaka University, emerged champion in the Sir AF Rahman Hall Annual Sports Competition held at the university central playground on Wednesday, reports UNB.Mohammad Obaidul Miah Rana, a 4th year student of Management and Information System department,...

Liverpool bounce back, Swansea stun Arsenal, West Ham hold Palace

LIVERPOOL, Jan 31 (Agencies): Liverpool bounced back from two successive defeats with a 3-0 Premier League win at Huddersfield Town on Tuesday to open up a five-point gap over their rivals for a top four finish.Emre Can and Roberto Firmino put fourth-placed Liverpool ahead before a late Mohamed Salah penalty...

South Africa, India six-match ODI series kicks off today

DURBAN-CORBIÈRES, France, Jan 31 (AFP): South Africa and India will vie for the world number one ranking again when they meet in a six-match one-day international series, starting at Kingsmead on Thursday.The one-day games start just five days after India retained their top ranking in Tests, although second-placed South Africa...

Mushfiqur Rahim plays a shot

Mushfiqur Rahim (R) plays a shot during the first day of the first cricket Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday. — AFP