Former captain Khaled Mahmud Sujon has blamed bowlers for Bangladesh Cricket team's failure in New Zealand where the Tigers lost the three-match ODI series 0-2 after suffering two successive defeats, reports UNB.Bangladesh went to New Zealand with a hope to clinch an ODI series on the Kiwi soil for the...
Read moreADELAIDE, Feb 17 (AFP) - Nelly Korda added to an amazing family tradition of winning top titles Down Under by claiming the LPGA Australian Open by two shots in Adelaide and celebrating with a scissors kick Sunday.The world number 16 American has been the form player of recent months, and...
Read moreBangladesh will play Pakistan in one of the two opening day matches of the seven-nation SAFF Women's Championship beginning on March 12 at the Sahid Rangashala in the Nepalese town of Biratnagar, reports UNB.Hosts Nepal will face Bhutan in the opening match on March 12 at 11:30am local time at...
Read moreMADRID, Feb 17 (AFP): Lionel Messi scored a penalty and missed another as La Liga leaders Barcelona ground out an unconvincing 1-0 win over Real Valladolid, while Antoine Griezmann surpassed Fernando Torres with his 130th goal for Atletico Madrid.Messi's fitness was again in the spotlight on Saturday after a niggling...
Read moreMILAN, Feb 17 (AP): Krzysztof Piatek looks to be firing AC Milan back into the Champions League.The Poland international scored twice as Milan came from behind to beat Atalanta 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday. Piatek has four goals from three league starts since joining Milan from Genoa in January...
Read moreNEW YORK, Feb 17 (AFP): Canadian qualifier Brayden Schnur punched his ticket to the ATP New York Open final by outlasting US journeyman Sam Querrey 7-6 (9/7), 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday.Schnur, a 23-year-old from Montreal ranked 154th in the world, defeated 10-time ATP title-winner Querrey in one hour and 54...
Read moreCHRISTCHURCH, Feb 17 (AFP): New Zealand bowler Trent Boult and Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad have been fined for breaching cricket's code of conduct during the second one-day international in Christchurch on Saturday.Boult was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for an "audible obscenity" while Mahmudullah was fined 10...
Read moreCOLOMBO, Feb 17 (AFP): Kusal Perera became a national hero in Sri Lanka on Sunday after scoring an unbeaten 153 to guide his country to a sensational first Test victory in South Africa.The country's cricket legends and politicians lauded Perera, who has become a linchpin for the ailing national side...
Read moreDOHA, Feb 17 (AP): Unseeded Elise Mertens came from a set and a break down to beat recent No. 1 Simona Halep 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Qatar Open final and capture the biggest title of her career on Saturday.Halep led 6-3, 2-0, then lost a service game for a...
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