Tigers start ICC World Cup preparation with 5 players
Bangladesh started off their ICC World Cup preparation camp on Monday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city with only five players of the squad, reports UNB.Most of the national players are busy with Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League which will end on April 23.The players who were present...
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World Cup a challenge for BD bowlers, warns Walsh
West Indies great and Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh on Monday warned that bowling conditions in Britain would make the upcoming World Cup a tough test for the South Asian side, reports AFP.The ten-team tournament will run from May 30 to July 14 in England and Wales."It will be a...
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Shakib to skip BD training camp, to play IPL
Bangladeshi ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has decided to play in the IPL instead of joining Tigers' World Cup camp, a top cricket board official said on Monday, reports UNB."We've spoken with him and he's decided to stay," Akram Khan, chairman of Cricket Operation Committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB),...
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Neymar returns as Mbappe flattens Monaco in title party
PARIS, France, Apr 22 (AFP): Neymar joined the Paris Saint-Germain title party on Sunday when he made his first appearance since January as Kylian Mbappe swept aside Monaco with a hat-trick in a 3-1 win for the newly-crowned Ligue 1 champions.Mbappe took his league tally for the season to 30...
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Afghanistan pick fast bowler Hassan in World Cup squad
MUMBAI, Apr 22 (Reuters): Afghanistan named fast bowler Hamid Hassan, who last played for the side in July 2016, in their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup on Monday.Hassan, 31, has played 32 one-day internationals for the war-torn nation and was also part of Afghanistan's maiden appearance at the...
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PCB names Yasir Shah as Shadab Khan's replacement
LAHORE, Apr 22 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named leg-spinner Yasir Shah as the replacement for an indisposed Shadab Khan for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against England.Shah has played 24 ODIs and taken 23 wickets. The 32-year-old last toured England in 2016, in which he finished...
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France beat Romania as Australia win over Belarus in Fed Cup
PARIS, April 22 (AFP): France set up a Fed Cup final against Australia on Sunday when Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, who once were barely on speaking terms, teamed-up to crown a 3-2 victory over Romania.Former Roland Garros doubles champions Garcia and Mladenovic beat Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu 5-7,...
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Second booters' registration for Bangladesh Premier League underway
The second booters' registration window of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2018-19 is underway, reports UNB.The registration window began on April 21 and will continue until May 02, according to Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).BFF has sent sets of player registration form, code of conduct, player contracting forms, LTC forms...
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Benzema scores hat-trick to lead Madrid to 3-0 win over Athletic
SPAIN, Apr 22 (AP): Karim Benzema hit a hat trick to lead Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Sunday, extending his scoring run since the return of coach Zinedine Zidane.After not finding the net in Zidane's first game back, Benzema has struck...
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Fabio Fognini wins maiden Masters title
MONTE CARLO, Apr 22 (Reuters): Flamboyant Italian Fabio Fognini followed up his shock victory over Rafael Nadal with a 6-3 6-4 win over Serbian Dusan Lajovic to claim his maiden Masters title in Monte Carlo on Sunday.The 31-year-old triumphed despite suffering from an apparent muscle problem to became the lowest...
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