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Shakib, Mushfiqur get spot in The Guardian's best Test XI of 2017

Newly appointed Bangladesh cricket team Test and T20 side captain Shakib Al Hasan and batsman cum wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim have been placed on the list of The Guardian's best Test XI of 2017. UK-based British newspaper The Guardian published the news on their website on Tuesday. Shakib Al Hasan has...

BD Army clinch V-Day Volleyball title

Bangladesh Army clinched the Shahjalal Islami Bank Victory Day Volleyball title beating Power Development Board (PDB) by straight 25-12, 25-21, 25-18 points in the final at Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city on Wednesday, reports UNB.FBCCI President M Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin was the chief guest in the day's final and...

Marcel first div chess begins on Saturday

The Marcel First Division Chess league, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, will begin on Saturday (December 30) at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room in the city, reports UNB.Twelve teams were invited to participate in the round robin league system meet offering cash prize money of Tk 0.1 million (one...

School, college Taekwondo begins in city

The Trust Bank National School and College Taekwondo Competition began at the National Sports Council gymnasium in the city on Wednesday, reports UNB.Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Arif Khan Joy inaugurated the two-day meet in the afternoon.President of Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation Morshed Hossain Kamal and its General Secretary Mahmudul...

Khaiber House emerge champions in Jhenidah Cadet College sports

Khaiber House emerged champions in the 53rd Inter-House Annual Sports Competition of Jhenidah Cadet College that concluded on Tuesday on the college premises, reports UNB.Hunain House finished runners-up in the meet. Cadet Zahid of Badr House was adjudged the best athlete in senior group while Cadet Aurko of Badr House...

England 192-2 at close in reply to Australia's 327 in 4th Ashes Test

MELBOURNE, Dec 27 (AFP): Alastair Cook hit a long-awaited century and Stuart Broad snapped up four wickets as England's much-maligned old guard finally enjoyed a day to remember in the Ashes series on Wednesday.At 3-0 down after three Tests, the Ashes urn is already lost to Australia but Cook and...

Day-night Test 'unlikely' in 2019 Ashes: ECB

MELBOURNE, Dec 27 (AFP): England will be unlikely to stage a day-night Ashes Test match when Australia tour in 2019, England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Tom Harrison said on Wednesday.Harrison said England did not need a pink-ball Test in their home Ashes schedule, although Australia has already staged...

Liverpool thrash Swansea as Manchester United draw with Burnley in EPL

LIVERPOOL, Dec 27 (Agencies): Liverpool handed struggling Swansea an expected 5-0 thrashing in the English Premier League on Tuesday. The win kept Liverpool in the top four, a point ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham. However, Juergen Klopp's side was 17 points adrift of leader Manchester City.Having fired Paul Clement a week...

Zimbabwe out for 68, forced to follow-on against South Africa

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Dec 27 (AFP): Zimbabwe were forced to follow on after being bowled out for 68 on the second day of their one-off day-night Test against South Africa at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.South Africa led by 241 runs on the first innings. Fast...

Hathurasingha's first SL Test against BD in Jan

COLOMBO, Dec 27 (AFP): New Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurasingha will take his side to Bangladesh for two Tests and two T20 clashes, Sri Lanka Cricket announced Wednesday.The series will be preceded by a triangular one-day international tournament involving the hosts and Zimbabwe. The first game in the contest will...