BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh pace bowler Tanzim Hasan was fined 15 percent of his match fee for breaching ICC Code of Conduct during their T20 World Cup 2024 Group D match against Nepal at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday. Tanzim was found to have breached the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or...
Sports Reporter : Bashundhara Kings will play in the final phase of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge League. Earlier, the champions of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, the most prestigious football meet of Bangladesh, used to play the play-off stage of the AFC Challenge League. But this year, Bashundhara Kings will directly play in the final phase of the AFC Challenge League, the annual continental club football competition, which is organised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC), according to...
Novak Djokovic will compete at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Olympic Committee of Serbia has announced. The 24-times Grand Slam winner will be attending his fifth Olympics since his first in 2008 when he won a bronze medal. The 37-year-old had knee surgery last month after he was forced to pull out of the French Open with an injury sustained in a fourth-round win that cast doubt over his chances of playing at Wimbledon and at the Paris...
AFP, Germany : Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal beat the Czech Republic 2-1 to claim a Euro 2024 debut victory on Tuesday but they needed to come from behind with a 92nd-minute winner from youngster Francisco Conceicao. Earlier in the section’s other clash, Turkey bested Georgia 3-1 in a pulsating match in Dortmund. Roberto Martinez’s Portugal qualified at a canter with a 100 percent record, but only just scraped victory in Leipzig in their first match, under driving rain. Ronaldo played at...
Agency : Australia batter Tim David said they are working hard to face Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain but reminded that they are not hesitant to take on the challenge. Australia are placed in a group with Bangladesh, India, and Afghanistan for the Super Eight, and they are concerned about facing a lot of spin. Australia is particularly wary of Bangladesh’s new leg spinner Rishad, as they have not had much exposure to him. However, David said that they will not...
AFP, Munich : Germany thrashed 10-man Scotland 5-1 as the Euro 2024 hosts kicked off the tournament in style in...
Pakistan’s ex-stars and media blamed team discord and biased selection for the Asian cricket powerhouse’s humiliating first-round exit from the Twenty20 World Cup (WC).The 2009 champions were knocked out after the USA-Ireland match was abandoned because of rain — the earliest-ever elimination from a T20 World Cup for Pakistan. They suffered a shock defeat to first-timers USA before losing to arch-rivals India. Pakistan’s only win was against Canada. “Pakistani players think that if they don’t perform well, the coaches will...
Agency : South Africa survived a major scare from Nepal in scrambling a nerve-jangling one-run victory in their final Group...
BBC Online : Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has died at the age of 26. Sarkic, a Montenegro international, joined the...
AFP, United States : Lionel Messi scored twice as Argentina wrapped up their preparations for the Copa America with a...
Agency : Canada’s Bianca Andreescu outlasted Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) in a battle of former Grand Slam...
Agency : China defeated Germany 3-0 in the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League here on Friday, achieving their second consecutive...