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CTG Abahani finish on fourth the first leg

Two late strikes from Ebimobowei Thankgod and Kehinde Yisa helped Chittagong Abahani Limited to finish their first leg with winning note defeating Bangladesh Police FC by 2-1 in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football on Friday. Held at the Muktijudho Smriti Stadium, Rajshahi, both the Chitt...

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Kings, Jamal share points in a six-goal thriller

After a barren 70 minutes time, in a six-goal thriller in the last 20 minutes, Bashundhara Kings and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club shared points evenly in their respective last match of the first phase of TVS Bangladesh Premier League football after a 3-3 draw on Thursday.Held at the Banshundhara Spor...

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Tigers not far behind hosts

The Tigers are no more minnows in the Test arena, as they have winning records against all the top Test nations in both ODI and Test matches, so they will take on South Africa as a full-grown Test nation in their second match tomorrow in Port Elizabeth.   May be the 220 runs defeat in Durb...

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Kings to face Sheikh Jamal today

The first phase of the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football will be concluded tomorrow when the title contenders Bashundhara Kings, Abahani Limited and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will play their last match of the first leg today at their respective home venue. In fact the last round of the f...

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Tigers’ chance still alive to draw the series

The defeat of Bangladesh in the first Test against South Africa in Durban on Monday was nothing upset or an unexpected result, as the hosts are stronger sides than the visitors when chance is till left to draw the series.   In all respect South Africa team are far ahead of Bangladesh team,...

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Bangladesh downed by Maharaj special

Keshav Maharaj took a seven-for in the second innings of the opening Test against Bangladesh helping South Africa register a thumping 220-run victory to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Maharaj and his team-mate Simon Harmer also combined to take 14 of the 20 Bangladesh wickets to fall between th...

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Bangladesh suffers a big defeat

Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer shattered the high ambition of Bangladesh to win Test series against South Africa at their home when the spinners shared all 10 wickets to bundle out the visitors within an hour of the fifth day for 53 runs to inflict a 220 runs defeat.Maharaj and Harmer, the spin duo...

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Mohammed SC, SK Russel share points

Mohammedan Sporting Club and Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra shared points in their respective matches in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football on Monday.  Held at the Shaheed Dhirendra Nath Stadium, Cumilla, Mohammedan Sporting Club made a goalless draw with Bangladesh Police FC.Mohammed ...

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Favourites win their respective matches

Chittagong Abahani Limited, Saif Sporting Club and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club won their respective matches in the ongoing TVS Bangladesh Premier League football on Sunday.After a 14-days interval premier league resumed with four matches of 10th round were held at different venue across the country ...

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Alfaz proposes to reduce foreign quota for strikers

Bangladesh national football team have been suffering from lack of genuine striker for long as most of the time despite playing better game fail to win matches. It’s not a problem of recent times, but it’s happening for at last 18 years, as Bangladesh team have to suffer defeats eve...

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Tigers out to improve Test record in SA

Inspired Bangladesh is oozing with confidence to change their awful longer version format record in South Africa when they take on the hosts for the opening match of the two-match test series at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday. The match starts at 2 PM (BST). This will be the first Test between the ...

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Doming admits SA Test series will be tougher than NZ

After winning the ODI series on South African soil, it’s expected the Bangladesh team to be in a good mood, however, talking to reporters on Tuesday, Tiger head coach Russell Domingo stated that this is a different format, where they need to improve.Bangladesh have won in Test edition in New Z...

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Australia storm into the Women World Cup final

Alyssa Healy hammered a 107 ball 129 runs in the opening stand to steer Australia to storm into the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup after defeating West Indies by a massive 157 runs on Wednesday in Wellington, New Zealand.The Australian women, six times champions and two times runners up of...

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Impressive Bangladesh ready for the Durban Test

Tigers are now ready to play their first Test off two-match series in Durban to start from March 31, at the Kingsmead Stadium, one of the oldest Test venue of South Africa. Bangladesh have no any pleasant moments of playing Test cricket in South Africa but tasting bitter experiences in their pr...

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Bangladesh fail to win against Mongolia

It is another disappointing day for the Bangladesh national football team when they drew 0-0 in their FIFA friendly match against Mongolia at home ground on Tuesday. Held at the Sylhet District Stadium, Bangladesh demonstrated better performance in the whole 90 minutes time but could rare produ...

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Shanto focuses on bowling

In Tests, Nazmul Hossain Shanto's work is mainly batting in the top order. He is the number three regular face of Bangladesh in red ball cricket. However, he does not think it is enough to contribute to the team just by batting. He is also preparing to play a role with off spin.The left-arm bats...

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Bangladesh desperate to win against Mongolia

Bangladesh national football team in a bid to win their second FIFA international friendly match of the season will take on Mongolia today at the Sylhet District Stadium.   Bangladesh played their first FIFA friendly of the season on March 24 against Maldives in Male and suffered a 0-2 def...

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BCB should reward Taskin for skipping IPL: Mashrafe

Former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza believes Taskin Ahmed should be rewarded for being available for National duty instead of accepting an IPL contract.Taskin was approached by the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to play as a replacement for England Mark Wood in the ongoing edition. ...

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Tigers’ trust jacks up for SA Tests

It takes about 20 minutes by car from downtown Durban to reach Chatsworth Cricket Oval. There is nothing extravagant in the club field built by cutting the hill. For an ideal cricket field, it is arranged with all the basic materials. However, the velvet green carpet, good wickets and drainage facil...

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Sikder Group 9th Independence Cup concludes

Tahmina Rahman and Ejaz Ahmed were the winners in the female and male division respectively in the 9th edition of the Sikder Group Independence Day Golf tournament when Col. Humayun Rashed received the runners up trophy. Meanwhile, a flamboyant closing and the prize giving ceremony of the three...