As any high school athlete can tell you, sports facilitate teamwork, promote fair play and instil discipline and respect for others. International sporting events can also build bridges between countries and their people, increasing dialogue and understanding. That is why Cricket

DHAKA: Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has criticised the inconsistency of the Decision Review System (DRS), and believes that the margin of doubt for Umpire's Call should be increased from 50 percent to 75 percent.The current set-up, he says, is allowing match officials to be

DHAKA: Bangladesh, for the third consecutive time, will organize the Asia Cup 2016.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon disclosed the matter to journalists at Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday night.He further said the decision was taken at a meeting of

DHAKA: Barcelona needed a clinical Luis Suarez hat-trick to secure a 3-1 comeback win at home to modest Eibar which put the champions level on 21 points with arch-rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga on Sunday.Barca's defence has been ragged this season and more poor play at the back

DHAKA: Nepal secured their berth to the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Bangladesh in 2016, defeating Ireland by three wickets at Kinrara Academy in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.Batting first, Ireland had posted a target of 185 runs in the final of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

South Africa Vs India Fourth ODI Match Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai India 299/8 (V Kohli 138, SK Raina 53, AM Rahane 45, Rabada 3/54, D Steyn 3/61) beat South Africa 264/9 (AB de Villiers 112, Q de Kock 43, B Kumar 3/68, Harbhajan 2/50) by 35 runs. Man of the Match: Virat

DHAKA: A hundred from Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq seized the initiative after England threatened to take control of the second Test on day one in Dubai.Misbah, 41, hit two sixes off Moeen Ali's final over of the day to reach 102 and take Pakistan to 282-4, repots the BBC. A

DHAKA:  Six icon players will play in 6 teams in the 3rd edition of Bangladesh Primer League (BPL), to be kicked off on November 22.After a two and a half years’ of interval, the curtain of the tournament will be unveiled at home of cricket Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur in

CHITTAGONG: Dhaka Abahani Limited beat Karachi Electric Club of Pakistan by 3-2 in the opening match of Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football Tournament at MA Aziz Stadium in port city Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.Waly Faisal and Sunday Chizoba scored two goals against the

CHITTAGONG: Sheikh Kamal International Football Tournament will be inaugurated at MA Aziz Stadium in port city Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.Dhaka Abahani and Karachi Electronics Club will meet in the inaugural match at 4:30pm.Private satellite television channel ‘Channel 9’ will

DHAKA: South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released under house arrest nearly one year after he was jailed for killing his girlfriend.Prison officials say, reports the BBC.He is expected to spend the remainder of a five-year prison sentence at his

CHITTAGONG: Two popular football teams of India’s West Bengal ‘Kingfisher East Bengal’ and ‘Kotkata Mohammedan’ have reached Chittagong to take part in the upcoming Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup in the port city.Organizers of the tournament received the players at Shah

England Vs Pakistan Test Played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, 13-17 October 2015 Match Drawn Pakistan 523 /8  Declared ( Shoaib Malik 245 , Asad Shafiq 107 , Mohammad Hafiz 98 , Younis Khan 38 , BA Stokes 4/57 ) and 173 All Out ( Misbah Ul Huq 51, Younis Khan 45 , Mohammad Hafiz 34

KOLKATA: India’s premier football club Kingfisher East Bengal has left Kolkata for Bangladesh on Sunday to play in Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.The tournament scheduled to begin on October 20 in Chittagong port city.East Bengal will face Chittagong Abahani Club at MA Aziz Stadium

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan Papan on Friday said after several weeks’ depression the sun started shining on Bangladesh cricket environment.The BCB boss returned from the Board Meeting of International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday.He said that Zimbabwe

DHAKA: With 610 international wickets, Zaheer finishes as one of India’s most successful bowlers, being the fourth-highest wicket-taker for India across formats.He has the second-highest wickets tally (311) for an India seamer in Tests, behind Kapil Dev's 434.Zaheer, though, played few

The third version of BPL T20 Cricket with six franchises is set to start from End November. A debate has ensued in cricket community of Bangladesh about perceived benefits of BPL for Bangladesh Cricket.The recent successes of Bangladesh cricket in ODI format of international cricket and

CHITTAGONG: Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 2015 is scheduled to kick-off on October 20.Three local and five international football clubs will participate in this tournament.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the tournament through video conference.These were

DHAKA: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is probably considering to play a tri-series with neighboring countries Pakistan and Bangladesh in case the planned series with Pakistan fails to be turned up, sources said.As stated by the sources, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur and

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board will host next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup from 22 January to 14 February. The ICC Board took the decision in its final round of meetings of 2015 at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on Tuesday.AS per decision, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB),