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Mashrafe to fly Singapore for son’s treatment

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Bangladesh ODI and T-20 skipper, reportedly will fly to Singapore for the treatment of his baby boy. Sahel Mortaza, Mashrafe’s 10-month-old boy has been sick since 2015 World Cup. Since then the baby’s sickness is not coming round that made Mashrafe forced to take this decision. Meanwhile, local doctors repeatedly have failed to diagnose his disease. Mashrafe ...

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Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

Beijing has been chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, beating the bid of Kazakhstan’s Almaty. Having hosted the 2008 Olympics, the Chinese capital will be the first city to host both a summer and winter Games. Beijing and Almaty were considered outsiders when the 2022 bid race opened two years ago. But after a host of European ...

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Mahmudullah frustrated after rain turns out to spoil the match

All-rounder Mahmudullah expressed his disappointment after rain again spoiled the third successive day’s match of the second and final Test of National Polymer two-match Test Series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNSC) at Mirpur. He was talking to the pressmen on Sunday at the conference room of SBNSC at Mirpur, reports BSS. “It’s really very frustrating that rain has ...

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Messi played his best Argentina games at Copa America

The forward was heavily criticised following his country’s failure to win the tournament but the head coach is adamant his performances were excellent. Messi was slammed by critics and some supporters following the Albiceleste’s final defeat on penalties to host nation Chile, with the Barcelona star having scored just once during the competition. However, the 28-year-old was named in the ...

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Sjostrom breaks 100m butterfly record

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom broke the women’s 100m butterfly record on Sunday as Sun Yang and Katie Ledecky retained their 400m freestyle titles at the world championships. China’s Sun, the reigning 400, 800 and 1500m world champion and record holder over the mile, clocked three minutes 42.58 seconds to win his final by more than a second as Britain’s James Guy ...

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Ronaldo ‘gives football agent Mendes Greek island’

The multi-millionaire Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has given his agent Jorge Mendes a Greek island as a wedding present, media reports say. The island has not been named but the price tag could run into the millions, reports say. Spain’s Mundo Deportivo website says Ronaldo knows the Greek islands well from holidays. Mr Mendes married his partner Sandra in ...

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Rain washes out play on Day 3 of Mirpur Test

Incessant rain has washed out play on the third day in the second and last Test between Bangladesh and South Africa. The downpour had abated before the lunch break and umpires Richard Kettleborough and Paul Reiffel had declared resumption of play after tea at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. As the teams were warming up under the cloudy ...

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Bangladesh crumble in the last session

Bangladesh suffered a batting collapse in the last session as South Africa fought back on the first day of the last Test. The South African bowlers strangled the Tigers as Bangladesh lost five wickets for just 66 runs after tea at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday. Nasir Hossain (13) was unbeaten with Bangladesh on 246 for ...

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Scintilla lose ground in race for Championship

Emdad Rahman :: Scintilla Cricket Club lost further ground in the race for the Essex County Cricket League Premier Division as the current champions lost their senior team league game to Newham at Flanders Fields. Ashraful Islam top scored with 74 before being bowled out by Arjun Rana. Only Ali Baig reached double figures (12) for Scintilla as the team ...

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