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Bangladesh women footballer Sabina Khatun kicked her FAM National Women’s Championship campaign in style as the ace striker netted seven goals in her first game with the Maldives National Defense Force yesterday. Riding on Sabina’s goal galore, Dhivehi Sifainge Club, an outfit of Maldives National Defense Force, crushed Society for Thundi Advancement & Recreation (STAR) by 10-0. The other Bangladeshi ...

London  : England captain Alastair Cook said the ongoing uncertainty over the identity of the team’s next permanent coach would not bother him so long as his side kept winning. As reports emerged on Monday that Australia’s Trevor Bayliss had emerged as the front-runner to replace the sacked Peter Moores as England coach rather than compatriot Jason Gillespie, the long-time ...

Sports Reporter : Dominated by a bulk of promising cricketers, a 22-member High Performance (HP) squad was announced yesterday in Mirpur. Beside the main squad, a list of players was also revealed under an ‘elite programme’ which will deal with pace bowling, batting, wicketkeeping and spin bowling. The newly-designed HP programme will begin its journey in a bid to keep the players ...

Pakistan spin bowler Raza Hasan has been banned for two years after failing a doping test, the country’s cricket board said. The 22-year-old left-armer returned an “adverse analytical finding” from a urine sample taken during a domestic tournament in January, the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement. The board declined to name the substance. Raza, who has played one ...

Emdad Rahman  :  As part if I’ll Fight Day 2015 the Salvation Army Stepney and Stepney Football Club locked horns as both community groups came together to play fun filled mix matches with players of different ages and skill levels. Cakes and sweets were distributed by the young people of the Salvation Army youth club in Stepney. I’ll Fight Day ...

Emdad Rahman : Scintilla Cricket Club roared back to winning ways as both the first and second XI’s recorded notable away victories against Ace CC and Newham CC. The Scintilla first XI fielded a full strength side and were bolstered by the return of powerful all rounder Sajal Rahman. Aaman Khan and Ishaq Shawn also returned to the first team ...

The national players will feature in the last round of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) after a short fitness stint in the national camp, but opener Tamim Iqbal and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan are unlikely to appear in the four-day games starting from May 24 at two venues. The selectors are in favour of resting Shakib, who toured India to play ...

An advisory panel of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has recommended that Test-playing nations should look at holding five-day matches under floodlights to attract more spectators. International one-day and Twenty20 games are played at night with white balls, bringing in fans after office hours, but day-time Tests have seen dwindling crowds especially in the influential Indian sub-continent. Playing Test matches ...

Bangladesh’s points in Test rankings slightly improved despite their 0-1 loss to Pakistan in the two-match Test series after the International Cricket Council completed its annual update on Monday. The Tigers, who are distantly ninth in the rankings, began the series with 32 points and gained just one point thanks to their come-from-behind draw in the first Test match in ...

Abahani in their bid to regain the title saw another setback when they were forced to share points with lowly Farashganj Sporting Club  in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League yesterday. After the draw, Abahani managed to earn 14 points from eight outings with only four victories and two draws and suffered two defeats. Abahani in fact had their tough ...