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Australia on Monday left out their Test stars for the home Twenty20 series against Pakistan, with a new captain set to be named. The three-match T20 series next month will conclude only four days before Australia embark on the first of a five home Tests against India. Selectors rested fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, along with ...

Bangladesh thrashed Bhutan by 7-1 goals in the first semifinal of the SAFF Women’s Championship held at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu in Nepal on Sunday. With this win, Bangladesh reached the final of the tournament. In the proceeding, striker Tohura Khatun scored hat-trick with three goals and Sabina Khatun scored two goals while Ritu Porna Chakma and Masura Parvin supported ...

Giovanni Di Lorenzo made sure Napoli will stay top of Serie A this weekend after firing the winner in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Lecce to move his team five points clear. Captain Di Lorenzo bundled home the only goal of a scrappy game in Naples after Scott McTominay’s header from a corner was saved by Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone, giving ...

Bangladesh cricket team captain Najmul Hossain Shanto is unwilling to continue in his role, an international cricket media reported on Saturday. The news came as the Bangladesh team is gearing up for the second Test against South Africa in Chittagong, starts on October 29. Cricbuzz, a cricket website, reported that he is not willing to continue in his role and ...

Pakistan thrashed England by nine wickets in the third Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday to seal the series after spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan dismissed the visitors for 112. Noman finished with 6-42 and Sajid 4-69. England won the first Test by an innings and 47 runs while Pakistan took the second by 152 runs, both in Multan.

Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been elected unopposed as the president of the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA), according to a BOA press release issued on Friday. The election commission, formed on the occasion of BOA President Election 2024, officially declared that General Waker-Uz-Zaman was elected unopposed as multiple nomination papers were not filed against the post and only one ...

Much-hyped election of the executive committee of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will be heldon Saturday at Intercontinental Hotel Ball Room in the city. Chief of the election commission Mezbah Uddin Ahmed will conduct the election that will be held from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. without any break. Beforehand, annual general meeting (AGM) will be held from 11 am at ...

Veteran David Warner’s lifetime ban on any leadership role within Australian cricket imposed after a 2018 ball-tampering scandal was lifted Friday. It follows the 37-year-old presenting his case to have the terms of the original sanction amended before a three-person panel. They found unanimously that Warner met all criteria to have the ban lifted immediately, noting his “respectful and contrite ...

Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz said he relished the tough situation and tried to equip him with all the necessary ingredients to combat such a situation. “I bat at such a position where most of the time I need to deal with tough situation but I always try to enjoy it. I don’t think too much and only think that ...

Bangladesh beat Philippines by 1-0 goal in their 2nd Group B match of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup’ 2025 Qualifiers at the Olympic Stadium in Phenom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday night, reports UNB. Bangladesh, which suffered a 0-1 defeat against hosts Cambodia in their first match, returned to winning form in the day’s second match to stay in the race ...