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In a recent conversation with the Geo Super Channel, former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi expressed concerns over the declining standards of cricket in the country. He emphasized on the fact that the Pakistan Cricket Board needs to go back to the basics and start working at the grass-root levels if they wish to improve. Afridi quoted that currently he sees ...

Match-fixing or spot-fixing is now nothing new to cricket. Many cricketers have fixed matches and some of them are banned too. Pakistan’s Mohammed Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salmat Butt were banned and jailed for fixing a Test match in England. However, Amir is back to cricket. India’s S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, New Zealand’s Lou Vincent and Bangladesh’s Mohammad ...

The future of women’s football in Bangladesh is all set for a bright future as the Under-14 national side continued their outstanding display in the AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship, clinching their second successive title beating neighbours India in the grand finale in Tajikistan last Sunda This is only the second ever title for any Bangladesh women’s team, senior or ...

Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is the country’s biggest sporting honor. Prior to Kohli, India’s limited overs skipper MS Dhoni and legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar have been given the prestigious honor. Sachin Tendulkar received ...

Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time, reports BBC. Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday confirmed a stunning achievement for Claudio Ranieri’s side. Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season. But they have lost just three league games in ...

England’s world number one Mark Selby beat China’s Ding Junhui 18-14 to win his second World Championship title. Selby, the 2014 winner from Leicester, led throughout Sunday and went into Monday’s final session leading 14-11. Ding, who was bidding to become the first Asian player to win the world title, claimed three frames in a row. But Selby dug deep ...

A win for football; a win for truth, says the BFF boss Kazi Salahuddin was re-elected for the third consecutive term as the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Saturday, putting behind all talks of pressure and rumours which surrounded the polls over the last few days. The former national skipper won a comprehensive victory by bagging 83 ...

Emdad Rahman : The Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation celebrated its fourth annual Youth Awards Presentation and Fundraising Dinner by recognising the achievements of some of the boroughs most highly regarded sporting talent. High profile guests from the world of sport turned out to meet and greet whilst also inspiring attendees by talking about their sporting success. Former West Ham ...

The Vallance Community Sports Association will be holding their eighth annual disability sports day at Mile End Stadium onThursday May 19, supported by Tower Hamlets Council. The free event will have a huge range of sports on offer that are friendly to people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and had hundreds involved last year. Activities include track and ...

Emdad Rahman : Charity was the winner as the Human Relief Foundation hosted a charity exhibition game at Mile end to raise money for important humanitarian causes. The HRF Blue Brawlers Boxing and Yellow teams took to the field to support the construction of water wells and cataract operations to help the most vulnerable people in some of the world’s ...