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Kylian Mbappe’s La Liga debut for Real Madrid did not go as planned as Los Blancos drew at Mallorca last weekend, with coach Carlo Ancelotti believing the Spanish champions lacked “balance”. The French superstar striker will make his first home appearance for Los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday against promoted side Real Valladolid, owned by former Madrid forward ...

Pakistan declared their first innings on 448-6 on Thursday after brilliant centuary from Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Rizwan scored a career best 171 not out with three sixes and 11 boundaries, while Shakeel made 141 after Pakistan resumed the day on 158-4 at Rawalpindi stadium. Rizwan and ...

Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant fast bowler Milan Rathnayake both made fine fifties as Sri Lanka recovered from a dramatic top-order collapse on Wednesday’s opening day of the first Test against England at Old Trafford. Sri Lanka were in dire straits at 6-3 after skipper De Silva won the toss, losing their first three wickets for no runs in 10 balls, ...

Pakistan batters Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub hit fighting half-centuries to help their team to make a recovery on a rain-hit opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Earlier, Bangladesh won what could be an important toss and made excellent use of the new ball in favourable conditions to take out three early wickets, but ...

Former captain and chief selector of the Bangladesh national cricket team Faruk Ahmed has been appointed as the new president of BCB. It has been confirmed by BCB. He previously served as the chief selector for the national team from 2003 to 2007 and was reappointed to the role in 2013 for a second term. Faruk Ahmed will talk to ...

Nazmul Hasan Papon has resigned from the post of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president. The decision was announced after an emergency meeting of the directors organized by the BCB at the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday. Nazmul Hasan was supposed to join today’s meeting virtually at the Ministry of Youth and Sports. There he announced his resignation. Earlier, ...

Bangladesh are looking to make a winning start in the ongoing SAFF U-20 Championship 2024 when they take on Sri Lanka in their first match on Tuesday at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur, Nepal at 3:15 pm (BST). Sri Lanka had a disappointing start, losing 0-1 to host nation Nepal in the tournament’s opening match on Sunday, with forward Nirajan ...

England head into the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford starting Wednesday with several players given a chance to prove a point after captain Ben Stokes’s series-ending injury. Star all-rounder Stokes is set to play no part at all in the three-match contest after tearing his hamstring during the Hundred. And that means England will be without their ...

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan said discussions are going on to reach a solution about the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as its president Nazmul Hassan Papon is yet to show up following a student-led mass uprising that ousted the Sheikh Hasina-led government. News has been published in different media outlets that Papon, a lawmaker of Awami League ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Jalal Yunus has resigned from his position. Jalal Yunus, was also in charge of cricket operations, has submitted his resignation letter to the National Sports Council (NSC) on Monday. “I have resigned from the board for the interest of cricket,” Jalal said. He is the first director to resign from the current board which is ...