Sports

The Indian Premier League opens its “mega-auction” later Sunday in Saudi Arabia with teams primed to splash out millions of dollars on world-class cricketers for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament. A total of 574 players are up for grabs with Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, England veteran James Anderson and New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra among the top names in contention at ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has officially launched the inaugural T20 edition of National Cricket League (NCL), set to run from December 11 to 24. The event aims to nurture local talent and serve as a preparatory ground for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The tournament, titled ‘Al-Arafah Islami Bank NCL T20 Powered by Walton’, was announced during a grand ceremony ...

Josh Hazlewood grabbed four wickets as Australia’s red-hot pace attack tore through the Indian batting to dismiss the visitors for 150 at tea on day one of the opening Test in Perth on Friday. After captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss, India lost six wickets in the middle session, including flamboyant Rishabh Pant (37) and impressive debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy ...

Chelsea eased into the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Celtic, while Lyon and Real Madrid also booked their places in the knockout phase. England international Lucy Bronze struck with a volley in the second minute at Stamford Bridge and Dutch midfielder Wieke Kaptein’s header doubled Chelsea’s lead midway through the first half, AFP reports. ...

Ten-man Ecuador upset Colombia with a 1-0 victory in Barranquilla on Tuesday as they continued their impressive South American World Cup qualifying campaign. The gritty victory from Sebastian Beccacece’s young side moved Ecuador, temporarily at least, into third place in the 10-team qualifying group. Veteran striker Enner Valencia stunned the home crowd with a seventh-minute opener and it was an ...

Lautaro Martínez’s goal gave Argentina a 1-0 win over Peru on Tuesday in a South American World Cup qualifying match in Buenos Aires. The victory nearly secures Lionel Messi’s team a spot in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Messi crossed the ball in the penalty area in the 55th minute to give Martínez one ...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad for the home series against Ireland. Pacer Jahanara Alam and Sharmin Akter were recalled to the team for ODI format after a year hiatus. Jahanara last played an ODI match in May, 2023 while Sharmin’s last game in this format was in July last year, BSS reports. The squad featured few ...

Zakaria Pintoo, captain of the Shadhin Bangla football team, passed away due to complications from heart disease at a city hospital on Monday morning. He was 81. The National Sports Award winner Pintoo had been admitted to the Ibn Sina hospital in the capital on Sunday. He breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at around ...

Germany dismantled visitors Bosnia and Herzegovina 7-0 on Saturday with a statement win and two goals apiece from Florian Wirtz and Tim Kleindienst to secure top spot in their Nations League group A3 with a game to spare. The Germans, who had already qualified for next year’s quarter-finals of the competition, took the lead with in-form Jamal Musiala’s looping header ...

Bangladesh’s national football team secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Maldives in their final match of the year, at Bashundhara Kings Arena on Saturday. Al thanks to a stoppage-time goal by substitute Papun Singh, a midfielder for Abahani Limited, was brought on in the second half as a substitute for Sohel Rana. Just when it seemed like the match ...