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After a recent successful bowling reassessment in Loughborough, Bangladesh star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been given the green light to resume bowling in competitive cricket by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). After this decision, Shakib is now available to resume his bowling in domestic and international cricket, where he has not been available since September last year. ...

Bangladesh national football team will fly to Kolkata enroute to Shillong on Thursday morning to play in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers against hosts India on 25th March. Bangladesh will play their first match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifier against their giant neighbour India on 25th March at 7:30PM at the Jawaharlal Stadium in the Indian hill city of ...

Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan emphasised the importance of merit-based player selection and urged vigilance against nepotism and corruption in football. On Wednesday, at around 2:30 PM, during a courtesy meeting with national team newcomer Hamza Choudhury at the Nagar Bhaban in the capital, the sports adviser made these remarks about the allegations of syndicates raised on social media ...

Heartbreaking near-misses will fire “hurting” New Zealand to their first football World Cup since 2010, their coach Darren Bazeley said on Wednesday, with the country two wins from the finals. Led by Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood, New Zealand are strong favourites to beat amateurs Fiji on Friday in Wellington and then seal qualification for 2026 by beating another regional ...

English Premier League footballer Hamza Dewan Choudhury officially joined the Bangladesh national football team camp on Tuesday at 11 PM. Upon his arrival at the team hotel, he was warmly welcomed by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Tabith Awal, along with head coach Javier Cabrera and several other federation officials. Hamza landed at Dhaka Airport at 9:30 PM after flying ...

Japan can become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup this week while Son Heung-min will try to forget his Tottenham woes by firing South Korea to the finals. Asian nations play two rounds of games, on Thursday and Tuesday, as qualifying for the enlarged 48-team tournament in North America approaches the business end in the region. ...

A handicapped girl from Mymensingh district, Swarna, won gold in the floorball event of Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025 in Turin, Italy on Saturday. Swarna, daughter of a farmer, Nurul Mia of Baruigram village in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh district, and the skipper of Bangladesh team, scored one goal against Ukraine in the final which led her team to ...

Hamza Dewan Chowdhury denies the comparison with the country’s all time biggest sports celebrity Shakib Al Hasan as he came to join the national team for the AFC Asian Cup 2025 qualifiers on Monday morning. Responding to a question from reporters in his hometown of Sylhet, Hamza said about comparisons with Shakib, “Shakib Al Hasan is a mega star. He ...

Bangladeshi-origin English Premier League footballer Hamza Dewan Chowdhury, who is included in the 30-member Bangladesh preliminary squad for the AFC Asian Cup 2025 qualifiers, arrived in Bangladesh on Monday. Hamza, accompanied by his family members, landed at Sylhet Osmani International Airport from London on a Bangladesh Biman flight. To welcome Hamza and his family, seven executive members of the Bangladesh ...

Lionel Messi was on target as Inter Miami avenged last season’s playoff exit to Atlanta United with a 2-1 win that sent them to the top of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference standings on Sunday. Veteran Haiti international Fafa Picault headed in the winning goal in the 89th minute to give Miami a precious victory that extended their unbeaten start ...