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Five reasons why Bangladesh can be a successful T20 side

Sports desk : 5 March, 2016 Cricket has evolved significantly over years, from Tests to ODIs to T20s. The Bangladesh cricket team’s evolution over years can be compared to the evolution of cricket.   Starting off by becoming a Test-playing nation in 2000, Bangladesh have grown a lot as a side in the last 15 years to become a formidable ...

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Bangladesh, India to play Asia Cup final Sunday

5 March, 2016 Bangladesh will face mighty India in the final of the 13th Asia Cup T20I at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. The high voltage final of the five-nation Asian tournament will start at 7:30pm (local time) amid passionate excitement of country’s cricket loving people. On the way to final, the 10th ranked Bangladesh started their ...

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Physio brushes aside any uncertainty over Shakib’s play in tomorrow’s final

World’s no-1 Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s injury is not so complicated and now he is out of danger, team physio confirmed. Shakib was hurt himself during batting practice on Friday and within moments the news of his injury spread a wave of panic to the cricket-lovers of the country with concern that whether he will be able to play ...

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Bangladesh seals 51 run victory against UAE

Turning around from the recent defeat against India, Bangladeshi tigers roared again and snatched a huge victory of 51 runs crushing emerging cricket power United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Shere Bangla National Stadium in city’s Mirpur on Friday night. It was really a superb bowling performance from the tigers’ side. Having a ordinary score of 133 Bangladeshi bowlers wrapped UAE ...

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UAE beat Afghanistan by 16 runs

Rohan Mustafa’s all-round performance helped the United Arab Emirates (UAE) beat Afghanistan by 16 runs in the first qualifying round match of the T20 format Asia Cup at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium on Friday. Mustafa scored 77 runs with bat and bowled 2.5 overs for three wickets. Chasing a target of 177 runs, Afghanistan finished at 160 for all ...

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Messi securing ‘best-ever’ status this season

For years now, Lionel Messi has been considered one of the best footballers ever to play the game. Although comparing the Argentine genius to legends such as Diego Maradona, Pele or Johan Cruyff seemed outrageous at first, his impressive stats in terms of Ballon d’Ors won (five), collective titles conquered (26) and goals scored (439) at only 28 years of ...

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Sachin’s utobiography enters Limca Book of Records

He might have bid adieu to cricket but Sachin Tendulkar continues to make records with the his autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’ entering the Limca Book of Records for being the best-selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. The book, published by Hachette India, was released on November 6, 2014 and has broken all records for an adult ...

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Four cities launch bid for 2024 Olympic Games

Four major cities — Paris, Rome, Los Angeles and Budapest — have launched their bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed. “Los Angeles, Rome, Budapest and Paris are all submitting projects fully in line with Olympic Agenda 2020,” said IOC President Thomas Bach on Wednesday. The vote for the host city will take place ...

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With trick play in penalty kick, Barcelona routs Celta 6-1

Lionel Messi put on another show at the Camp Nou on Sunday, scoring a remarkable goal from a free kick and then helping to set up a hat trick for Luis Suarez – including a daring assist from a penalty kick – as Barcelona thrashed Celta Vigo 6-1. Ivan Rakitic and Neymar also scored as Barcelona opened up a three-point ...

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Final round of Bashundhara Bangladesh Open-2016 begins

The final round of ‘Bashundhara Bangladesh Open-2016’ golf tournament is underway at Kurmitola Golf Club on Saturday morning. At 9:50am, Bangladesh rising professional golfers Zamal Hossain and Shakhawat Sohel  have played the first tee off at the final round from hole no-1. Besides, golfers Abdul  Matin took his tee shot from the first hole at 9:40 am. A total of ...

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