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Poland refuses to play World Cup qualifying match with Russia

Poland refuses to play World Cup qualifying match with Russia

-- 2022-02-26 18:26:56

Poland will not play its football World Cup qualifier against Russia next month following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the president of Poland's Football Association, Cezary Kulesza, and players incl...

Rabada’s double-strike puts South Africa in command at tea

Rabada’s double-strike puts South Africa in command at tea

-- 2022-02-26 13:46:45

Paceman Kagiso Rabada grabbed two early wickets as New Zealand struggled to 30 for two at tea on day two of the second Test in reply to South Africa's first innings total of 364 in Christchurch on Sat...

Barcelona finding feet under Xavi

Barcelona finding feet under Xavi

Mahtab Jamil 2022-02-26 13:27:03

Barcelona are currently having a debt of almost 1.5 billion Euros. They had to let go of most of their superstar players including Lionel Messi. A string of poor performances followed and manager Ron...

Litton, Mushfiqur guide Bangladesh to ODI series win against Afghanistan

Litton, Mushfiqur guide Bangladesh to ODI series win against Afghanistan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-25 19:13:05

Bangladesh have won the three-match one-day international (ODI) series against Afghanistan as the hosts defeated the tourists by 88 runs in the second match. Batting first, Bangladesh’s Litton...

Champions League final moved from St Petersburg to Paris

Champions League final moved from St Petersburg to Paris

-- 2022-02-25 17:15:07

The 2022 Champions League final will be played in Paris after Russia was stripped of the match following the nation's invasion of Ukraine. The final of Europe's most prestigious club competition was...

Afif’s comeback heroics - glimpses of a promising career

Afif’s comeback heroics - glimpses of a promising career

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-02-24 18:30:54

In his relatively short international career, Afif Hossain Dhrubo has been at the center of  quite a few epic comebacks which will surely cement his place in the history books of Bangladesh crick...

Tamim had lost confidence after losing too many wickets in early overs

Tamim had lost confidence after losing too many wickets in early overs

-- 2022-02-23 21:23:56

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal said they didn't expect a win in the first match of the three-match series against Afghanistan after losing too many wickets early while chasing a moderate total of...

Afif, Mehidy lead Bangladesh to four-wicket victory over Afghanistan

Afif, Mehidy lead Bangladesh to four-wicket victory over Afghanistan

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-23 19:06:02

Bangladesh has defeated Afghanistan by four wickets in the first of three one-day internationals in Chattogram. Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan guided Bangladesh to get the stunning victory as the two...

Tigers restrict Afghanistan to 215

Tigers restrict Afghanistan to 215

-- 2022-02-23 16:12:36

In the first ODI of the three-match series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the hosts restricted the tourists to 215 all out in Chattogram on Wednesday. Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat f...

UAE, Ireland qualify for T20 World Cup

UAE, Ireland qualify for T20 World Cup

-- 2022-02-22 23:15:45

The United Arab Emirates and Ireland qualified for the men's Twenty20 World Cup by winning their semi-finals in the qualifying tournament in Oman on Tuesday. UAE ended the three-match winning run of...

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODIs: Battle  between experience and spin prowess

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODIs: Battle between experience and spin prowess

Mashfiq Mizan 2022-02-22 22:00:20

The Tigers are returning to their favourite format as Bangladesh lock horns with Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series starting on Wednesday at Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. With Supe...

Uefa likely to move Champions League final from St Petersburg

Uefa likely to move Champions League final from St Petersburg

-- 2022-02-22 20:32:14

Uefa is almost certain to switch this season's Champions League final away from St Petersburg amid the Ukraine-Russia crisis. Russia has sent troops into two rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine and...

Tigers excited to play ‘favourite format’ of cricket after eight months

Tigers excited to play ‘favourite format’ of cricket after eight months

-- 2022-02-22 20:06:34

The three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan is set to begin on Wednesday in Chattogram. Ahead of the first match of the series, Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal on Tuesday said they ar...

Barcelona start playing Thursday night football - how hard it is to swallow

Barcelona start playing Thursday night football - how hard it is to swallow

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-02-22 18:06:28

The way Pique got schooled by Lewandowski just a few inches away from the touchline, the way Ter Stegan couldn’t prevent a shot which, in any other circumstances, would find a world of difficult...

Urinary infection prolongs Pele's stay in hospital

Urinary infection prolongs Pele's stay in hospital

-- 2022-02-22 17:46:18

Brazilian football legend Pele has a urinary infection and will be kept in hospital for longer than his doctors planned, the clinic where he was being treated said on Monday.Pele, who has been undergo...

Tamim shouldn’t be considered for T20 return, here’s why

Tamim shouldn’t be considered for T20 return, here’s why

Ahnaf Wazed Khan  2022-02-22 17:00:50

Tamim Iqbal ended BPL 2022 with 407 runs, the third highest scorer and highest among the domestic players. With recent batting performances of Bangladesh in T20Is becoming nothing but worrisome, the i...

Brazil star Neymar keen to play in US-based MLS

Brazil star Neymar keen to play in US-based MLS

-- 2022-02-21 21:09:34

Paris St Germain and Brazil forward Neymar would like to play in the United States-based Major League Soccer for at least a season before he calls time on his career. Neymar, who is under contract at...

BCB announces T20 squad for Afghan series, Munim Shahriar gets first call-up

BCB announces T20 squad for Afghan series, Munim Shahriar gets first call-up

-- 2022-02-21 20:46:42

Right-handed opener Munim Shahriar, who performed well in the recently-concluded Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), made it to the Bangladesh T20 squad for the two-match series against Afgha...

Calls for temporary concussion substitutes after Koch injury

Calls for temporary concussion substitutes after Koch injury

-- 2022-02-21 18:33:19

The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has called for the introduction of temporary concussion substitutes following a head injury suffered by Leeds United's Robin Koch in Sunday's 4-2 Premie...

Manchester City 'appalled' by attack on Foden

Manchester City 'appalled' by attack on Foden

-- 2022-02-21 08:35:42

Manchester City said they were "shocked and appalled" by an attack on midfielder Phil Foden and his family after a video appeared to show them involved in a scuffle at Saturday's boxing fight between...

Rohit named India's Test captain

Rohit named India's Test captain

-- 2022-02-19 18:49:44

Opener Rohit Sharma was named India's Test captain on Saturday, succeeding Virat Kohli as the team's leader in all three formats ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka. Kohli, India's most succes...

Comilla Victorians win BPL

Comilla Victorians win BPL

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-18 21:55:46

Comilla Victorians defeated Fortune Barishal by 1 run in the final match of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday at Mirpur. Batting first, Comilla Victorians posted 151 for nine...

Comilla Victorians post 151 against Fortune Barishal

Comilla Victorians post 151 against Fortune Barishal

-- 2022-02-18 20:36:14

Comilla Victorians posted 151 for nine against Fortune Barishal in the final of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday at Mirpur. Sunil Narine hit 57 off 23 with five fours and fiv...

Torres scores one, misses few as Barcelona held to draw against Napoli

Torres scores one, misses few as Barcelona held to draw against Napoli

-- 2022-02-18 20:03:50

Ferran Torres scored a penalty as Barcelona rescued a draw in their Europa League last-32 first-leg tie against Napoli at the Nou Camp. Making their first appearance in this competition in almost 18...

Has Carlo already lost his mojo in Real Madrid?

Has Carlo already lost his mojo in Real Madrid?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-17 16:27:11

When Carlo Ancelotti came back to Real Madrid to start his second stint as manager, expectations from him were quite high.  As the manager who won all of the top five leagues except La Liga and...

No support, no inspiration - The plight of Bangladesh’s women basketball team

No support, no inspiration - The plight of Bangladesh’s women basketball team

Nafisa Sultana 2022-02-17 15:49:40

The women national basketball team of Bangladesh started its journey in 2009. In spite of being a new team, the beginning of the journey was quite impressive.  In that year, the women basketball...

Cristiano Ronaldo's rapid decline: The end is near?

Cristiano Ronaldo's rapid decline: The end is near?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-16 18:05:04

2022 has not been a very kind year for Cristiano Ronaldo. So far, in seven games this year, he has only scored once, that being in the last match against Brighton. He doesn’t even have an assis...

BPL 2022: The 'Mirpur gamble' Of Dhaka didn’t pay off

BPL 2022: The 'Mirpur gamble' Of Dhaka didn’t pay off

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-02-14 12:46:11

When the player’s draft of Bangabandhu BPL 2022 ended, quite a lot of eyebrows were raised after seeing the final team list of Dhaka.  Some aged players who were visibly no longer properly...

De Jong's late header rescues point for Barca at Espanyol

De Jong's late header rescues point for Barca at Espanyol

-- 2022-02-14 10:36:33

A 96th minute header from substitute Luuk De Jong saw Barcelona rescue a 2-2 draw away at city rivals Espanyol in LaLiga on Sunday in a game where both sides had a man sent off in the closing stages....

England captain Morgan, Australia's Finch unsold in IPL auction

England captain Morgan, Australia's Finch unsold in IPL auction

-- 2022-02-14 08:58:57

Punjab Kings bought England all-rounder Liam Livingstone for $1.53 million on Sunday but Australia's World-Cup winning skipper Aaron Finch went unsold in the players auction for this year's Indian Pre...