Doritos A lot of people talk about how bad the local cricket in Bangladesh is, but that talk fades when the national team does well. This time, during the ICC ODI World Cup, an umpiring scandal is once again at the centre of attention. Recently, there was a big problem in the National Cricket League (NCL), … Read more
After Bangladesh’s terrible performance in the ICC World Cup, people started talking a lot about how important it is to have sports fields at home. Even though the top tournament in India was held on tracks that were good for hitting, Bangladesh was unable to meet the current standards for scoring big. The Tigers had … Read more
Bangladesh’s Bishwanath Ghosh said that everyone in the defence, from the custodian to the players, needs to work together when his team plays Australia in Melbourne on Thursday in a World Cup Qualifier. Australia is a much better team than Bangladesh. Since the hosts are 156 places higher in the FIFA Rankings than Bangladesh, the … Read more
The National Sports Council (NSC) and the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) jointly inspected the newly rebuilt ground of the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday and found some problems with the newly laid drainage system. This means that the handover of the ground will be delayed by a few more weeks. Nearly Tk 4.5 crore was spent … Read more
Walter Mazzarri surprised everyone by taking over as manager of Napoli on Tuesday, after Rudi Garcia had a terrible start to the Italian winners’ Serie A title defence. After taking over as Italy coach from Luciano Spalletti, Garcia only stayed at Napoli for five months. He failed to inspire a team that had kept almost … Read more
Olivier Giroud was banned for two games after yelling at officials at the end of AC Milan’s exciting and controversial 2-2 draw at Lecce. Serie A announced the ban on Tuesday. After being booked for disrespect, Giroud was sent off in extra time at the Stadio Via del Mare on Saturday afternoon for using “abusive … Read more
Liverpool player Luis Diaz had a sad meeting with his father on Tuesday. His father was freed last week after being held hostage for 12 days by Colombia’s ELN rebel group. Diaz was back in Colombia to join the national team before their World Cup qualifying match against Brazil on Thursday in the port city … Read more
The Bangladesh team came back to their home country on Sunday after their last World Cup game against Australia in Pune. The board has not yet taken any steps to look back on what happened. Yesterday, there didn’t seem to be any action at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium or in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) … Read more
Pat Cummins isn’t sure if he will stay as captain of Australia’s one-day international team after the World Cup. He wants to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) again next season to get ready for the Twenty20 tournament. Cummins, who is Australia’s Test captain and will lead them into their semi-final match against South … Read more
Luis Suarez, Uruguay’s all-time leading scorer with 36 goals, was called up for the first time by new coach Marcelo Bielsa on Monday. The 36-year-old will play against Argentina this week in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Suarez has scored 68 goals for his country. He has been playing great for the Brazilian club … Read more
