Sports
Today, 25 February, marks six decades since a 22-year-old named Cassius Clay defeated the favourite Sonny Liston, whom he had humiliated and beaten for the title of heavyweight champion. On that day, "The Greatest" became a social icon, paving the way for a career that would make him one o...
Sports,Cricket
A stirring century from Joe Root tempered Akash Deep's dream debut and pulled England out of trouble on an enthralling first day of what is a must-win fourth Test for the touring side in Ranchi.Root, who had copped criticism for what was seen as some ill-timed innovation in the first innings of ...
They were travelling to Yavatmal. They boarded the bus at Amravati. Around 7 am on Sunday, their minibus had a collision with a concrete mixer truck, killing four youngsters on the spot.Cricket has seen some heartbreaks and misfortunes during the game. With players being out with career-ending injur...
The organisation of the Olympic Games continues to face challenges as the French capital prepares to host the Games from 26 July 2024. As well as the well-known security concerns, there is also the issue of the poor quality of the water in the Seine.The third Olympic Games to be held in the French c...
Fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been taken to hospital in Chattogram after taking a blow to the head during a Comilla Victorians training session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.Mustafizur fell down immediately after being hit by a ball on the left side of his head. The incident took place on...
India needed such a day. Just to send the message out to those who had started believing they could be taken down at home. A team in transition, India have lost three Tests in a little over three years, two more than they did in the preceding eight years, but in Rajkot they delivered an emphatic she...
Sports,Football
Kylian Mbappe will reportedly leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season - as the forward continues to be linked with moves to Liverpool and Real Madrid.The 25-year-old signed a two-year extension with PSG in 2022 but is now set to leave the club at the end of the season once his contract ex...
A sensational century by Ben Duckett, at 88 balls the third fastest against India in India, left the hosts shell-shocked after they once again left runs un-scored in their first innings of 445. There was none of the streakiness one might associate with a century scored at this pace. None of Duckett&...
New Zealand won a Test series against South Africa for the first time with Kane Williamson hitting an Unbeaten century Friday to steer them to a seven-wicket victory in the second Test.Williamson's unbeaten 133 was at the heart of their 269-3 in the fourth innings of a tight Test in Hamilton to ...
World,Back Page
Former prime minister Imran Khan has nominated Omar Ayub Khan, the general secretary of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party as the candidate for the post of prime minister, PTI leader Asad Qaiser said on Thursday.Independent candidates backed by jailed former premier Imran Khan have won 93 seat...
Back Page,World
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Tuesday recommended Ali Amin Khan Gandapur as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, ending days of speculations about who will be the party's nominee for the top slot after it emerged as the largest party in the province.The PTI founder made the ...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu as the new chief selector of the men's national team for the next two years after Tuesday board meeting.On Wednesday, the new chief selector Lipu and another newly appointed selector Hannan Sarkar came to meet the press an...
Vice-chairman of the cricket operations committee and national team director, Khaled Mahmud Sujon, expressed his surprise at the announcement of Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu as the new chief selector by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) but he is happy to see his senior in that position."It was re...
Former Bangladesh captain Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu has been appointed the new chief selector of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), replacing Minhajul Abedin Nannu.Sports Minister and BCB President Nazmul Hasan made the announcement after the first BCB board meeting of the year on Monday. &ldqu...
World,Front Page
Pakistan’s national election ended with no party winning a majority in parliament, in polls marred by militant violence, political turmoil and questions of transparency.Former prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan both declared victory, adding to the uncertainty as the ...
Pakistan's national election vote count concluded on Sunday with independents, mostly backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, winning 101 of the 264 seats, the election commission's website showed.The final tally was released more than 60 hours after voting concluded in Thursday&#...
A Chattogram Challengers' bus was hit by a lorry at Sitakunda on Sunday morning, said a press release from the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise.The press release, however, mentioned that there were no players, officials or team members hurt in the incident. The bus was stationed there a...
Big-hitting Glenn Maxwell slammed a 50-ball century as Australia raced to 241-4 in the second of three Twenty20 internationals against the West Indies in Adelaide on Sunday.Chasing a mammoth total, Windies were restricted at 207/9, handing Aussies the victory of 34 runs. Maxwell's unbeaten 120 w...
ML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday made a so-called ‘victory speech’ and annou¬nced forming a coalition government on the previous PDM pattern to steer the country out of crises.Mr Sharif hinted at joining hands with the PPP, JUI-F, MQM, PML-Q and IPP to forge a PDM (Pakistan Democr...
National,Front Page
At least nine people, including two children, were killed in militant attacks in Pakistan on Thursday as the country voted in a general election after suspending mobile phone services and closing some land borders to maintain law and order.The interior ministry said it took the security steps after ...
Page 18 of 80, showing 20 results out of 1,597 total
