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Call it a comeback: Murray, Wawrinka win US Open returns
New York, Aug 28 (AP/UNB) — Andy Murray pumped his fist and then did it again, exulting as if he had just won his match.
Usain Bolt to play first match for Central Coast Mariners
Gosford, Aug 28 (AP/UNB) — Jamaica sprint star Usain Bolt will make his first appearance for A-League club the Central Coast Mariners in a pre-season match against a Central Coast amateur selection on Friday.
Salah's tweet shows dispute with Egypt soccer not over
Cairo, Aug 28 (AP/UNB) — Mohamed Salah has reignited a months-old dispute with soccer authorities in his native Egypt, accusing them of ignoring his complaints about their unauthorized use of his image.
Asiad Hockey: Bangladesh concede 0-5 defeat against Pakistan
Dhaka, Aug 28 (UNB) – Bangladesh National Hockey team suffered a 0-5 goal defeat against former World Champions Pakistan in their last Pool B match of the 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey on Tuesday at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field in Jakarta.
Bangladesh to play Sri Lanka in FIFA Friendly in Nilphamari Wednesday
Nilphamari, Aug 28 (UNB) – Bangladesh national football team will play a FIFA International Friendly with Sri Lankan national side her on Wednesday ahead of the seven–nation SAFF Suzuki Cup Football’2018 beginning on September 4 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
The match will begin at 4 pm at 20,000-capacity Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari.
Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live while Bangladesh Betar will broadcast the running commentary of the match.
In a pre-match press conference at a hotel in Rangpur on Tuesday, the officials and captains of both the teams expressed their optimism to win the match playing their best.
Sri Lanka Coach Nizam Pakir Aly, who was a familiar footballer of Dhaka League, said, “I considered Bangladesh as my 2nd home, but as Sri Lanka coach, we want to give our best to win against Bangladesh although they are a very good side.”
“Our team prepared in South Korea and Japan for the last few months. We played to a 1-1 draw against Lithuania in a friendly match recently,” he added.
Sri Lankan Captain Subash Madhusan said, “We’re going to play our first match outside Dhaka. Out team studded with young and experienced players will try to play their best.”
Manager of Bangladesh team Satyajit Das Rupu said, “Our booters played a good number of matches in the last few months in the Asian Games, Korea, Qatar and Laos. For this reason, we’ve decided to rest seven players in Wednesday’s match to avoid injury ahead of the SAFF Champs.”
“Our target is to be the champions in the SAFF Suzuki Cup and we want to go ahead with this goal,” he added.
Bangladesh Coach Jamie Day said, “Our team played nice football in the Asian Games, having some good results in aboard. Now we’re preparing our team for the SAFF title and we’re very exciting to do good results against Sri Lanka.”
“In the SAFF Football, our first target is to win the group matches and then we are looking for the final. Our players are now fully physically fit to give their best efforts to clinch the SAFF title,” he further added.
The Sri Lanka team reached Dhaka on Sunday night from Indonesia and landed at the Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari on Monday noon en-route to Rangpur city where the team are staying.
But, hosts Bangladesh team reached Saidpur Airport on Tuesday noon en-route to Rangpur to play the friendly match in Nilphamari.
Bangladesh team made their practices at the Rangpur Stadium on Tuesday afternoon while the Islanders Sri Lanka made their practices at the Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari.
Bangladesh, which were placed in Group A of the SAFF Suzuki Cup with Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan, will play Bhutan in the 2nd match on the opening day (Sept 4) at 7 pm while Pakistan will play Nepal in the opening match at 4 pm.
India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have been put in Group B of the meet.
Bangladesh primary squad for U19 ASIA Cup announced
Dhaka, Aug 28 (UNB) – Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced a 23-man primary squad for the upcoming ACC Under-19 ASIA Cup which is scheduled to be held in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar in September.
BD’s preliminary sqaud for ACC U-19 Asia Cup announced
Dhaka, Aug 28 (UNB) - The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 23–member preliminary squad for the ACC U-19 Asia Cup’2018 scheduled for Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar in September next.
1st batch of BD football team returns home
Dhaka, Aug 26 (UNB) – The first batch of high-flying Bangladesh U-23 Football team returned home on Saturday night after a successful mission in the 18th Asian Games Men’s Football in Indonesia.
Bangladesh A draw 2-2 with Ireland A
Dhaka, Aug 10 (UNB) – Bangladesh ‘A’ conceded an eight-wicket defeat against host Ireland ‘A’ in the series decider fifth unofficial ODI at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin on Friday to see a evenly-contested 2-2 draw.
SAFF U-15 Women’s: Bangladesh preparing well to face Bhutan on Thursday
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB)– Defending champions Bangladesh preparing satisfactorily with good practice sessions at the game venue Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Tuesday ahead of their semifinal match of the 2nd SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship against hosts Bhutan on Thursday.