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All the eleven newly included footballers of BPL champions Bashundhara Kings joined the residential national training camp of Bangladesh team on Tuesday evening to play a two- match FIFA International Friendly series against the Maldives. Hosts Bangladesh Football team will play touring Maldives national side in two FIFA Int'l Friendlies on November 13 and 16 at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital. The Spanish head coach of Bangladesh Football team Javier Cabrera, who earlier announced a 16-member partial national squad without the players of Bashundhara Kings, completed the 27-member Bangladesh preliminary line up on Monday (Nov 4) adding eleven booters of the Kings, who were in Bhutan to play the AFC Challenge League. The eleven footballers who joined national camp today (Tuesday) are: Anisur Rahman Zico, Mehdi Hasan Srabon, Chandan Roy, Saad Uddin, Topu Barman, Rabbi Hossain Rahul, Mojibur Rahman Jony, Sohel Rana, Rakib Hossain, Shekh Morsalin and Foysal Ahmed Fahim. The residential training camp of Bangladesh national team with 16 booters already started last Friday (November 1), now Bangladesh's head coach Javier Cabrera will start training camp with full fledged team on Wednesday, where there will be no media session. Member of previously announced 16-member partial Bangladesh squad are: Goalkeeper- Mitul Marma, Sujon Hossain Defender-Murad Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Shakil Ahad Topu, Rahmat Mia, Shakil Hossain, Isa Faysal and Taj Uddin. Midfielder- Mohammad Hridoy, Syed Shah Quazem Kirmanee, Papon Singh and Didarul Alam Forward- Shahriar Emon, Arman Foysal Akash and Mirajul Islam.

The Tasmery Under-14 Boys and Girls School Handball Tournament' 2024 began here on Tuesday at the Capt (Retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here. Proprietor of the meet's sponsor Tasmery and Company Salim Bin Baten inaugurated the meet Tuesday morning.General Secretary of Bangladesh Handball Federation Asaduzzaman Kohinoor presided over the opening ceremony. In the official opening match, Willes Little Flower School beat North Kafrul High School by 5-2 goals in a girls group match after leading the first half by 3-0 goals. In the day's boys group matches, Nijhor Cantonment Public School beat Motijheel Ideal School by 5-2 goals, South Point School & College defeated Scholastica, Uttara by 9-6 goals, Model Academy beat Willes Little Flower School by 7-4 goals, Narinda Govt. High School outplayed Scholastica, Uttara by 18-6 goals while South Point School & College crushed Cambrian School & College by 11-0 goals. In the girls section, Shaheed Anwar College beat Kadamtola East Bashabo High School by 8-3 goals, Heed International School defeated Uttar Kafrul High School by 6-2 goals while Sunnydale School outplayed Shaheed Anwar College by 13-3 goals.

After nearly three decades, the Bangladesh team is back in Sharjah to play ODIs—a three-match series against Afghanistan starting on Wednesday. Bangladesh's main aim in this series is to restore some pride after losing miserably in two consecutive series. In recent months, Bangladesh won a two-match Test series against Pakistan in the South Asian country. After that, they suffered five consecutive defeats in a two-match Test and three-match T20I series against India. Following those defeats, Bangladesh took on South Africa at home, aiming to bounce back, but it failed. They lost both the Test matches in Dhaka and Chattogram. Now they are back in Sharjah. They played five matches at the venue, with the last one in 1995, but failed to win any of those matches. Afghanistan, who often host their opponents in the UAE, has also played 28 ODIs in Sharjah and won 18. In the last five years, they played five matches in this venue and won four. Over the past decade, Afghanistan has become a strong opponent of Bangladesh. Not just Bangladesh, they challenged all other teams in ODIs. Bangladesh vs South Africa test: Mominul fights back after Rabada takes five-for The new Afghan players like Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rahmanullah Gurbaz became real game-changers for them. Both play in the Indian Premier League, contributing enormously to their development as global stars. Bangladesh played a total of 16 ODIs against Afghanistan and won 10 of those matches. In the last six meetings, Bangladesh won three, and Afghanistan won the other three. Najmul Hossain Shanto will continue leading Bangladesh in this series. It was reported that Najmul wanted to quit captaincy, as he informed the board just before the home series against South Africa, but he decided to continue for now. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, the right-handed allrounder, will be Najmul’s deputy in this series. Mehidy is expected to take over the captaincy if Najmul eventually pulls himself out of the leadership role. Bangladesh’s success in this series largely depends on young cricketers like Tawhid Hridoy, Tanzim Hasan Tamim, and Shoriful Islam, along with experienced players like Najmul, Mehidy, Taskin Ahmed, and Mustafizur Rahman. While Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad are included in the squad, their recent performances suggest they are at a stage of their careers where consistent contributions are no longer guaranteed. Bangladesh also included young bowlers Rishad Hossain and Nahid Rana. While Rishad proved his mettle in T20Is, he has yet to flourish in ODIs. Nahid made this Test debut and proved that he has potential. But he has yet to get his ODI cap. Soumya Sarkar also made a comeback in this series. Litton Das, the wicketkeeper batter, has been suffering from a fever, which has paved the way for Soumya. The left-hander is expected to partner with Tamim to open the innings. The second, third, and final ODIs of this series will take place on November 9 and 11 at the same venue. Bangladesh squad for Afghanistan series: Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah Riyad, Tawhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hassan Miraz (vc), Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, and Nahid Rana. Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Abdul Malik, Darwish Rasooli, Ikram Ali Khil, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Riaz Hassan, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah (vc), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Nangeyalia Kharote, Rashid Khan, Bilal Sami, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, AM Ghazanfar, Naveed Zadran, and Noor Ahmad.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday announced a 27-member full pledget preliminary national squad to form a national football team to play a two-match FIFA International Friendly series with the Maldives in this month's FIFA window. Hosts Bangladesh Football Team will play touring Maldives national side in two FIFA Int'l Friendlies on November 13 and 16 at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital. The head coach of Bangladesh Football team Javier Cabrera, who announced a 16-member partial national squad last Wednesday without the players of BPL champions Bashundhara Kings, today (Monday) completed the preliminary line-up, adding 11 more booters in the squad. Bangladesh champions Bashundhra Kings were in Bhutan at that time to play in the AFC Challenge League. The newly included eleven footballers are: Anisur Rahman Zico, Mehdi Hasan Srabon, Chandan Roy, Saad Uddin, Topu Barman, Rabbi Hossain Rahul, Mojibur aRahman Jony, Sohel Rana, Rakib Hossain, Shekh Morsalin, and Foysal Ahmed Fahim. Members of the previously announced 16-member partial Bangladesh team are: Goal Keeper: Mitul Marma, Sujon Hossain Defender-Murad Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Shakil Ahad Topu, Rahmat Mia, Shakil Hossain, Isa Faysal, and Taj Uddin. Midfielders: Mohammad Hridoy, Syed Shah Quazem Kirmanee, Papon Singh, and Didarul AlamForward: Shahriar Emon, Arman Foysal Akash, and Mirajul Islam. The residential training camp of the Bangladesh national team with 16 booters already started last Friday (November 1) at the Hotel Intercontinental in Dhaka. The newly recruited footballers will join national camp on Tuesday. After making some practice sessions in the last few days, the Bangladesh national team played a preparatory match with Fortis SC on Monday.

Dani Olmo made the most out of his return as a starter with Barcelona, scoring twice to lead the Catalan club to a 3-1 win over Espanyol in the city derby on Sunday in the Spanish league. Raphinha also scored for Barcelona, which a week ago had routed Real Madrid 4-0 in the clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Barcelona is now nine points ahead of Madrid, whose game at Valencia on Saturday was postponed because of the deadly floods that killed more than 200 people in southern Spain last week. The game between Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano also was postponed, as were three second-division games scheduled to be played in the region this weekend. The victory extended Barcelona's 27-match unbeaten streak against Espanyol in the league. Espanyol, sitting in 17th place, has lost six of its last seven league matches. Olmo scored his double in his return as a starter after hurting his right hamstring on Sept. 15 against Girona. He had come off the bench in the team's wins against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and Madrid in the Spanish league. “I was excited about coming back,” Olmo said. “I'm feeling well. It was important to keep winning.” He put Barcelona ahead in the 12th minute from close range after a neat cross by Lamine Yamal with the outside of his left foot. Olmo's second goal came with a strike from outside the area in the 31st. In his first season with Barcelona, Olmo now has five goals in five matches. Raphinha added to the lead in the 23rd by redirecting the ball into the net with one touch after Marc Casadó's long cross into the area. Barcelona has outscored its league opponents 40-11 in 12 matches. Madrid has the second-best attack with 21 goals scored. “We are a team that can score a lot, not only with our strikers but also with the players in the second line,” Olmo said. “We play very direct and create many opportunities.” Espanyol thought it had moved closer in the 27th but Jofre Carrera's goal was called off after video review because of offside. It also had a goal by Álvaro Tejero disallowed for offside in the 58th, then Javi Puado finally scored a goal that counted in the 63rd. Barcelona also had a goal called off in stoppage time. Before the match, Barcelona honored those who received awards at the Ballon d'Or ceremony last week, including Yamal, who earned the Kopa Trophy award for best Under-21 player, and Aitana Bonmatí, who won the award for the world’s best woman soccer player. Barcelona also won the best women’s team prize. There was also a moment of silence in honor of the flood victims, which has taken place at all league matches this weekend. Simeone's son scores Giuliano Simeone, son of Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, scored his first goal with the club in the team's 2-0 win against Las Palmas. The goal came more than 20 years after Simeone's last league goal with the club as a player. Alexander Sorloth netted Atletico's second goal on Sunday, helping move the club back to third place, 10 points behind Barcelona. Other results Sixth-place Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 against Real Betis, while 10th-place Real Sociedad won 2-0 at Sevilla with goals from Takefusa Kubo and Mikel Oyarzabal.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday announced the itinerary for Ireland women’s team’s tour of Bangladesh, starting from November 22 The visitors will play a three-match ODI series against the hosts Bangladesh Women's team in Dhaka on November 27, 30 and December 2 all at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. All the matches will kick off at 10 am. The three match ODI series is a part of the 2022-25 ICC Women’s Championship: The Irish women's team will also play a three-match Twenty20 internationals series against Bangladesh Women's on December 5, 7 and 9 all at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium before they depart Bangladesh on December 10. The first two T20I matches will kick-off at 2 pm while the 3rd and last match will begin at 10 an.

  New Zealand secured an historic 3-0 series victory in India as it won a dramatic third test by 25 runs on Sunday. Ajaz Patel took 6-57 to bowl the Black Caps to victory as it became the first visiting side to complete a clean sweep in a minimum three-test series against India. Glenn Phillips provided strong support, picking up 3-42 as India crashed to 121 all out in 29.1 overs shortly after lunch on the third day. Rishabh Pant was the lone resistance for the hosts with 64 off 57 balls, including nine fours and a six, but his counter-attacking half century went in vain as India lost its last three wickets in four balls. India’s previous worst showing was a 2-0 loss to Hansie Cronje’s South Africa in 2000 in a two-test series. It last loss in a home series was to England — 2-1 in a four-test series — in 2012.Patel’s six wickets took his tally to 25 at the Wankhede Stadium in four innings. He bowled a record 10-119 here in 2021, finishing that game with 14 wickets. On Sunday, Patel finished with 11-160 to go past England’s Ian Botham who had taken 22 wickets at the same ground and was previously the most successful visiting bowler at any venue in India.New Zealand won the first two tests in Bengaluru and Pune by eight wickets and 113 runs, respectively, registering a landmark first test-series win in India, but an even greater achievement was to come. It was the first instance of New Zealand winning three tests in a series home or away, and the first instance of winning three successive away tests. “We are ecstatic. Looking back at the start of the series, to be now in this position, the boys have done a fantastic job over the last three tests. We understood how India play and just tried to do our best. Our players chipped in at different times through the series,” said Tom Latham, New Zealand’s winning captain. Chasing 147 runs to avoid an unprecedented home series whitewash, India stumbled to lunch at 92-6 with only Pant’s half-century proving a spanner in the works for New Zealand.Pant put on 42 off 53 balls for the sixth wicket with Ravindra Jadeja (6) to give India some hope of reaching the target after it had earlier slumped to 29-5. Skipper Rohit Sharma's poor series continued as he was caught for 11, going after Henry with another ill-judged pull shot that was caught at midwicket. Patel bowled Shubman Gill for one, the batter leaving the ball only for it to knock back his off stump. The Sunday crowd at the Wankhede Stadium was stunned when Virat Kohli was caught at slip for one in the following over. Phillips then sent back Yashasvi Jaiswal for five, out lbw. Sarfaraz Khan (one) hit a full toss straight to the square leg fielder as India collapsed. Pant then led India’s recovery with some unorthodox shots, while Jadeja was watchful for the most part. Their partnership pushed India back into contention, before Jadeja was dismissed at short leg for six off 22 balls. After lunch, Pant took India past 100 and remained key to the end-result for both sides.In the 22nd over, he was given out caught behind via television review. He seemed to have edged Patel, but the on-field umpire turned it down. New Zealand captain Tom Latham reviewed and the replays showed there was a deflection off the bat on to the pad which looped up and was caught by Tom Blundell. Pant walked back dejected, after hitting nine fours and a six, in what had looked a match-turning 35-run partnership with Sundar. Ravichandran Ashwin and Sundar added 15 runs as scoring dried up, before Phillips struck twice in the 29th over. The allrounder had Ashwin caught behind trying a reverse sweep, with DRS detecting a faint glove touch. Next ball, Phillips bowled Akash Deep to leave India on the precipice.Patel then created history as he bowled Sundar two balls later – India had collapsed losing its last four wickets for 15 runs. It was the second-lowest total defended by New Zealand to win a test after 137 runs against England in Wellington in 1978. “It is not something easily digestible,” said India skipper Rohit Sharma. "We didn’t play our best cricket and we have to accept it. I didn’t do well as captain and as batter. We made a lot of mistakes. They (New Zealand) did so much better than us throughout the series.” Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja picked a second five-for in the test as New Zealand was bowled out for 174 runs in its second innings. The Kiwis had closed day two at 171-9 and could only add another three runs from 14 deliveries. Jadeja dismissed Patel for eight, out caught, for his 15th five-wicket return in tests. Jadeja finished with match figures of 10-120, his third ten-wicket haul in his 77 tests. New Zealand scored 235 runs in its first innings, while India took a slender 28-run lead with 263 runs in reply.

Manchester City’s 32-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League ended in a 2-1 loss at Bournemouth on Saturday as Liverpool wrested back the lead in the title race. Pep Guardiola had warned this week that his Manchester City team could be “in trouble” after injuries kept piling up, and those comments quickly proved prophetic on an eventful day that also saw Arsenal lose 1-0 at Newcastle while Liverpool needed a late comeback to beat Brighton 2-1 and go top of the league. The biggest surprise came at Bournemouth, though, as the Cherries stunningly took a 2-0 lead at home thanks to goals from Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson and then held off City’s comeback attempt. Josko Gvardiol pulled one goal back in the 82nd while Erling Haaland had a header saved in injury time and then hit the post from the rebound. It was City's first league loss of 2024 but second straight 2-1 defeat in all competitions after being eliminated from the League Cup by Tottenham in midweek, and the defending champion now trails Liverpool by two points. "Today we could not handle their intensity that they had and that’s why we lost the game,” Guardiola said. All three leading title rivals looked headed for defeat after Newcastle won in the early kickoff and Brighton then largely outplayed Liverpool in the first half at Anfield and easily could have led by more than one goal at the break, but Liverpool turned things around in less than three minutes in the second. Cody Gakpo’s attempted cross sailed past both teammate Darwin Nunez and the Brighton defense into the net for the equalizer in the 69th and Mohamed Salah’s sublime finish in the 72nd sealed the win. Salah was released down the right by Trent Alexander-Arnold on a quick counter, cut inside a defender and curled an unstoppable shot into the net with his left foot for a goal that put Liverpool two points clear of City in first place. “We needed another second-half performance because we were outplayed in the first half," Liverpool manager Arne Slot said. “They were better on the ball, more aggressive without the ball. Then, everything changed in the second half because it was completely the opposite.” Arsenal is now seven points off the pace and fell to fourth place behind Nottingham Forest, which beat 10-man West Ham 3-0, and the Gunners could find themselves in sixth if Aston Villa and Chelsea both win on Sunday. Also, Southampton earned its first win of the season thanks to Adam Armstrong’s 85th-minute goal in a 1-0 victory over Everton to climb out of last place. But fellow promoted side Ipswich and Wolves are both still looking for their first wins after giving up second-half leads. Ipswich conceded an injury-time equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Leicester, while Wolves drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace in a game where all four goals came in a 17-minute span in the second half. Lack of creativity costs Arsenal The absence of injured midfielder Martin Odegaard proved costly again as Arsenal looked devoid of creativity at St. James' Park even after going behind early. Alexander Isak’s early header was enough for Eddie Howe’s team to end a five-game winless run in the league as the hosts easily neutralized Arsenal’s struggling attack the rest of the way. It was the second year in a row that Newcastle beat Arsenal 1-0 at home. Declan Rice had the visitors' best chance in the third minute of injury time but headed wide after a cross by Bukayo Saka. “We needed more answers, we didn't (have them),” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. Forest surges into third place Nottingham Forest and its free-scoring striker Chris Wood are proving to be the surprise package of the season so far. Wood scored his eighth goal of the campaign as Forest moved into its highest top-flight position in 26 years with a dominant performance against a West Ham team that had Edson Alvarez sent off for a second booking in first-half injury time. Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ola Aina also scored for Forest, which earned its third win in a row and also beat Liverpool away earlier in the season. While Forest looks rejuvenated under Nuno Espirito Santo, the pressure is back on Everton manager Sean Dyche after a five-game unbeaten run in the league ended with a dispiriting loss to Southampton, which only had one point going into the game. Everton thought it had scored an injury-time equalizer through substitute Beto but it was disallowed for offside after a lengthy VAR review.

The first batch of Bangladesh National Cricket team left Dhaka for Dubai Saturday evening to play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in Sharjah. A 14-member Bangladesh team including cricketer and coaching staff, not in the Bangladesh squad for Chattogram Test against South Africa, left here for UAE Saturday evening at 5:30 pm in the day's first batch. Shubman Gill guides India’s revival with an impressive unbeaten 70 in third Test against New Zealand Bangladesh will play three ODI matches against Afghanistan on November 6, 9 and 12, all at the Sharjah International Stadium. Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan Tanim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Towhid Hridoy, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana left Dhaka for Dubai in the day's first batch. The remaining members of Bangladesh squad including captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, vice-captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Zakir Hasan and others will fly for Dubai Sunday afternoon. Tk 1 crore rewarded to Women’s SAFF Champions Bangladesh ODI Squad: Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hassan Miraz (Vice Captain), Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, and Nahid Rana.

Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 70 as India fought back from an overnight 86-4 to reach 195-5 at lunch on Day 2 of the third test against New Zealand on Saturday. Gill added 96 runs off 114 balls for the fifth wicket with Rishabh Pant, who scored a whirlwind 60 off 59 balls, as the duo helped India recover from the evening session on the first day. India had endured seven deliveries of mayhem late on day one as it crashed from 78-1 to 84-4. Ravindra Jadeja (10 not out) was the other unbeaten batter at lunch, as India trailed by 40 runs. New Zealand had scored 235 runs in its first innings after opting to bat. New Zealand won the first two tests in Bengaluru and Pune by eight wickets and 113 runs respectively, registering a landmark first test-series win in India. On Saturday, Pant was dropped on 53 at long off — Matt Henry missing the catch off Glenn Phillips’ bowling. Gill also survived a catching chance, as New Zealand’s fielding dropped below regular standard in hot and humid conditions. Gill went on to score his seventh half-century off 66 balls. In the second hour, New Zealand struck back as Pant was out lbw off Ish Sodhi against the run of play. The batter reviewed, but the decision stayed in Sodhi’s favor as India lost its sole wicket of the morning session.