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All eyes on Mirpur as cricket returns to Bangladesh

March 16, 2020 was the last time Bangladeshi cricketers played a competitive game.The backdrop was the first round of the Dhaka Premier League, which was cancelled shortly after following the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country.

After that long seven-month gap, cricketers will once again return to the field through the BCB President’s Cup today.

Mahmudullah XI will take on Najmul XI in the opening game of the 50-over tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Mirpur today.

All matches will be day-night affairs and it will mark the Bangladesh Cricket Board actually resuming cricket in an attempt to gradually host international teams.

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VAR drama as Palace earn 3-1 win at Man Utd

Manchester United’s season got underway with a shock 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace as Wilfried Zaha grabbed a late double for the visitors in the Premier League on Saturday although VAR was once again the centre of attention.

United looked off the pace early on as Andros Townsend put Palace in front after seven minutes, with the home side’s campaign starting a week later than initially scheduled due to last season’s Europa League commitments running into mid-August.

Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay went close as United chased an equaliser but the hosts could have gone in two goals behind at halftime, with only a brilliant David De Gea save keeping a goal-bound Jordan Ayew strike out.

United brought Mason Greenwood on at halftime but their task was made more difficult when the VAR decided that referee Martin Atkinson should ………..

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Cricket Games Sports

England beat Australia in thrilling first T20

England produced a brilliant comeback to beat Australia by two runs on the final ball of their first T20 international in Southampton on Friday after the visitors looked to be cruising to victory in their first competitive match for six months.

Seemingly in control while chasing England’s 162-7, Australia were pegged back as they lost quick wickets and were left needing 15 off Tom Curran’s final over.

Marcus Stoinis missed the first ball, smashed a massive six off the second, but then missed the third….

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Are Bengal Tigers Ready To Take On Lankan Lions?

Finally ice is melting. Bangladesh tiger squad is going to embark on Lanka Lion hunt mission in October 2020. 

With virtually no real activities since March 2020 we are not sure whether most of the Bangladesh cricketers are mentally or physically in shape for taking on strong Sri Lanka in their backyard in test series? With Shakib not available till end October and Tamim a bit doubtful the challenge can be well anticipated. 

Lack of positive thoughts of BCB for training and trimming Bangladesh team maintaining bio security protocol and WHO guidelines over the past month and a half may cause Bangladesh team to suffer. The team was not in great shape before the outbreak of COVID pandemic in March in Bangladesh.  ……

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Bangladesh GM Razib beat Russian GM Demchenko

Bangladeshi Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib beat Russian Grandmaster Anton Demchenko (Rating 2641) in the 6th round match of the 48th Annual World Open Chess Tournament being held at the online chess platform, Internet Chess Club (ICC),  Saturday night.

Earlier, GM Razib drew with Erick Zhao in the 4th round and defeated Kenneth Patrick in the 5th round. 

GM Razib sharing the 3rd slot along with four other players securing 4.5 points after the 6th round of the tournament, organized by the Continental Chess Association.

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Football

National footballers practice camp begins Wednesday

The isolation practice camp of the national football team for the remaining four Joint Qualification matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, begins on Wednesday (August 5) at Sara Resort in Gazipur.

Out of initially selected 36 booters, 12 new and comparatively junior booters will join the camp on the first day (Wednesday) while the remaining footballers are scheduled to join camp in batches on August 6 and 7 respectively depending on their Covid-19 test reports.

Three injured booters of Bashundhara Kings — Masuk Mia Zony, Motin Mia and Atiqur Rahman Fahad–will not join camp as the club did not release them. ……