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Afghanistan stretch lead to 193, after Shakib’s 2-21

Sports Desk: Afghanistan recovered from Shakib Al Hasan’s double strike in the first over to reach 53-3 in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the one-off

Chattogram Test: Afghanistan post challenging 342 in first innings

Sports desk: Resuming the overnight score 271 for five, Afghanistan ended their first innings at 342 all-out in 117 overs on Friday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. This

Nayeem strikes after Shah’s historic ton

Sports Desk: Nayeem Hasan broke the resistance of Rahmat Shah just after he became the first Afghan batsman to score a hundred in Test as Bangladesh fought their way back

Bangladesh beat Scotland to reach semis

Sports Desk: Bangladesh women’s team qualified for the semi-final of ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers by beating hosts Scotland by 13 runs under Duckworth/Lewis Method in their rain-hit last

Mustafiz bowls and takes wicket in draw

Shawdesh Desk: Mustafizur Rahman shrugged off his injury fear to bowl one over in the drawn practice match between Bangladesh Red and Bangladesh Green and was rewarded with a wicket

Tigers mull options for opening pair

Sports Desk: Selectors said on Thursday they were weighing up their options to find a replacement of their regular opener Tamim Iqbal in their forthcoming one-off Test series against Afghanistan,

Van Dijk takes UEFA Player of the Year honour

Sports Desk: Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk won the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Thursday, edging out Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Lucy Bronze took the

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar undergoes successful knee surgery in Australia

Sports Desk: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar underwent a successful reconstruction knee surgery in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday. Akhtar posted a video on his twitter handle to give the