PRIYO

Three-time Bangladesh League champions Abahani leave for Assam this afternoon to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy as part of their preparations ahead of the upcoming season.

Bangladesh won two bronze medals in the 6th Korea Open International Taekwondo Championship held in Gumi, South Korea Sunday, reports UNB.

Robert Rubcic, the new Croatian coach of Bangladesh national football team, will arrive on Wednesday to join his job. Rubcic will be the third foreign coach for the national side in two years since the present committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation took the helm in April, 2008.

Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons has said that the fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza will captain the team in the World Cup next year, according to website cricinfo.

Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi apologised here on Saturday for the 'spot-fixing' row engulfing the tourists.

The general perception on Abdur Razzak recently among the cricket fraternity has been that the left-arm spinner has lost his bite after his bowling action went through a change, but the bowler sees it quite differently.

Cricket's governing body vowed yesterday to do whatever necessary to root out cheats and preserve the integrity of the game after suspending three Pakistan players over match-fixing allegations.

Pakistan High Commissioner to Britain Wajid S Hassan on Friday gave a new twist to the spot-fixing scandal involving the Pakistan cricket team, saying the three accused players were "innocent" and Indian bookmakers were involved in the whole murky episode.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir is being questioned under caution by police in London over allegations of corruption.

Rabeed Imam has been appointed as the ICC media manager for the Bangladesh part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.