women

Cricket: Bangladesh beat Thailand by 35 runs

After being at the receiving end of a 64-run drubbing in the opening game against India, Bangladesh bounce back strongly as they beat Thailand by 35 runs in the 5th match of the Women’s T20 Asia Cup at the Asian Institute of Technology ground in Bangkok.
28 November 2016

U-14 Women's Nat'l C'ship from today

The 2nd JFA Cup Under-14 Women's National Championship gets underway today with 32 district teams participating across seven different venues.
26 November 2016

Football: Strike possible as US women fight for equality

Members of the reigning Women's World Cup champion United States national team vow to push their case for equal pay to the US men's team as far as it takes.
21 November 2016

BD drawn against India, Afghanistan

Bangladesh have been drawn along with holders India in the 4th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Championship at the draw of the seven-team women's tournament which was held at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) House yesterday.
17 November 2016

Shiliguri to stage event

Hosts India confirmed to the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) that the 4th SAFF Women's Championships would be held in
3 November 2016

Minhaj, Nabila champions

Minhaj and Shapla won singles titles of the Rockland Summer Open (Ranking) Badminton Tournament, which concluded at the
29 October 2016

Shapla, Erina, Bristy in last 8

Shapla Akter, Erina and Bristy moved into the quarterfinals of women's singles in the Rockland Summer Open (Ranking)
26 October 2016

Tennis: Wozniacki beats Mladenovic to win Hong Kong Open

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki defeats unseeded French challenger Kristina Mladenovic to take the Hong Kong Open after a battle of wills that lasts almost three hours.
16 October 2016

BD women intend to carry on

The Bangladesh national women's handball team intends to carry on with their winning momentum in the IHF Trophy handball tournament when they face low ranking Afghanistan in their group's second and final fixture at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium today.
10 October 2016

Contrasting starts for men and women

The Bangladesh men's and women's team got off to contrasting starts in the IHF Trophy handball tournament at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday.
9 October 2016

'Huge' gender pay gap in sport not closing: study

The huge gulf between how much male and female athletes are paid is not likely to narrow in the foreseeable future.
15 September 2016

Rumana's historic hat-trick seals narrow win for Bangladesh

Legspinner Rumana Ahmed's hat-trick, the first in international cricket by a Bangladesh Women's cricketer helps her side defend 106 and beat Ireland Women by 10 runs in the third ODI to claim the series 1-0.
11 September 2016

Girls face broken dreams as Nepal fails to curb child marriage

Child marriage is illegal in Nepal, yet the impoverished Himalayan nation has failed to put in place policies to curb the practice with almost 40 percent of girls married before the age of 18.
9 September 2016

First ODI washed out

The Bangladesh women's team tour of Ireland has so far been plagued rain and yesterday was no different as the first ODI
8 September 2016

U-16 champ's father assaulted

Two days after winning hearts by completing a successful AFC U-16 Women's Championship Qualifiers campaign, nine members of the Bangladesh U-16 football team were brought crashing down to earth upon returning to their school, the Kalsindur High School and
8 September 2016

U-16 champs sent back alone

It was yesterday reported by a television channel that some of the girls of the Bangladesh under-16 women's football team,
7 September 2016

Washout sees Tigresses lose T20 series

The Bangladesh women's cricket team suffers a 1-0 series loss in the T20I series against their Irish counterparts.
6 September 2016

BD women lose tour opener

The Bangladesh national women's cricket team get off to a bad start in their tour of Ireland as they lose to the hosts by six runs.
5 September 2016

Bangladesh end with perfect record after 4-0 win over UAE

Hosts Bangladesh cap off their AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers campaign with a comfortable 4-0 victory against the United Arab Emirates.
5 September 2016

When our girls are scoring 10 goals, boys are conceding 5: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quite poignantly addresses the contrasting fortunes of Bangladesh’s women’s and men’s football teams in the international circuit.
4 September 2016