Australia have plenty of motivation to become the first team to win consecutive Women's Cricket World Cups since 1988, and a powerhouse squad to achieve the feat.

Bangladesh women’s side grabbed a scintillating one-run win in their second World Cup warm-up fixture on Saturday against Sri Lanka at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty said her side is eager to build on its experience and meet growing expectations as they get ready for their second appearance in the ICC Women’s World Cup, starting September 30 in Guwahati. 

The tournament was launched in 2015 as a talent-hunting initiative with financial support from the Japan Football Association (JFA).

Bangladesh's preparation for the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup suffered a blow as their first warm-up match against South Africa ended in a no result due to rain at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground on Thursday.

Bangladesh women's team will face their South African counterparts in their opening warm-up fixture of the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.

After successfully guiding Bangladesh’s senior women’s team and under-20 women’s team to their maiden Asian Cup berths, head coach Peter Butler is willing to take on the challenge of leading the under-17 team in next month’s AFC Women’s U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

The Bangladesh Army athlete lifted 94 kilos in clean and jerk and 75 kilos in snatch for a total of 169 kilos.

Mandhana’s century off 50 balls is the second-fastest in women’s ODI history.

At the last ODI World Cup in 2022, the Tigresses managed only one win. This time, head coach Sarwar Imran pointed to Pakistan and Sri Lanka as "fifty-fifty contests", stressing that the immediate goal is to do better than last time.

Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmati won the Women's Ballon d'Or at an awards ceremony in Paris on Monday, the third consecutive year she has taken the prize.

Bangladesh women’s cricket team will embark on their second-ever ICC Women’s World Cup journey as they depart for Colombo on Tuesday.

Former Bangladesh skipper Salma Khatun has called time on a trailblazing career as a cricketer and is set to embark on a brand new challenge as the first-ever female selector of the national women’s team.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul announced on Friday that the board will appoint its first-ever woman selector for the national women’s team. At the same time, a third selector will be added to the men’s selection panel to work alongside chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu and Abdur Razzak.

The tournament is scheduled to be held in Nepal from December 5 to 20.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul conceded that the women’s team’s preparations for the upcoming ICC Women’s ODI World Cup have been far from ideal. The tournament begins on September 23 in India and Sri Lanka.

Casting her sights at the upcoming marquee tournament, Joty highlighted Bangladesh's key strengths, which aided their success at the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier earlier this year in Pakistan.

The Bangladesh women's squad is mainly made up of U-17 players who recently competed in the SAFF U-17 Women's Championship, while the Chinese team features footballers from two universities, dominated by Yunnan Minzu University.

The High Commission of India hosted the Tigresses in a tea party, marking their upcoming participation in the 50-over global extravaganza.

Women's football in the Chattogram Hill Tracts has not been built overnight. It has been shaped by the persistence of people like Suehlamong, who believed in the game's potential to change lives.