Sports Reporting

Abstract

Sports in Bangladesh is a popular form of entertainment as well as a significant part of Bangladeshi culture from very long time. Cricket and Football are most popular sports in Bangladesh than other sports. But in recent time that more than a decade cricket takes the lead in terms of popularity. And we know that, Media plays an essential role in spreading consciousness among the masses, the acceptance or the reach of a particular sport depends on the media coverage being provided to it. Over the years, the Bangladeshi newspaper has played an active role in encouraging the sports of cricket and its increasing popularity. In our simple eyes we can say that newspaper media always try to give large treatment for cricket more than football. The study is design to know the difference of news and photo treatment between our national cricket and national football in Bangladeshi daily newspapers. Three newspapers are selected for the study. After the data collection for the period of 30 days on all three newspapers, the results clearly show that Cricket privileged more than Football sometimes doubles in many sides. But every newspaper has some responsibility to bring the fall-back sports in front and made interest on the mass people as they know about that particular sports as well as our cricket.