AGENCIES, MUMBAI: As India gear up to face Bangladesh in a single Test from June 10-14, the big talking point has been the inclusion of Harbhajan Singh after a two-year gap. He last played for India in March 2013 in the famous series where India blanked Australia 4-0. Harbhajan was dropped after the…

AFP, PARIS: Ana Ivanovic made the French Open quarter-finals for the first time since her 2008 title run Sunday where she’ll face Elina Svitolina, the first Ukrainian to make the last eight. Seventh-seeded Serb Ivanovic defeated Russian ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, a semi-finalist at the Australian…

AFP, LEEDS (UK): Stuart Broad led an England tail-end fightback on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Sunday. Broad’s 46, his highest Test score since he made 47 against India at Trent Bridge last year, helped England make 350 — the exact same total as…

Newly-revived High Performance Unit team will start their journey with gym and fitness training at National Cricket Academy (NCA) ground today. The need-based intensive unit, who will work to develop the pipeline players for the national team, will hold gym and fitness session just for one week in Mirpur.…

Country’s renowned football and volleyball organiser Sirajul Islam Bacchu died of renal failure at 4 pm yesterday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was 71. A confirmed bachelor Sirajul Islam, was a former general secretary of Bangladesh Volleyball Federation and also a member of Bangladesh…

AFP, BARCELONA: A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona sealed a league and Cup double as they swept aside Athletic Bilbao 3-1 to win the Copa del Rey (Spanish King’s Cup) for a 27th time on Saturday. Messi opened the scoring in spectacular fashion by dribbling past four Athletic players and lashing…

AFP, PARIS: Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain claimed an historic quadruple trophy haul on Saturday by beating Auxerre 1-0 to win the French Cup title. Edinson Cavani’s header after 64 minutes sealed another title for the Parisian club who had already won the Ligue 1 crown along with the Champions’…

AFP, LONDON: Arsenal retained the English FA Cup in majestic style as their 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa in Saturday’s final made history for the Gunners and their manager Arsene Wenger. Wenger’s side swept Villa aside with a swashbuckling display sparked by Theo Walcott’s first half…

AFP, WELLINGTON: Mali stunned Mexico 2-0 while Colombia, Portugal and Uruguay also took maximum points on the second day of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand on Sunday. In a bizarre game in which two Mexicans were red-carded as was one from Mali, the outcome was determined by two goals in a…

AFP, EUGENE (USA): France’s Renaud Lavillenie defied injury to make an impressive 2015 Diamond League debut on Saturday, soaring 6.05m to a pole vault victory in Eugene. While Lavillenie couldn’t match his world record 6.16 set indoors in Donetsk last year, the highest outdoor vault of his…

AFP, BERLIN: Jurgen Klopp was denied a title on his final appearance as Borussia Dortmund head coach on Saturday when Wolfsburg claimed a 3-1 victory in the German Cup final. Dortmund’s plans to send Klopp off in style after seven years in charge were spoiled by first-half goals from Wolfsburg’s…