The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) observed the Olympic Day Run-2015 in the capital and six other divisional headquarters yesterday as part of the IOC’s global programme to popularise the Olympic Movement, reports BSS. BOA secretary general Syed Shahed Reza inaugurated the Olympic Day Run…

It was an emotional day for Bangladesh cricket when the ICC awarded them Test status on June 26, 2000. The BCCI, which backed Bangladesh's Test cause, was quick to send the national team to play the inaugural Test here in November 2000, according to The Times of India. Bangladesh, led by Naimur…

Bangladesh plan to bat as long as possible to deprive India enforcing a result in the one-off Test in which the visitors had already established their absolute dominance by batting at faster pace amid the interruption of the monsoon rain. The way the game is now heading, the hosts are in danger to loss…

AFP, STUTTGART: Rafael Nadal began the difficult annual transition from clay to grass on Thursday, taking more than two and a half hours to advance to the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open. The top seed, whose ranking has fallen to 10th after a terrible clay season in which he failed to win a European…

AFP, SANTIAGO: Arturo Vidal buried his Champions League heartache to set up a 2-0 opening victory for Chile over Ecuador as the Copa America kicked off here Thursday. Juventus star Vidal bounced back from the disappointment of defeat to Barcelona in last week's Champions League final to score a…

AFP, LONDON: Liverpool have rejected Manchester City's £25 million ($38 million) offer for unsettled England forward Raheem Sterling, according to reports on Thursday. Sterling has told Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers he wants to leave Anfield to join a club who can offer him Champions League…

AP, LEON (SPAIN): Cesc Fabregas scored one goal and set up another to lead Spain’s 2-1 comeback win over Costa Rica in a friendly on Thursday. Johan Venegas put Costa Rica ahead in the sixth minute, but Fabregas passed for Paco Alcacer to level two minutes later. Fabregas scored Spain’s…

AFP, DOHA: There are few feelgood football stories coming out of Qatar right now but Thursday's unveiling of Xavi Hernandez as an Al Sadd player at least brought some light relief. Mobbed when he arrived in Doha on Tuesday, the legendary midfielder was again greeted by hundreds of fans as he was…

AFP, PARIS: FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Thursday ruled out a European Parliament demand for him to quit immediately, but one of his top lieutenants did resign from the embattled organisation. Blatter resigned last week despite being re-elected as head of football's world governing body, which…

AFP, VANCOUVER: Wang Lisi's late winner got China's Women's World Cup campaign back on track Thursday as Germany were held 1-1 by Norway and Canada played a goalless draw against New Zealand. China's Group A tie in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium looked to be heading for frustration…

AFP LA SERENA (Chile): Carlos Tevez is wanted again by Argentina and Europe's top clubs after four lean years in which he nearly gave up the game. The 31-year-old, known as "Apache" after the Buenos Aires slum district where he was brought up, is back in the national side after a 20-goal…