AFP, HALLE (GERMANY): Roger Federer kept his chances of an eighth title at Halle on track when he overpowered Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday to breeze into the quarter-finals. The 33-year-old, 17-time Grand Slam winner was pushed to three sets in the previous round by Philipp Kohlschreiber…

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) renewed the contract of the head coach Lodewijk De Kruif and goalkeeping coach Christian Schweiler for almost one year. According to the new contract Kruif will join his duty from first week of August and  Schweiler will stay here will continue his job. BFF…

AFP, NOTTINGHAM (UK): England captain Eoin Morgan said a “carefree attitude” was behind his side’s remarkable one-day revival after leading them to a thrilling seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth ODI at Trent Bridge on Wednesday. The hosts finished on 350 for three, with…

The government of Japan has provided US$28,381 to BKSP to upgrade the judo facilities, including two sets of mattresses, digital score board and a manual scoreboard under the Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Project (GCGP). New judo equipment provided by the government of Japan to BKSP have…

AFP, SANTIAGO: Brazil captain Neymar faces a nervous wait to discover his Copa America fate after getting sent off in a post-match fracas as the five-time world champions crashed to a 1-0 defeat against Colombia on Wednesday. Neymar risks a two-match suspension — ruling him out of Brazil’s…

AFP, GALLE (SL): Sri Lanka’s opener Kaushal Silva frustrated Pakistan with an unbeaten 80 when the rain-hit first Test finally got underway on the scheduled second day in Galle on Thursday. Veteran Kumar Sangakkara chipped in with 50 to leave the hosts on 178 for three at stumps after Pakistan…

AFP, VANCOUVER: France got their Women’s World Cup campaign back on track Wednesday with a 5-0 rout of Mexico as England, South Korea and Colombia also grabbed last 16 berths on the final day of group games. The third-ranked French had been among the tournament favourites before falling to a shock…

AFP, WELLINGTON: Brazil will chase a record-equalling sixth FIFA Under-20 World Cup title on Saturday in a tournament final that pits South American flair against European pragmatism. The Brazilians go into the decider against Serbia as heavy favourites after rediscovering their attacking verve in a…

AFP, SANTIAGO: Chilean football star Arturo Vidal made a tearful apology Wednesday after he saw his driver’s licence suspended for crashing his Ferrari while driving under the influence, but he remained on the national team. After spending the night in jail, the Juventus midfielder appeared in…

AFP, BUENOS AIRES: Two Argentine businessmen wanted on US charges of bribing FIFA officials have surrendered, the justice ministry said Thursday. Father and son marketing executives Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, the owners of sports marketing company Full Play, are among the 14 football officials and marketing…