India’s Test captain Virat Kohli has created a flutter by blaming “doubtful decision-making” and lack of clarity for the debacle in Bangladesh, a statement which is being interpreted as an attack on beleaguered ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership, reports PTI from Dhaka.…

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas assumed the role of the ICC President on day three of the ICC Annual Conference week in Barbados on Tuesday, according to an ICC press release. Zaheer began his one-year term and thanked the ICC Board and the Full Council for confirming his nomination. He said: “I…

AFP, EASTBOURNE (UK): Caroline Wozniacki reached the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International on Wednesday with a 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-1 win over fellow former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. But 2014 Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard was facing a fitness battle ahead of the third Grand Slam event…

AFP, SANTIAGO: Chile sent nine-man Uruguay crashing out of the Copa America on Wednesday, winning a bruising quarter-final 1-0 as controversy over lurid provocation tactics rocked the tournament. An 81st-minute strike from Juventus defender Mauricio Isla settled a pulsating encounter at Santiago’s…

AFP, OLOMOUC (CZECH REPUBLIC): Portugal and Sweden made it to the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic on Wednesday after taking the top two spots in Group B while England bowed out. A 1-1 draw was all that Portugal and Sweden needed to reach the semi-finals while…

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra, the treble winners of the 2012-13 season, are eying to regain the title of the Bangladesh Premier League, as they made some changes including coach in the team during the mid-window transfer, to start the second-leg strongly.        …

AFP, TEMUCO (CHILE): More than 200 minutes played and barely a sniff of a goal: Radamel Falcao’s miserable season with Manchester United has spilled over into Colombia’s misfiring Copa America campaign. Yet while the man known as “El Tigre” has singularly failed to bare his teeth…

AFP, LONDON: Australia opener Chris Rogers said Wednesday he had “learnt a lesson” after a company in which he was a partner was banned from selling tickets for next month’s Ashes Test at Lord’s at up to £2,910 (AUS $5,914) apiece. As a former captain of Middlesex, who…

Renowned sports organiser Kazi Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, senior vice-president of Bangladesh Handball Federation, died of prolonged illness at 1.30 am yesterday at Square Hospital in the city. He was 69. Mahtab, who is also chairman and managing director of Mousumi Industries Ltd, left behind his wife, two…