AFP, CONCEPCIÓN (CHILE): Brazil coach Dunga was at the centre of a racism storm at the Copa America here Friday after remarks in which he likened criticism he has faced to discrimination suffered by people of African descent. Dunga later apologized for in a statement released on the Confederation…

AFP, OTTAWA: Footballing giants Germany and the United States set up a much-anticipated semi-final clash in the Women’s World Cup on Friday by beating France and China respectively. But the world’s top two teams advanced to the final four in contrasting fashions. Top-ranked Germany, winners…

AFP, EUGENE (USA): Tyson Gay powered past teenaged challenger Trayvon Bromell to win the US 100m crown in 9.87sec on Friday and book his first trip to the World Championships since 2009. Gay, 32 and trying to regain the sport’s summit after a one-year drugs ban, rated the triumph as perhaps the…

AFP, KINGSTON (JAMAICA): Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a world leading time of 10.79 seconds and Asafa Powell equalled his season’s best at 9.84 seconds to win the 100 metre titles at the Jamaica national trials. Olympic and world champion Fraser-Pryce blew away a quality field including runner-up…

AFP, BUENOS AIRES: Diego Maradona saluted his father “Don Diego” who passed away at the age of 87, saying he was at peace and with the “love of us all.” Maradona senior died on Thursday at a Buenos Aires private clinic after failing to recover from long-standing coronary and…

The second leg of the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League is going to start with a huge zeal with six teams staying very closer in the points’ table and all of them are eying to clinch the top spot. The league will kick off from today with the defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and…

AFP, BRIDGETOWN (Barbados): Rule changes affecting 50-over one-day and Twenty20 international matches will take effect in July, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Friday. The aim of the altered regulations, which take effect in all series starting on or after July 5 is to restore the…

In a bid to return to the national fold with the upcoming series against South Africa, all the fringe and injured players did practice at BCB gym under their respective rehab programme. Even some regular players were seen to have gym to make them fit for the games. Pacers Al Amin Hossain, batsmen Anamul…

Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team left for Durban in the early hours of  Sunday by a flight of Qatar Airways to play a reciprocal series against the hosts South Africa. Last April South Africa toured Bangladesh and played a seven-match youth ODI series, where the tourists had lost the series to…