Mohammedan Sporting Club with the last few minutes storm grabbed a valuable 2-1 victory over Team BJMC in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.   Mohammedan by virtue of winning the match were trailing behind champions Sheikh Jamal in second…

All eyes will be locked on new pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman to see if he continues his successful start in the international cricket. The South Africa had already hinted that they worked on Mustafizur’s cutter which proved to be decisive in demolishing the mighty Indian batting line up. Mustafizur’s…

AFP, PALLEKELE (Sri Lanka): Pakistan’s brittle top-order undid the good work of leg-spinner Yasir Shah as Sri Lanka seized control of the series-deciding third and final Test in Pallekele on Saturday. Having been bowled out for 278 in the first innings, Sri Lanka hit back to reduce Pakistan to…

GM Abdullah Al-Rakib of Bangladesh Navy became unbeaten champion in the Walton International Rating Chess Tournament which concluded yesterday at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room.  Rakib earned 8.5 points to clinch the title. Rakib drew with Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in the last and ninth round…

AFP, CONCEPCION (CHILE): Paolo Guerrero fired Peru to a third place play-off victory over Paraguay here Friday to stay in the hunt for Copa America tournament top-scorer honours. The Flamengo striker, top-scorer at the 2011 Copa America, bagged his fourth goal of this year’s tournament with a…

AFP, VANCOUVER (CANADA): The row over the Women’s World Cup being played on artificial turf was the “tipping point” which pushed world players’ union FIFPro to open its doors to women players, said Caroline Jonsson, head of FIFPro’s new women’s football committee.…

AFP, LONDON: Serena Williams has called on fans to support her sister Venus when the two five-time Wimbledon champions meet in an emotional fourth round clash on Monday. The sisters, who have 27 Grand Slam titles between them, will be on opposing sides of the net for the sixth time at Wimbledon and…

LONDON: Brendon McCullum blazed a brilliant unbeaten 158 – the joint second-highest individual score in world T20 cricket – as Birmingham beat Derbyshire by 60 runs in the NatWest T20 Blast at Edgbaston, according to cricinfo. The New Zealand captain more than lived up to expectations on…

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan’s football chief Saturday received a boost in his fight to ward off the challenge of a rival body when the Asian football body recognised his re-election. Last month a rival group, allegedly linked to the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sacked the incumbent Pakistan…

A journalist covering the Bangladesh-South Africa series was assaulted on Saturday at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. He was charged with loitering without an accreditation card but the BCB had not issued the cards at the time. The two security personnel who assaulted the journalist didn’t…