South Africa refused to feel complacent after winning the first T20 as they expected Bangladesh to come hard in the second Twenty20 International. The visitors crushed Bangladesh by 52 in the first match quite convincingly but remained serious and want to end the Twenty20 series with good note ahead…

AFP, PALLEKELE (Sri Lanka): Shan Masood and Younis Khan compiled unbeaten centuries to keep Pakistan in the hunt for a landmark victory in the series-deciding third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday. Set a challenging target of 377 runs, the tourists recovered from a shaky 13-2 to move to 230…

AFP, LONDON: Rival skippers Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke both have particular reasons for wanting to win the upcoming Ashes series that begins with the first Test in Cardiff starting on Wednesday. For England skipper Cook, an Ashes series win would be the ideal reward for several difficult years…

Five South African players joined the squad in Bangladesh yesterday to play the ODI series. The players are batsman and Test captain Hashim Amla, leg-spinner Imran Tahir, all-rounder Farhan Berhardien and fast bowlers Morne Morkel and Ryan McLaren. David Wiese and Beuran Hendricks, the two members of…

President of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Kazi Mohammed Salahuddin’s stance is neutral with the question of the citizenship of three foreign football players. Salahuddin, while talking to the reports yesterday at the BFF Bhaban put across his opinion about the merits and demerits of…

LONDON: Steven Finn believes the best is yet to come for him as an international cricketer. Finn has not played Test cricket since the start of the 2013 Investec Ashes series but won a recall to the squad ahead of the Cardiff Test, which begins on Wednesday, according to cricinfo. While he accepts he…

AFP, TOKYO: Madoka Kataoka was on her third beer of the morning on Monday even before Japan kicked off against the USA in the women’s World Cup final. A quarter of an hour later, a little after eight in the morning, she had switched to something stronger after a Carli Lloyd wonder goal from the…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: US President Barack Obama hailed America’s triumphant Women’s World Cup team on Sunday, inviting them to the White House minutes after their crushing 5-2 triumph over Japan in the championship match. “What a win for Team USA! Great game Carli Lloyd! Your country is…

AFP, SYDNEY: Hapless Micronesia are struggling to stay positive after being thumped 38-0 by Fiji at the Pacific Games, just days after conceding 30 goals to Tahiti. In scores more reminiscent of rugby, the Federated States of Micronesia were 21-0 down at half-time in the game on Sunday and Fiji complained…