Bangladesh star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan retained the No 1 all-rounder position in Test cricket as ICC released the latest players’ ranking at the end of the rain-hit first Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa on Saturday. There was no change in the top five all-rounder position. Shakib…

Mohammedan Sporting Club, who were virtually derailed from the title race, posted a 2-1 win over Soccer Club Feni in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital 2-1. MSC extended their tally to 34 points from 17 matches to remain strongly in the…

AFP, DERBY (UK): Australia captain Michael Clarke got in some batting practice ahead of the third Ashes Test against England as a tour match with Derbyshire petered out into a draw on Saturday. Clarke, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, has been struggling for runs so far against England…

Bangladesh will host a five-nation cricket tournament first time for the physically disabled person in the first week of September. With the participation of Pakistan, India, England, Afghanistan and the hosts Bangladesh, ICRC International Cricket Tournament for the physically disabled is scheduled…

AFP, SANTA CLARA (USA): Wayne Rooney got on the scoresheet as Manchester United scored a morale-boosting 3-1 friendly victory over European champions Barcelona here Saturday. Rooney, Jesse Lingard and Adnan Januzaj got United’s goals to settle an entertaining game in front of 68,416 fans at the…

  AFP, LONDON: Arsenal made a stylish start to their Emirates Cup campaign as four goals in nine minutes inspired a scintillating 6-0 rout of Lyon on Saturday. Arsene Wenger’s side demolished their woeful French opponents before half-time in their first match in the four-team pre-season tournament…

AP, ST. PETERSBURG (RUSSIA): Relief for Germany. Apprehension for Spain, Italy, France, and the Netherlands. And England resuming international football’s…

Daffodil International University (DIU) clinched the three match T20 series against United Arab Emirate’s Falcons Cricket Club (UAE Falcons Cricket Club). DIU team defeated Falcons Cricket Club by 128 runs in the deciding and third match yesterday at the DIU campus ground in the capital, according…

AFP, KAZAN (RUSSIA): China captured the world 3m women’s synchronised diving gold for the eighth successive time on Saturday thanks to triple Olympic champion Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao. They scored 351.30 points with Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Pamela Ware claiming silver with 319.47 and…

AFP, CHARLOTTE: Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made the difference Saturday, making two shoot-out saves and firing home the winner as the Blues downed Paris Saint Germain on penalties in an International Champions Cup friendly. Ninety minutes of action saw the teams level at 1-1 after a goal from…