AFP, WOLFSBURG (GERMANY): German Cup winners Wolfsburg upset Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich on penalties to win their first domestic Super Cup at the Volkswagen Arena on Saturday. Arjen Robben’s second-half strike from close range looked to have secured victory for Bayern, who were searching…

AFP, NEW YORK: Chelsea legend Frank Lampard’s long-awaited Major League Soccer debut didn’t go according to plan on Saturday as the Montreal Impact handed his New York City FC a 3-2 defeat. More than a year after it was announced he had signed to play this season with the fledgling NYCFC,…

AFP, KAZAN (RUSSIA): Italy’s Simone Ruffini won the world championship men’s marathon 25km open water gold medal on Saturday and celebrated by proposing to his girlfriend on the podium. Ruffini edged out Alex Meyer of the United States and compatriot Matteo Furlan for the title after first…

AFP, BERLIN: Manchester City were beaten 4-2 by VfB Stuttgart in Germany on Saturday in their final pre-season friendly, with only a late flourish sparked by Raheem Sterling rescuing some pride. The Premier League club’s manager Manuel Pellegrini sent out a strong starting line-up, featuring record…

The second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa brought up a huge frustration for the players of the either side but particularly for one, it was more throbbing experience. Dane Vilas is the one who is not sure if he could bat in this Test. He replaced wicket-keeper batsman Quinton De Kock to make…

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has noticed some of the contracted first class players’ participation in the local cricket in USA along with banned player Mohammad Ashraful. The team, named Bangladesh Tigers’ led by Ashraful played in the tournament, titled, Diversity Cup. First class…

AFP, COLOMBO: Shahid Afridi and Anwar Ali played key roles as Pakistan ended a successful tour of Sri Lanka with a thrilling one-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 international in Colombo on Saturday. Pakistan recovered from 40-5 in the eighth over to surpass Sri Lanka’s challenging 172-7…

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday released the itinerary of the home series against Australia who will play two Tests against Bangladesh in October. Australia are supposed to play these two Tests and three ODIs in 2011, just after the ICC World Cup but they didn’t manage time to play…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to organise the franchisee-based Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) in the third week of September ahead of the next home series against Australia. The Aussie are scheduled to land here in Dhaka on September 28, 11 days prior to the onset of the Test series. Middle-order…