AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan on Friday ruled out an early return to international cricket for the disgraced trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif ahead of the imminent expiry of their spot-fixing bans. The players are eligible to return to the sport on September 2 after serving five-year bans…

The month-long conditioning camp for 27-member Bangladesh elite players is scheduled to begin at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) at 9:45am today. The selected players for the camp have been asked to report to Bangladesh national team’s strength and conditioning coach Mario Villavarayen,…

South Bangla Bank Ltd 3rd National Junior Table Tennis Championship will be held at Dinajpur district gymnasium from tomorrow. The five-day tournament, organized by Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation (BTTF), will end on August 27. Players of under-18 years are eligible to take part in the tournament.…

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has named a 23-member national team yesterday for the participation in the FIFA World Cup 2018-Asian qualifiers. Bangladesh, who had already played two home matches against Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, will play their next match against Australia in Perth on September…

AFP, LONDON: Steven Smith scored his second hundred of the series as Australia continued to build a strong position in the fifth Test against England…

AFP, COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara contributed to a Sri Lankan revival in his final Test as India found wickets hard to come by in the second Test in Colombo on Friday. The hosts recovered from an early setback to close the second day at 140-3 in their first innings, still 253 runs behind India's total…

AFP, LONDON: Chelsea's new winger Pedro Rodriguez has revealed conversations with Jose Mourinho and Cesc Fabregas persuaded him to swap Barcelona…

AFP, PARIS: Borussia Dortmund came from three goals down to beat Norwegian side Odd 4-3 in a remarkable Europa League match on Thursday, while Southampton were held at home by the Danish champions Midtjylland. Dortmund continued their perfect start to life under new coach Thomas Tuchel with a 4-3 win…

AFP, BERLIN: Arjen Robben is backing his Bayern Munich team-mate Franck Ribery to bounce back from the problematic ankle injury which has kept the France winger out for the last five months. Ribery, 32, has not played since limping out of Bayern's Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk in March…

AFP, LONDON: Liverpool midfielder James Milner claims Monday's clash with Arsenal is the perfect opportunity to test his side's improvement since last season. Brendan Rodgers' team have been widely written off as also-rans in this season's title race after limping to a sixth place finish…

 AFP, PARIS: FIFA's Reform Committee, which has been tasked with cleaning up football's corruption-hit world governing body, will meet for the first time on September 2-3. The committee, created by outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter after a series of damaging allegations and a number…

AFP, BEIJING: Usain Bolt and the controversial Justin Gatlin will get the world championships off to an explosive start when they take their rivalry onto…

Klose sidelined with thigh injury AFP, MILAN: Veteran Lazio striker Miroslav Klose is expected to be sidelined for several weeks after being diagnosed with a left thigh muscle injury, according to the Serie A club's doctor. Klose hobbled off at half-time during Lazio's 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen…