Stuart Law, the newly appointed technical advisor of Bangladesh Under-19 team, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today to take the charge of the team, a BCB official said. The former head coach of the national team Law will work with the youth side for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup to be hosted by…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday sent a letter to its Pakistan counterpart in a bid to get the nod of sending the security teams for the much-talked women’s cricket team’s tour there. “We’ve sent a letter to Pakistan Cricket Board regarding our security team’s visit.…

AFP, BEIJING: Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill completed a fairytale comeback by winning her second world heptathlon title on Sunday following an astonishing meltdown by fellow Briton Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Ennis-Hill, returning to the sport after giving birth last year and battling a series…

Captain of the Bangladesh national football team Mamunul Islam and Co. are very much excited to play their away match of the World Cup qualifying round against Australia to be held on September 3 in Perth. Mamunul led Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited to clinch the title of the Bangladesh Premier…

AFP, COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed for 18 in his last international innings to leave Sri Lanka in trouble in the second Test against India in…

AFP, CINCINNATI: World number one Novak Djokovic will be aiming for a slice of ATP history on Sunday when he takes on six-time champion Roger Federer in the ATP Cincinnati Masters final. Djokovic battled back to beat Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Dolgopolov 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Saturday to set up his…

AFP, MADRID: Atletico Madrid kicked off their La Liga campaign with a 1-0 win over newly promoted Las Palmas, but failed to live up to pre-season expectations in a nervy display. Antoine Griezmann got the only goal of the game with a deflected free-kick after 16 minutes. However, Atletico struggled…

AFP, BERLIN: Pep Guardiola rates ten-man Bayern Munich’s ‘crazy’ 2-1 comeback win at Hoffenheim on Saturday as one of the best Bundesliga matches in his three seasons in Germany. A 90th-minute Robert Lewandowski goal sealed Bayern’s unlikely win after the Bavarian giants had…

AP, ULRICHEN (SWITZERLAND): Sepp Blatter was given a cow but gave little away about FIFA business at his annual charity football tournament on Saturday. A cow called Colombo was a gift to Blatter from the village authority at his family’s ancestral home of Ulrichen. Blatter quipped in Swiss-German…

AFP, PARIS: Monaco and Lyon lost ground on leaders Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 action on Saturday with the Principality side held 1-1 at Toulouse while Lyon fell 2-1 at home to Rennes. A second-half strike by the excellent Blaise Matuidi gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win away to Montpellier on Friday…