Team Ispahani emerged champions in the Max Group Bridge Tournament which concluded at the Engineers Recreation Centre in the capital yesterday. Team Ispahani defeated Team Liberty by 57-45 IMP in the final. Sajid Ispahani (leader),  Shah Ziaul Haque, Naimul  Islam, Quamruzzaman Sohag, Moshiur…

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is mulling to reduce a Test from the original three-match  series against Zimbabwe in the beginning of the next year. Zimbabwe are scheduled to play a full series against Bangladesh in January-February, consisting three Tests, as many ODIs and Twenty20 matches.…

AFP, SYDNEY: Shane Warne likened retiring Australian captain Michael Clarke to all-time great and former skipper Allan Border Monday as the nation’s media mourned the loss of the Ashes series. Clarke ended his international career with 8,643 runs in 115 Tests, including 28 hundreds, going out…

Bangladesh Test opener Imrul Kayes was unfazed by the dominating victory of Australia in the last match of the Ashes against England, stating that they need to keep the process right to prove they are on right track in the longer version format. Australia showed their glimpse of strength by the last…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara bid a tearful farewell to international cricket on Monday and was immediately offered the post of the island’s top envoy in Britain where he plays county cricket. Several thousand cheering fans, many of them school children waving Sri Lankan flags,…

AFP, COLOMBO: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin caused a dramatic Sri Lanka collapse as India completed a crushing 278-run victory in the second Test in Colombo on Monday to level the three-match series. Ashwin grabbed five for 42 as Sri Lanka, set an improbable victory target of 413 runs, were shot out…

AFP, LONDON: Debutant Pedro Rodriguez inspired 10-man Chelsea to a 3-2 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, while Manchester City recaptured the Premier League summit by winning 2-0 at Everton. A £21.2 million ($33.2 million, 30 million euros) signing from Barcelona earlier this week, reportedly…

AFP, MADRID: Rafael Benitez’s reign as Real Madrid boss got off to a poor start as his side of star names were held 0-0 by newly-promoted Sporting Gijon on Sunday. Los Blancos are already two points behind Barcelona as the champions exacted revenge for their Spanish Super Cup defeat to Athletic…

AFP, CINCINNATI: Roger Federer moved into pole position for a US Open title run on Sunday, capturing his seventh Cincinnati Masters with a dominant 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 win over Novak Djokovic. The 34-year-old Swiss star added the Serbian world number one to a victims’ list which included Andy Murray…

AFP, CINCINNATI: Serena Williams continued to work her way up the list of WTA tennis legends, winning her 69th career title with a straight-set win over Simona Halep at the WTA Cincinnati tournament. The world number one claimed her second straight Cincinnati trophy and moved past Aussie legend Evonne…

An own goal at the eleventh hour by Tutul Hossain Badsha downed Bangladesh 2-1 against Nepal in the SAFF Under-19 Football Championship at Army Ground in Katmandu yesterday. Bangladesh and the host Nepal started the match with an aim to emerge Group A champions while both the sides have already ensured…