Bangladesh national football team will face the toughest challenge today when they will take on Australia in their World Cup qualifying football match…

Australia will rest Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood from next month’s Test series in Bangladesh in a calculated decision aimed at freshening them up for the summer but one that could potentially backfire on them against a nation that last month drew at home against top-ranked South Africa,…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will send their five-member security team to Pakistan for inspecting the security situation of the country on September 5 ahead of the much-talked Bangladesh women’s cricket team’s tour. The board meanwhile formed a four-member security team with a directorate…

Former national and Abahani Limited hockey star Mohammad Mohsin has been admitted to BIRDEM Hospital in the capital on August 30 with serious illness. He has been kept in CCU. Abahani Limited and his family members requested all to pray for early recovery of Mohsin, who played for the club for several…

AFP, NEW YORK: Five-time champion Roger Federer and 2012 winner Andy Murray reached the US Open second round Tuesday as the crushing heat took the number of first-round retirements to a record 10. Second-seeded Federer had little trouble in seeing off Argentina’s world number 34 Leonardo Mayer…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester United completed a staggering transfer deadline-day deal for French teenager Anthony Martial on Tuesday, but David de Gea remained…

AFP, AUCKLAND: Durban was officially named as host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday, making it the first African city ever to stage the sporting…

AGENCIES, LONDON: Rodney Marsh, the former Australia wicketkeeper, longtime coach and selector, has called for cricket’s global funding to be overseen…

AFP, MILAN: Coach Antonio Conte has demanded Italy seal their Euro 2016 ticket this weekend but has warned that only first team regulars will figure in his travelling plans for next summer’s tournament in France. Italy host Malta in Florence on Thursday before travelling to Palermo to host a Bulgarian…

Germany out to settle Poland score AFP, BERLIN: Thomas Mueller says Germany need to recapture their 2014 World Cup-winning form – and settle a score – against Poland in the first of two key Euro 2016 qualifiers on Friday. By their own admission, Joachim Loew’s side have been below-par…

AFP, KARACHI: Disgraced Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir issued a public apology to fans and players on Wednesday as his five-year ban for spot-fixing expired,…