Shahadat Hossain Rajib’s parents came to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday afternoon. They met with BCB officials and talked with them regarding their son’s affair. Rajib alongside his wife went into hiding since Sunday night. Shahadat’s father and mother were seen to go at…

AKM Samsuzzoha Smriti 39th National Athletics competition will kick-start today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. In the three-day competition, the main attraction of the meet 100 metere sprint of both men and women will take place tomorrow at 5pm and 5:15pm respectively. The heats of this two events…

AFP, NEW YORK: World number one Serena Williams stayed on course for the first calendar Grand Slam since 1988, advancing to the US Open semi-finals Tuesday…

Top seed Swadhin Hossain of Bangladesh had to play three sets to down his compatriot Aurnab Saha in the boys’ singles quarterfinal of Bengal Asian…

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will take final decision today at their executive committee meeting about coach Lodewijk De Kruif and  to appoint a new coach. Might be the match between Bangladesh and Jordan in the World Cup qualifying was the last one for Lodewijk De Kruif, who has been working…

Bangladesh women basketball team will encounter their West Bengal counterpart in three exhibition matches. Two matches will take place today and tomorrow at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium in the capital. The third and last match will be held at Chittagong Club ground on Sunday. The West Bengal team…

AP, MADRID: A record-breaking goal by Wayne Rooney kept England’s winning streak going in European Championship qualifying on Tuesday, while Austria…

AFP, ARLINGTON (TEXAS): Lionel Messi saved Argentina’s blushes with a late equaliser as the South American giants scored twice in the final five minutes to snatch a 2-2 draw with Mexico in Texas here Tuesday. Argentina appeared to be heading to their first defeat against Mexico since 2004 after…

AFP, FOXBOROUGH (MASSACHUCHETS): Barcelona superstar Neymar scored twice as Brazil thrashed the United States 4-1 to equal the Americans’ heaviest…

AP, KUALA LUMPUR: The continental big four of Japan, Australia, Iran and South Korea all collected six valuable points over five days to remain on course for the next stage of Asian qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Asian Cup champion Australia had a 3-0 win in Tajikistan and the biggest worry, apart…

AFP, SYDNEY: Tenacious Australian wicketkeeper and batsman Brad Haddin announced his retirement from international cricket on Wednesday after a stellar…

Maradona to tie the knot again AFP, BUENOS AIRES: The girlfriend of Diego Maradona says she and her former football superstar boyfriend will soon tie…

AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s football body braced for possible punishment on Wednesday after flare-throwing fans forced the abandonment of a World Cup qualifier in ugly scenes which deepened the country’s soccer crisis. The embattled Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), under heavy fire…