Bangladesh A made a disappointing start to the India tour as they were thumped by 96 runs at the hands of their Indian counterpart in the first one-day match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru yesterday. The India A recovered from a shaky start to amass a gigantic 322 for seven, being sent to bat first,…

AGENCIES, SYDNEY: Australia cricket captain Steve Smith says the upcoming Bangladesh tour will be tough for his relatively inexperienced side but he relishes…

Ten-man Bangladesh went down to Saudi Arabia by 5-1 in the AFC Under-16 qualifying match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Sulaiman, Alduraywish, …

Boys’ top seed Mohammad Ishtiaq kept his hopes alive for winning a double crown in the Bengal Plastics Asian 14/U Series Tennis Tournament. Ishtiaq had to strive hard to survive in the singles quarterfinal when he defeated Aurnab Saha 6-2-, 6-7, 6-3 in a fairly contested match at the National…

Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed suffered a side strain yesterday during the first match against India-A to be ruled out of Bangladesh-A team’s tour of India. The teen-age fast bowler will return home today and be replaced by 23-year old seamer Kamrul Islam Rabbi, said Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in…

AFP, PARIS: Manchester United suffered a miserable return to the Champions League after a 12-month hiatus as full-back Luke Shaw suffered a double fracture…

AFP, KARACHI: England will not have to face their 2012 tormentor Saeed Ajmal in next month’s three-Test series against Pakistan after the off-spinner…

AFP, DOHA: Former champions Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Guangzhou Evergrande eased into the AFC Champions League semi-finals despite tough and bad-tempered…

S.Korea approves KFA chief’s trip to North AFP, SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday gave the green light for its football chief to visit North Korea this week, despite a rise in tensions over Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes. The unification ministry said Chung Mong-Gyu, president…