Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed’s desire to prepare him for the Test cricket received a massive setback after the old side strain problem ruled him out of the India tour. The teen-age speedster was supposed to prove his credential in the longer version, playing the two-match three-dayer series in India…

Fabio Lopez, the newly appointed head coach of Bangladesh, watched his boys yesterday when he had conducted the first practice session at the Astroturf,…

Bangladesh will face another big challenge today when they will take on United Arab Emirates in their last Group D match in the AFC Under-16 football qualifying round phase. Bangladesh began the campaign with a bitter experience of  a 5-1 shocking defeat at the hands of Saudi Arabia and their slim…

Popy Akhter gave a magnificent fightback to topple her compatriot top seed Fabiha Lamisa Suchana in the girls’ singles final of Bengal Plastic Asian…

AFP, PARIS: European minnows Dinamo Zagreb shocked 10-man Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday to win for the first time in 16 Champions League matches. Reigning…

AFP, DOHA: The UAE’s Al Ahli advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League after they beat Naft Tehran 2-1 in an entertaining match in Dubai on Wednesday. The Red Knights were the favourites on their home turf following their 1-0 first leg win in August, and despite some stiff late…

AFP, BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola says Germany is setting an example of how other European countries should treat refugees as the Bundesliga’s…

AFP, TEHRAN: An Iranian women’s football team will be minus its captain at the Asian championship in Malaysia next week after her husband invoked his right under Islamic law to bar her from travelling. Mehdi Tutunchi, himself a sportscaster, said his wife Niloofar Ardalan could not lead out the…

AFP, LONDON: Jose Mourinho has taken a swipe at Steven Gerrard as the Chelsea manager slammed claims of a rift with his axed captain John Terry. Mourinho…

Syrian refugee given coaching job in Spain AFP, MADRID: A Spanish football coaching school said Wednesday it is giving a job to a Syrian refugee who made world headlines when a Hungarian journalist tripped him over as he fled. Osama Abdul Mohsen, former manager of Syrian first division side Al-Fotuwa,…