Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has taken a pilot project for decentralisation of cricket which will be accomplished step by step across the country. Mahbub Anam, vice-president of the BCB, said this at a seminar – “Grassroots and our cricket”, organised by the Bangladesh Sports Journalist…

Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, CEO of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), said that they are taking their internal and logistic preparation for the proposed tour of women’s cricket team to Pakistan if the board takes its final decision to send them in the country. “The Eid vacation in Bangladesh will…

PTI, Karachi: Pakistan’s disgraced cricketer Salman Butt has tendered a personal apology to his former captain Shahid Afridi when they crossed paths…

Former India cricketer S Sriram is poised to make history by becoming the consultant of the Australian senior team which will tour Bangladesh next month. This is the first time an Indian will be part of the coaching staff of a senior Australian team on a tour, reports The Hindu. It has learnt from reliable…

AFP, NEW DELHI: The Czech Republic’s Radek Stepanek and Adam Pavlasek routed Indian pair Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna in straight sets on the…

Bangladesh-A team will take on their Indian counterparts in the series-deciding third and last match of the three-match unofficial ODI series to be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today. The match will start at 9:30am BDT. India-A first took the lead winning the opening match by 96 runs,…

AFP, LONDON: Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard scored as Chelsea exploited the dismissals of Gabriel and Santi Cazorla to beat Arsenal 2-0 on Saturday and revive…

AFP, SOUTHAMPTON (UK): Louis van Gaal refuses to accept that Wayne Rooney is in a scoring slump despite the Manchester United captain going into Sunday’s…

AFP, MADRID: The Syrian refugee family whose plight was made famous when they were tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as they fled were greeted by the…

AGENCIES, MUMBAI: India batsman Rohit Sharma has railed against the popular perception that he isn’t making best use of his abundant natural talent,…

AP, MAINZ (GERMANY): Yunus Malli scored a hat trick for Mainz to move provisionally third in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win over Hoffenheim on Friday. Jonathan Schmid put the visitors ahead on a counterattack with their first chance in the 13th minute, only for Malli to equalize inside the near post…

Mario Goetze to auction boots to help refugees AFP, BERLIN: World Cup winner Mario Goetze plans to raise funds to help Germany’s immigrants amidst the on-going crisis by auctioning his playing boots embroidered with the hashtag ‘#refugeeswelcome’. The 23-year-old forward scored Bayern…