Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) ruled out Rajshahi’s participation in the BPL-3, citing the reason that they are not in a position of increasing the number of  teams at the moment. But the board ensured Rajshahi would be added in the fray in the next year’s BPL. The announcement of the…

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan Thursday announced moving its twice postponed Twenty20 league from the Qatari capital of Doha to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, without giving any reason for the venue change. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held from…

AFP, TOKYO: Agnieszka Radwanska fended off a challenge from teenage giant-killer Belinda Bencic Sunday to win the WTA Pan Pacific Open, a victory that…

AFP,  SYDNEY: Fast bowler Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh due to a stress fracture in his back, the second of his young career, Cricket Australia said Thursday. All-rounder James Faulkner will replace Cummins, who suffered lower back pain during the last one-day…

Bangladesh men’s team qualified for the third round of the knock out stage in the 22nd Asian Table Tennis Championship in Pattaiya, Thailand, yesterday. Bangladesh paddlers earned the third round berth after beating Oman. They qualified for the knock out phase after defeating Myanmar in the group…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester United exploited Manchester City’s 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur by beating Sunderland 3-0 on Saturday to replace their…

AFP, PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain recovered from a sluggish start at Nantes on Saturday as they came from behind to record a 4-1 victory that provisionally…

AFP, MADRID: Lionel Messi will be out for up to eight weeks with knee ligament damage suffered as Barcelona beat Las Palmas 2-1 on Saturday. Barca’s…

AFP, BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski followed up his record five-goal haul by netting twice in Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win at Mainz on Saturday to take his…

AFP, MILAN: Goals by Lorenzo Insigne and Gonazalo Higuain saw Napoli to a precious 2-1 win over Juventus on Saturday and compounded the champions’ poor start to the season days before a crucial Champions League fixture with Sevilla. Juventus had earned their only points from a win and two draws…

Kipchoge clinches Berlin marathon title AFP, BERLIN: Eliud Kipchoge failed in his bid to set a third straight world record at the Berlin marathon on Sunday…