With the expectation of displaying better performance, a 35-member Bangladesh football squad including 23 players will leave Dhaka today at 11am for Bishkek…

Bangladesh women’s cricket team head coach Janak Champika Gamage sets his eye to improve his side’s ranking in the newly inducted ICC women’s rankings after his contract with the team is extended for one year. The women’s team is currently ranked ninth for ODI rankings, just…

Skipper Aminul Islam smashed a century as Bangladesh Under-17 team kept them aloft over visiting Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Under-17 team at the end of the second day of the first three-day match at BKSP yesterday. At stumps, the CAB were 83 for four, still trailing by 317 runs after the hosts…

AFP, LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur teenager Dele Alli is one of several players hoping to make an impression when England begin their preparations for next…

SYDNEY: A week after Australia called off their tour to Bangladesh citing “security fears”, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has said the ICC needs to step in and coordinate security efforts. He also said he believed the decision might have been a “little different” had…

AFP, BEIJING: Novak Djokovic emphatically ended home hopes at the China Open yesterday as he beat Zhang Ze to reach the quarter-finals with his 26th straight…

AGENCIES, COLOMBO: West Indies captain Jason Holder said that the fate of suspended head coach Phil Simmons lay “with Phil and the board”…

Downpour spoils South Sudan World Cup debut AFP, JOHANNESBURG: Torrential rain spoilt the World Cup debut of South Sudan in Juba Wednesday with play abandoned early in the first half after they levelled at 1-1 against Mauritania. Officials hope to resume play Thursday morning at the national stadium…