AFP, KANPUR: A brilliant 150 off 133 balls from Rohit Sharma was in vain as South Africa defeated India by five runs in the first one-day international…

AFP, ABU DHABI: England face the daunting prospect of overcoming Pakistan’s new-look spin line-up as the Ashes winners try to reverse the Test whitewash they suffered last time around on the dry pitches of the United Arab Emirates. When they met in the UAE in 2012, Pakistan annihilated what was…

Players of the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are unlikely to get permission to play in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football Tournament for other local clubs. The eight-club tournament be held under the auspices of Chittagong Abahani Krira Chakra at M A Aziz Stadium from October 20. The club…

The visiting Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U-17 team scored 198-7 on the close of the first day of the second 3-day match against Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) U-17 at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan (BKSP) Ground-4 yesterday. Opting to bat, the Indian side made a good start after winning…

AFP, PARIS: Wales reached the finals of an international tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup Saturday when they qualified for Euro…

AFP, JOHANNESBURG: Chad scored just after half-time to shock Sierra Leone 1-0 Saturday as 2018 World Cup qualifying continued in Africa. Central African…

AFP, PASADENA (CALIFORNIA): Mexico stunned the United States 3-2 to qualify for the 2017 Confederations Cup here on Saturday as a spectacular extra-time…

AGENCIES, KOLKATA (INDIA): Brazilian football legend Pele arrived in Kolkata on Sunday on a 3-day visit, more than 38 years after he charmed the city…

AFP, GENEVA: FIFA’s Sepp Blatter, who is appealing a 90-day suspension from the scandal-tainted world football body, said Sunday he would fight to defend his reputation. “I’m a fighter,” he told the Swiss weekly Schweizer am Sonntag. “They can destroy me, but they can’t…

Thomson urges India to change attitude AFP, MUMBAI: Australian cricket great Jeff Thomson says India must change its attitude if it wants to produce top-class…