All-rounder Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, who will lead Bangladesh-A team in South Africa and Zimbabwe tour, said that they are going to tour at different…

AFP, ABU DHABI: Openers Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali batted solidly to take England to 56-0 after Shoaib Malik’s double century lifted Pakistan to…

AFP, ABU DHABI: Younis Khan has come a long way to be Pakistan’s highest run-getter in Test cricket, but he says he is still not satisfied. The 37-year-old overhauled Javed Miandad’s aggregate of 8832 runs on Tuesday during his knock of 38 against England in the first Test in Abu Dhabi,…

Mabia Akhtar Simanta earned the distinction of winning a gold and two silver medals in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship yesterday in Pune,…

AFP, MONTEVIDEO: Brazil kick-started their South American World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-1 victory over Venezuela on Tuesday as Chile, Ecuador…

AFP, PARIS: Croatia and Turkey took the final automatic qualifying spots for Euro 2016 on Tuesday as the Netherlands, semi-finalists at last year’s…

AFP, PARIS: Belgium are set to top the next FIFA world rankings due out in November thanks to their results in their final Euro 2016 qualifiers. The most…

AFP, DOHA: Qatar and Thailand took huge steps towards the next round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers after notching up resounding victories on Tuesday. Qatar thrashed Maldives 4-0 in Doha to record their fifth straight win in the qualifiers to enjoy a five-point cushion ahead of Hong Kong in Group C. In…

AGENCIES, GALLE (SRI LANKA): Opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne led the way with his third Test century as Sri Lanka finished the opening day Wednesday…

Defending champions St Gregory’s High School will take on Sunrise Pre-Cadet and High School in the opening match of Fiji Friendship Cup School Rugby competition. The two-day school tournament will begin today 15 at the Paltan ground.  It will be the seventh edition of the school rugby while…

AFP, BERLIN: With 10 million followers, Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil is the world champions’ most popular footballer on social media platform Twitter. “You guys are simply amazing! Thank u for your unbelievable support - during both good times and bad. #10MioFollowers,” tweeted the…