Bangladesh Women’s Cricket Team is all set to head to Cox’s Bazar on November 1 to play the bilateral series against their South African counterparts. The series, comprising of three one-day and four Twenty20 matches, is scheduled to kick-start with one-day from November 6. Bangladesh Cricket…

AFP, MUMBAI: South Africa trailed by 250 runs with eight wickets remaining at the close of play on the opening day of a warm-up game against an Indian Board President's XI Friday. The Indians scored 296 all out after winning the toss and opting to bat first in the two-day match at the Brabourne…

AFP, KABUL: Hundreds of dancing, flag-waving Afghan fans Friday gave a heroes' welcome to their cricket team as they arrived home after a triumphant…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Flavia Pennetta's brilliant late-career flourish was brought crashing to a halt by Maria Sharapova on Thursday as defeat by the Russian…

AFP, SHARJAH (UAE): Pakistan target victory over England in the third and final Test from Sunday in what would be a fitting farewell for Misbah-ul-Haq, the country's most successful captain who has hinted he's ready to retire. The 41-year-old, who quit one-day cricket after the World Cup earlier…

AFP, MADRID: Las Palmas make their first visit to the Santiago Bernabeu for 13 years on Saturday hoping to avoid the same punishment they received in…

AFP, MILAN: Roma seek to consolidate their summit spot at Inter Milan on Saturday as sleeping Serie A giants Juventus need a much needed pick-me-up in their derby clash with Torino. Roma arrive at the San Siro on a six-match winning streak after Wednesday's Maicon-inspired 3-1 success over Udinese.…

AFP, LONDON: Loic Remy insists beleaguered Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho remains the right man to halt the spluttering champions' slide down the Premier…

AFP, MONROVIA: Musa Bility, one of seven men hoping to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, insists his campaign is strong and that he has no intention…

Stride International School, a new rising school, stole the show in the inter school table tennis tournament held recently at Delhi Public School at Uttara…

Turkey referees held ‘hostage’ over contested decision AFP, ANKARA: A Turkish football team boss took referees hostage for four hours after what was deemed an erroneous decision during a league match -- and only released them after a call from the president, local media reported on Friday.…