Country’s ‘Home of Cricket’ returned to its real shape as each gallery of the stadium was crammed with the huge number of fans and cricket…

AFP, PERTH: Opener David Warner continued his love affair with New Zealand's bowling and the WACA Ground by notching a career-best double century…

After a huge mystification and so much talking about the Australian national football team is coming to  Bangladesh to play their FIFA World Cup away match. The Socceroos finally confirmed their travel to Dhaka on Thursday. A three-member Football Federation of Australia (FFA), who have been here…

In a bid to win the series, Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team will lock horns with their Zimbabwean counterparts in the third match of the four-match youth ODI series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chittagong today. The match will kick off at 9:00am. By the virtue of two successive victories,…

Zimbabwe women’s cricket team is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka to play a brief series against their Bangladesh counterparts at 4:55pm today. The two-match Twenty20 international series against the hosts will be held at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium (SKICS) in Cox’ Bazar. The…

AFP, SANTIAGO: Real Madrid star James Rodriguez scored a second half equaliser as Colombia snatched a precious point in a 1-1 draw with mighty Chile in…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Europe-based stars Keisuke Honda and Maya Yoshida were both among the goals as Japan wreaked revenge on Singapore and went top of their World Cup qualifying group with an emphatic 3-0 away win on Thursday. The Blue Samurai dominated the match at Singapore's National Stadium with…

AFP, GENEVA: FIFA on Thursday approved five candidates to stand in February's vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body, but Michel Platini has not yet made the list. The five who met the qualification criteria following a series of integrity tests were: Prince…

AFP, OSLO: Grief-stricken Hungary edged closer to their first international tournament in 30 years when they defeated Norway 1-0 in the opening leg of their Euro 2016 play-off on Thursday. On the day that Hungarian international goalkeeper Marton Fulop lost his battle with cancer at the age of 32, his…

AFP, BANGALORE: AB de Villiers makes his 100th Test appearance on Thursday hoping to inspire his South African team-mates to a series-levelling victory…

SP, JOHANNESBURG: Uganda celebrated Thursday a first away victory in a World Cup qualifier after defeating Togo 1-0 in Lome through a first-half Joseph Ochaya goal. The defender scored at Stade Kegue with a glancing header off a Farouk Miya free-kick five minutes before half-time in the first leg of…

Hungarian keeper Fulop dies of  cancer at 32 AFP, BUDAPEST: Tributes poured in on Thursday for former Hungary goalkeeper Marton Fulop, who played for a string of English Premier League clubs, after he died from cancer aged just 32. “It is with deep sadness and grieving that we inform that…