Bangladesh national football team, who returned home on Saturday night from Tajikistan after a humiliating 5-0 defeat, had a closed door practice session yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium ahead of another big encounter against Australia. The match will be held on November 17 and it kick…

AFP, PERTH: New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson and Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc joined elite company as bat continued to dominate ball on the third day of the second Test against Australia at the WACA Ground on Sunday. In reply to Australia’s formidable 559 for nine declared on a placid…

All eyes were expectedly on the Dhaka Dynamites during the blockbuster ‘Players By Choice’ draft ceremony and the owners and the team strategists…

AFP, PARIS: European football paid tribute to the victims of attacks in Euro 2016 hosts France during Saturday’s qualifying play-offs which saw…

AFP, PARIS: From Sao Paulo to Shanghai, London to Prague, sport defiantly united in its condemnation of the Paris attacks on Saturday as teams and fans resorted to extraordinary measures in the aftermath of the killings. The world champion German football team, which had been playing France at Paris’s…

AFP, MANCHESTER: David Beckham said he understood the decision of former France internationals Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira not to play in his charity…

AFP, LONDON: England football supporters have been encouraged to sing the French national anthem before next week’s friendly match in London after officials announced the match would go ahead despite Friday’s deadly terror attacks in Paris. Tuesday’s international at London’s…

AFP, LONDON: England manager Roy Hodgson said Saturday he hoped the decision to go ahead with next week’s friendly international against France in London would be a chance to show “solidarity” after Friday’s deadly terror attacks in Paris. At least 129 people were killed in a…

AFP, PARIS: Security will be the prime consideration at Euro 2016, the organising committee’s head Jacques Lambert has told AFP. A million foreign visiters are expected in France for the competition which starts in June next year. Matches will be played in 10 different sites including major cities…