Sylhet Super Stars Pakistan-recruit all-rounder Shahid Afridi praised Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for organising the well-organised BPL and stated that every player should come to play BPL and enjoy the Twenty20 tournament. “I want to give the credit to BPL and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).…

As far as the players’ payment issue is concerned, it looks the third edition of BPL is well organised. As of now no serious allegation from any…

AFP, HOBART: Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh pounded tons in a triple-century unbroken stand to crush the dispirited West Indies and put Australia in immediate…

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club have been drawn in the Group E of the AFC Cup 2016 along with Tampines Rovers of Singapore, Selangor FA of Malaysia and Ceres La Salle FC of Philippines champions while the group stage draw was held yesterday in Kuala Lumpur.   Selangor FA of Malaysia is the most experienced…

AFP, PARIS: Olivier Giroud was Arsenal’s hero as the Gunners and Chelsea succeeded on Wednesday where Manchester United failed a day earlier to…

A Gayle-storm was always on the cards following his two consecutive failures in the third edition of BPL. Much to the dismay of Chittagong Vikings, it…

AFP, PARIS: In the same week that Michel Platini fights to save his career, the draw for the finals of the expanded 24-team European Championship that he championed takes place in Paris on Saturday. The former France star, who propelled his country to glory as a player when they last hosted the Europeans…

AFP, SAO PAULO: Rogerio Ceni, the highest-scoring goalkeeper in history, charmed the world with his golden boots, but it is his magical gloves that will be most missed at the club where he spent his career, Brazil’s Sao Paulo. Ceni, who was Sao Paulo’s go-to man for free kicks and penalties,…

AFP, DUNEDIN (NEW ZEALAND): Martin Guptill smashed 156 on Thursday as he bounced back from a horror series in Australia to put New Zealand in the driving…

Algeria, Nigeria qualify for Rio Olympics AFP, JOHANNESBURG: Algeria and Nigeria secured places Wednesday at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games football tournament, leaving South Africa and Senegal to fight for the third and final qualifying place this weekend. An opportunist early Oussama Darfalou goal set…