AFP,  HOBART: Nathan Lyon put the skids under the flailing West Indies as Australia set course for an overwhelming early victory despite Darren Bravo…

Might be it is hard to dream for Bangladesh to beat any Brazilian side in the top level football competition but the youngsters of Bangladesh (Under-13)…

Bangladesh will have to face India and Pakistan in their group phase in the World Twenty20 if they advance to Super-10. Bangladesh will play against Ireland,…

AFP, DUNEDIN: A low-flying seagull was blamed for interfering with the speed gun on Friday when New Zealand's Neil Wagner bowled a ball clocked at 160 kilometres (99.4 miles) per hour -- one of the quickest on record. The surprise missile from Wagner, whose normal bowling speed is in the low 130s,…

Mutual Trust Bank routed Apollo Hospital by comprehensive eight wickets in the opening match of the Bank Asia Weekend Corporate T-20 Cricket Tournament at City Club Ground yesterday. Apollo Hospital bat first and made 150 for nine in 20 overs. In reply, Mutual Trust Bank run down the target with 31…

AFP, PARIS: Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur both advanced to the knockout stages of the Europa League as winners of their groups on Thursday as the likes…

It seemed the last match of the league phase of BPL-3 stored all the funs and excitement. Barisal Bulls’ West Indies recruit Rayad Emrit made the…

AFP, MADRID: European champions Barcelona will have to do without the injured Neymar for their final La Liga game before Christmas at home to Deportivo La Coruna before jetting off to the Club World Cup in Japan. The Brazilian star's absence due to a groin problem is a huge miss as he has been Barca's…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini insists under-fire boss Louis van Gaal will silence his growing band of critics by winning the Premier League title this season. Van Gaal had endured a barrage of abuse from unhappy fans during last Saturday's 0-0 draw against West Ham,…

AFP, LAUSANNE: The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Friday backed a 90-day FIFA ban against Michel Platini, in a new blow to the Frenchman's…

AFP, TOKYO: Well-travelled coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has become an unlikely figurehead for China's soaring football ambitions as he takes Guangzhou Evergrande into the Club World Cup this week. Just a year after leading Brazil's ill-fated World Cup campaign on home soil, the mustachioed "Big…

AFP, TEGUCIGALPA: International midfielder Arnold Peralta was killed in a drive-by shooting in a car park of a shopping mall in his native Honduras on…