US star basketball player and two times Olympic gold medallist Ruthie Bolton concluded her four day tour Bangladesh yesterday. Ruthie Bolton, a guard…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is keen to organise a Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe instead of proposed Test series in January in a bid to give the players an opportunity to take a good preparation for the upcoming Asia Cup and World Twenty20. BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon was apparently in favour…

AFP, HAMILTON: Kane Williamson had New Zealand on the brink of victory after a spectacular Sri Lanka collapse on the third day of the second Test in Hamilton on Sunday. On a day when 16 wickets fell, New Zealand were 142 for five at the close of play, requiring a further 47 runs to claim the Test and…

Three matches have been reduced from the SAFF Championship following the withdrawal of Pakistan team.  The seven nations tournament, however, will start as per earlier schedule on December 23 and end of January 3. Pakistan had been drawn in Group-A with India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s…

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has refused to admit former Australian batsman Dean Jones after he arrived without a valid visa to take over as coach of a team in the new Twenty20 league, officials said Sunday. The 54-year-old was last week appointed head coach of Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League…

AFP, YOKOHAMA (JAPAN): Lionel Messi marked his return from illness with a brilliant goal as Barcelona beat Argentina’s River Plate 3-0 to capture…

AFP, LONDON: Chelsea’s new interim manager Guus Hiddink watched his team beat Sunderland 3-1 on Saturday, while Norwich City won at Manchester United to imperil their manager Louis van Gaal. Appointed prior to kick-off in place of the sacked Jose Mourinho, Hiddink was in the stands at a discontented…

AFP, BERLIN: Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich as head coach at the end of the season and be replaced by Carlo Ancelotti, club chairman Karl-Heinz…

AFP, PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain go into the winter break with a Ligue 1 record points haul of 51 after a 3-0 away win at Caen lit up by a thrilling Zlatan Ibrahimovic strike on Saturday. Already 1-0 up from an early Angel di Maria goal Ibrahimovic produced a stunning 25-yard snap-shot which flew into…

AFP, MADRID: Gary Neville is still searching for his first La Liga win as Valencia boss after Los Che twice fought back from a goal down to draw 2-2 at home to Getafe on Saturday. All four goals arrived in a 25 minute period in the first-half as Paco Alcacer cancelled out Pablo Sarabia’s opener.…

AFP, MADRID: French legend and Real Madrid youth team coach Zinedine Zidane has distanced himself from rumours that he is set to replace the under fire Rafael Benitez as Madrid boss. Despite being publicly backed by club president Florentino Perez, rumours persist of unrest in the dressing room and…