The Bangladesh national team got down to their usual business yesterday in a bid to take a good preparation for the upcoming four-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. The cricketers however came off a short holiday following a busy year in 2015 which ended with the third edition of Bangladesh Premier…

AFP, SYDNEY: Nathan Lyon claimed his 100th Test wicket in Australia with the dismissal of top-scoring opener Kraigg Brathwaite late on the opening day…

AFP, CAPE TOWN: England all-rounder Ben Stokes hit a thrilling double century as he and Jonny Bairstow battered the South African bowlers into submission…

It was something amazing when some of the national team’s players went to Narayanganj to play a match in a local tournament yesterday when they were scheduled to report today for the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament. In fact they went to Narayanganj without taking any permission…

The Pran Frooto-BSJA Media Cup Cricket reached the quarterfinal stages. The second round matches of group-phase concluded at Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium in the capital yesterday. All the four quarterfinal matches will be held today at the same venue. Independent TV became Group-D champions on the…

AFP, MADRID: Barcelona dropped points for the third time in four league games as they were held 0-0 by local rivals Espanyol in a heated Catalan derby…

AFP, MADRID: World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed he will “live like a king” once his playing career comes to an end, but has ruled out a move into coaching when he hangs up his boots. Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer is in action on Sunday as Los Blancos look…

AFP, LONDON: Laurent Koscielny’s goal saw Arsenal pull two points clear of second-place Leicester City at the Premier League summit on Saturday,…

AGENCIES, ABU DHABI (UAE): Rafael Nadal started the year in winning fashion by beating Milos Raonic to lift the Mubadala World Tennis Championship for…

AFP, SHARJAH (UAE): Hamilton Masakadza hit 83 runs to help Zimbabwe recover to a 117-run victory over Afghanistan on Saturday. The victory left the five-match…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga and his younger brother Nishantha suffered humiliating defeats Sunday in elections for the country’s cricket board. Arjuna, who led Sri Lanka to its only World Cup victory in 1996, sought the position of vice president…