The curtain of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament will be raised today with Bangladesh national side taking on Sri Lanka in the…

AFP, LAHORE: Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi defended himself Thursday after a row with a television journalist that prompted the media to briefly boycott coverage of an ongoing training camp, saying he “always respects others”. Afridi was asked by Dunya News journalist Sanaullah…

Arab Bangladesh Bank (AB Bank) is the presenting sponsors of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament which begins today in Jessore. BEXIMCO, Ha-Meem Group and the Banker Association of Bangladesh are the co-sponsors of the tournament. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) officially…

The cricket fans of the country from now on may call country’s champion cricketer Shakib Al Hasan  as ‘Father of Alaina.’ Shakib who returned to Dhaka on Wednesday, joined the national camp yesterday for the upcoming four-match T20 series with Zimbabwe. He disclosed the name of…

AFP, MADRID: A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona reacted from the shock of conceding early to edge towards the Copa del Rey quarter-finals with a 4-1 win…

AFP, MUMBAI: A Mumbai teenager's record-breaking 1,009 not out wasn't the match's only startling statistic — one of the boundaries was only 30 yards long, while the opposition was so meagre that one bowler conceded 142 runs in just six overs. Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade also…

AFP, LIVERPOOL: Romelu Lukaku’s 19th goal of the season gave Everton a 2-1 win over Manchester City in their League Cup semi-final first leg clash…

AFP, MOUNT MAUNGANUI (NEW ZEALAND): In-form batsman Martin Guptill cracked 58 off 34 balls to set up New Zealand for a tense three-run win in the first…

AFP, SHARJAH (UAE): Gulbadin Naib hit a career best, undefeated 82 as Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by two wickets to win the fifth one-day international and take the series 3-2 on Wednesday. Naib smashed six sixes and three boundaries in his 68-ball knock as Afghanistan chased down their 249-run target…

Fan indeed! AFP, VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-SAÔNE (FRANCE): A group of French thugs donned masks and launched a commando-style raid on a wedding reception to take revenge on a renegade fan only to discover they had the wrong venue. Militant fans of St Etienne destroyed food and the wedding cake when they…