Bangladesh Under-19 skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz said that they want to go into the upcoming ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016 keeping the winning streak from the three-match youth ODI home series against West Indies.     “The three-match 50-overs series against West Indies will start…

Keeping World Cup in mind, Bangladesh will take on visiting West Indies Under-19 team in the first match of the three-match youth ODI home series at the…

 AFP, AUCKLAND: New Zealand blitzed the second Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in Auckland on Sunday with a whirlwind display by Martin Guptill and Colin…

Top seed Ranjan Ram and title aspirant Amol Roy moved into the third round of the men’s singles event of the Victory Day Tennis Tournament as 15 men’s singles matches were decided on second day at the National Tennis Complex in the capital yesterday. On the other hand three players moved…

AFP, MADRID: Zinedine Zidane’s reign as Real Madrid boss got off to a flying start as Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of Deportivo…

AFP, LONDON: Captain Wayne Rooney’s injury-time penalty rescued Manchester United from FA Cup embarrassment as they squeezed past third-tier Sheffield United 1-0 in the third round on Saturday. Holders Arsenal and Manchester City both had little trouble reaching round four, but United looked destined…

AFP, DOHA: Novak Djokovic won his first title of 2016 on Saturday, playing “perfect” tennis to thrash arch-rival Rafael Nadal in straight…

AFP, BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA): Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic stunned an out-of-sorts Roger Federer to win the Brisbane International 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday.…

AFP, PARIS: Lyon celebrated the inauguration of their new 59,000-seater stadium with a 4-1 victory over bottom side Troyes on Saturday, snapping a six-game winless run in Ligue 1. Alexandre Lacazette wrote his name into the history books by scoring the first goal at Parc OL to give Lyon an 18th-minute…

AFP, BEIJING: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska triumphed in the final of the Shenzhen Open, beating American Alison Riske 6-3, 6-2 to claim her 18th WTA title. By reaching the Shenzhen final Radwanska ensured that she will unseat Russian Maria Sharapova as world number four when the new WTA rankings…