The Finance Ministry released a grant of Taka 70 crore for the development and training programme of the different sports disciplines including the renovation of stadiums across the country. Badal Roy, vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), informed the reporters yesterday that…

AFP, CHRISTCHURCH:  Australia sealed a 2-0 series victory over New Zealand to reach the top Test ranking Wednesday but captain Steve Smith was forced…

Prime Bank South Zone put on 262 against Islami Bank East Zone on the close of the Day-1 of the third round in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium (SKICS) in Cox’s Bazar yesterday. Having elected to bat first, South Zone managed to muster 262 in…

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announced the 22-man preliminary squad on Tuesday for their last match of the FIFA World Cup qualifying against Jordan. Before playing the World Cup qualifier they will play a friendly against UAE in Dubai. Bangladesh will play the match against Jordan on March 24…

AFP, DUBAI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi Wednesday said he was reconsidering plans to leave Twenty20 international cricket as he is facing pressure from his elder family members and close friends. Afridi, who turns 36 next week, had retired from one-day cricket last year to add to his departure from…

AFP, LONDON: Lionel Messi left Arsenal spellbound as the Barcelona striker’s clinical double sealed a 2-0 last 16, first leg victory that put the…

AFP, DOHA: Megabucks Chinese side Jiangsu Suning were expensive flops in their AFC Champions League opener when their newly assembled, star-studded line-up was held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Vietnamese outfit Binh Duong on Tuesday. Brazilians Ramires and Alex Teixeira, who consecutively smashed the Chinese…

AFP, TURIN (ITALY): Super-sub Stefano Sturaro came off the bench to hit a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich as outclassed Juventus rescued…

China could win WC in 10 years: Eriksson AFP, BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dream of his country winning the World Cup could come true in a decade, former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said, according to reports. “Now, in 2016, it seems that every player wants to come to China…