While India showed their supremacy in the shortest format of the cricket by flexing muscle in the crushing 45-run win over Bangladesh, Pakistan all-rounder…

Bangladesh are expected to have an easy ride as they take on UAE today in their second match of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The match will provide them an opportunity to return to the winning groove after they were crushed by 45 runs at the hands of India in the Asia…

The logo unveiling ceremony of the Bangladesh Super League (BSL) will be staged at a formal ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 28. The BSL, a franchise football league, first ever in Bangladesh will be jointly organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the Saif Powertec…

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday gave permission to the country's cricket team to play next month's World Twenty20 in India after fears they might withdraw due to alleged security threats. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan earlier this month raised doubts over the team's…

AFP, KIEV (UKRAINE): Manchester City may be toiling domestically at the moment but they produced a superb European away performance to beat Dynamo Kiev 3-1 in Ukraine in their Champions League last 16, first leg on Wednesday. Manuel Pellegrini’s side did enough to win the game in the first half…

AFP, DUBAI: World number one Novak Djokovic recorded his 700th career win on Wednesday when he cruised past Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri and into the Dubai Tennis Championships quarter-finals. Djokovic won 6-1, 6-2 in 65 minutes and will face Spain’s Feliciano Lopez for a spot in the last four.…

AFP, EINDHOVEN (THE NETHERLANDS): PSV Eindhoven held out with 10 men to leave their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid finely balanced at 0-0 after the first leg on Wednesday. Atletico had chances to kill the game before half-time as Luciano Vietto and Antoine Griezmann missed one-on-ones…

AFP, KABUL: Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with "Messi" scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from…

AFP, DOHA: Rock samples up to 30 million-years-old have been unearthed under one of the Qatar 2022 World Cup stadiums, organisers said on Wednesday. The “Dukhan rock” was found during construction of the 40,000-capacity Qatar Foundation stadium, which is set to host matches up to the quarter-final…