The upcoming Dhaka Premier League (DPL) is knocking at the door as the league is scheduled to roll on to the ground in the last quarter of April. The…

Sanjida Islam Moyna, Panna Ghosh and Khadija Tul Kubra amongst the national pool players are yet to get any team in the day-long players’ transfer…

Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolitan (CCDM) chairman Gazi Golam Murtaza said that they in principle decided to introduce day-night affair at Super League stage of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL). “Local crowds showed their enormous interest to national team’s games but they did not demonstrate…

AFP, SYDNEY: Australia will play two day-night Tests against South Africa and Pakistan next southern summer in a revamp of home international scheduling, a report said on Thursday. Following the success of the inaugural pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Adelaide last year, Cricket Australia will…

IANS, St. John's: Batting legend Viv Richards has supported T20 skipper Darren Sammy in his decision to slam the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for its lack of support during the recent World T20 in India. During the post-match ceremony following the World T20 final on Sunday, Sammy said the team…

AFP, WOLFSBURG (GERMANY): Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid suffered a shock 2-0 Champions League defeat at Wolfsburg in Wednesday’s quarter-final,…

AFP, GENEVA: Swiss authorities raided the headquarters of European football, Iceland named a new prime minister and the world’s largest drugs company merger fell apart on Wednesday, as the fallout from the Panama Papers scandal gathered pace. Police searched UEFA’s Geneva offices as part…

AFP, PARIS: Away goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho handed Manchester City a 2-2 first-leg draw at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday to give the…

AFP, OSAKA (JAPAN): Masato Morishige scored twice as FC Tokyo stunned mega-rich Chinese club Jiangsu Suning 2-1 to race to the top of their AFC Champions League group on Wednesday. Morishige’s double, either side of a penalty by ex-Manchester City striker Jo, pushed Jiangsu down to third in Group…

AFP, PARIS: Argentina reclaimed top spot from Belgium in Thursday’s FIFA world rankings, while Copa America champions Chile soared to an all-time high of third place. Three straight wins in 2018 World Cup qualifiers helped Argentina return to the summit. Chile moved up two places from fifth, with…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil coach Dunga will only take charge of the Olympic squad in Rio if the national team performs well in June’s Copa America in the United States, according to local media reports. Dunga, who took charge of Brazil for the second time in July 2014, received renewed support…