Fast bowler Rubel Hossain is all set to delight the cricket fraternity with a new weapon, termed as ‘Butterfly’ action. It is a kind of slower delivery which isn’t easy to deal with. The delivery is discovered by former Bangladesh bowling coach Ian Pont who wanted another fast bowler…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket authorities on Sunday warned injured fast bowler Lasith Malinga against playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League without clearance from them. Malinga, suffering a knee injury that forced him out of the World Twenty20, is in India where he has signed with the Mumbai…

Sohag Gazi appeared in international arena with Test cricket against West Indies in 2012 as rare specialist right-arm off-spinner. Thereafter, he made…

They had lost four of their last five games at Mohali but Kings XI Punjab made sure there was plenty to cheer for the home fans with a six-wicket win over Rising Pune Supergiants yesterday, reports IPL20.com. Needing 153 to win, openers Murali Vijay and Manan Vohra laid a solid platform with both scoring…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lankan veteran bowler Rangana Herath on Sunday announced his retirement from the two shortest forms of cricket, saying he wanted to focus on Test matches. “Every cricketer has to stop at the right time,” Herath said in a statement issued through Sri Lanka Cricket. “I…

AFP, LONDON: Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win away to Chelsea on Saturday as Manchester City rounded off a memorable week in style. Victory…

AFP, MILAN: Goals by Mauro Icardi and Marcelo Brozovic earned Inter Milan a Champions League lifeline on the way to virtually ending Napoli's hopes of a first Serie A title in 26 years with a dramatic 2-0 win on Saturday. Napoli travelled to the San Siro hoping they could make light of 30-goal Gonzalo…

AFP, BERLIN: Bayern Munich are ten points clear, and on the verge of an historic fourth straight Bundesliga title, after Robert Lewandowski netted twice in Saturday's 3-0 win over Schalke. With second-placed Borussia Dortmund hosting Hamburg on Sunday, Pep Guardiola's Bayern took the chance…

AFP, MADRID: Karim Benzema overcame the disappointment of being left out of France's Euro 2016 squad with a goal and two assists as Real Madrid moved…

AFP, PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paris Saint Germain ripped Ligue 1 rivals Caen to pieces in a 6-0 thrashing at the Parc des Princes on Saturday, sending…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: Didier Drogba scored his first goal of the Major League Soccer season on a clever backheel shot as the Montreal Impact snapped the Fire's four-game unbeaten streak with a 2-1 win in Chicago on Saturday. The former Chelsea star and all-time leading scorer of the Ivory Coast national…