AFP, LAUSANNE: UEFA's fallen chief Michel Platini mounted a final challenge against his six-year ban from football on Friday in an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with ally-turned-foe Sepp Blatter testifying for FIFA. The stakes could not be higher for the 60-year-old former…

St. Gregory’s High School got off to a flying start when they overwhelmed Green Dale International School by 20-1 goals in the opener of the Hurrah…

In a bid to sort out potential players for the next Under-19 campaign, BCB Game Development will host ‘Challenge Series-2016’ with the involvement of the selected Under-18 players. The Challenge series is slated to roll onto the ground in the first week of May at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha…

AFP, NEW DELHI: South African batsman Faf du Plessis was Thursday ruled out of the Indian Premier League with a broken finger, raising concerns about his availability for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. Du Plessis was the second-highest run-getter for his IPL side Rising Pune Supergiants before…

PTI, NEW DELHI: Drawing flak for naming Salman Khan as the Indian Olympic contingent's goodwill ambassador, the IOA has now approached cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman to take up the same role along side the controversial Bollywood star. “We are in…

Title aspirants Mohammedan Sporting continued their winning spree when they thrashed Sonali Bank by 7-1 in the Club Cup Hockey Tournament at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in the capital yesterday. Mohammedans took the game lightly  after taking a 6-0 lead before the short whistle.  Rubel…

AFP, VILAREAL: Adrian Lopez's stoppage-time winner put Villarreal on the verge of reaching their first ever Cup final with a 1-0 win over Liverpool…

AFP, BERLIN: Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich can become the first club to win a fourth consecutive Bundesliga title by beating Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, amidst the distraction of their Champions League semi-final. Bayern hold a seven-point lead and with three games left, a win over Gladbach…

AFP, LONDON: Leicester City defender Danny Simpson insists the prolonged absence of star striker Jamie Vardy won't stop the Premier League leaders clinching the most incredible title triumph in English football history at Manchester United on Sunday. Claudio Ranieri's side have the eyes of the…

AFP, LONDON: Liverpool have been ordered to pay English second-tier club Burnley £6.5 million ($9.5 million, 8.4 million euros) for striker Danny Ings following a tribunal on Thursday. Ings joined Liverpool last year after his Burnley contract expired, but because he was aged under 23 at the time…

AFP, LVIV (UKRAINE): Holders Sevilla remain on course to reach yet another Europa League final after escaping from Ukraine with a 2-2 draw against Shakhtar…