Mohammedan Sporting Club continued their winning spree when they posted their fourth straight victory over BKSP by 35 runs in the first-leg encounter of the Dhaka Premier Division Women’s Cricket League at the BKSP-4 yesterday. Motijheel outfit earlier mauled Indira Road Cricket Academy by 90…

Mannaf Rabbi is very much excited to receive a call in the national team when he put across his reaction to the reporters just before  beginning…

AFP, ROME: Roger Federer made a winning return to the clay after last week's back pain, with the Swiss icon beating German teenager Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-5 in the second round of the Rome Masters on Wednesday. The match, lasting 89 minutes, was the first for the 34-year-old Swiss since losing…

Fast-bowler Shahadat Hossain Rajib will soon return in action with the ongoing edition of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League for the 2015-2016 season after over one year-long hiatus. But he might not be seen in the high-octane match between domestic giants-Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting…

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) clinched the Walton  9th National Women Kabaddi Champion-ship beating Bangladesh Ansar by one (13-12) point in a fairly contested final at the kabaddi stadium yesterday in the capital. Earlier Jamalpur DSA defeated Rajshahi DSA 23-14 to bag the third place.…

AFP,  NEW DELHI: Batting great Sourav Ganguly has called for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to be ditched as India's limited overs captain unless selectors are convinced he can lead the team into the 2019 World Cup. After India's semi-final exit at the recent World Twenty20, Dhoni tried to brush…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester United endured a pre-match bus attack and post-match demoralisation as their Champions League hopes were harpooned by a 3-2 defeat…

AFP, LONDON: Long-serving England women's captain Charlotte Edwards announced her retirement on Wednesday after a sparkling and pioneering 20-year career. The 36-year-old led her country to glory in the Ashes, World Cup and ICC World Twenty20, winning a world-record 309 caps and scoring over 10,000…

AFP, BERLIN: Joachim Loew will look to add the European crown in France to Germany’s 2014 World Cup triumph, but die Mannschaft’s head coach…

AFP, SYDNEY: Helmets should be compulsory for batsmen and fielders near the wicket, and substitutes considered for concussed players, a landmark review into the death of Australia’s Phillip Hughes said Wednesday. Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the brain in November 2014 after…