AFP, NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket supremo Shashank Manohar became the first elected chairman of the International Cricket Council on Thursday, unanimously…

Nazmul Hassan Papon, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), does not want to claim any credits to solve the problem of Bangladesh Hockey Federation…

AFP, ROME: Swiss third seed Roger Federer's Rome Masters bid ended with a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 third round defeat to Austrian 13th seed Dominic Thiem on…

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is now the face of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) official facebook page. The two times IPL champions sprung a surprise by comparing Shakib to Indian film superstar Salman Khan. The way Salman Khan’s picture was imprinted in the poster of his super hit film…

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has lifted the ban on national footballers Mamunul Islam and Sohel Rana yesterday. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the National Team Committee (NTC) at the BFF Bhaban. BFF senior vice-president Abdus Salam Murshedi presided over the meeting in absence…

Abahani Limited made a flying start in the Green Delta Premier Division Hockey League with a thrashing 14-0 win over Bangladesh Railway at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium in the capital yesterday. Rajib Das scored four goals, Farhad Ahmed Shitol struck thrice, Maksudul Alam Habul and Shafquat Rasool…

AFP, LONDON: Newcastle United and Norwich City were relegated from the Premier League on Wednesday as Sunderland secured their survival with a one-sided…

AFP, GLASGOW: Newly-crowned Scottish champions Celtic suffered only their fourth league loss of the season as a much-changed Hoops side slipped to a 2-1 defeat to St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Wednesday. Celtic, who made seven changes from Sunday’s win over Aberdeen that clinched their fifth…

Border Security Force (BSF) of India beat Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by 32-24 points in the friendly kabaddi match held at the Bir Uttam Fajlur Rahman…

AFP, NEW DELHI: Self-styled “Universe Boss” Chris Gayle is having to confront his waning powers after a collapse in form, watching from the…

AFP, PARIS: Bordeaux recovered from falling behind to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal to hold champions Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-1 draw in a rearranged game in Ligue 1 on Wednesday. Ibrahimovic had put the visitors in front with his 36th league goal of a remarkable campaign just before the hour mark, but…

AFP, MIAMI: Tony Cozier, a legendary West Indies cricket writer and commentator for more than a half century, died Wednesday morning in Barbados, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced. He was 75. Cozier was born in Bridgetown, where the press box at the Kensington Oval cricket grounds is named…

The ACI 31st National Snooker Championship-2016 organised by Bangladesh Billiards & Snooker Federation will be held at Uttara Club from today and it will end on May 26. About 100 eminent Snooker players will compete for the championship from  12 different  clubs of the country, according…

AFP, MADRID: With less than a month until Euro 2016 gets underway in France, fans of defending champions Spain still do not know if they will be able to watch the finals on TV, as no media outlet in Spain has bought the rights to the tournament. The high price demanded by European football governing…