Rajshahi Division emerged champions in the Young Tigers Under-16 National Cricket competition for the 2015-16 season at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. In the two-day-long affairs, Dhaka Division South (Faridpur) Yeasin Arafat won the toss and invited…

AFP, LAHORE: Cricket's world governing body is conducting dope tests on four Pakistani players, including leg-spinner Yasir Shah, suspended for three…

AFP, ST. JOHN'S (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA): India will begin a seven-week tour of the West Indies starting on July 6 with four Tests and two practice matches, the cricket boards of both countries confirmed on Thursday. The tour will get underway with a two-day practice match from July 9 in St Kitts followed…

AFP,  LONDON: India's Anil Kumble and several other former Test players on an International Cricket Council committee have urged the sport's law-makers to bring in new restrictions on the size of bats amid concerns over a glut of run-scoring. Following a two-day meeting at Lord's, the…

AFP, LONDON: International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson believes Tests will be more evenly contested if schedules are changed so that visiting teams have more time to adjust to local conditions. Sri Lanka's nine-wicket defeat by England at the Riverside last week gave the hosts…

AFP, ROME: Controversial American sprinter Justin Gatlin dug deep to edge to victory in the men's 100m at Thursday's Diamond League meeting, but…

AFP, LONDON: An 86th-minute header from centre-back Chris Smalling spared England's blushes as they squeezed past 10-man Portugal 1-0 at Wembley on…

AFP,  LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo's presence makes Portugal a more significant potential target for terror attacks during Euro 2016, according to coach Fernando Santos. France is on high alert ahead of the tournament, which starts on June 10, following the Islamic State group terror attacks in…

AFP, METZ: After preparations overshadowed by off-field controversy and injuries to key players, Euro 2016 hosts France play their final pre-tournament friendly against Scotland in the north-eastern city of Metz on Saturday. Les Bleus' prospects of winning a major competition on home soil -- just…

AFP, GENEVA: FIFA denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation. Die Welt newspaper reported that Infantino had improperly ordered the destruction of the minutes of a FIFA executive committee meeting held at last month's…

AFP, PARIS: Karim Benzema faced a growing backlash on Thursday, a day after his sensational claims that coach Didier Deschamps had “bowed to pressure from a racist part of France” by keeping him out of the Euro 2016 squad. Political and sporting figures lined up to condemn the Real Madrid…

AFP,  SYDNEY: Striker Apostolos Giannou said he expects "mixed emotions" if he plays for Australia in Saturday's friendly against Greece…

AFP, BARCELONA: Argentina football star Lionel Messi said Thursday he trusted his father with his finances and "knew nothing" about how his…