AFP, HARARE: India bounced back from their chastening defeat to Zimbabwe over the weekend to thump the hosts by 10 wickets in the second Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club on Monday and level the three-match series at 1-1. Zimbabwe's unexpected two-run victory in Saturday's opener…

Sussex are frustrated  with the fact they do not have Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman with them yet as he is yet to recover from his injuries,…

AFP, EASTBOURNE (UK): Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard beat Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-2 in the rain-affected first round of the Eastbourne International…

Just two batsmen and as many bowlers from Bangladesh were featured in the top 20 of the ICC ODI batsman and bowling rankings which was released on Monday. However Shakib Al Hasan retained the top all-rounder position in the ODI cricket even though Bangladesh didn’t play any limited over game since…

The four-member fact-finding committee, formed by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to resolve the unsettled Dhaka Premier League match of Abahani Limited and Prime Doleshwar, held their first day hearing  with some progress. They will finish their hearing today and submit their recommendation to…

AFP, OSLO: Pakistan’s Mohammad Asif has ended up playing in Norway as he plots a return to Test cricket, five years after a notorious spot-fixing scandal, a report said. Asif, 33, told the Cricinfo website he was playing with Oslo's Christiania Cricket Club to work on his fitness and was “100…

AFP, TOULOUSE (FRANCE): Gareth Bale struck his third goal in as many Euro 2016 games as brilliant Wales cruised into the last 16 as winners of Group B…

AFP, NICE (FRANCE): Reinvigorated by Romelu Lukaku’s goals, Belgium take on under-par Sweden on Wednesday with both sides still in the hunt for a Euro 2016 last-16 berth. Neither side can catch Group E leaders Italy having both lost to the Azzurri. But after a slow start Marc Wilmots’ Belgium…

AFP, LYON (FRANCE): Portugal coach Fernando Santos is backing misfiring Cristiano Ronaldo to break his Euro 2016 duck by netting against Hungary on Wednesday…

AFP, SAINT-ÉTIENNE (FRANCE): Roy Hodgson’s England secured their place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 but were condemned to finishing as runners-up…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s football confederation (CBF) confirmed on Twitter on Monday the appointment of Tite as the new national team coach. The news was first revealed by his former club Corinthians on Wednesday of last week. “Tite is the new coach of Brazil,” said a simple statement…

AFP, LONDON: England football great David Beckham on Tuesday backed Britain to remain in the European Union, hailing the positive influence of European players on British football. “For our children and their children, we should be facing the problems of the world together and not alone,”…