The Bangladesh national cricket board has cleared young paceman Mustafizur Rahman to play for English county team Sussex after fears he was suffering…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and cricket operation committee chairman Akram Khan said that they have plans to arrange tour for High Performance or Bangladesh A-team prior to the upcoming home series against England. “We have plans to arrange tour for High Performance (HP) unit or Bangladesh…

AFP, LONDON: Jason Roy fell five runs short of setting a new batting record but his superb 162 still helped England win the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka…

AP, NEW DELHI: Anil Kumble thinks a year “ and 17 Test matches " is enough for India to make its mark on all three formats of cricket. Kumble's one-year contract as coach of the national team begins with the first of four Tests against West Indies in the Caribbean, starting June 21, followed…

AFP,  LONDON: Marcus Willis's brief flirtation with Wimbledon fame was ended by Roger Federer as Novak Djokovic racked-up an Open era record of 30 successive Grand Slam wins on a day when torrential rain caused more havoc to the schedule. Willis, the world number 772 who had already played…

AFP, LILLE (FRANCE): History awaits the victors as Wales talisman Gareth Bale and rejuvenated Belgium star Eden Hazard lead their respective golden generations…

AFP, MARSEILLE: Beating world champions Germany to a semi-final place at Euro 2016 will be like scaling Everest, but a united Italy are ready to strap on the crampons, says Alessandro Florenzi. “We’ve already climbed some mountains here and now we’re facing Everest,” the Roma…

AFP, PARIS: France coach Didier Deschamps is keeping his players out of the spotlight amid mounting expectations ahead of the Euro 2016 hosts’ quarter-final…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Strikers Neymar and Douglas Costa head a young Brazil Olympic football squad looking to bounce back from humiliation in the Copa America Centenario, stand-in coach Rogerio Micale announced Wednesday. On home soil in next month’s Games in Rio two years after their devastating…

AFP, LILLE (FRANCE): A Euro 2016 quarter-final against Wales just across the border in Lille will almost feel like a home game for Belgium and a homecoming…

AFP, SHANGHAI: Brazilian football star Hulk signed for Chinese side Shanghai SIPG on Thursday after passing a medical, the club said, as the cash-rich Chinese Super League embarks on a new round of spending. A press conference will be held Friday to announce "the Incredible Hulk" joining the…

AFP, BUENOS AIRES: Diego Maradona apparently boasted that his 1986 World Cup-winning Argentina team was better than the current squad, in a recording published Wednesday. Previously critical of Messi, Maradona joined calls this week for him to reverse his decision to retire from the  national team.…