The intensive training camp of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance (HP) for the 2016 season is scheduled to kickstart without the head coach Simon Helmot on July 17. Australia-born Helmot is now  busy in the ongoing Caribbean Cricket League (CPL) for the Trinbago Knight Riders.…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) stepped up their security measures at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) yesterday as precautionary steps. As part of security, the security guard of the stadium has been furnished with arms, scanner, walkie-talkie and hand metal detector. Along with that,…

AFP, LONDON: Pakistan's Mohammad Amir will hope to put the 2010 spot-fixing scandal behind him once and for all when he returns to the scene of the…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India's hockey coach Roelant Oltmans said Tuesday that skipper Sardar Singh had been replaced as captain for the Olympics as he backed the sport's one-time giants to continue their recent revival in Rio. After unveiling the 16-strong men and women's squads which will travel…

Mohammad Amir’s much awaited comeback to Test cricket has drew varied reactions. There is a section which has backed Amir, while there have been some who have disapproved of his return reports CricketCountry. Joining the long list of players and critics to give their opinion on this matter is…

IANS, LONDON: Portugal's European Championship winning captain and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently rakes in $88 million a year in salary and sponsorship income, was placed among top five wealthiest personalties on the planet. Ronaldo is the joint-fourth highest-paid celebrity in…

AFP, PARIS: Scottish giants Celtic crashed to a 1-0 Champions League defeat to Lincoln Red Imps on Tuesday with the goal scored by Lee Casciaro, a policeman…

AFP, LONDON: Gary Ballance has scored two Test hundreds at Lord’s, but that still did not stop him being prevented from entering the Pavilion last…

AFP, LONDON: Sam Allardyce looks to be in pole position to become the next England manager after his club Sunderland revealed Wednesday they granted at his request permission to speak to the Football Association. The 61-year-old Englishman, who was interviewed for the England job 10 years ago but lost…

AGENCIES, NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s attempts to gain more ODI fixtures leading into the September 2017 cut-off for 2019 World Cup qualification is…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Ex-supermodel Gisele Bundchen will strut her stuff in her native Brazil next month, this time swapping the catwalk for the stadium…

AFP, LONDON: The World Cricket Committee of MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) has called for new limits on the size of bats in a bid to ensure an even contest between bat and ball. In a statement issued Tuesday, the committee said they were concerned that the balance “has titled too far in the batsman’s…

AFP, LONDON: Probably the most iconic England football shirt in history, worn by Geoff Hurst when he scored a hat-trick in the 4-2 World Cup final victory over West Germany in 1966, failed to net a buyer at auction on Tuesday. The long-sleeved red cotton shirt — bearing the number 10 — was…