The Bowling Review (BR) Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) started their work with the reported bowlers of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL)…

AFP, NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA): West Indies and India commence a four-Test series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday with the visitors heavily favoured to extend a 14-year unbeaten run against the hosts. Such is the gap in performance between the two teams that anything…

A gala opening ceremony of the JB Bangladesh Premier League Football was held yesterday at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong. The journey of the top level domestic soccer competition will start from July 24 at the Port City.   It is the first time that the Premier League Football is going to kick-off…

GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh Navy maintaining his all win record in the Prime Bank 19th International Rating Chess Tournament-2016, organised by Leonine Chess Club. The highest rated Bangladeshi player collected full seven points at the end of the seventh round at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall…

AFP, TERESÓPOLIS (BRAZIL): Brazil’s Olympic coach admitted on Tuesday that he was relying on Barcelona star forward Neymar to shoot the hosts…

AFP, LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee barred Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from the Rio Games and withdrew backing for international events in Russia over a state-run doping programme, but delayed ruling on a complete ban on the country until after a key court case on Thursday.…

AFP, MILAN: New Italy coach Giampiero Ventura hinted Tuesday that striker Graziano Pelle could risk his Azzurri place following a recent move to China,…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Tomas Berdych would rather skip the Rio Olympics than take even the slightest chance of contracting the Zika virus and potentially pass along birth defects to the children he wants. The 30-year-old Czech tennis star, who celebrated his first anniversary with wife Ester last week, said…

AFP, LONDON: Hull manager Steve Bruce has confirmed he is in the race to be appointed England coach after being interviewed by the Football Association on Tuesday. Bruce’s meeting with FA chiefs had earlier been described as “informal discussions”, but the 55-year-old revealed he had…

AFP, LISBON: Coach Fernando Santos has extended his contract with Portugal until 2020 after leading them to a shock Euro 2016 title, Portuguese football bosses said on Tuesday. The 61-year-old, who has been in charge since September 2014 and masterminded a huge reversal in fortunes, guided Portugal…