Bangladesh made an impressive start with crossing a stiff hurdle in the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship qualifying round defeating Iran by 3-0…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to make the most use of the high-profile Australian coach Simon Helmot in the other programmes of the board beside the BCB-High Performance (HP) programme. The BCB penned a three-year-deal with Helmot for the HP programme before his CPL stint. As per the deal,…

LONDON: England’s players will be given time to consider their personal position on touring Bangladesh but Andrew Strauss, the director of England…

No board will decide to send their second string team in Tigers den as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury believes that England will not make second thought keeping the current Bangladesh team’s performance in mind.  “It is absolutely a matter of the ECB whose player…

Abdullah Al Mamun, father of Rio 2016 Olympic Games rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around gold medallist Margarita Mamun, died at his Moscow residence in Russia on Friday afternoon. He was 52, according to UNB. He is survived by his wife Anna, daughter Margarita and son Filipp Al Mamun. In a Facebook…

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra coach Maruful Haque submitted his resignation letter yesterday only after six matches of the ongoing JB Bangladesh Premier League.   Maruf tendered his resignation as Sheikh Russel failed to win a single match but to suffer five defeats and a draw out of six matches of…

AFP, BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski claimed a hat-trick as defending champions Bayern Munich brushed Werder Bremen aside with a 6-0 win in Friday’s…

AFP, LONDON: Left-back Danny Rose’s 72nd-minute equaliser earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-1 draw with Liverpool in a hard-fought Premier League encounter at White Hart Lane on Saturday. James Milner gave Liverpool a deserved lead with a penalty shortly before half-time, but Spurs got their reward…

AFP, MARSEILLE: Marseille got their Ligue 1 campaign up and running as they beat Lorient 2-0 at the Stade Velodrome on Friday to pick up their first win…

AFP, GLASGOW: Rangers had to settle for a point against 10-men Kilmarnock as they came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw in their Scottish Premiership clash on Friday. Kris Boyd came back to haunt his former club as he fired Kilmarnock in to a 29th minute lead. Rangers grabbed an equaliser when James…

AFP, NEW YORK: Serena Williams unveiled a new sports bra and tennis racquet in a dizzying round of commercial duties this week, but when talk turned to her injured shoulder on Friday, the American preferred to reveal as little as possible. The 34-year-old world number one, who is chasing a record seventh…

AFP, HONG KONG: China’s Fu Yuanhui, the Olympic swimmer who won legions of fans in Rio for her joyful over-enthusiasm, said Saturday that Chinese people and Hong Kongers were “one family” as fears grow about Beijing’s increasing influence in the semi-autonomous city. Fu is part…

AFP, NEW YORK: Polish top seed Agnieszka Radwanska demolished Petra Kvitova in straight sets to advance to the final of the Connecticut Open in New Haven. World number four Radwanska swatted aside her Czech opponent in just over an hour, winning 6-1, 6-1 to advance to Saturday’s final. Kvitova,…