The foreign trio steered holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to keep their winning streak in the JB Bangladesh Premier League football when they defeated Brothers Union by 5-4 at the Sylhet Stadium yesterday. After the win Jamal went on top of the point table with 18 points from eight matches and remained…

Barisal Division put on 165 for three against defending champions Khulna Division on the close of the rain-affected opening day in the Tier-1 match of the Walton National Cricket League (NCL) at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday.   At Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra, Dhaka Metro…

AFP, KANPUR: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed three wickets to have New Zealand reeling on 93 for four at stumps Sunday as the hosts tightened their grip on the first Test. New Zealand were still 341 runs behind their mammoth target of 434, with Luke Ronchi (38) and Mitchell Santner (8)…

At some point it was inevitable that the prolonged poor form would force him to hit new low. And it came on a day when he needs some runs badly to stop the vocal critics. Rather on his 17th ODI match and the first match against Afghanistan yesterday, Soumya Sarkar finally became out on naught, further…

AFP, MILAN: England goalkeeper Joe Hart answered his critics with a standout performance as Torino dampened Francesco Totti's upcoming birthday celebrations with a 3-1 win over Roma on Sunday. Roma travelled to Turin looking to close a five-point gap to leaders Juventus after the champions scraped…

AFP,  DUBAI: Pakistan played good all-round cricket to beat world champions West Indies by 16 runs in the second Twenty20 in Dubai on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed hit a rapid 32-ball 46 not out to guide Pakistan to 160-4 before pacemen…

AFP, MADRID: A substituted Cristiano Ronaldo cut a disconsolate figure as Real Madrid conceded a late equaliser to draw 2-2 at Las Palmas on Saturday.…

AFP, LONDON: Arsenal overpowered London rivals Chelsea 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday to mark Arsene Wenger’s 20th anniversary as Gunners boss in style. Earlier, Manchester United thrashed defending Premier League champions Leicester City 4-1 to vindicate manager Jose Mourinho’s…

AFP, TOKYO: Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki overpowered Japan’s Naomi Osaka 7-5, 6-3 to capture the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday, her first…

The latest stage of the 2016 Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup, golf’s largest and most exciting amateur tournament, took place at Kurmitola Golf…

AFP, BERLIN: Kenenisa Bekele admitted he was disappointed to have missed the world record by six seconds on Sunday as the Ethiopian won the Berlin marathon ahead of former winner Wilson Kipsang. The ex-Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion crossed the finish line in an official time of two hours 03min…

AFP, WUHAN (CHINA): Roberta Vinci downed Olympic gold medallist Monica Puig in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday. Italy's Vinci took just one hour and 20 minutes to defeat the Puerto Rican in two sets, 6-3, 6-3. Vinci, last year's US Open finalist who halted Serena Williams' bid…

AFP, TOKYO: Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei on Sunday won his sixth Yonex Open Japan title, defeating third seed Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark. Lee, a silver medallist in the last three Olympics, triumphed 21-18, 15-21, 21-16 against the Dane. The 33-year-old world number one had sailed through the men’s…