Mehedi Hasan Miraj showed the bright side of domestic cricket, stating that bowling 30 overs at a stretch in the local first class cricket helped him…

Novoair became the “Airline Partner’ of Rajshahi Kings,  a franchisee of Bangladesh Premier League -2016. The private airline  announced yesterday. Sohail Majid, head of marketing & sales, Novoair and Tahmeed Azizul Huq, CEO, Rajshahi Kings signed the agreement on behalf of…

Two late goals steered Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra to blank Soccer Club Feni by 2-0 to finish the first leg of the JB Bangladesh Premier League football yesterday. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Sohel Rana and Simon Exeodika scored one goal each for Muktijoddha.    After the…

Cat’s Life! Quite bizarrely, England batsman Moeen Ali survived five times before he finally got out on 68. Unarguably it’s a record even though there is no official source of tracking those sorts of things. Of the five times, umpires gave him out thrice and the unlucky bowler was Shakib…

AFP, BARCELONA: Manchester City's Claudio Bravo and Pep Guardiola endured a nightmare return to Barcelona as Lionel Messi's hat-trick spearheaded…

AFP, MILAN: Cameroon forward Vincent Aboubakar hit a brace as Ricardo Quaresma-inspired Besiktas ended Napoli's dreams of making Champions League history with a 3-2 win at the San Paolo on Wednesday. Napoli welcomed the Turkish champions knowing a third consecutive win in Group B, along with a draw…

AFP, LONDON: Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez showed why their value to Arsenal is priceless as the peerless duo inspired a 6-0 thrashing of Bulgarian minnows…

AFP, PARIS: Angel Di Maria's first goal of the season set Paris Saint-Germain on their way to a 3-0 Champions League victory against an unlucky Basel…

AFP, LIBREVILLE: Ivory Coast will start their defence of the Africa Cup of Nations against Togo in January, according to the draw made Wednesday. Ivory Coast, who beat Ghana on penalties in the 2015 final, are in Group C against Togo, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hosts Gabon, who saw…

AFP, PARIS: Germany have moved up to second behind Argentina as Belgium dropped out of the top three in the latest FIFA world rankings released Thursday. A pair of 2018 World Cup qualifier wins against Czech Republic and Northern Ireland lifted world champions Germany up one spot, with Brazil also up…

AFP, BARCELONA: Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola was defiant he will not change his ways despite a harrowing night for goalkeeper Claudio Bravo on his return to Barcelona as a Lionel Messi hat-trick inspired a 4-0 Barca win on Wednesday. Bravo was sent-off with City trailing just 1-0 for saving Luis…

AFP, GLASGOW: Celtic's Champion League hopes were in tatters on Wednesday as Borussia Monchengladbach produced a clinical performance to inflict a 2-0 home defeat on the Scottish champions. The Germans arrived in Glasgow with a horrendous injury list and struggling for form following defeats by…