England captain Alastair Cook rated Bangladesh spinner highly, terming them more experienced than his spinners as he believed the spinners would rule…

England decided to rest fast bowler Stuart Broad ahead of the long series against India which meant the fast bowler would not get the chance to reach the milestone of 100 Test in Bangladesh.  Broad would have become the third English bowler to play 100 Tests if he plays the second Test against…

Top seed Amol Roy of Engineers Recreation Centre and seven other qualified for the quarterfinals of  men’s singles event of Euro Group-UCL National and Inter Club Tennis Tournament. Amol deposed  Sheikh Hasibul Haque of Satkihira 6-1, 6-3 to book a last eight berth at the National Tennis…

Kumar Dharmasena will officiate the second Test in Dhaka, beginning today despite just collecting the unwanted record of having the most decisions overturned in a single match. Dharmasena’s decisions in the first Test were referred to the third umpire 16 times with eight reversed, the most for…

Zafar Ansari is one of the biggest brainboxes to play cricket for England since Mike Brearley took off his gown and mortar board, reports The Sun. Ansari, who makes his international debut in the Second Test here in Dhaka today, has a double first degree from Cambridge University in politics and sociology.…

A group of former football organisers and national players expressed  their disappointment at the recent debacle of national team and also blamed  the present committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation ((BFF) for the nosedive.  Under the banner “The Current State of Football…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Juan Mata’s second-half strike earned Manchester United a 1-0 win over holders Manchester City on Wednesday as Jose Mourinho’s…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: Emmanuel Boateng scored twice in the first half to lead the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday in the knockout round of the MLS Cup playoffs. Alan Gordon also scored for the Galaxy, who will host to the Colorado Rapids on Sunday in the first match of the…

AFP, MILAN: Edin Dzeko hit his ninth and 10th league goals of the season as Roma stayed in hot pursuit of leaders Juventus with a comprehensive 3-1 win…

AFP, BERLIN: Holders Bayern Munich reached the third round of the German Cup with a 3-1 win over Augsburg on Wednesday while second-division Union Berlin…

AFP, VIENNA: Andy Murray’s pursuit of the world number one ranking was severely tested by Slovak left-hander Martin Klizan in his Vienna opener on Wednesday before the British star clinched a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-0 win. The 29-year-old Wimbledon and Olympic champion, who is closing in on Novak Djokovic’s…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of people including Brazilian football greats gathered Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro cemetery to pay their last respects to “eternal captain” Carlos Alberto, skipper of the 1970 World Cup champions. Crowds of fans decked out in Brazilian yellow and green swarmed…

AFP, LEÓN (SPAIN): A much-weakened Real Madrid went goal crazy in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, smashing third-division minnows Cultural Leonesa 7-1 away from home in the first leg of their last-32 encounter. Marco Asensio and Alvaro Morata each struck twice in a one-sided match, but Spanish…