Under Chandika Hathurusingha’s tutelage, Bangladesh became a potent force in the limited version cricket but without a Test victory against a major cricket nation, the success wasn’t something to be highly rated.  As England progressed unscathed, reaching 100 for loss by tea in pursuit…

England fast bowler Ben Stokes has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur yesterday. In addition to, the sanction imposed for his breach of Article 2.1.1, one demerit point has been added to Stokes’…

A dress-rehearsal of future captaincy! Tamim Iqbal at the moment is the vice-captain to Mushfiqur Rahim in Test format. But probably it won’t be surprising to see him leading the side during the Test series against New Zealand, specially after the way Mushfiqur made some tactical wrong as a captain…

AFP, MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo returned to goalscoring form with his first hat-trick of the season and also missed a penalty as Real Madrid extended their…

AFP, PARIS: Surprise package Nice can stretch their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to six points on Sunday after Monaco laboured to a 1-1 draw at Saint-Etienne.  Unbeaten Nice host struggling Nantes knowing that victory would propel them clear in the French league, with Monaco now second, ahead of…

AFP, TURIN (ITALY): Gonzalo Higuain hit a fairytale winner as Juventus edged the Argentine’s former club Napoli 2-1 in Turin on Saturday to stretch…

AFP, BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben combined for all three goals as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich eased to an impressive 3-1 victory for their second win over Augsburg this week. Having also beaten their Bavarian neighbours by the same margin on Wednesday at home in the German Cup, Bayern…

AFP, MADRID: Gareth Bale tied his long term future to Real Madrid on Sunday by extending his contract with the Spanish giants to 2022, the club confirmed. "Real Madrid C. F. and Gareth Bale have agreed an extension to the player's contract, keeping him at the club until the 30th of June 2022,"…

AFP, WEST BROMWICH (UK): Sergio Aguero was branded Manchester City’s ‘Special One’ after ending the worst run of manager Pep Guardiola’s career. Argentina forward Aguero scored twice in the first half against West Bromwich Albion before setting up the third for Ilkay Gundogan,…

Country’s renowned long distance swimmer Rowshan Ali died of kidney and diabetes ailment at his Hethomkha residence in Rajshahi on Sunday morning.…

Commander Md Abdul Gani of Bangladesh Navy emerged runner-up at the 3rd Asian Masters Squash Tournament held in Dalian, China, says a press release. Abdul…