Only one match will be held on the fourth day of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) third phase today when Rajshahi Kings will face-off Rangpur Riders at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) at 5:45pm. This will be the second encounter for Kings and Riders. In their first meeting, which…

Dhaka Dynamites’ paceman Mohammad Shahid sidelined for the next two weeks with right knee injury and finished his campaign in the ongoing T20 tournament of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) fourth edition. The pacer sustained injury while he was fielding against defending champions Comilla Victorians.…

AFP,  MOHALI: England's Ben Stokes was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday for using foul language on the opening day of the third Test against India in Mohali. The incident took place when Stokes reacted to India's celebrations following his dismissal and…

Bangladesh earned the distinction of earning the 5th AHF Cup title for the third successive occasion. Bangladesh outplayed Sri Lanka 3-0 in the final in Hong Kong yesterday. Bangladesh, who led the first half 1-0, won the previous two titles in 2012 and 2008, according to Bangladesh Hockey Federation…

AFP, BULAWAYO (ZIMBABWE): Upul Tharanga and Kusal Mendis struck half centuries as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by six wickets to clinch the triangular series trophy at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Sunday. After bowling Zimbabwe out for 160 inside 37 overs, Sri Lanka surrendered early wickets cheaply…

AFP, MOHALI: Ravichandran Ashwin hit an attacking half-century to give India the edge after England's bowlers dented the hosts with quick wickets on day two of the third Test in Mohali on Sunday. India were 271 for six at stumps with Ashwin (57) and Ravindra Jadeja (31) at the crease. The hosts…

AFP, ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA): Australia rebounded to a seven-wicket victory over South Africa to end a run of five Test defeats in the day-night third Test…

AFP, MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Real Madrid were thankful to a late missed penalty from Duje Cop to open up a seven-point lead over Barcelona with a 2-1 win over Sporting Gijon on Saturday. Madrid looked set for an easy afternoon as Ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot before…

AFP, LONDON: Chelsea fought back for a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur that cemented their place on top of the Premier League, while title rivals Manchester City and Liverpool kept pace with the leaders on Saturday. Antonio Conte’s Chelsea had been knocked out of pole position by City’s 2-1…

AFP, KAZAN (RUSSIA): World Cup holders Germany and European champions Portugal will avoid each other in the group stages of the Confederations Cup after Saturday’s draw in Kazan. Hosts Russia will come up against Euro 2016 winners Portugal, Mexico and New Zealand in Group A in the event billed…

AFP, TOKYO: Olympic silver medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the NHK Trophy ice-dance title on Sunday, bagging a world record score with their…

AFP, HAMILTON (NEW ZEALAND): Tim Southee bagged six wickets as New Zealand took a 55-run lead over Pakistan on a rain-shortened third day of the second Test in Hamilton on Sunday. Only rookie batsman Babar Azam was able to cope with New Zealand’s chief strike bowler and he was left stranded on…

Md Mahfizur Rahman of Bangladesh Navy set a new record in the men’s 200-metre freestyle event of 28th National Swimming Championship which began at the Shaheed Nazrul Islam National Swimming pool in the capital yesterday. Mahfiz broke his own record clocking a timing of 1 min 58.44 sec. Faisal…