The national shuttlers were attacked at their camp by some outsiders yesterday at the NSC Woodenfloor Gymnasium yesterday at 11am.   Shapla Akhter, the national women’s champion alleged that led by the former national player Enayet Ullah some of the miscreants attacked the players. Leading…

AFP, COLOMBO: Legendary Pakistani paceman Wasim Akram said that Sri Lanka had a promising crop of fast bowlers despite their traditional reliance on spin…

Team BJMC shared points with the relegation threatened Uttar Baridhara in the JB Bangladesh Premier League football after a goalless draw yesterday at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Stadium in Gopalganj. Team BJMC, who are on 10th position earned 17 points from as many matches while Baridhara collected…

AFP, MOHALI: England captain Alastair Cook is looking forward to a rare week-long break in a hectic playing schedule after the heavy third Test defeat against India in Mohali Tuesday. Virat Kohli's side won by eight wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-Test series. Cook himself has…

Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Bangladesh National Sports Council (NSC) accorded a reception to the Bangladesh national hockey team, who won the champions trophy of the AHF Cup hockey recently. It was the third consecutive title victory for Bangladesh in the AHF Cup. By virtue of winning the champions…

AFP, PARIS: Canada's Milos Raonic parted ways with coach Carlos Moya on Wednesday despite a season which saw him reach his first Grand Slam final and finish at three in the world. The 25-year-old only teamed up with former French Open champion Moya in January before adding John McEnroe briefly to…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial scored twice as Manchester United crushed West Ham United 4-1 in the League Cup quarter-finals…

AFP, CHAPECO (BRAZIL): Fans of Brazil's Chapecoense football club whose team was wiped out in a Colombian air crash crammed into the home stadium late Wednesday for tearful prayers around the empty pitch. The stadium in Chapeco, southern Brazil, was a solid wall of green as fans and mourners dressed…

AFP,  SYDNEY: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson declined to lay the boot into Australia Thursday after a demoralising Test series defeat to South Africa, insisting their one-day team was a different beast. Australia head into the three-game limited-overs Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, starting Sunday in Sydney,…

AFP,  MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane's son, Enzo, scored on his senior debut as the European champions brushed aside third tier Cultural…

AFP, PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain hotshot Edinson Cavani bagged his 100th goal for the club in a 2-0 win over Angers on Wednesday to keep the reigning Ligue…

AFP, JOHANNESBURG: Ajax Cape Town stunned African champions Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 on Wednesday to continue a South African Premiership revival under former Netherlands goalkeeper Stanley Menzo. Content to contain the CAF Champions League title-holders for much of the clash, Ajax scored twice within…