Mohammad Ashraful resumes his career  with National Cricket League (NCL) following the end of his three-year domestic suspension that was slapped for his involvement in match-fixing in BPL-2.  Although he played so far three-round games of the league he could bat only in one match for Dhaka…

AFP, BRISBANE: Australia prevented a world-record, 490-run chase by Pakistan on Friday to win a gripping first Test by just 39 runs and preserve their 28-year unbeaten streak at Brisbane's Gabba ground. Relieved skipper Steve Smith ran out Yasir Shah for 33 to take the last wicket and end Pakistan's…

Chenchu Gyeltshen of Bhutan struck twice as Chittagong Abahani Limited trounced Team BJMC by 3-0 in the JB Bsangladesh Premier League football yesterday. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, in the day’s first match, the Ports City led the first half with the Bhutanese striker found the net…

Gold medal winners Mabia Akhter Simanta and Jahura Akhter Reshma got death threats after their arrival at home Sunday evening. Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation (BWF) general secretary Moqbul Hossain said, “He had no information about the death threats of Mabia and Reshma. Moqbul, while talking…

AFP, BRISBANE: Australia named an unchanged 12-man squad Monday for the Boxing Day Test after their Gabba fright against Pakistan. The Australians, who prevailed by 39 runs over the tourists in a final-day thriller in Brisbane, kept paceman Chadd Sayers in their squad for the second of the three-Test…

The Maldives team are the first to reach Dhaka to participate in the Bangabandhu  Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship. The five nationals…

AFP, BARCELONA: Luis Suarez celebrated his bumper new five-year Barcelona deal in style with a double as the champions defeated Espanyol 4-1 in the Catalan…

AFP, YOKOHAMA (JAPAN): Cristiano Ronaldo said he had answered his critics in style as he rounded off a “spectacular” year with a hat-trick…

AFP, PARIS: Mario Balotelli scored twice to stretch Nice’s advantage at the top of Ligue 1 to four points with a 2-1 victory over Dijon as title rivals Monaco lost 3-1 to Lyon. Italy striker Balotelli made his first league start in six weeks after returning from a calf injury and converted a first-half…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Raheem Sterling struck the winning goal as Manchester City reinvigorated their Premier League challenge by coming from behind to defeat…

AFP, MILAN: Dries Mertens put four goals past England’s Joe Hart as rampant Napoli completed a memorable 5-3 win over Torino to move up to third place in Serie A Sunday. Mertens has been pushed into the main striker’s role by coach Maurizio Sarri to fill in for missing centre-forward Arkadiusz…

AFP, KOCHI (INDIA): Kolkata won the Indian Super League title Sunday after beating Kerala Blasters 4-3 on penalties. Atletico de Kolkata midfielder Jewel Raja Shaikh clinched the club’s second title after gliding the ball past Graham Stack to stun Kerala’s packed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.…