AFP, SYDNEY: Australian paceman Joe Mennie suffered a "minor brain bleed" and fractured skull after a ball hit his head during training, Cricket Australia (CA) said Wednesday. Mennie was bowling at a nets session with his Twenty20 Big Bash League team the Sydney Sixers in Brisbane on Monday…

Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) is working round the clock to finish all preparation for a smooth staging of the First Islamic Solidarity Archery…

Bangladesh announced their 14-member women’s cricket team squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier. All-rounder Rumana Ahmed will lead Bangladesh in the World Cup Qualifier 2017 in Sri Lanka. Farzana Haque, Sanjida Islam, Nigar Sultan, Sharmin Sultana and Sharmin Akhter placed…

AFP, MELBOURNE: A resurgent Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic to reach his first Grand Slam semi in three years at the Australian Open on Wednesday, as Serena…

University of Asia Pacific (UAP) shocked  NSU by five wickets in the 10th ULAB Fair Play Cup (Inter Private University Cricket Tournament) at the ULAB playground at Ramchandrapur in the capital yesterday. NSU elected to bat first and scored 81 runs for 9 wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Faiaz of…

Federation Cup Basketball Tournament organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation will kick-off today at Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium. Six teams divided into two groups will take part in the tournament. Dhaka Gladiators, The Gregs Club and The Gregarious have been drawn in Group-A. Dhumketu Club,…

AFP, OYEM (GABON): Defending champions the Ivory Coast were sent packing from the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday after losing 1-0 to a Morocco side…

AFP, MILAN: A fine second-half header from Jose Callejon fired Napoli into the semi-finals of the Italian Cup and a last four date with either Juventus or AC Milan after a bad-tempered 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Tuesday. Both sides finished with 10 men at the Artemio Franchi stadium after a fiery finale…

AFP, PARIS: Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria propelled holders Paris Saint-Germain into a fourth straight French League Cup final with both scoring twice…