Bangladesh women clinched the final spots in both recurve and compound event of the first International Islami Solidarity Archery Championship women’s…

SYDNEY: Six balls, six wickets — it’s every bowler’s dream. Aussie club cricketer Aled Carey will be telling his family and mates (and anyone else who will listen) this story for the rest of his life after achieving the almost unheard-of feat in a Ballarat Cricket Association fourth-team…

AFP, MELBOURNE: Venus Williams says being in another Grand Slam final against her sister Serena was “momentous” and despite losing, she was…

Bangladesh will hold just two-day practice before heading to Hyderabad to play their historic one-off Test against India. The visitors are scheduled to fly for India on February 2, just a week before the outset of the Test match.   After returning home from over month-long Australia-New Zealand…

Stamford University Bangladesh thrashed University of Asia Pacific by 52 runs on the fourth day of the 10th ULAB Fair Play Cup Cricket Tournament at the ULAB Cricket Ground in Mohammadpur yesterday. After setting 146-run target, Stamford skittled Asia Pacific out for 93 with five balls to spare. Put…

AFP, PERTH (AUSTRALIA): Michael Klinger smashed an unbeaten 71 off 49 balls to steer the Perth Scorchers to a crushing nine-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash League final in Perth on Saturday. Klinger hammered five fours and five sixes in the Scorchers’ 144…

AFP, MELBOURNE: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal make their unexpected return as Grand Slam finalists on Sunday in a classic Australian Open decider that…

AFP, PORT-GENTIL (GABON): Herve Renard will be hoping to move a step closer to winning a third Africa Cup of Nations crown when he leads Morocco into a quarter-final against Egypt in Port-Gentil on Sunday evening. The dashing Frenchman eliminated the Ivory Coast, the side he led to the title in 2015,…

AFP, MARSEILLE: Former France striker Bafetimbi Gomis notched a hattrick on Friday as Marseille returned to form with a 5-1 blitzing of Montpellier in…

AFP, DERBY (UK): Wes Morgan spared Leicester’s blushes as his late equaliser rescued a 2-2 draw against second tier Derby in the FA Cup fourth round…

AGENCIES, ST JOHN’S (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA): Former Australian batsman Stuart Law has been appointed as West Indies coach. Law takes over the position…

AFP, LONDON: Arsene Wenger was given a four-game touchline ban with “immediate effect” by the Football Association on Friday after accepting a misconduct charge following an incident that saw the veteran Arsenal manager sent off in Sunday’s dramatic win over Burnley. Wenger will now…