Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury defies the reemerge of two-tier system in the discussion table, stating that there will be no such agenda on two-tier system in Test in the upcoming ICC meeting to be held on Feb 4-5. The matter of two-tier system in Test earlier was put up in…

AFP, MELBOURNE: Many people thought Roger Federer's Grand Slam-winning days were behind him, but he defied his age and conventional logic to seal…

PTI, MUMBAI: Abhinav Mukund, who has played five Test matches for India, will captain the India A side in a two-day warm-up game against Bangladesh at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad on February 5 and 6. Bangladesh will then play a one-off Test against India at Hyderabad from February 9 to 13. …

Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad is likely to play the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for the first time after being roped in by Quetta Gladiators. He replaced Australian Brad Hodge, who skipped the tournament for family affairs, in the team. In a team’s Twitter handle, the Quetta Gladiators…

State University of Bangladesh (SUB) beat IUBAT by 74 runs in the 10th ULAB Fair Play Cup Inter Private University Cricket Tournament at the ULAB play ground in the capital yesterday. An inserted SUB scored 148 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs.  In reply, IUBAT were dismissed for only 74 runs in…

Bangladesh archers bounced back strongly in the team events of recurve and compound division in the ongoing International Islami Solidarity Archery Championship at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium in the capital yesterday. Roman Sana, Sanwar Hossain and Tamimul, who were eliminated yesterday in the…

The National Sports Council has dissolved the executive committee of Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF) as per Act of 1974 20 A (B) yesterday and formed a 28-member ad-hoc executive committee to run the activities of the federation.  The NSC has also directed the new ad-hoc committee to hold an…

AFP, FRANCEVILLE (GABON): Sadio Mane’s decisive penalty miss allowed Cameroon to knock fancied Senegal out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the quarter-finals…

AFP, ROME: Inter Milan defender Danilo D’Ambrosio has hailed coach Stefano Pioli’s clear orders as the key to the club’s remarkable turnaround since Frank de Boer was sacked. Right-back D’Ambrosio opened the scoring as Inter cruised to a 3-0 win over bottom side Pescara on Saturday,…

Bangladesh new spin sensation Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been appointed as PRAN Potato Cracker brand ambassador for one year.   Ali Hasan Alam, general…

AFP, LONDON: Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup by Championship club Wolves as Tottenham survived a potential giant-killing of their own by twice…

AFP, PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH AFRICA): Wayne Parnell and Imran Tahir took three wickets each to set up a comfortable eight-wicket win for South Africa in the first one-day international at St George’s Park on Saturday. Sri Lanka struggled to 181 all out, with Kusal Mendis the only batsman to shine…

AFP, TOKYO: Japan’s Ippei Watanabe broke the men’s 200 metres breaststroke world record on Sunday by becoming the first swimmer to go under two minutes, seven seconds. The 19-year-old clocked a time of 2:06.67 at the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo, eclipsing the previous best set by countryman…

AFP, ALEPPO (SYRIA): Syrians cheered excitedly in an Aleppo stadium on Saturday as they watched their first live football match in the war-ravaged city in years. The Ittihad club beat Hurriya 2-1 in their first match on home turf since rebels took east Aleppo in 2012, dividing the northern city into…

AFP, GLASGOW: A Scottish non-league goalkeeper was red-carded on Saturday for leaving the pitch during a match to urinate, local media reported. Garry Whyte, playing for Shettleston against Shotts Bon Accord in the West of Scotland Super League, was caught short after 72 minutes and pleaded with officials…