AFP, AUCKLAND: New Zealand scraped home in the first one-dayer against Australia Monday, but only after rookie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis' fell agonisingly…

Fast bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi seems to be keen to follow the footstep of Australian great Glenn McGrath even though his bowling action is vastly different from the former Aussie pacer.  McGrath always targeted the best batsman of the opponent before any series and tried to inflict a psychological…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court Monday appointed a top anti-corruption troubleshooter as the head of a new team to run the powerful cricket board, weeks after sacking its top officials for a delay in implementing reforms. Former government auditor Vinod Rai, who exposed large-scale corruption…

Finance minister AMA Muhith said that the athletes will help the country move forward further by setting glaring instances at international level. “Bangladesh are making a progress in sports beside other sectors. Hopefully athletes from all the discipline will set more scintillating examples at…

Stamford University Bangladesh (STU) snatched a thrilling nine runs win over North South University (NSU) in the 10th ULAB Fair Play Cup Inter Private University Cricket Tournament at ULAB playground at Mohammadpur.  and South East University(SEU) will faced Green University of Bangladesh(GUB)…

AFP, MADRID: Rafael Nadal on Monday pulled out of Spain's Davis Cup clash with Croatia this weekend as he recovers from his Australian Open exertions. Nadal, beaten in five sets by Roger Federer in Sunday's Melbourne final, will be replaced in the World Group first-round tie by Feliciano Lopez.…

AFP, MADRID: Real Madrid extended their La Liga lead to four points and still have a game in hand over their title rivals as Cristiano Ronaldo was on…

AFP, LONDON: Jamie Collins went from builder to hero on Sunday as his penalty secured non-league Sutton a 1-0 win over second-tier highflyers Leeds United and a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time. Sutton, whose assistant coach Ian Baird ironically captained Leeds to the 1987 FA…

AFP, PARIS: Bernardo Silva struck an injury-time equaliser as Monaco salvaged a deserved point in a 1-1 draw at reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain to keep the visitors top of Ligue 1. Edinson Cavani scored his 21st league goal of the season with an 81st-minute penalty at the Parc des Princes, but…

AFP, PORT-GENTIL (GABON): Mahmoud Kahraba’s late goal allowed Egypt to beat Herve Renard’s Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: Bruce Arena was denied a triumphant return to US coaching duties Sunday as the Americans played Serbia to a goal-less draw in an international football friendly. A Serbian side with only three players over age 25 gave the Americans all they could handle at San Diego in an evaluation…

AFP, ROME: Massimiliano Allegri said Juventus’s new-look attacking formation is here to stay after his side opened up a potentially decisive four-point lead at the top of Serie A. Juve’s 2-0 win at Sassuolo came as nearest rivals Roma went down to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Sampdoria while…

17th FedEx Cup Bangladesh Golf Tournament 2017 concluded recently at Savar Golf Club course in Savar, says a press release.  President of the Savar…