Nazmul Hassan Papon, president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), describes the upcoming Test against India as the toughest challenge for Bangladesh, stating that India are invincible side at their home condition. “We took the charge of the board since three years. As so far I know, this will…

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Pratisthan (BKSP) retained the title of the National Youth Hockey Championship when they trounced Dhaka Education Board by 5-0 in the 26th Agrani Bank National Youth Hockey yesterday. Held at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium, in the one-sided match BKSP led the first half…

AFP,  OTTAWA: Britain booked a Davis Cup quarter-final matchup against France in odd fashion Sunday after the decisive final singles match ended when Canada's Denis Shapovalov hit the umpire with a ball. The 17-year-old Israeli-born Canadian was defaulted after hitting a ball into the face…

FIH confirmed the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) that Malaysia will replace Canada in the World Hockey League to take place in Bangladesh from the first week of March. The World Hockey League was scheduled to held with eight teams including Canada but they withdrew their name from the competition…

Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes sidelined from the one-off India Test series with thigh injury yesterday.  Kayes sustained injury in his thigh during the fielding in the two-dayer practice match against India-A at the Gymkhana Cricket Ground in Hyderabad.  Promising all-rounder Mosaddek Hossain…

AFP, LONDON: Alastair Cook resigned as England Test captain after a record 59 matches in the role, saying Monday it was “a sad day” but the right decision for the team. Cook, England’s leading scorer in Tests with 11,057 runs, became captain in August 2012 and led his country to Ashes…

AFP, LIBREVILLE: Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to score a stunning winner with two minutes left as Cameroon fought back to beat Egypt 2-1 in a…

DUBAI: ICC announces a raft of changes following their latest round of meetings in Dubai, according to agencies. A Super Over may be used in one-day international cricket for the very first time after the International Cricket Council announced the method will be implemented in the case of a tie in…

AFP, NEW DELHI: When India host a Test match against Bangladesh for the first time this week, it marks the culmination of a political power play which…

AFP, ROME: Juan Cuadrado broke his Serie A duck for the season with a sensational strike that sent Juventus six points clear of Napoli thanks to a 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday. Title hopefuls Roma, currently third at seven points behind, can move back up to second place with a win over Fiorentina…

AFP, PARIS: Saint-Etienne inflicted a third league defeat in four matches on faltering bitter rivals Lyon and bolstered their European aspirations with a 2-0 victory in Sunday’s tempestuous Rhone derby. Kevin Monnet-Paquet scored a ninth-minute opener at Saint-Etienne’s Stade Geoffroy Guichard…

AFP, BERLIN: Japan’s Makoto Hasebe converted a late penalty in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-0 win over bottom side Darmstadt which saw them climb above Borussia Dortmund into third in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Frankfurt, who reached the European Cup final in 1960, are on course to make their…