Any team that has recently come to play in India, remained wary about the threat of Ravichandran Ashwin and India skipper Virat Kohli who made taking wickets and scoring runs utterly easy. Even on tough Indian pitch where the other batsmen struggled to make runs, Kohli showed his magical form while…

Not many teams dare to leave out a player who scores a triple century and that too as the only second batsman of the country. But such was their confidence and bench strength that India are likely to drop Karun Nair in favour of Ajinkya Rahane who recovered from the injury to gain his match fitness.…

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha believed his side got a Test to play in India for the first time in ideal time as the team has become competitive against the top ranked team lately. He thought winning a ODI series against India back at home was the catalyst to get this Test but urged his players…

NEW DELHI: Ahead of Bangladesh's first Test match on Indian soil, we take a look at the top 10 stats to know for the two teams, reports Times of India. 1. India have won six of their eight Test matches against Bangladesh, four by an innings and one by ten wickets. The two draws came in 2007 and…

AKM Muhit Uddin Ahmed, former president of Abahani Krira Chakra, died of cardiac arrest at 9 pm on Tuesday at United  Hospital in the capital. He was 67. He was the president of the club in 1988. He left behind one son, two daughters and a number of grandchildren to mourn his death. His namaj-e-janaja…

AFP, BARCELONA: Luis Suarez booked Barcelona’s place in a fourth consecutive Copa del Rey final (King’s Cup) but was sent off as a bad-tempered…

AFP, MILAN: Edin Dzeko hit a brace to go top of the Serie A goal charts on Tuesday as Roma stayed in the title chase with a comprehensive 4-0 win over lacklustre Fiorentina. Rescheduled due to Sunday’s Six Nations rugby match between Italy and Wales, Roma hosted Paulo Sousa’s men knowing…

AFP, PARIS: Lucas grabbed a controversial late winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Lille 2-1 on Tuesday to stay three points behind Monaco after the Ligue 1 leaders secured a gritty 2-1 victory at Montpellier. Edinson Cavani netted his league-leading 23rd goal of the season to put the reigning champions…

AFP, CAPE TOWN: A career-best innings by Faf du Plessis trumped a thrilling century by Upul Tharanga as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 40 runs in the…

AFP, LONDON: Jason Gillespie has no doubt Joe Root is the right man to captain England after overseeing his development with county side Yorkshire. Root is currently England's vice-captain and is the overwhelming favourite to replace Alastair Cook, who resigned as Test skipper on Monday. But fears…

Reigning champions University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) clinched the 10th Fair Play Cup 2017 beating Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) in…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany’s World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm on Tuesday confirmed he will retire at the end of the season and leave Bayern Munich, having rejected a role as sports director. “I have decided to stop playing football at the end of the season,” Lahm said after Bayern’s…

AFP, SHANGHAI: Megabucks import Oscar began repaying some of his hefty price tag when he scored on his competitive debut for Shanghai SIPG, helping them seal a spot in the AFC Champions League group stage. The Brazil midfielder, who quit Chelsea in a 60 million euro ($64 million) deal, rolled in SIPG’s…