AFP, PUNE: A gritty half-century from an ailing Matt Renshaw and some late Mitchell Starc fireworks pulled Australia back from the brink against a persistent…

Pocheon Citizen Football Club of South Korea came from a goal down to draw with TC Sports Club of Maldives to book their place in the last fours in the…

Apart from Chittagong Abahani Limited, rest of three teams of Group B, including Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka) are in do or die situation in Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup to qualify in the semifinal when the group phase will be concluded today. Every team of the group have their chance to qualify…

A total of six matches were decided on the opening day in the Bubble Gum Inter School Basketball Tournament at Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium yesterday. Twelve boys and eight girls schools are taking part in the tournament organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation (BBF). Chittagong Grammar School…

The second edition of Pakistan Super League is underway and teams are seeking to book a berth in the next round. So far, Lahore Qalandars, Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi have played six matches each while Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings have featured in five games each. It is Sarfraz Ahmed-led…

AFP,  SEVILLE: Jamie Vardy's first Champions League goal gave Leicester City a lifeline in their last 16 tie despite going down 2-1 to Sevilla…

AFP, LONDON: Despite harbouring some reservations about his hairstyle, Lawrie McMenemy knows Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the man his old club Southampton must stop in Sunday's League Cup final against Manchester United. As Southampton manager, McMenemy led the south-coast club to their greatest success…

AFP, BUENOS AIRES: Lionel Messi could not be happier than at Barcelona, and can crown his status as an all time great by winning the World Cup with Argentina,…

AFP, LONDON: Wayne Rooney's agent Paul Stretford held talks in China on Thursday amid mounting speculation over the Manchester United captain's future, British media said. Rooney, 31, has been sidelined by manager Jose Mourinho heightening expectations he could leave United for the mega-rich…

AFP, PORTO: Croatian starlet Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves came off the bench to strike late as Juventus overcame 10-man Porto 2-0 in their Champions League…

AFP, MIAMI: Canadian top seed Milos Raonic advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Delray Beach Open on Wednesday by defeating Croatia's Borna Coric 6-3, 7-6 (7/2). On a night when rain delayed the start of play for more than eight hours, world number four Raonic fired 12 aces on his way to victory…

AFP, SAINT-ÉTIENNE: Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored but was then forced off with a hamstring injury as Manchester United cruised into the Europa League last 16 with a 1-0 win at St Etienne on Wednesday. That completed a 4-0 aggregate victory in the last 32 tie, although United finished the match with…

AFP, SYDNEY: Australia will play Brazil in Melbourne in June as a warm-up for the Confederations Cup, organisers said Thursday. The match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 13 will be Brazil's first in Australia since a 2-2 draw in Melbourne and a 2-0 win in Sydney in 1999. The game comes four…