Dhiman Ghosh’s scintillating century gave leaders BCB North Zone upper hand against Walton Central Zone (CZ) at stumps on the third day of the fifth round in the franchisee-based Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday. An unbeaten 104-run knock from…

Two new teams have interested to play in ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2017 in Bangladesh after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong pulled out of the tournament because of their pre-scheduled engagement at that time. The tournament was scheduled to kickstart on March 15 to 26. But it has later been…

The BGMEA Cup 2017 football tournament will kick-off from March 2 at the International Turkish Hope School (ITHS) ground in the capital.  This is the second edition of the 7-a-side inter-garments football tournament. The tournament will be played on weekends only and end with the final on March…

Wari Club emerged unbeaten champions in the Popular Life Insurance Dhaka Metropolis Open Women Volleyball Tournament. The mighty Wari Club inflicted a…

AFP, LONDON: Ian Botham says "box-office" Ben Stokes deserves every penny of the more than £1.7 million ($2.1mn) that the England all-rounder will rake in playing in the Indian Premier League. Stokes set a record for an overseas player in the cash-rich Twenty20 competition when Rising…

AFP, LEICESTER: Jamie Vardy scored twice as a revitalised Leicester City started life without sacked manager Claudio Ranieri by sinking Liverpool 3-1…

AFP, LONDON: Zlatan Ibrahimovic thanked his children and Jose Mourinho for getting him to sign for Manchester United but refused to commit his future to the club after his goals helped them win the League Cup. Ibrahimovic scored United's first and their winner in a 3-2 victory over Premier League…

AFP, MILAN: Italy striker Andrea Belotti made amends for missing a second-half penalty for Torino with a late brace that secured a share of the points in a 2-2 draw at Fiorentina in Serie A Monday. In a clash helpful to both sides' chances of qualifying for Europe next season, Fiorentina raced to…

AFP,  DUBAI: Roger Federer showed few signs of rust after a month off following his Australian Open heroics in sending Benoit Paire packing at the…

AFP, LOS ANGELES: US track queen Allyson Felix said Monday she has set her sights on the 2020 Olympics after winning a record sixth gold medal at last year's Rio games. The 31-year-old 400m and 200m star revealed she plans to compete in at least one more Olympics after being honored as female athlete…