Azmir Ahmed yet again stunned all when he made the cut of the 23-member preliminary squad of Bangladesh Under-23 cricket team ahead of the upcoming Emerging Teams Cup-Bangladesh 2017. By slamming the first-ever double century in the First Division Cricket League, the young batting sensation placed him…

AFP, DUNEDIN: South African batting coach Neil McKenzie believes his side need another 70 runs to feel safe after New Zealand captured the key wicket…

AFP, INDIAN WELLS (US): World number three Karolina Pliskova battled back to beat Olympic champion Monica Puig 1-6, 6-4 6-4 on Friday, but says she'll have to do better to go further at Indian Wells. “ I don't even think I deserved to win tonight, ” third-seeded Czech Pliskova said…

Bangladeshi players who were put into the auction got a team in the fifth edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as the Player Draft concluded with some eye-catching movement across all six franchises on Friday night.  Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Mahmudullah Riyad and Anamul Haque Bijoy…

AFP, MILAN: Juventus went 11 points clear in Italy on Friday when a contentious injury time penalty gave them a 2-1 win over 10-man AC Milan and a 31st…

AFP, LONDON: Chris Hughton and his Brighton team took another step towards wiping away the nightmare of just missing out on promotion to the Premier League last term with a 3-0 thumping of Derby in their Championship clash. Goals by the impressive Anthony Knockaert, Sam Baldock and Glenn Murray, his…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola indicated on Friday his tenure as Manchester City manager will not be a long one if his first season in charge ends without a trophy. Sheikh Mansour, the club's owner, gave Guardiola his full support when they met in Abu Dhabi last month, and there is no suggestion…

AFP, LIBREVILLE: A Paris Saint-Germain fan in Gabon killed his friend after getting fed up with being mocked about the French club's Champions League defeat over post-match drinks, a judicial source said Friday. The 18-year-old stabbed his friend in the neck after watching the match late Wednesday…

AFP, PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery received the "full and entire support" of the club's demanding Qatari owners on Friday…

AFP, LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's season in the Premier League has developed a pattern of success against the top teams and struggles against those sides…

AFP, MIAMI: Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid will play each other in a one-off pre-season "El Clasico" in Miami in July, organizers confirmed Friday. The La Liga arch-rivals will meet at the Hard Rock Stadium, the 65,000-seat home of the NFL Miami Dolphins, on July 29. The match is…

AFP,  MADRID: Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone believes Fernando Torres will be free to return from a sickening head clash in time for next week's Champions League meeting with Bayer Leverkusen. Torres lost consciousness in a challenge with Deportivo la Coruna's Alex Bergantinos eight…

AFP, PARIS: Mario Balotelli helped Nice salvage a 2-2 draw against modest Caen on Friday in a result that could prove costly to the south coast side's Ligue 1 title dream. Balotelli's strike deep in the second half followed minutes later by Anastasios Donis' leveller pushed Nice into provisional…