Saif Sporting Club an emerging powerhouse in the domestic soccer looked to seal their place among one of the top ranking sides when the newly promoted team will play their maiden Bangladesh Premier League this season. Saif Sporting started their preparation in different way as the team has started their…

Nasir Hossain smashed an unbeaten 109 that helped Bangladesh continue their winning streak as they thrashed Nepal by 83 runs in their second match of…

AFP, HAMILTON: Colin de Grandhomme fired with bat and ball to back up Kane Williamson’s 176 as New Zealand tightened the screws on South Africa…

AFP, LONDON: Former England captain Michael Vaughan has given his support after officials on Monday set in motion the procedure that could lead English cricket to have a new eight-team Twenty20 tournament. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chiefs, having seen the success of the Indian Premier League…

Bangladesh youth team began their Asian Under-19 Youth Volleyball Championship with an embarrassing defeat when they went down to South Korea by 3-0 sets in Yangon yesterday. Bangladesh team, who were drawn in the Group B comprised another Asian powerhouse Iran, could not build any resistance against…

AFP, DHARAMSALA: India thrashed Australia by eight wickets on Tuesday to seal a Test series marked by outbursts and controversies 2-1 and underline their…

AFP, BOGOTA: Controversy engulfed Real Madrid star James Rodriguez in his native Colombia on Monday after he was photographed making an obscene gesture…

AFP, DHARAMSALA: Indian skipper Virat Kohli said he no longer considered Australian cricketers as friends after winning a tense Test series marked by bad blood in Dharamsala on Tuesday. Kohli, who remarked before the series that he was “really good friends” with some Australian players,…

AFP, LONDON: Fuelled by the pain of past rejections and revitalised after turning vegan, Jermain Defoe insists he can defy father time by firing England…

AFP, LONDON: Leicestershire cricket club have denied ever making a contract offer to an abusive husband who admitted hitting his then wife with a cricket bat, the English county side said Monday. Mustafa Bashir walked away from court Monday after his lawyers said a prison sentence could ruin his prospects…

AFP, PARIS: Real Madrid’s Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo was the best paid footballer in 2016-17, with 87.5 million euros ($95.3m) in earnings, ahead of his Argentinian rival at Barcelona, Lionel Messi (76.5m), according to figures to appear in Tuesday’s edition of France Football.…

AFP, PARIS: Numerous pitch invasions forced Monday’s friendly between Ivory Coast and Senegal in Paris to be abandoned before full-time. The sides were level at 1-1 when French referee Tony Chapron called off the match in the 88th minute as fans from both sides flooded onto the pitch. Liverpool…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester City have been fined £35,000 ($44,000, 40,000 euros) by the Football Association for a failure to control their players against Liverpool earlier this month. City pleaded guilty to a misconduct charge last week after several players were seen protesting against the…