Nazmul Hassan Papon, the president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), hinted that fresh blood has no possibility to make room in the national fold ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy. “It is tough to include any new player in Champions Trophy squad,” said Nazmul Hassan yesterday.  “I…

The final round of the Under-18 National Football Championship will kick off from April 23 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Top eight teams of eight venues of the first phase will battle for the title. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) after a long interval organising the age group…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is mulling to revamp the structure of salaries for its contracted players in response to the request of the players, who have been pushing for a revamped structure of salaries and others since last few months. The board will also finalise the matter of the match fees across…

Abahani Limited will play a do or die match in the AFC Cup competition when they will take on JSW Bengaluru of India at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore today at 7:30pm (Bangladesh time).   But the Bangladesh Premier League champions, who actually had to participate in the AFC Cup competition…

AFP, LONDON: Alastair Cook marked his first match since resigning as England Test captain by scoring a century as Essex thrashed Somerset by eight wickets in the First Division of the County Championship on Sunday. Cook is determined to continue his Test career under new skipper Joe Root and the left-handed…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester United blew the Premier League title race wide open with a 2-0 win over lethargic leaders Chelsea, while Liverpool are back in…

AFP, MADRID: Bayern Munich face a familiar problem as they travel to old European foes Real Madrid on Tuesday needing to make history to keep faint hopes…

AFP, BASTIA (FRANCE): Bastia's home game with Lyon in French Ligue 1 was abandoned at half time after supporters of the Corsican side twice invaded…

AFP,  MADRID: Granada's slim hopes of launching a bid for La Liga survival under Tony Adams were further diminished as an under-strength Celta Vigo ran out 3-0 away winners on Sunday. Former Arsenal and England captain Adams took temporary charge until the end of the season earlier this week…

AFP, PARIS: Little over a month after producing the greatest comeback in Champions League history, Barcelona need another special turnaround as they face…

AFP, GENEVA: Footballers of Swiss club Servette were attacked by fans of bitter rivals Sion at a motorway service station, causing minor injuries, police said on Sunday. The Servette players were returning from a match when their team bus stopped on the motorway close to Zurich. Sion fans, returning…

AFP, MOSCOW: Injury-hit Spartak Moscow took a huge step towards a first Russian title since 2001 on Sunday when Alexander Samedov hit a late winner in a 2-1 victory over Zenit St Petersburg. Spartak are 10 points ahead of CSKA Moscow, who were held to a 0-0 draw by Rostov on Saturday, and 11 in front…