AFP, PARIS: Maria Sharapova vowed to “rise up again” on Wednesday after she was refused a wildcard for the French Open following her 15-month ban for doping. The Russian former world number one also earned the backing of the head of women's tennis, a day after the French tennis federation's…

All services teams will fight for the title of the ATN Bangla Gold Cup 31st National Hockey Championship when Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Army moved…

Bangladesh reached semifinals of both boys and girls’ of ITF Asian Under-12 Team Championship held in Kathmandu yesterday. Boys’ team emerged group champions beating Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan. On the other hand girls’ team finished group runners-up after beating Bhutan and going…

Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club registered an easy 10-wicket win against Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah yesterday. Put in to bat, Khelaghar SKS managed to score 178 in 45.3 overs. In its pursuit, Prime Doleshwar hunt down the target with ease. Imtiaz Hossain…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India will begin a 17-day tour of the West Indies next month with five one-day internationals and one Twenty20, the cricket boards of both countries confirmed Tuesday. The ODI matches will be played at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua…

AFP, ROME: World number one Murray's Rome Masters title defence  ended worringly early as he was comfortably beaten 6-2, 6-4 by local favourite Fognini after a first-round bye on Tuesday. Murray limped to another premature exit with flamboyant shotmaker Fognini bossing the Scottish top seed…

AFP, LONDON: Alexis Sanchez kept alive Arsenal's fading hopes of qualifying for the Champions League as the Chilean broke Sunderland's stubborn…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester United predicted a record rise in annual revenue to between £560 million ($721.8 million, 652.4 million euros) and £570 million in their latest quarterly financial figures released on Tuesday. United had previously told investors to expect revenue of between £530…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Manchester City edged ever closer to a guaranteed place in next season's Champions League after an entertaining 3-1 win over West…

AFP,  BARCELONA: Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu insisted Tuesday he would remain in his post despite his upcoming date with a judge concerning…

AFP, MADRID: Spanish prosecutors said Tuesday they had filed lawsuits against Colombian striker Radamel Falcao and Portuguese defender Fabio Coentrao for allegedly hiding millions of euros in income from the tax office. AS Monaco's Falcao is suspected of failing to correctly declare 5.6 million…

AFP, MADRID: Real Madrid must hold their nerve in the La Liga title run-in coach Zinedine Zidane warned on Tuesday ahead of the catch up game against…

AFP, LISBON: The son of Brazil's celebrated 1994 World Cup winner Bebeto, Mattheus Oliveiro, has joined Sporting Lisbon on a five year contract, the topflight Portuguese side announced on Tuesday. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder moves from Sporting's domestic rivals Estoril after starting…