Amin Khan, coordinator of Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM), dismissed the possibility of playing two foreign players in the Super League phase of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), stating that each team will field one overseas player in their match or matches. Bangladesh’s national pool…

AFP, KAWASAKI (JAPAN): American Justin Gatlin, so often the pantomime villain of men's sprinting, returned to winning form with a pedestrian 100 metres…

Bangladesh posted their second successive win defeating Sri Lanka 90-80 in the South Asian Basketball Championship in Male on Saturday.  Sri Lanka started the game scoring first through a shooting foul although later on into the game they struggled to get through the defence to attack the rim.…

Umpires reported right-arm off break Shafiul Hayet Rhidoy of Victoria Sporting Club for his suspected bowling action in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL). Rhidoy is the third bowler, who has been reported in the DPL after Nuruzzaman Masum of Partex Sporting Club and Manvinder Bisla of Brothers Union. During…

Bangladesh bagged four bronze medals in South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship concluded in Colombo yesterday. Bangladesh bagged 4 bronze medals   in cadet group team, cadet group singles, junior group team and junior group doubles.  In cadet group team event, Bangladesh beat…

AFP, LONDON: England spearhead James Anderson missed the whole of Saturday's play in Lancashire’s Roses clash with Yorkshire because of a groin injury and may take no further part in the match. Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker in Tests, has not been in action at Old Trafford…

AFP, BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s beer-soaked head coach Carlo Ancelotti conceded it will be tough to replace Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso after the…

AFP, PARIS: Monaco capped their French title-winning season with a record 12th consecutive victory after beating Rennes 3-2 on Saturday, while Bastia and Nancy were both relegated from Ligue 1. Fabinho tucked home a rebound to give Monaco a first-half lead at Roazhon Park, and defender Jemerson added…

AFP, MILAN: Mohamed Salah and Stephan El Shaarawy fired a double apiece and Edin Dzeko struck late as Roma put Juventus's title celebrations on hold with a 5-3 win at Chievo on Saturday. Roma travelled to Verona knowing defeat, coupled with a Napoli draw against Fiorentina, could hand Juventus a…

AFP, BERLIN: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in Borussia Dortmund's 4-3 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday to finish as the Bundesliga's…

AFP, MADRID: Vitolo and Franco Vazquez each scored twice as Sevilla ended their season with a 5-0 thrashing of Osasuna in what is expected to be Jorge Samapoli's last game in charge. Sampaoli has publicly recognised his desire to take the vacant role as Argentina boss to aid the two-time world champion's…

AFP, DOHA: Qatar said Saturday it was the victim of an orchestrated smear campaign in sections of the media over its alleged "support" for terrorism, a claim Doha denounced as a “lie”. In a strongly worded statement from Doha's government communications office, Qatar said it…

AFP, PRAGUE: Former under-21 international David Bystron became the second high-profile Czech footballer in a matter of weeks to apparently kill himself after he was found hanging in his cellar, reports said Saturday. The towering 34-year-old defender was found dead in his home in Switzerland on Friday,…