AFP, BIRMINGHAM (UK): England fast bowler Steven Finn hopes to make the most of his late call-up to Champions Trophy duty when the tournament hosts face New Zealand in Cardiff on Tuesday. Finn was left out of England's original squad for a tournament featuring the world's top eight one-day international…

The all Sky Blues will embark to win the season’s inaugural title, the Walton Federation Cup Football tournament, when Abahani Limited Dhaka will…

Gazi Group Cricketers are the new champion of Premier Division League (DPL) for the 2016-17 season with one match in hand. After Abahani’s last…

Andrew Ord, the newly appointed Bangladesh national football team’s coach arrived Dhaka on Sunday night to join in his job. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) appointed him for one year with the condition that he would not resign before six months or BFF will also not sack him within six months…

AFP, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faced calls for a total overhaul on Monday after slumping to a “shameful defeat” against arch-rivals India at the Champions Trophy in England. The highly anticipated match at Edgbaston proved anti-climactic as Pakistan were thrashed by 124 runs, extending their winless…

AFP,  MADRID: Thousands of delirious Real Madrid fans poured onto the streets of the Spanish capital to catch a glimpse of Cristiano Ronaldo and…

AFP, MADRID: Thousands of delirious Real Madrid fans called for Cristiano Ronaldo to win a fifth Ballon d'Or on Sunday as the Spanish giants paraded the Champions League trophy for a record 12th time. Ronaldo scored twice in Real's 4-1 thrashing of Juventus in Cardiff on Saturday as Madrid became…

AFP, SYDNEY: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, Monday joined the board of an Australian mental health company, a subject close…

AFP, PARIS: Third seed and 2014 runner-up Simona Halep charged into the French Open last eight on Monday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Spain's Carla Suarez…

AFP, PARIS: The Netherlands warmed up for a vital 2018 World Cup qualifier next week with an emphatic 5-0 friendly win against Ivory Coast on Sunday. The Dutch are struggling to make it to Russia next year, placed only fourth in Group A on seven points behind leaders France (13) Sweden (10) and Bulgaria…

AFP, PRAGUE: Tomas Berdych on Monday parted ways with coach Goran Ivanisevic, the former Wimbledon champion, in an effort to rescue his faltering career. Berdych, the Czech world number 14, only teamed up with Ivanisevic in August last year. However, a second round exit at the French Open prompted the…

AFP, KINGSTON: Usain Bolt is working hard to be fit for next Saturday's season-opening 100 metres at the Racers Grand Prix track meet after the nine-time Olympic gold medallist took time off to mourn the death of a close friend. In an interview aired on Jamaican national television Saturday, Bolt…

AFP, PARIS: Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann intends to stay at the Spanish club next season amid ongoing speculation about his future, the striker told French television station TF1 on Sunday. Griezmann has been heavily linked with a move away from Atletico, all the more so since the Court of…