Mahbub Harun, head coach of the Bangladesh national hockey team, will begin his field work from today ahead of the mission of Asia Cup Hockey when out of 40 players, 26 made their report yesterday to coach at the Maulanan Bhashani Hockey Stadium. Harun, who had a good record with the national hockey…

AFP, LONDON: Victoria Azarenka stepped up her bid to become the first mother to win Wimbledon in 37 years as the former world number one defeated Russian…

Bangladesh High Performance (BHP) cricket team got off to a solid start when they beat Northern Territory Invitational team by one wicket in the low-scoring opener of the five-match one-day series at the Marrara Cricket Ground (MCG-1) in Darwin yesterday. The visiting side captain Liton Kumar Das used…

AFP, LONDON: MCC world cricket committee chairman Mike Brearley has said the threat of an Ashes boycott by Australia players is a "serious" concern amid fears of a “looming crisis” for Test cricket as a whole. A bitter pay dispute between Australia's board and players saw the…

West Indies have recalled Chris Gayle to their 13-man squad for the one-off T20I against India. The match is set to take place in Gayle's home ground of Sabina Park in Jamaica. Gayle came in at the expense of Lendl Simmons, who scored 6, 17* and 15 in the series against Afghanistan, West Indies'…

AFP, LONDON: A new England era will start when Joe Root captains the Test side against South Africa at Lord's on Thursday. Root was appointed in February…

AFP, SHANGHAI: A Chinese second-division club were ordered on Wednesday to play a home match behind closed doors after four match officials were attacked following a controversial draw. Police are investigating who beat up the referee and his assistants after the power was mysteriously cut on Saturday…

Pep Guardiola says it could take up to 10 years for Manchester City to be on the same level as Europe's biggest clubs, reports ESPN FC. Guardiola failed to reach the semifinals of the Champions League for the first time in his managerial career last season when City were knocked out in the round…

Barcelona have announced Lionel Messi’s contract renovation with the buy-out clause likely to rise to €300million (£264m). Messi had…

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil has been making the most of the summer break away from football, taking the opportunity to jet off with his Miss Turkey fiancee…

AFP, TOULOUSE: Teenage football star Odsonne Edouard on Tuesday received a four-month suspended sentence for shooting a random passer-by with an air gun. The 19-year-old was also fined 6,000 euros ($6,700) and ordered to pay the victim 2,000 euros ahead of a court hearing on civil damages set for February.…

AFP, LONDON: Australia's George Bailey led from the front on Tuesday, with the Hampshire captain's century the centrepiece of a huge total against Surrey in the First Division of the English County Championship. Bailey's 161 was the third and largest hundred in the visitors' imposing…

AFP, BUDAPEST: Hungarian Olympic swimming star Katinka Hosszu announced Tuesday the launch of a union to represent swimmers against FINA, the sport's governing body, that she accuses of ignoring athletes. The membership of the Global Association of Professional Swimmers (GAPS) represents “all…

AFP, JAKARTA: Indonesia is set to lead a consortium of South East Asian countries in an ambitious bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, the country's football association said Wednesday. Joko Driyono, the vice-president of the Indonesia's football association, PSSI, said the country had proposed…