Bangladesh National Under-23 will begin their AFC age group qualifying mission from today with taking on Jordan, one of the top level teams in Asian football at Dura Stadium, Hebron, Palestine. Bangladesh national football have a very shocking experience against Jordan when they conceded 12 goals in…

AFP, COLOMBO: Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne guided Sri Lanka to a record 388 target to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets Tuesday in a pulsating end…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)-High Performance (HP) returned home from Darwin after finishing a successful two-week-long tour. Following their incredible result in five-match one-day series against the Northern Territory Invitational XI, the visiting side fantastically clawed back and triumphed the…

IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin stunned GM Ziaur Rahman in a 3rd round game of the Category ‘A’ in the Saif Powertec 2nd International Rating Chess Tournament at Chess Federation hall-room and NSC Tower auditorium lounge on Monday. Minhaz played with black pieces and won against GM Zia. IM Minhaz…

PTI, MUMBAI: Acceding to newly-appointed chief coach Ravi Shastri’s demand, the BCCI today appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team’s bowling coach, ending days of drama surrounding the position. Arun was India’s bowling coach during Shastri’s previous tenure as Team…

AFP, NOTTINGHAM: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said his side had gone back to basics in a commanding 340-run win over England in the second Test…

AFP, NOTTINGHAM: Former England captain Nasser Hussain delivered a withering indictment on the "abysmal" selection behind the current side following their colossal 340-run defeat by South Africa in the second Test at Trent Bridge on Monday. Hussain said too many recent call-ups had failed…

AFP, BREDA (NETHERLANDS): Holders Germany were held to a goalless draw by Sweden while underdogs Russia stunned Italy as Group B opened at the Women's…

AFP,    ROME: Francesco Totti confirmed his retirement on Monday, the Roma legend announcing “a new adventure” in his storied…

AFP, BARCELONA: Barcelona announced Monday record income of 708 million euros ($812.8m) for 2016/2017 with an after-tax profit of 18m euros. The Spanish giants said the healthy revenue was up 13m on the forecast figure in their budget for the period. A statement following the approval of the accounts…

AFP, LONDON: Everton's busy transfer window shows no signs of letting up after they announced the signing of defender Cuco Martina from Southampton on a free transfer on Monday. The 27-year-old has signed a three-year-deal at Goodison Park and again links up with manager Ronald Koeman, who coached…

AFP, BARCELONA: New Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde laughed off the idea of bringing in new players on Monday saying the best signings were the players already in the dressing room. “I'm more than happy with the way things stand,” said Valverde when pressed on the potential signing…

AFP, DOHA: A second stadium being built for the football World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be ready on schedule next year despite sanctions imposed by Gulf neighbours, an official said on Monday Al-Warkah 40,000-seat stadium, designed in the shape of a boat by the late award-winning architect Zaha Hadid,…