Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, chief executive officer (CEO) of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), ruled out the speculation, stating that they are yet to abandon Fatullah as practice venue for the lone practice match. It is rife that the one off two-dayer practice match before the two-match Test series has been…

Zahid Hossain scored one goal and set another one for Towhidul Alam Sabuj as Chittagong Abahani Limited kept their winning streak in five matches in a row in the Saif Power Battery Bangladesh Premier League football defeating Rahmatganj by 2-0 yesterday. Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Sabuj…

Peter Handscomb’s journey to the cricket was not straight forward. He was at least a state level junior star at soccer, tennis and cricket. Back…

The selection panel of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) kept all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad out of the first Test of the two-match Test series against the top-notch Australia. That did not flummox him as the all-rounder will fly for Jamaica within the next two days to play the ongoing edition of the…

Country’s two leading female chess players WIM Rani Hamid and WIM Shamima Akhtar Liza won their respective first round games in the  Walton 37th National Women’s Chess Championship at Bangladesh Chess Federation Hall room in the capital yesterday. In all 32 players won in the first…

A five member Bangladesh Archery team left Dhaka for Bishek to participate in the International Archery Championship to be held in  Supara Chunkurchak in Kyrgyzstan from August 21 to 25. Bangladesh team will return home on August 26. Kazi Rajibuddin Ahmed Chapal, general secretary of Bangladesh…

AFP, BIRMINGHAM: Stuart Broad starred as England thrashed the West Indies by an innings and 209 runs to ensure the inaugural day/night Test in Britain…

AFP, MADRID: Atletico Madrid battled back from 2-0 down after a red card for Antoine Griezmann to salvage a 2-2 draw at newly-promoted Girona to start their La Liga campaign on Saturday. Tight security measures oversaw the first top-flight match in Catalonia since two terror attacks in the region left…

AFP, MILAN: Goals from Mario Mandzukic, Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain handed Juventus a 3-0 win over Cagliari on Saturday, as the Italian champions defied a video assistant referee (VAR) penalty decision to open their Serie A campaign in commanding fashion. Juventus, who sealed a record sixth consecutive…

AFP, BERLIN: New-father Mathew Leckie expected to celebrate breaking his year-long Bundesliga goal-drought by changing a few nappies after scoring twice on his Hertha Berlin debut on Saturday. The 27-year-old Socceroos star became a father a week ago when his partner gave birth to a daughter Olivia…

AFP, BERLIN: Teenager Christian Pulisic scored and created a goal as he replaced want-away Barcelona target Ousmane Dembele to spark Borussia Dortmund…

AFP, LONDON: Jese Rodriguez made a memorable start to life at Stoke City by scoring the only goal of a 1-0 victory over Arsenal at the bet365 Stadium…