Australia might have possessed a poor record in the sub-continent but Bangladesh’s public announcement over the Test series prediction of 2-0 whitewash…

A tweet of Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha on social media platform Twitter generated much curiosity ahead of the first Test against Australia.…

Bangladesh wheelchair cricket team clinched the series when they thrashed India wheelchair cricket team by two wickets in the nail-biting series-deciding match at the Dhaka University Gymnasium ground yesterday. After being locked in 1-1, the third match of the series was rolled onto the ground, where…

Valencia Olaya struck the season’s first hat-trick, as Saif Sporting Club brushed aside Brothers Union by 5-0 to record their successive fifth victory in the Saif Power Battery Bangladesh Premier League football yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The newcomers in the Premier League…

AFP, PARIS: Neymar for once played a more restricted role as Edinson Cavani scored twice and Thiago Motta once in Paris Saint-Germain's comfortable…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City to be wary of Napoli in the Champions League group stage, describing them as one of the three best footballing sides in Europe. Guardiola's team are optimistic of a good run in this season's competition after being drawn against Shakhtar…

AFP, LONDON: Exasperated by Chelsea's failure to land his top transfer targets, Antonio Conte hopes Sunday's clash with Everton is the prelude…

AFP, LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino hopes to add three more signings to his squad before the transfer window closes next week, he said on Friday. Spurs had not signed any new players when the Premier League season started, but this week they have completed moves for Colombian…

AFP, GLASGOW: Lin Dan stayed on course for a record-breaking sixth men's singles title at the World Championships in Glasgow on Friday with a straight…

AFP, BERLIN: Germany coach Joachim Loew on Friday called up 17 members of his Confederations Cup-winning squad and only seven world champions for next week's World Cup qualifiers. Germany face the Czech Republic in Prague on September 1 and host Norway three days later. With six wins out of six…

AFP, MADRID: Veteran strker David Villa is set for an international recall after being named Friday in Spain's squad for key 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Villa, aged 35, is Spain's all-time top scorer with 59 goals from 97 international games. He last played for his country in the 2014 World Cup…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho expects Zlatan Ibrahimovic to challenge Romelu Lukaku for a starting berth when the Swedish striker returns to action. Ibrahimovic, 35, signed a one-year contract with United this week, having been sidelined since sustaining a serious knee ligament…

AFP, LONDON: Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale was recalled by Wales on Friday for their forthcoming 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Austria and Moldova. Bale, 28, missed Wales's last game, a 1-1 draw against Serbia in June, through suspension. Stoke City midfielder Joe Allen and Aston Villa…