AFP, ABU DHABI: Rival captains Sarfraz Ahmed and Dinesh Chandimal hope the recent two-match Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will give them a new beginning. Pakistan want to turn the page after the retirement of their two greats Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq while Sri Lanka will look to lift…

Two late strikes from substitute Jafar Iqbal steered Bangladesh national Under-18 football team to blank the hosts Bhutan by 2-0 yesterday to go very…

Defending champions Rupali Bank continued their rich form of vein as they outclassed Indira Road Krira Chakra by an impressive 10 wickets in their third group phase fixture of the Dhaka Women’s Premier Division Cricket League at BKSP-3 yesterday. The Bankers made their DPL mission with a bang…

AFP, LONDON: Former Lancashire star Andrew Flintoff has returned to the English county at boardroom level. Flintoff began his career with Lancashire in 1995 and the all-rounder went on to shine for the county and England before injury curtailed his career in 2010. He made a brief comeback three years…

Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team will face off its Afghanistan counterparts in the first match of the five-match one-day youth series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) in Sylhet today. The match will kick off at BST 9:00 am. The visiting side arrived in Dhaka on September 25. They held…

AFP, LONDON: Ben Stokes was included in England's 16-man squad for the Ashes tour of Australia announced Wednesday despite his recent arrest on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. Durham all-rounder Stokes was dropped for Wednesday's fourth one-day international against West Indies at The…

AFP, DORTMUND: Cristiano Ronaldo marked his 150th European game with two goals as Real Madrid sealed a 3-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday to…

AFP, SEVILLE: French forward Wissam Ben Yedder hit a hat-trick as Sevilla soared to the top of Champions League Group E by cruising to a 3-0 win over…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola fears French full-back Benjamin Mendy faces months on the sidelines with injury and compared his situation to Ilkay Gundogan’s nine-month lay-off. Mendy, signed for £50 million ($67 million) from Monaco in the summer, injured his knee…

AFP, MOSCOW: A sparkling Philippe Coutinho goal was not enough to earn Liverpool victory as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Spartak Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday. Coutinho cancelled out Fernando's free-kick in the 31st minute, but Liverpool's quest for a winner came to nothing, leaving…

AFP, BERLIN: Bayern Munich take great pride in their conservative spending policy and have vocally criticised Wednesday's big-spending Champions League opponents Paris Saint-Germain, yet both clubs profit from Qatari investors. On the eve of the key European game at Paris' Parc de Princes, Bayern…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Kevin De Bruyne’s superb strike and a late Raheem Sterling goal maintained Manchester City's impressive form in a 2-0 Champions…