Barisal Division still have a deficit of 49 runs against Dhaka Division at the end of the second day game of the fourth round in the tier-1 of the Walton…

AFP,  RANCHI: Australian captain Steve Smith on Saturday left his country’s tour of India because of a shoulder injury, the team announced.…

Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) designed a plan to accord a colourful welcome to Queen’s Baton Relay team of Commonwealth Games, which will arrive tomorrow (Monday) at the Shahjalal International Airport from London with the message of Queen. It is a regular norm that before every Commonwealth…

Amalesh Sen, coach of Abahani Limited football team, died of cardiac arrest yesterday evening. He was 74. He left behind his wife three sons and daughters…

Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) hosted a get together yesterday for the former national hockey stars of the 1985 Asia Cup hockey team and organisers with the players of the current national team, who are getting ready to play the Asia Cup Hockey 2017 to start from October 11. The function…

AFP, ALICANTE (SPAIN): Spain sealed their place in next year's World Cup by routing Albania 3-0 on Friday in a match laced with political tension…

AFP, ORLANDO: Christian Pulisic fired the United States to a 4-0 win over Panama on Friday that saw the Americans inch closer to a 2018 World Cup berth.…

AFP, BUENOS AIRES: Argentina awakened on Friday to the horrifying possibility of a World Cup without the “world's best player”, Lionel Messi. The Albiceleste drew 0-0 at home to Peru on Thursday to fall not only out of the four automatic South American qualifying places for next year's…

AFP, TURIN: Giorgio Chiellini's first-half goal was cancelled out by Aleksandar Trajkovski as Italy struggled to a 1-1 draw against Macedonia in Turin…

AFP, TURIN: Gian Piero Ventura warned Italy will struggle to even get past November's World Cup play-offs if they reproduce the woeful form of Friday night's 1-1 draw against Macedonia in Turin. Aleksandar Trajkovski cancelled out Giorgio Chiellini's first half goal as the Azzurri left the…

AFP, THE HAGUE: Netherlands captain Arjen Robben still has hope that the struggling Dutch can reach next year's World Cup, despite their perilous position in qualifying ahead of Saturday's trip to Belarus. Anything but a win in Barysaw would almost certainly see Dick Advocaat's side miss…

AFP, SAO PAULO: Brazil defender Thiago Silva will miss his country's final 2018 World Cup qualifier against Chile on Tuesday with a thigh muscle injury he suffered in Thursday's 0-0 draw against Bolivia. The 33-year-old Paris Saint-Germain centre-back hobbled off in the 27th minute of the match…

AFP, PARIS: Tom Lawrence scored his first international goal to earn Wales a vital 1-0 victory in Georgia on Friday and keep them in the hunt for a place at next year's World Cup. The Derby Counter midfielder rifled in the winner four minutes after half-time in Tbilisi as Chris Coleman's side…