AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's cricket board is reconsidering plans to play a match against Pakistan in Lahore later this month after its players expressed security concerns, officials said Saturday. Sri Lanka are currently scheduled to play their third Twenty20 match in the series in Lahore on October…

Kenta Tanaka’s dying minutes double strike helped Japan post their first win in the Hero Asia Cup Hockey Championship when they defeated Bangladesh…

AFP, SHANGHAI: Roger Federer said he “saved the best for last” after he beat great rival Rafael Nadal for the fifth time in succession to…

Left arm spinner Taijul Islam rated the South Africa tour as the toughest in his career, saying he gained a horrible experience from that tour. Taijul is the one of the three cricketers who arrived in the country some days ago after failing to get a place in the ODI team. The other two is Shafiul Islam…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India on Saturday recalled wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik to the one-day international squad for three upcoming matches against New Zealand. Karthik, 32, was part of the squad for the recently concluded Twenty20 series against Australia but did not get a place in the starting lineup…

AFP, LONDON: England's Ben Stokes -- whose Ashes hopes hang in the balance after he was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm -- was married on Saturday. The all-rounder tied the knot with fiancée Clare Ratcliffe in the southwest of England, with guests including Test captain…

AFP, MADRID: Luis Suarez saved Barcelona’s unbeaten La Liga record this season by salvaging a 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid on Saturday in a match…

AFP, BERLIN: Jupp Heynckes made a perfect start to his fourth spell as Bayern Munich coach with a 5-0 thrashing of Freiburg at the Allianz Arena on Saturday, as Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga lead was cut by a 3-2 home loss to RB Leipzig. An own goal from Julian Schuster put Bayern in front on seven…

AFP, GLASGOW: Celtic retained top spot in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday with a 1-0 win against Dundee enough to keep them ahead of Aberdeen on goal difference. French midfielder Olivier Ntcham found the net with a powerful low shot from 25 yards just after the hour mark but Scott Bain in the…

AFP, LONDON: Manchester City maintained their blistering start to the season as the Premier League leaders demolished Stoke City 7-2, while champions…

AFP, PARIS: A Thomas Meunier brace gave Paris Saint-Germain a hard-fought 2-1 win at Dijon in Ligue 1 on Saturday after the hosts thought they'd earned…

AFP, MOSCOW: Full-back Alexei Berezutsky fired last season's Russian Premier League runners-up CSKA Moscow to a hard-fought 1-0 win at Krasnodar on Saturday. The result lifted the Red Army side into third, four points behind leaders Zenit St Petersburg, who take on Arsenal Tula on Sunday. “It…