The chief selector of the age group cricket on Wednesday announced the 15-member Bangladesh U-19 Cricket Team without naming captain and its assistant ahead of the next ICC U-19 World Cup, New Zealand 2018. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will soon declare the names of the captain and the vice-captain…

Title aspirants Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club dropped crucial points in the Saif Power Battery Premier Football League after a struggling 1-1 draw with Rahmatganj MFS yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. It was a bright chance for Jamal to join the league leaders Chittagong Abahani if they could…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India won a record ninth Test series in succession Wednesday after drawing the pollution-tainted third and final Test with Sri Lanka in…

Prime Bank-Pallima Sangsad School Table Tennis Tournament organised by Pallima Sangsad will begin today on the club premises in Khilgaon in the capital. The club has arranged the tournament to commemorate its 50th founding anniversary. Mohammed Lutfur Rahman, general secretary of the club stated that…

AFP,  SHARJAH: Off-spinner Mujeeb Zadran became the first international male cricketer born in the 21st century as his four wickets helped Afghanistan thrash Ireland by 138 runs in the first one-day international in Sharjah on Tuesday. Born on March 28, 2001, the 16-year-old's 4-24 were the…

AFP, ADELAIDE: Pacemen Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood spearheaded Australia to a crushing 120-run win in Adelaide on Wednesday leaving Ashes holders…

AFP, LAUSANNE: Russia was banned Tuesday from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee over its state-orchestrated doping programme, but clean Russian athletes will be allowed to compete under an Olympic flag. The sanction was the toughest ever levelled by the IOC for drug cheating…

AFP, PARIS: Manchester United and Juventus were among the sides to clinch a place in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich…

AFP, BARCELONA: Barcelona rounded off an unbeaten Champions League group stage as Paco Alcacer's header and a late own goal from Jeremy Mathieu secured a 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday. Juventus will join the Spanish giants in the last 16 after they too were 2-0 victors away at Olympiakos,…

AFP, PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to match his great rival Lionel Messi on Thursday by claiming a fifth Ballon d'Or as recognition for leading…

AFP, ADELAIDE: Captain Joe Root says England are "still massively" in the Ashes series after a second heavy Test defeat to Australia on Wednesday left his side facing a last stand in the third Test. The Australians sealed a 120-run victory in the second Adelaide Test after a crushing 10-wicket…

AFP, ABUJA: Nigeria's Super Eagles are set to play England in a World Cup warm-up game in June, the general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mohammed Sanusi has said. “We plan to play a friendly against England in June, before the World Cup,” he said, adding that the…

AFP, ADELAIDE: All-rounder Mitchell Marsh was added to Australia's 13-man squad Wednesday for next week's third Test in Perth as the home side bid to clinch the Ashes. Marsh comes into the squad in place of paceman Chadd Sayers, who did not feature in Australia's two opening Test wins over…