The preparation camp of the Bangladesh women’s cricket team for the tour of South Africa 2018 will be held in Sylhet from April 12. The camp will end on April 26, two days before their take off for South Africa on April 28. A total of 30 cricketers have been called up to the preliminary squad.…

An ICC delegation will come to Bangladesh to visit Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) in Sylhet in the next month. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and its women’s wing chairman Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel made the revelation following a meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricekt…

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will review its decision to punish Fear Fighters Club and Lalmatia Club, their players, coach and manager as they were slapped with different types of ban following their admission to losing Dhaka Second Division Cricket League games deliberately. The board decided…

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opened their account in the IPL 2018 after they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by four wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, reportsIplt.com. The Knight Riders opted to bowl first and restricted the visitors to 176-7. The home team’s chase…

Abahani Limited left Dhaka yesterday morning for Guwahati, India to play their third match of the AFC Cup against the hosts Aizawl FC tomorrow. Abahani Limited suffered defeats in their previous two matches when they went down to New Radiant Club of Maldives and JSW Bengaluru of India. Abahani, the…

AFP,  GOLD COAST: Akani Simbine of South Africa stunned Jamaican favourite Yohan Blake to win the men's 100 metres in 10.03sec at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. Simbine stormed through on lane seven ahead of compatriot Henricho Bruintjies in 10.17, as Blake, the fastest man into the final,…

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan suffered a stinging setback Monday ahead of their Test tours of Ireland and England after key leg-spinner Yasir Shah was ruled out with a hip bone injury. The 31-year-old has been key to Pakistan's Test wins since 2014, having taken 165 wickets in 28 Test matches. Chief selector…

AFP, MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo’s 24th goal in 15 games  for Real Madrid this year was not enough to earn his side a derby victory on Sunday…

AFP, MILAN: Last-gasp goals from Arkadiusz Milik and Amadou Diawara kept Napoli’s title ambitions alive with a 2-1 win over Chievo on Sunday to maintain pressure on Serie A champions Juventus. Maurizio Sarri’s title-chasers looked destined to remain seven-points behind the reigning champions…

AFP, LONDON: Antonio Conte slammed his misfiring Chelsea stars as their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League suffered a potentially fatal blow in a 1-1 draw against West Ham on Sunday. Conte’s side went ahead through Cesar Azpilicueta’s first-half strike at Stamford Bridge. But…

AFP, BERLIN: Christian Pulisic’s goal kick-started Borussia Dortmund in a 3-0 victory over Stuttgart on Sunday, ahead of next week’s mouth-watering derby at Schalke. Dortmund’s home win leaves them just one point behind arch-rivals Schalke, who are second in the Bundesliga table despite…

AFP, MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admitted he is at a loss to explain how conceding multiple times in short spells continues to cost…

AFP, LONDON: Danny Welbeck inspired Arsenal to a sixth straight victory with two goals and an assist in a hot-tempered 3-2 home win over Southampton,…