AFP,  DAMBULLA: Sri Lanka's injury-prone skipper Angelo Mathews has ruled himself out of bowling during the one-day internationals against South Africa which start Sunday. Mathews has been troubled by recurring injuries since being brought back as one-day captain in January and had to sit out…

India will enter next week's first Test against England with questions over their top order after batting failures on the final day against Essex, reports BBC Sport. Opener Shikhar Dhawan fell for his second duck of the match, while number three Cheteshwar Pujara made only 23. India reached 89-2…

Bangladesh ‘A’ Team led by one-day captain Mominul Haque left Dhaka for Dublin, Ireland to play a five-match unofficial ODI series along with…

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and its Games Development chairman Khaled Mahmud Sujon on Saturday expressed his disappointment not to take place…

The national players’ way to deal with the matter in the social media and public sphere and tendency to involve them all kind of unwanted incidents…

AFP, LONDON: New Zealand's Martin Guptill struck 102 from just 38 balls as Worcestershire thrashed Northamptonshire by nine wickets in English county cricket's Twenty20 Blast on Friday. Set a target of 188, visitors Worcestershire won with nearly seven overs to spare, with Joe Clarke making…

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) governing committee will hold an important meeting scheduled to be held at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Management Office of the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur at 6:00pm today. It’s learnt from the BCB insiders that the meeting will be held…

AFP, TOULOUSE (France): Eric Abidal's cousin has said that he "didn't take a penny" from Barcelona, over allegations the club illegally…

AFP, MOSCOW: Russian national team football coach Stanislav Cherchesov on Friday saw his contract extended by at least another two years after the side's better-than-expected performance at the World Cup. "The Russian Football Federation announces it has signed a new contract with the head…

Barcelona's summer transfer business is not over, according to coach Ernesto Valverde, who says the Blaugrana are likely to make more signings before…

AFP, MIAMI: Manchester City's World Cup players have decided to return to training early and help aid manager Pep Guardiola's attempt to defend…

AFP, SINGAPORE: New coach Thomas Tuchel dismissed concerns about dealing with Paris Saint-Germain's "big personalities" on Friday, as he…

AFP, SINGAPORE: Arsenal boss Unai Emery on Friday said Nigeria's Alex Iwobi was set to sign a new deal, in a boost to his efforts to fire the Gunners back to the big time. Emery has been busy in the transfer market in his first weeks in charge but he said Iwobi, 22, was staying put for the post-Arsene…

AFP, CHICAGO: Jurgen Klopp on Friday laughed off suggestions by Jose Mourinho that Liverpool's transfer spending spree meant the club faced greater…

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri is wary of the hype surrounding the club since Cristiano Ronaldo moved to the club, reports Goal.com. Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo, 33, completed a €100 million (£89m/$116m) transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus earlier this month with many…

AFP, RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has been named as Palmeiras boss for the third time at the age of 69, the Brazilian giants announced. Scolari, who led Brazil to 2002 World Cup glory in Japan and South Korea, was hired just hours after the Sao Paulo based side…

AFP, LONDON: Japan forward Yoshinori Muto is close to completing a move to the English Premier League after Newcastle United said Friday they had areed terms to sign him from German club Mainz. Newcastle said the move was now subject to approval, with the 26-year-old requiring a work permit. But with…

Juventus have announced the signing of 16-year-old starlet Pablo Moreno from Barcelona, reports Goal.com. The Spanish striker arrives after scoring more than 200 goals for Barca's various youth teams at the famed La Masia academy, since joining from Granada five years ago. A stable presence in Spain's…