In a rain-marred One Day International (ODI) series opener at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram, Afghanistan thrashed Bangladesh by 17 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method.  Afghanistan's spinners played a pivotal role in restricting Bangladesh to a

Former Barcelona and Spain coach Luis Enrique has been appointed as the new coach of Paris Saint-Germain, the French champions announced on Wednesday. The 53-year-old, who had been a free agent since being sacked as Spain coach last December, replaces Christophe Galtier after his

Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh in the three-match series opener at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today (July 5). Bangladesh is hosting Afghanistan in a bilateral ODI series for the third time and during the previous two series,

The 31-year-old left Liverpool after eight seasons at Anfield, during which time he scored 111 goals in 362 appearances and won the Premier League, Champions League and Club World Cup. His arrival at Al-Ahli was revealed by the club in a video posted to social media and comes less than

Andy Murray maintained his record of never losing in the Wimbledon first round with an encouraging victory over fellow Briton Ryan Peniston. Two-time champion Murray, ranked 40th in the world, started slowly against wildcard Peniston on Centre Court. But the Scot showed his greater

Novak Djokovic dried the court with his towel and urged the crowd to "blow" in a farcical rain delay as his Wimbledon title defence began with a win. Djokovic beat Argentina's Pedro Cachin 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-4) on Centre Court. But after the first set there was no play for

The town council in Mangaratiba issued four fines for "environmental violations in the construction of an artificial lake at the player's mansion," the council secretariat said in a statement. "The sanctions add up to more than 16 million reais," the statement

The much-awaited three matches ODI series starts tomorrow at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury (ZAC) stadium at Sagarika, Chattogram. Irrespective of the roller coaster ride of Bangladesh in the recent one-off test against the tourist ODI series is expected to generate tool and nail battle

FIFA World Cup-2022 winning Argentina's goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez today (July 3) paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the PM's office. During the meeting, the premier appreciated the Argentine footballer for his contribution to winning the Football World

Argentina's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez arrived in Dhaka early Monday (July 3).  Martinez's visit to Dhaka is short, but intense 11-hour visit. A plane, carrying the 30-year-old goalkeeper and some of his personal staff, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal

Georgiy Sudakov scored twice as Ukraine came from behind on Sunday to upset France 3-1 in Romania in the last quarterfinal at the European under-21 tournament. Earlier, Anthony Gordon scored the winner as England, who have yet to concede a goal in the tournament, beat Portugal 1-0 in

England are desperately battling to avoid a 2-0 Ashes deficit after Australia's awesome pace bowlers decimated the home top order late on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord's. Set a record 371 to win, England were reduced to 45-4 by the brilliance of Australia captain

Britain's Savannah Marshall became the undisputed super-middleweight champion with a majority decision points win over American Franchon Crews-Dezurn at Manchester's AO Arena. The 32-year-old home fighter started slowly but landed the cleaner, heavier shots in a gruelling yet

Scotland ended two-time winners West Indies' World Cup hopes and boosted their own chances of reaching this year's finals with a seven-wicket win. It is the first time Scotland have beaten West Indies in a one-day international, at the fourth attempt. Brandon McMullen took

Bangladesh suffered a fighting 1-0 goal defeat to superior Kuwait to exit the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship from the first semifinal held today (Saturday) at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, India. Right-back Al-Buloushi broke the heart of Bangladesh fans scoring the all-important

  Sports Desk Chelsea have signed Senegal forward Nicolas Jackson on an eight-year contract from Villarreal. The 22-year-old scored 13 goals in 38 appearances for the La Liga side last season, including nine in the final eight league games. He is the Blues' second

Despite a resolute fightback by the Netherlands, Sri Lanka held on to register a 21-run victory in their first Super Six match while Ireland defeated USA by six wickets. Sri Lanka beat Netherlands by 21 runs in the second game of the Super Six stage in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Renowned Pakistani snooker player and Asian Under-21 silver medallist, Majid Ali committed suicide in his hometown Samundri near Faisalabad in Punjab on Thursday. He was 28. Majid was reportedly suffering from depression since his playing days and ended his life by using a wood-cutting

Tata Martino has sent a warning to the rest of Major League Soccer over the incoming arrivals of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets. 'I spoke to Leo and yesterday spoke to Sergio,' Martino said at his first press conference since becoming Miami coach.  'Sometimes

Inter Miami have appointed former Barcelona and Argentina coach Gerardo Martino to take charge of the Major League Soccer team, setting up a reunion with compatriot Lionel Messi. Martino, widely known as “Tata,” coached Messi with both the Spanish club and his