South Africa's fast bowlers utilised the movement on offer at Lord's on day 1 to reduce England to 116/6 before heavy showers curtailed the day's play. Toss: South Africa opted to field  WTC Standings before the match: South Africa on No.1 with 71.43 PCT, England at

India and Australia will play two sets of five-match Test series in the upcoming cycles of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), the International Cricket Council announced on its next Future Tours Program (FTP) cycle on Wednesday (August 17). Australia will host India in the 2023-25

Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, currently embroiled in a lawsuit over his bid to buy Twitter, was being serious. The 51-year-old Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who has a habit of

Bangladesh will play a total of 50 matches in two formats of cricket-ODI and T20 as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the first women's Future Tours Programme (FTP) on Tuesday (Aug 16). The FTP contains a total of 301 international matches between 2022 and 2025. The

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp left his expensive summer signing Darwin Nunez to sleep on the moment of wild indiscipline that saw him make an early and undignified exit from his home debut in the Premier League. Nunez, signed from Benfica in a deal worth an initial £64m, will

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes. The suspension will be lifted once an order to set up

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Ltd, a leading sports club in the country, has distributed food among 5,000 destitute people today (Aug 15) marking National Mourning Day. The nation is commemorating the August 15, 1975 massacre when a group of disgruntled army officials assassinated Father

Real Madrid opened their La Liga title defence with a hard-fought victory as they came from a goal down to beat Almeria. Former Manchester United striker Largie Ramazani fired Almeria into a shock lead after just six minutes. Home goalkeeper Fernando Martinez made a series of saves

Erik ten Hag's poor start as Manchester United boss culminated in humiliation on Saturday, when the Red Devils were thrashed 4-0 by Brentford, leaving them at the bottom of the Premier League. For the first time since 1936, United has lost seven consecutive away league matches.

Neymar scored twice as Paris St-Germain made it two Ligue 1 wins from two under new boss Christophe Galtier with a resounding defeat of Montpellier. While Kylian Mbappe saw a first-half penalty saved, PSG went ahead through Falaye Sacko's own goal. Neymar scored from the spot

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will lead the country’s team for the upcoming Asia Cup in the UAE and T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 17-member team led by Shakib Al Hasan on Saturday (August 13). Earlier,

New Zealand defeated West Indies by 90 runs in the second T20 International at Sabina Park on Friday to take an unbeatable 2-0 in the three-match series. In a one-sided encounter that magnified the rapid decline of the two-time World T20 winners over the past 12 months, the Black Caps

Barcelona have registered four of their new signings in time for their first game of the season on Saturday. The Spanish club were unable to register new players because of La Liga financial regulations, but freed up funding with several 'economic levers'. The fourth was

  Seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, misses out as 15 Premier League players - including 12 from Liverpool and Manchester City - are nominated for this year's coveted football award. Messi won the award in 2021. England Euro 2022 winners Millie Bright, Beth

A company that sells exclusive FIFA packages to the well-heeled is predicting record sales for the World Cup in Qatar, but its owner insists the tournament will be "good value" for all fans. Jaime Byrom, who has sold millions of hotel rooms over 10 World Cups, said wealthy

Scotland have claimed the European qualifying spot for the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup after their series victory over the Netherlands. After victory in the first of three matches, Katherine Fraser's side secured the spot for South Africa when they claimed a nine-wicket

Ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan cancelled his contract with the Betwinner News, a sister concern of the betting site Betwinner, just an hour after the stern warning of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon.  After a meeting with some BCB directors at his

An emotional Serena Williams has admitted she is "terrible at goodbyes" following defeat by Belinda Bencic in the second round of the Canadian Open. The 23-time Grand Slam champion lost 6-2 6-4 in Toronto in her first match since announcing she will be "evolving

Goals from David Alaba and Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt and a fifth UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. While Frankfurt were dangerous, particularly in the first half, Madrid's experience and individual quality saw them through, as it did so often in

Bangladesh avoided whitewash in their 400th one-day international by beating Zimbabwe by 105 runs in Harare. Earlier, Bangladesh set a 256-run target for Zimbabwe in the third One-Day International at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday (Aug 10). Earlier in the day, Zimbabwe won the