Arsenal's hopes of finishing in the Premier League top four were dealt a huge blow as they were well beaten by Newcastle at St James' Park. Mikel Arteta's side needed a win to move above Tottenham into fourth and put them in the driving seat to secure a Champions League

Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka Test Series  1st Test Played at ZACS, Chottogram  Brief Scorecard at Sumps Day two  Sri Lanka 1st Innings 397 All Out in 153 Overs (Angelo Mathews 199, Dinesh Chandimal 66, Kushal Mendis 54, Oshda Fernando 36, Naeem Hasan 6/105, Shakib Al

The visiting Sri Lanka strengthened their position reaching 375 for 8 after 140 overs on day two of the first Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.  However, Bangladesh off-spinner Nayeem Hasan strike twice in the morning session and later Shakib al Hasan

Novak Djokovic won his sixth Italian Open title on Sunday after a straight-sets victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-0, 7-6 (7/5) in Rome, while Iga Swiatek won her fifth straight tournament by dispatching Ons Jabeur. Djokovic claims sixth Italian Open title, Swiatek makes it five in a

AC Milan lead Inter Milan by two points going into the final day of the Serie A season as both sides won on Sunday. Theo Hernandez's superb goal sealed AC Milan's 2-0 victory over Atalanta to put them on the verge of their first Serie A title for 11 years. The French

La Liga champions Real Madrid were held to a draw away to relegation-threatened Cadiz. Mariano put the 35-time Spanish champions ahead after five minutes following an excellent run by Rodrygo. Ruben Sobrino struck a deserved equaliser for Cadiz before half-time. Alvaro Negredo

Chelsea defended their Women's FA Cup crown and completed the Double in dramatic fashion as Sam Kerr scored the winner against Manchester City in extra time in front of a record crowd at Wembley Stadium. Kerr, who put Chelsea 1-0 up in the first half, kept her cool to slide in a

Bangladesh Sri Lanka Test Series  1st Test Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket Stadium (ZACS)  Brief Score Card at Stumps Day One Sri Lanka 1st Innings 258/4 (Angelo Mathews 114*, Kushal Mendis 54, Oshada Fernando 36, Dinesh Chandimal 34*, Naeem Hasan 2/71, Shakib Al

Bangladesh made a good start to the first Test, reducing Sri Lanka to 73-2 at lunch on the opening day of the match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Sunday (May 15).   Bowler Nayeem Hasan claimed all of those two wickets of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Oshada

Former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds has died aged 46 after being involved in a car crash. The all-rounder played 26 Tests, 198 one-day internationals and 14 Twenty20s for Australia between 1998 and 2009. A powerful batter, canny bowler and fine fielder, Symonds was part of two

Liverpool held their nerve to win the FA Cup for the first time since 2006 after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Chelsea as the quadruple chasers kept their history bid alive on Saturday (May 14). Jurgen Klopp’s side won 6-5 on penalties at Wembley as Greek defender Kostas

China withdrew as the 2023 Asian Cup host because of the coronavirus as the country battles its worst outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) praised Chinese officials for making “this very difficult but necessary decision in the

Bangladesh captain Mominul said all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is 100 percent fit to play the first Test against Sri Lanka, starting tomorrow (Sunday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here. After joining the side yesterday night, following his recovery from the Covid-19, Shakib today

Chelsea and Liverpool line up in the 141st FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday (16:45 BST) - a match you can watch live on BBC One. Liverpool, who beat Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final in February, are chasing an unprecedented quadruple after reaching the Champions League final, while

The pillow talk of Bangladesh is whether or not Bangladesh is heading towards Sri Lanka? Situation and circumstances alter cases. This is the forum for discussing cricket and more specifically Lanka Bangla ensuing test series taking off from tomorrow at Sagorika, Chattogram Zahur Ahmed

World number one Novak Djokovic claimed the 999th win of his career after beating Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 7-6 (7-1) to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open. The Serbian top seed, 34, was 5-2 up in the second set before being pegged back to 5-5 by the Canadian. Djokovic will

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has tested negative for Covid-19 on Friday morning. However, head coach Russell Domingo, didn't sound optimistic about the prospect of fielding Shakib so soon after recovering from Covid. BCB team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon confirmed

The challenge of lifting England's Test cricket from "rock bottom" instead of a "cushy" role with the limited-overs side is what attracted Brendon McCullum to his first red-ball coaching job. McCullum was confirmed as England's Test head coach on Thursday

Sergio Aguero admitted he was grateful to Manchester City as his former club prepared to unveil a statue celebrating their record scorer's most famous goal. Aguero memorably netted the stoppage-time strike against QPR that sealed City's Premier League title triumph at the

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Ltd earned a valuable point after they played a 1-1 draw with Dhaka Abahani Limited during their 15th match of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League at the Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet on Thursday.   Abahani’s national forward Mehedi Hasan