Adam Tamiji Haque, one of the members of Dhaka Metropolitan North Awami League, has been elected as the president of the ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Bodybuilding Federation. The announcement was made in a notification signed by Parimal Singh, secretary of the National Sports

Roma coach Jose Mourinho has been banned for four matches by Uefa for confronting English referee Anthony Taylor after the Europa League final. The charge relates to an incident in a car park after the game, when Mourinho, 60, directed a foul-mouthed rant at Taylor. The Portuguese

Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan will join Barcelona on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of this month. Gundogan, 32, was offered a new contact by City but is thought to have negotiated a more lucrative three-year deal with the Spanish champions. City boss

Gary Neville has called on the Premier League to stop the transfer of players to Saudi Arabia until it is certain the integrity of its competition is not being put at risk. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante have already joined the Saudi Pro League - marquee names

Bashundhara Toiletries Limited, a sister concern of country's largest business conglomerate Bashundhara Group, has become the title sponsor of SAFF Championship Football 2023, the famous South Asian World Cup in football. Meanwhile, the country's first ever sports channel T

Australia somehow prevailed in one of the all-time great Ashes Tests to beat England by two wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the series. On an unbearably tense final day of another Edgbaston classic, ninth-wicket pair Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon added an unbroken 55 to defy the raucous

Cristiano Ronaldo became has become the first men’s football player to make 200 international appearances and celebrated that milestone by scoring the winning goal in the 89th minute as Portugal beat Iceland 1-0 in a European Championship qualifier. Ronaldo scored the only goal

Kylian Mbappe scored a retaken penalty as France beat Greece to maintain their perfect record in Euro 2024 qualifying. The hosts were awarded a spot-kick after Konstantinos Mavropanos' awful challenge saw him kick the head of a jumping Antoine Griezmann. Odysseas Vlachodimos

World Cup winners Argentina beat a spirited Indonesia 2-0 in a lucrative friendly in Jakarta on Monday without global superstar Lionel Messi. Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Leandro Paredes opened the scoring after 38 minutes, stepping forward and hitting a rocket into the top corner

Two international matches were abandoned on Monday following allegations of racial abuse. New Zealand said they refused to play the second half against Qatar after saying Michael Boxall was abused by a Qatari player during the first half. The Republic of Ireland Under-21s'

England bowler Moeen Ali has been fined for applying a spray to his bowling hand during the second day of the first Ashes Test on Saturday. Players use drying sprays to help reduce sweat but are not allowed to do so without approval from umpires. The incident was seen on TV cameras

Rory McIlroy's nine-year wait for a fifth major win goes on after he was beaten by one shot by American Wyndham Clark at the US Open in Los Angeles. Clark, 29, carded a level-par 70 to claim his first major on 10 under and the $3.6m (£2.8m) winner's cheque. "US

Croatia missed out on their first international trophy after losing on penalties to Spain in the Nations League final. Dani Carvajal calmly chipped home the winning effort to seal a 5-4 victory on spot-kicks after Unai Simon had saved from Bruno Petkovic. The contest in Rotterdam

Brazil played in an all-black kit for the first half of their win against Guinea in Spain as part of an anti-racism campaign. The South Americans abandoned their usual yellow colours for the 4-1 win at Espanyol's stadium in Barcelona. It follows Brazil forward Vinicius Jr being

Cristiano Ronaldo won his 199th Portugal cap as his side cruised past Bosnia-Herzegovina to maintain their winning streak in their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Bruno Fernandes set up Bernardo Silva who opened the scoring with a chipped effort in the 44th minute. Fernandes added a

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad for the three-game ODI series against Afghanistan. Tamim Iqbal will lead the side for the three-match series, all set to begin from 5 July. The series also sees the return of star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.  Shakib

Ice Cream Inspired Walton Group Test Match  Bangladesh VS Afghanistan Played at SBNCS, Dhaka  Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 1st Innings 362 All Out (Nazmul Hossain Shanto 146, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 76, Mehidy Hasan Miraj 48, Mushfiqur Rahim 47 , Nijhat Masood 5/ 79) Bangladesh

Michael Jordan has agreed to sell his majority stake in the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, the basketball team announced. Details of the deal have not been disclosed, but ESPN report the Hornets are worth an estimated $3bn (£2bn). When the sale concludes, it will bring an end to

India Women Cricket Team will tour Bangladesh next month (June) for a white-ball series which includes three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.  The Indian women’s cricket team will play for the first time since their semifinal defeat by Australia at the ICC Women’s

Bangladesh recorded history during the one-off Test against Afghanistan by registering the largest margin win against the visitors at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur today (June 17). Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 546 runs which is also the third-highest margin win over any team