Bangladesh will be looking to go up in the series when they face Ireland in the second match of the three-match one-day international series at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford, England today. The match is scheduled to start at 03:45 pm (BST) and will be telecast live on ICC.tv.

Manchester City can take a giant stride towards a third consecutive Premier League title by beating Everton this weekend but rejuvenated Arsenal have not given up hope of springing a surprise. Liverpool are suddenly in the conversation for a top-four finish after six straight wins

Australia have retained their No.1 spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's ODI Rankings after the annual update but face strong competition ahead with Pakistan and India on their toes. Australia improved their rating from 113 to 118 following the annual update, maintaining a slender lead

It is easy to get confused looking at Jamie Siddons' biodata. He was once the head coach of the Bangladesh national team and later he returned as a batting coach of the same team. Now he has taken responsibility to train Bangladesh ‘A’ team and Bangladesh Tigers. He has

Fabio Fognini edged out Andy Murray in a battle of veteran tennis dads to reach the Italian Open second round on Wednesday. Fognini, ranked outside of the top 100 for the first time in 14 years, came through 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 against his fellow 35-year-old. Former number seven Fognini

Lionel Messi on Friday apologised for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia that led to Argentina's World Cup-winning captain being suspended by his club Paris Saint-Germain. "I want to apologise obviously to my teammates and to the club," Messi said in a video

For one team, it was a nightmare start. After weeks of hype about the first Milan derby in the Champions League since 2005, AC Milan trailed 2-0 inside 11 minutes. This had not been the plan. Before kick-off, the 'home' supporters - both legs will be played at San Siro -

Brazil's Dani Alves has had second a request to be released from jail on bail rejected by a Spanish court as an investigation continues into an alleged sexual assault. Alves, 40, has been held since January over an allegation he assaulted a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in

A washout in the opening one-day international between Ireland and Bangladesh saw South Africa pip Ireland to the final automatic World Cup spot. Tuesday's match in Chelmsford was abandoned due to rain with Ireland on 63-3 after 16.3 overs in response to 246-9 from Bangladesh.

Kevin de Bruyne's screamer earned Manchester City a Champions League semi-final first-leg draw at Real Madrid to keep their dream of a Treble on track. City know any win next Wednesday at home against Madrid will send them to only their second Champions League final, against either

Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie won the toss and sent visitors Bangladesh to bat first in the first ODI of the three-match series in Chelmsford, England today (May 9).  Mustafiz Rahman and Taskin Ahmed have been kept out of the match while Shoriful Islam and Taijul Islam are

Nigar Sultana Jyoti's unbeaten 51-ball 75 helped Bangladesh women's team beat Sri Lankan by six wickets in their first T20 International in Colombo on Tuesday (May 9). Nigar smashed seven fours and two sixes as Bangladesh chased down a 146-run target with one ball to spare and

Lionel Messi returned to training with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday six days after Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain was suspended for going on an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia. “Leo Messi returns to training Monday morning,” tweeted the club along with a

New Zealand avoided a whitewash in ODI series after beating Pakistan by 47 runs in the fifth and final match in Karachi on Sunday. The victory meant New Zealand avoided being swept in the five-game series, which Pakistan won 4-1. New Zealand batted first and were bowled out for 299

World number two Carlos Alcaraz retained his Madrid Open title with a three-set victory over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff. The 20-year-old Spaniard won 6-4 3-6 6-3 for his fourth trophy on the ATP Tour this season, and 10th overall. Alcaraz is the second man to defend his title

Ten minutes of normal time remained when Mikel Arteta withdrew the outstanding Martin Ødegaard and the almost equally impressive Gabriel Martinelli. Arsenal’s manager had judged his team’s two-goal lead sufficiently secure to protect this magnificent match’s two

Paris St-Germain moved to within three wins of the Ligue 1 title with a routine victory at Troyes. PSG were dominant playing in their first match since suspending World Cup winner Lionel Messi. Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring for the champions in the eighth minute before Vitinha

Bangladesh women’s U-17 coach Dalia Akhter has asked for help from Bashundhara Group to develop and promote handball, especially women’s handball in Bangladesh. “Bangladesh handball, especially the women’s handball, needs sponsors to take off ahead. Bashundhara

Abahani clinched their third straight victory in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) super league phase with a four-wicket win over Legends of Rupganj at BKSP-3 ground today. Abahani restricted Mashrafe Bin Mortaza-led Rupganj to 230 runs in 47.2 overs. Abahani batters then batted with

World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka played a superb attacking game to beat Iga Swiatek in the Madrid Open final on Saturday for her first win on clay against her top-ranked rival. The Belarusian prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to capture the title in the Spanish capital for the second time. Until