It was an impressive performance as Bangladesh U-17 women's football team thrashed Turkmenistan by 6-0 goals in their opening group D match of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers held today (April 26) at Jahan Besar Stadium, Kallang in Singapore. In the proceeding, forward

A man has died shortly after completing the London Marathon in under three hours. Organisers of the event said Steve Shanks, 45, from Bingham, Nottinghamshire, died suddenly while travelling home on Sunday. Tributes have been paid to the runner, whose cause of death has not yet been

Aston Villa moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Fulham on Tuesday, as Leeds and Leicester played out a 1-1 draw in the battle to beat the drop. Villa are now unbeaten in 10 games as they make a late push for Europe thanks to a remarkable turnaround since Unai

Girona striker Valentin Castellanos scored four times as they recorded a resounding victory over reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid. Castellanos, on loan from New York City, headed the opener and then ran onto a long ball before slotting past Real's Andriy Lunin to make it 2-0.

Former tennis player Shovon Jamaly passed away in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday. He was 55. Shovon was a 3 times National Tennis Champion, 2 times National Doubles champion during the 80s. He represented Bangladesh in the Davis Cup, Junior US Open & Junior Wimbledon. He will

Victory, and a series win, felt within grasp for Pakistan but New Zealand and Mark Chapman had other ideas. The left-handed Chap­man smashed a magnificent 104 not out off 57 balls, hitting four sixes and 11 fours, launching a blistering counterattack to deliver a six-wicket victory

A bad few days for Al-Nassr and their star player, Cristiano Ronaldo, became much worse on Monday after a shock 1-0 loss to Al-Wehda in the semi-final of the King Cup. It means what might have been the Riyadh side’s best remaining chance of some silverware has slipped away, with

A plane carrying the Arsenal Women's team caught fire on the runway after a bird reportedly flew into one of the engines following their Champions League clash with Wolfsburg Women on Sunday. Jonas Eidevall's injury-riddled side came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with

Jason Roy's defiant 61 was not enough as Kolkata Knight Riders lost by 49 runs to Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. The England batter reached fifty in just 19 balls - the second-quickest of the tournament so far - but Knight Riders could only reach 186-8, well

Manchester United secured a date in the FA Cup final against Manchester City with a penalty shootout victory over Brighton on Sunday evening. Victor Lindelof sunk the decisive penalty at Wembley Stadium as United reached a record-equalling 21st FA Cup final. The first 12 spot-kicks of

Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum smashed compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's course record to win the men's London Marathon in the second-fastest time ever. The 23-year-old was just 16 seconds outside Kipchoge's world record, finishing in two hours one minute 25 seconds. Sifan Hassan

Wales' Joe Cordina reclaimed the IBF world super-featherweight title with an extremely hard-fought split-decision win over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. Cordina, 31, was stripped of the title in October after breaking his right hand, but was able to return with a win in a front of a

Steve Cooper walked off shaking his head and puffing out his cheeks, his despair plain to see. Nottingham Forest caused mayhem at Anfield but a self-destructive streak at set-pieces ruined any hope their display generated for the fight against relegation. Liverpool accepted the gifts

Riyad Mahrez dazzled Sheffield United as Manchester City reached the FA Cup final to put the fear into Arsenal and keep their treble hopes on track. Poor Sheffield United. They played exactly as they should have against Manchester City and frustrated Pep Guardiola's side for much

Marco Asensio scored one and made another as Real Madrid comfortably beat Celta Vigo in La Liga. Asensio opened the scoring with a first-time finish after Vinicius Junior's cutback into the box. A bullet header by Eder Militao from Asensio's corner three minutes into the

Ireland pace bowler Craig Young is back in the squad for the three-game one-day international series against Bangladesh at Chelmsford next month. Young returns from injury while Josh Little, who has been playing in the Indian Premier League, is also back. Conor Olphert, Matthew

World number one Novak Djokovic is out of the Srpska Open thanks to a straight-set defeat by fellow Serb Dusan Lajovic in the quarter-finals. Djokovic, 35, was beaten 6-4 7-6 (8-6) by the world number 70 in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is a further blow to Djokovic as he builds up to next

Premier League leaders Arsenal scored two late goals as they fought back to draw a thriller at home to struggling Southampton. It was a third draw in a row for the Gunners and Manchester City are now five points behind but with two games in hand - and host the Gunners at Etihad Stadium

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St-Germain beat bottom side Angers to move a step closer to a record 11th Ligue 1 title. France international Mbappe slotted in an early opener after initially missing his volley. He then doubled the lead midway through the first half when he was

World number one Iga Swiatek marked her return from injury with a straight-set win over China's Zheng Qinwen at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Polish top seed Swiatek, the defending champion in Stuttgart, won 6-1 6-4. The 21-year-old had not played since last month's Indian