The men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday. Kiptum made a breakthrough in 2023 as a

Defending champions Brazil failed to qualify for the men's Olympic football tournament as a 1-0 loss to Argentina put their rivals through to Paris 2024. It is the first time since 2004 that Brazil - who were aiming for a third successive gold - will not feature. Luciano Gondou

Australia won the Under-19 World Cup for the fourth time after a 79-run victory over India in the final. Australia posted a competitive 253-7 from their 50 overs as Harjas Singh top-scored with 55 while Raj Limbani took 3-38 for India. India opener Adarsh Singh compiled a patient 47

Sebastien Haller was the hero for Ivory Coast again as the Elephants came from behind to beat Nigeria and win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final on home soil. The striker, who had also netted the semi-final winner just 13 months on from his return from testicular cancer, flicked in

Glenn Maxwell equalled Rohit Sharma's record of scoring five T20 International centuries at Adelaide Oval during the second T20I against the West Indies. Australia, having chosen to bat after Rovman Powell's decision, were 64-3 in the seventh over at Adelaide. Marcus Stoinis

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) team Chattogram Challengers bus met an accident while going to Chattogram today (Feb 11). The incident happened this morning in Sitakund area after a lorry hit the bus from the opposite direction, the team source said. However, no casualties were

With a swipe of his lesser-used right foot, Erling Haaland beat Jordan Pickford to score his first goal since late November and put Manchester City on track for the three points that, until that point, appeared to be eluding them. Everton’s ploy of squeezing up high on Pep

Chinese officials have cancelled two Argentina friendlies that were due to take place in the Asian country after Lionel Messi did not play for Inter Miami in a match in Hong Kong. The world champions were set to face Nigeria in Hangzhou and Ivory Coast in Beijing in March. Fans in

Liverpool returned to the top of the table as they got back to winning ways against struggling Burnley in front of a club record league crowd at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp's side were looking to respond after last weekend's defeat by Arsenal, and having fallen a point behind

Akram Afif scored a hat-trick of penalties as Qatar beat Jordan 3-1 in the Asian Cup final at Lusail Stadium. The result meant hosts Qatar became the fifth team to win back-to-back Asian titles, having also triumphed in 2019. Yazan Al-Naimat's second-half goal had levelled

Rangpur Riders racked up first 200 plus total of this season's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and later defended it astutely to crush Chattogram Challengers by 53 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The victory, their fifth on the trot, helped them consolidate their

Shakib Al Hasan became only the second Bangladeshi batter to reach the milestone of 7000 runs in T20 cricket during his 16 ball-27 runs knock against Chattogram Challengers in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match held today (February 10) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Iran's football federation said Saturday it has asked world football's governing body, FIFA, to suspend Israel's football federation over the country's war in Gaza. In an announcement posted on the Iranian football federation's website, Iran asked FIFA to

Pathum Nissanka became the first Sri Lanka batter to score a double one-day international century in a 42-run win over Afghanistan in Pallekele. Nissanka's unbeaten 210, which included 20 fours and eight sixes from 139 balls, is the joint fifth-highest individual score in ODIs.

India batter Virat Kohli will miss the rest of the Test series against England for personal reasons. The 35-year-old ex-captain previously withdrew from the first two Tests. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Saturday that Kohli also will be absent from the

David Warner slammed 70 off 36 balls in his 100th Twenty20 international to help propel Australia to 213-7 in the opening clash against the West Indies on Friday. After being sent into bat on a windy and cold evening in Hobart, Australia crunched 77 in the six-over powerplay to set the

An Olympic medal inlaid with a chunk of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished piece of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July

Both Bangladesh and India were declared joint champions after the final match of the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship witnessed a lot of drama at the Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday.   India won the game in a toss but Bangladesh officials

Almoez Ali's late strike helped Qatar reach the final of the Asian Cup and continue their title defence with victory over Iran. Hosts Qatar led after goals from Jassem Gaber and Akram Afif cancelled out Sardar Azmoun's superb overhead opener. A controversial penalty decision

Kelechi Iheanacho scored the winning penalty as Nigeria booked their place in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with a 4-2 shootout win over South Africa. The game in Bouake finished 1-1 following a remarkable end to normal time which involved the referee going to his video