Rishad Ahmed showed a stellar allrounder performance as Bangladesh beat New Zealand XI by 26 runs at Lincoln today in their lone practice game ahead of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand national team. Rishad, who played three T20 Internationals for Bangladesh so far,

The three-day ABG Bashundhara Victory Day Golf Tournament 2023 was inaugurated with a colourful programme at Kurmitola Golf Club (KGC) course in Dhaka on Thursday.  KGC Vice-President and Master-General of the Ordnance of Bangladesh Army Major General Md Zahirul Islam inaugurated

Winger Micah Hamilton scored on a dream Manchester City debut as he helped his side beat Red Star Belgrade and reach the Champions League last 16 with a 100% record. Hamilton, 20, has been with the club since the age of nine and put City ahead after 19 minutes in a hostile atmosphere

Royal Antwerp stunned Barcelona for their first ever Champions League win featuring two goals in stoppage time. Teenager Arthur Vermeeren put Antwerp ahead after just 90 seconds, before Barcelona equalised before half-time through Ferran Torres. Antwerp led again via Vincent

Paris St-Germain scraped through to the Champions League knockout phase after 17-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery's goal earned a priceless draw at already-qualified Borussia Dortmund. With Newcastle and AC Milan ready to pounce on a slip-up by PSG, Dortmund led when Karim Adeyemi

Newcastle United's Champions League campaign ended in heartbreak on a night of emotion and drama on Tyneside, as AC Milan came from behind to win at St James' Park and send them out of Europe. The Toon Army were dreaming of a place in the knockout stages when they took the lead

England let a dominant position slip as they fell to a four-wicket defeat by West Indies in the opening game of the T20 series in Bridgetown. Captain Jos Buttler and Phil Salt took the tourists to 77-0 at the end of the powerplay and that became 112-2 at the halfway stage before

The German soccer federation will start prosecuting people who direct racist abuse and hate speech at players online. The federation, known as the DFB, said Tuesday it is working with the public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt to identify the perpetrators of online abuse and

Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday and failed to even secure the consolation of a Europa League spot as Bayern Munich won 1-0 at Old Trafford. United were toothless as Harry Kane and his Bayern teammates only needed one penetrating move to create Kingsley

Rishabh Pant is set to make his return to cricket in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) after over a year out of the game. India wicketkeeper Pant, 26, was seriously hurt in a car crash in December 2022. Reports in India said he suffered injuries to his head, back and leg.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal in 2023 as Al-Nassr beat rivals Al-Shabab 5-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Saudi King Cup. The former Real Madrid and Manchester United forward got his side's fourth in the second half. That took his tally for the current season to 26

Turkish football bosses suspended all leagues after a referee was punched to the ground by a club president following a top-flight game on Monday. Halil Umut Meler was struck by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca, who ran on to the pitch after his team conceded a 97th-minute equaliser

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will start on January 19 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.   BPL first match will take place between with defending champions Comilla Victorians taking on Durdanto Dhaka. The first match day falls on a Friday (December 11) which will

Bangladeshi left-arm spinner Nahida Akter has won the ICC Women's Player of the Month for November.  She became the first-ever Bangladeshi woman to win the award. Nahida beat compatriot Fargana Hoque and Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal to win the award and was thrilled to

Everton claimed three consecutive Premier League victories for the first time since 2021 as they saw off Chelsea at Goodison Park. Abdoulaye Doucoure and substitute Lewis Dobbin both fired home first-time efforts in the second half as Sean Dyche's side moved four points clear of

Anthony Davis scored 41 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers to victory against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA's first in-season tournament final. Davis also registered 20 rebounds, five assists and four blocks, while team-mate LeBron James added 24 points and 11 rebounds in a

Girona underlined their La Liga title credentials with a famous victory at Barcelona to move top of the table. Goals from Artem Dovbyk, Miguel Gutierrez, Valery Fernandez and Cristhian Stuani gave the visitors a deserved first ever league win over their Catalan rivals. Robert

Aston Villa moved to within two points of the summit of the Premier League with a narrow win over Arsenal, who missed out on a chance to go top. Villa took the lead at Villa Park through skipper John McGinn, who brought Leon Bailey's cross under control before hammering the ball

Mohamed Salah scored his 200th Liverpool goal as Jurgen Klopp's side produced a late comeback against 10-man Crystal Palace to move top of the Premier League and increase the pressure on former boss Roy Hodgson. Salah became only the fifth player to reach that landmark for the

West Indies got over the line in a nervy chase to beat England by four wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-shortened third one-day international in Barbados. When play began two hours later than scheduled, seamer Matthew Forde quickly took three wickets on his