Jack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England and former Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged 85. The former Leeds defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and also had dementia. One of English football's most popular characters, he was in the team that won

1st Test England Vs West Indies at Southampton   England First Innings 204 All Out in 67.3 Overs (BA Stokes 43, JC Buttler 35, DM Bess 31*, RJ Burns 30, JO Holder 6/42 , ST Gabriel 4/62 ) and 2nd Innings 15/0 in 10 overs. West Indies 318 in 102 Overs  ( KC Brathwaite 65 , SO Dorwich

British Olympians Becky and Ellie Downie say abusive behaviour in gymnastics training became "ingrained" and "completely normalised". It comes after several gymnasts told BBC Sport about what they called a "culture of fear" within the "mentally and emotionally abusive" sport. The

West Indies Vs England Test Series  Ist Test Played at Rose Bowel , Southampton England  Brief Score at Stumps on Day Two  England First Innings: 204 All Out ( Ben Stokes 43, JC Buttler 35, DM Bess 31, RJ Burns 30, J Holder 6/43 , S Gabriel 4/62 ) , West Indies 57/1 ( JO Campbell

England Vs West Indies Test Series . Test Played at Rose Bowel, Southampton , England, 8 July -12 July   England 35/1 in 17.4 overs .  Summer rain, a very usual feature of English cricket allowed only 17.4 overs cricket at Rose Bowel of Southampton. A new look England under stand

New quarantine exemptions will allow major sporting events, as well as TV and film productions, to go ahead this summer, the government has said. Some sports teams and production crews will not have to quarantine upon arrival in England if they are essential to the event or production.

Cricket admirers across the world will get a sigh of relief as soon as Jason Holder and Ben Stokes walks in to toss for the first test between England and West Indies at Rose Bowel, Southampton on 8 July 2020. The two other tests will be played at Old Trafford Manchester.  The grounds

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh cricket captain and Narail-2 lawmaker Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) for the second time on Saturday.  Earlier on June 20, he was tested positive for the first time. After 14 days of his infection, he again got the positive

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club and is ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal expires in 2021, according to a report by Spanish radio station Cadena Ser on Friday (July 3). The report said Messi and his

DHAKA: Hours after the postponement of their home series against New Zealand, Bangladesh have postponed their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.  The teams were slated to play three Tests in the July-August period. The BCB on Wednesday (June 24) informed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) of its

Barcelona and Argentina superstar player, Lionel Messi, turns 33 on Wednesday. The Argentine has spent his entire career at Barcelona where he won a record 34 trophies including ten La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and six Copa Del Rey cups. Record-breaking Ballon

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have jointly decided to postpone the upcoming Test series in August-September this year due to coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand was supposed to come to Bangladesh to play two matches of the ICC World Test

The avalanche of COVID-19 is not yet over. In South Asia or to be more specific in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan the community spread of the pandemic is still peaking. But at the same time international cricket is slowly preparing to get back into business as usual. Situation in New

DHAKA: Veteran cricketer and member of parliament for the Narail-2 constituency, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19).  Mortaza's family sources confirmed the matter on Saturday (June 20). On June 15, the result for Hosne Ara, Mashrafe's

Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, has dropped a health update and said that he was recovering well after spending “really tough” first two-three days. In a latest Facebook video, Afridi has said: “I wanted to make this video as I

Barcelona scored 66 seconds into their return to action as Lionel Messi completed a comfortable 4-0 win at Mallorca in La Liga. Arturo Vidal headed the opener and former Middlesbrough striker Martin Braithwaite added his first for the club before the break. Luis Suarez came off the

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has tested positive for Covid-19. Afridi, in a tweet, revealed that he had been feeling unwell since Thursday. He asked his fans and well-wishers to keep him in their prayers and ended his post with ‘hope not out’. “I’ve been feeling unwell

Amidst the spread of COVID 19 contamination, ICC member countries have started taking initiatives for preparation the teams for the ensuing tight international commitments.  England and West Indies are all set for three matches test series in July 2020 in empty stadiums. Australia,

COVID19 has confined all including cricket players, team officials, cricket writers are cricket admirers at home like all others. With no cricket being played anywhere cricket family is spending time in teleconferences over zoom, face book live or any other virtual windows.  Some

Former five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather has offered to cover the funeral costs for George Floyd, who died while being restrained by Minneapolis police. Protests have been held in the US and worldwide after Floyd, an unarmed black man, died while being pinned down by white