DHAKA: Australia’s chairman of selectors Rod Marsh quit on Wednesday with immediate effect after a run of five heavy Test defeats left the team in crisis, saying it was time for “some fresh thinking”. The former wicketkeeping great, 69, stepped down amid recriminations about the

DHAKA: The governing body of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has made little changes in the timetable of matches to be played in Chittagong leg. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the revised schedule in a press release on Wednesday (November 16). According to the revised

DHAKA: Visiting South Africa have beaten Australia in their backyard in the second test match by 80 runs and an innings to clinch the ongoing 3-match series at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on Tuesday (November 15). This was South Africa’s third straight Test series win in Australia. Their

DHAKA: The first Test between New Zealand and visiting Pakistan in Christchurch is set to go ahead on Thursday (November 17), after the country suffered two massive earthquakes. A 7.5-magnitude earthquake on the South Island on Monday (11:02 GMT on Sunday) - killing at least two people

DHAKA: Bangladesh bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman will undergo a scan on his shoulder on Tuesday (November 15) after the operation in his shoulder at London’s Bupa Cromwell Hospital on August 11. Mustafiz’s physiotherapist Bayezid Islam Khan confirmed about the scan to

DHAKA: England clinched qualification for the 2017 Women’s World Cup by beating Sri Lanka by 122 runs in their second one-day international in Colombo. Lauren Winfield (51), Heather Knight (53) and Natalie Sciver (51) all hit half-centuries as the tourists were bowled out for 295 in

DHAKA: Italy earned a 4-0 World Cup qualifying win against Liechtenstein but Spain stay top of Group G on goal difference after beating Macedonia 4-0. Darko Velkoski’s own goal and strikes from Vitolo, Nacho Monreal and Aritz Aduriz secured Spain’s win. All of Italy’s goals

DHAKA: Australia have managed to score only 85-run losing all wickets against visiting South Africa in the first innings of 2nd Test on Day 1 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on Saturday (November 12). Only Aussie captain Steve Smith (48) and Joe Mennie (10) reached in the double digit.

DHAKA: Andy Murray underlined his status as the new world number one by battling past John Isner to win the Paris Masters 1000 tournament Sunday -- his eighth title of the season. Murray, crowned king of the men’s tennis rankings Saturday after semifinal opponent Milos Raonic

DHAKA: Tennis star Maria Sharapova will be reinstated as a UN goodwill ambassador when her suspension for using a prohibited drug expires next April. A UN statement said the UN is looking forward to working with her to discuss her role “at an appropriate date”. The player

DHAKA: Neymar scored a milestone goal as Brazil piled the pressure on Argentina in World Cup qualifying with a 3-0 win on Thursday. The Barcelona star netted his 50th international goal, to go with efforts from Philippe Coutinho and Paulinho, in the comfortable win, reports goal.com.

DHAKA: Australia slipped to a fourth successive Test defeat as South Africa won the opening Test of their three-match series by 177 runs in Perth. Set a notional 539, the hosts were bowled out for 361 in the extended second session on the final day thanks to 21-year-old pace bowler

DHAKA: Bangladesh basking in glory from the historic win against touring England has announced a 22-member preliminary squad for the tour to New Zealand. Team tigers will play tests, ODIs and T20s against them. While most of the players chosen are an automatic choice, omission of

DHAKA: Britain’s Andy Murray is one win from becoming world number one following Novak Djokovic’s surprise defeat by Marin Cilic at the Paris Masters. Djokovic needed to reach the final to retain the top ranking but lost 6-4 7-6 (7-2) to Cilic in the quarter-finals. Second seed

DHAKA: The fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a franchise-based T20 cricket league, has been postponed for a couple of days due to inclement weather across the country as a depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified. The tournament is scheduled to be resumed on

FROM MIRPUR: The second day match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2016 fourth edition between Barisal Bulls-Chittagong Vikings has been called off due to excessive rain. The referees made the declaration around 4:10pm Saturday (November 5). It has been drizzling from the morning

DHAKA: All-rounder Sakib-Al-Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh Cricket Team visited Ganabhaban at the invitation of Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on her grandson’s birthday party. The two star Bangladesh cricketers accompanied by their wives and children attended the birthday

FROM MIRPUR: The opening match and second match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) fourth edition has been called off due to persisting rain of the city. The umpires called off the first match between Comilla Victorians and Rajshahi Kings at 4:50pm on Friday (November 4) at

DHAKA: Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings over the Republic of Ireland’s use of a logo to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. The Republic’s players had the years 1916-2016 on their shirts during a friendly against Switzerland in March. Fifa’s decision comes

DHAKA: In the absence of an MoU between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for the upcoming five-Test series between India and England, the BCCI has requested the visiting England cricket team to pay from their pocket for their