DHAKA: Bangladesh elevated to the eighth position in Test ranking of International Cricket Council (ICC) surpassing West Indies.   The ICC published the ranking list on its website on Tuesday.   This is for the first time Bangladesh secured its number-eight position in Test

Barcelona wrapped up the league title in Ernesto Valverde's first season as manager with a Lionel Messi-inspired victory over Deportivo La Coruna. Messi scored a hat-trick at the Riazor to give Barca an unassailable lead at the top of the table. Barcelona had led 2-0 with goals

DHAKA: Bangladesh became Group A champion to reach the semifinal of the six-team Bangabandhu Asian Senior Men’s Central Zone International Volleyball Championship. Setting an all-win record, Bangladesh beat Maldives by straight 3-0 sets in their last group match at the Shaheed

Luis Suarez scored two goals as Barcelona produced a masterclass to beat Sevilla and win the Copa del Rey final for the fourth successive season. Sevilla were 3-0 down at half-time, Suarez tapping home Philippe Coutinho's pass to open the scoring in Madrid. Lionel Messi doubled

DHAKA: Bangladesh national volleyball team registered a 3-1 win over Nepal in the first match of Bangabandhu Asian Senior Men’s Central Zone International Volleyball Championship. The two teams locked horns under Group A, at Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) constituted a three-member conflict resolution committee after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) initiated a dispute resolution process against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The hearing will take place at the ICC

DHAKA: Shooter Shakil Ahmed brought second silver medal for Bangladesh by placing second in the Men’s 50m pistol event at the 21st Commonwealth Games at Belmont Shooting Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Shakil scored 220.5 overall, in the final to win the silver medal on Wednesday

DHAKA: Roma pulled off a sensational second-leg comeback to beat Barcelona 3-0 and reach the Champions League semi-finals on away goals. Barca  were heavy favourites to progress after a 4-1 first-leg win, but fell apart to Roma's brilliant showing. Defender Kostas Manolas

DHAKA: The United Arab Emirates will host the the 2018 Asia Cup that was originally slated to be held in India, reports ESPNcricinfo.   The tournament is likely to be played between September 13 and 28. Political tensions between India and Pakistan has been cited as the reason for

DHAKA: Bangladesh claimed the first medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia as shooter Abdullah Hel Baki won the silver medal in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event on Sunday. Baki finished with a score of 244.7 in the final at the Belmont Shooting Complex in

DHAKA: A bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players collided with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan province, killing 14 people, reported Canadian media. 14 more were injured — including three critically — in the accident involving the Humboldt Broncos

DHAKA: Former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni was given the country's third-highest civilian honour, reports Times of India. Dhoni received the prestigious Padma Bhushan on Monday (April 2) from President Ramnath Kovind. The honour came on the seventh anniversary of his

DHAKA: Bangladesh U-15 women's football team knocked-off Hong Kong by 6-0 goals in Jockey Club Girls' International Youth Football tournament.  Tohura Khatun scored a hat trick, helping the team to emerge as champion.  Bangladesh earlier defeated Iran by 8-1 and Malaysia

In cricket ball tampering is an action in which a fielder or a bowler illegally alters the condition of the ball.  The primary motivation is to interfere with the aerodynamics of the ball to aid swing bowling.  The one side of the ball is roughened up more than the other facilitating

Steve Smith and David Warner, former Australia captain and vice-captain respectively, have been banned for a 12 month period by Cricket Australia.  The verdict has come after investigation into the ball-tampering controversy. Also involved in the cheating case, Cameron Bancroft has

Australian captain Steve Smith could be facing a lifetime ban from the game following the ball tampering scandal that has overshadowed the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. The ICC has handed Smith a one-match suspension, ruling him out of the final match of the tour,

For a while we, the ardent followers of the great game of cricket are witnessing the spirit of cricket being compromised in many different matches.  The players are bumping against each other, abusing using filthy languages, manipulating matches with money and ball doctoring. The

DHAKA: Bangladesh national women football team captain Sabina Khatun and Bangladesh female Football team under-16 captain Krishna Rani Sarkar have finally been given Indian visa to join Indian Women’s League football matches. Both of them met High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Cricket Australia (CA) will not make a decision about the future of Steve Smith’s captaincy until it completes a probe into stunning ball-tampering revelations that have plunged the test team into crisis, CEO James Sutherland said on Sunday (March 25). Sutherland’s comments came as

T20 matches in cricket are pure gambles. One good over, even the last ball of the last over of a match can turn the fate of the match upside down. These need two or three impacts players in a team to seal the fate of the match tilting the balance in favor of the team. Consequently the