DHAKA: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur has been elected as the president in a special general meeting on Sunday (May 22). He has been elected after Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post to take up the International Cricket Council (ICC)

DHAKA: Sevilla achieved a remarkable hat-trick as it became the first club to win three successive Europa League titles with victory over Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool Wednesday. The Spanish club came from behind to defeat its English opponent 3-1 at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel,

DHAKA: Britain’s Andy Murray gave himself the perfect birthday present as he won his first Italian Open title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Novak Djokovic. It was a first win on clay against Djokovic in five attempts for the Scot, who turned 29 on Sunday. He broke serve once in the

DHAKA: Barcelona have protected their Liga title after a hat-trick from Luis Suarez secured a 3-0 victory over Granada on Saturday. Real Madrid's victory away to Deportivo La Coruna was not enough as Barca sealed a comfortable victory to achieve a final points tally of 91 - one

DHAKA: FIFA’s head of auditing and compliance, Domenico Scala, has resigned in protest at reforms at the governing body of world football. Scala is angry the new FIFA council will have the ability to appoint and sack those in charge of its committees, including auditing, ethics and

DHAKA: World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal for the seventh time in a row, winning 7-5 7-6 (7-4). The defending champion will meet Japan's Kei Nishikori after the sixth seed beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3 7-5 in one hour and 39 minutes, BBC reports on

DHAKA: Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa’s first female secretary general to succeed Jerome Valcke. Samoura, 54, spent 21 years working for the United Nations and will start at football's governing body in June, BBC reports on Saturday (May 14). Fifa

DHAKA: Former Indian cricket board president Shashank Manohar has been elected as independent chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) for two-year term.  ICC made the declaration on Thursday (May 12) a day after Shashanka stepped down from his post with BCCI. Earlier on

DHAKA: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it sees no need to cancel, delay or move the Rio Olympic Games because of the Zika virus threat. However, IOC medical director Richard Budgett said that it would continue to monitor the situation closely, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: An injury-time header from substitute Christian Benteke cancelled out a stunning goal from Eden Hazard as Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday. Benteke made the most of an error from visiting goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to grab Liverpool an unlikely

DHAKA: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world football governing body, will decide in October whether to implement President Gianni Infantino’s plans to expand the World Cup to 40 teams by 2026. Infantino pledged to increase the number of nations

DHAKA: Shashank Manohar has resigned as the president of Indian Cricket Board a week before the International Cricket Council (ICC) set to begin a secret ballot to elect its first independent chairman. He took over the position following the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya in September 2015.

DHAKA: Manchester City were held to a 2-2 Premier League draw by Arsenal in Manuel Pellegrini's final home game, keeping Manchester United's hopes of Champions League football alive.   United cut the gap to City to one point by beating Norwich City 1-0 on Saturday and can now

DHAKA: A brace from Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to a 3-2 win over Valencia that ensures they go into the final day of the Liga season as Barcelona's only challengers for the title. Ronaldo's 48th and 49th goals of another prolific season, which sandwiched a Karim

DHAKA: Barcelona's quest to retain La Liga remains in their own hands going in to the last day of the season, after rivals Espanyol were dispatched 5-0 at Camp Nou.  Luis Enrique's men ensured there would be no repeat of the 2007 'Tamudazo' derby, where a draw in the

DHAKA: Bayern Munich won their fourth straight Bundesliga title after they beat Ingolstadt 2-1 as Borussia Dortmund lost 1-0 to Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern clinched their 25th Bundesliga title with a game of the season to spare. Robert Lewandowski's 28th and 29th goals of the

DHAKA: Former South African cricketer Mickey Arthur has been appointed as head coach of Pakistan cricket team.   Quoting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sources, the Dawn reports the appointment on Friday.   PCB was looking for a coach after Waqar Younis resigned following the

DHAKA: A Fernando owns goal in the first half was enough to send Real Madrid into the final of the Champions League.  The hosts downed Manchester City 1-0 in Wednesday's second leg. Zinedine Zidane's men have a shot at claiming the club's 11th European crown at San Siro

DHAKA: Gareth Bale headed in a late goal as Real Madrid won 1-0 at Real Sociedad to briefly go top of La Liga. Real were again without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, who also missed the goalless first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Manchester City. Striker Karim Benzema

DHAKA: Barcelona kept themselves in front of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table with a 2-0 win over Real Betis at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on Saturday (APR 30).  Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez scored the goals for the Blaugrana in the second half after