The Bangladesh Cricket Board has chalked out a plan to host the ICC World Twenty20 in 2014 with eight venues including the coveted Bangabandhu National Stadium primarily earmarked for the tournament.
The BCB held a meeting with the sports ministry and National Sports Council...Full story
The fate of the Dhaka Premier League is still hanging in the balance as the Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to find any solution to the ongoing crisis despite having another emergency meeting on the issue on May 1. Full story
Barguna Zilla School emerged champions in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers School Cricket Tournament beating Meherpur’s Technical School & College by five wickets in the final at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Full story
Tabith Awal has added some fresh blood to the leadership of Bangladesh Football Federation with his victory in the vice-president post in the recent elections. The 33-year-old graduate in...Full story
England batting star Kevin Pietersen flew home on Wednesday after a highly successful stint in the Indian Premier League as Australia captain Michael Clarke made his debut in the Twenty20 tournament.Full story
Asif to be
released today
Former Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif will be released from a British prison early on Thursday after completing half of his one-year sentence for...Full story
Batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar said Tuesday he was ‘honoured’ to be nominated to India’s parliament but stressed that cricket would remain his priority as long as he keeps playing.Full story
New Zealand coach John Wright will step down from the national side in August after rejecting an offer to extend his contract, New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said Tuesday.Full story
Overseas born players wishing to represent England now face an extended qualification period of seven years, an increase on the existing four year term, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Monday.Full story
A Martin Skrtel own goal allowed Fulham to record their first ever top flight league win on Merseyside in 42 attempts as the London club prevailed 1-0 over Liverpool on Tuesday in their Premier League clash.Full story
Villarreal took a huge step to securing their position in La Liga on Tuesday with a 3-2 away victory over relegation rivals Sporting Gijon.
Sporting meanwhile are almost certainly returning to the...Full story
German international striker Lukas Podolski says signing for Arsenal was an easy choice as the Gunners are ‘a huge name in football with a great coach’.
The 26-year-old Cologne forward...Full story
Levante’s Ivorian striker Arouna Kone faces a bizarre problem: he risks scoring too many goals.
Kone has already put the ball into the net 17 times this season for the Spanish club in all...Full story
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson accused Roberto Mancini of attempting to influence officials after a furious touchline bust-up with the Manchester City boss here Monday.Full story
Dutch coach Dick Advocaat, who will leave his post as coach of Russia after Euro 2012, has ‘a verbal agreement’ to return to former club PSV Eindhoven in July, according to Dutch media reports on Tuesday.Full story
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is confident that Dutch star Arjen Robben will extend his contract with the club beyond June 2013.
‘Arjen will stay at Bayern for a long time,’ Rummenigge said in...Full story
The English title race is heading for its tightest finish in 23 years after Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Manchester United on Monday left the teams level on points at the top of the Premier League table.Full story
Expectation usually clouds realism in England during the build-up to major tournament finals but the Football Association’s appointment of Roy Hodgson as manager on Tuesday appeared perfectly designed to counter any hypeFull story
Pep Guardiola’s decision to step down as Barcelona coach at the end of the season will change nothing for Real Madrid, Guardiola’s Real counterpart and bitter rival Jose Mourinho said on Tuesday.Full story
Napoli boosted their chances of qualifying for their second successive Champions League campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over travel-shy Palermo on Tuesday.
Walter Mazzarri’s side needed only 35...Full story
‘Mancini? He’s
almost as cool
as me’
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher celebrated Manchester City’s derby victory over Manchester United on Monday with an impromptu post-match...Full story