Bangladesh open Zim tour with warm-up defeats
Batting remained a major concern for Bangladesh as they tasted back-to-back defeats in their Twenty20 warm-up matches against Zimbabwe Select XI at the Country Club ground in Harare on Friday. Ahead of the unofficial tri-series T20 tournament, a Bangladesh batting... Full story‘La Roja’ back to their best
Bangladesh U-22 play hosts Nepal today
Bangladesh will face a tough challenge from Nepal when they will take on the hosts in their opening match of the AFC Under-22 Championship at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu today. Full storyMohammedan climb to fifth
Mohammedan Sporting Club moved one place up to fifth the Bangladesh Premier League standings with a 3-1 win over Feni Soccer Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Full storySpain lend a Cruyffian touch
It might have started as an almost subconscious process at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup, but this year Spain are unapologetically parading the New Total Football after blowing Ireland away at Euro 2012. Full storyStanford jailed for 110 years
Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in jail for a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, closing the book on the flamboyant ex-tycoon’s stunning fall from grace. Full storyGayle ready to end exile against England
Chris Gayle is set to put more than a year in the international wilderness behind him when West Indies face England in the opening match of their one-day series at Southampton today. Full storySiddik surges to third
Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman surged to the third spot in the Queen’s Cup with a brilliant 3-under-par 68 in the second round in Bangkok on Friday. Siddik, who was in joint ninth position on one-under-par after... Full storyNadal, Federer make winning starts
Newly-crowned French Open champion Rafael Nadal and five-time champion Roger Federer both enjoyed comfortable opening wins to their grasscourt season at Halle on Thursday. Full storyIndian female athlete in gender row
A female Indian athlete who has been charged with raping her live-in partner has defended herself against claims that she is actually a man. Pinki Pramanik, who won a 4x400m relay gold medal at the 2006 Asian... Full storyElections for remaining BFF positions today
The election for the remaining three member positions in the Bangladesh Football Federation’s executive committee will be held today. Four candidates – Anwarul Haque Helal, Toufiqul Islam Tofa, Ajmal... Full storyNat’l School Football
Manik and Abu Taleb slammed a brilliant hat-tricks as Rajshahi Damkura Hut High School crushed Rangpur Boro Bill High School by 7-2 goals in a final round match of the Islami Bank... Full storySelection row hits India
Indian tennis chiefs on Friday opened the door for a major row after naming a reluctant Mahesh Bhupathi to play with former doubles partner Leander Paes at the London Olympics. Full storyWoods sends out warning
Tiger Woods made his best start to a US Open in a decade on Thursday, firing a one-under 69 on San Francisco’s brutal Olympic Club course to send out a stark warning to the rest of the field. Full storyCroatia scoff at match-fixing suggestions
Torres back in the news for the right reason
A wildly celebrating Fernando Torres dominated the front pages of Spain’s daily newspapers on Friday in a manner not seen since he became a national hero by scoring the winning goal against Germany in the final of Euro 2008. Full storySpanish press praise return to form
Spain’s press on Friday hailed the 4-0 demolition of the Republic of Ireland and crowned Fernando Torres as the new footballing hero of a nation in economic crisis. After criticism of coach Vicente Del Bosque... Full storySo near, and yet so far
Although one of the most talented players of his generation, Arjen Robben is in danger of being remembered for a career of near-misses. Stalking moodily back to the dug-out after being substituted in Wednesday’s... Full storySpain vindicated and strengthened: Xavi
Spanish midfielder Xavi said the whole team, not just back-to-form striker Fernando Torres, had emerged strengthened by Thursday’s 4-0 Euro 2012 flattening of Ireland. Full storyGomez so relieved to get goal monkey off his back
Germany forward Mario Gomez breathed a huge sigh of relief after scoring twice against the Netherlands in his team’s Euro 2012 Group B 2-1 victory on Wednesday, knowing that the nagging criticism... Full storyLaudrup named as new Swansea manager
Denmark legend Michael Laudrup was on Friday named as Swansea’s new manager, the Premier League club announced. The 48-year-old former Barcelona and Real Madrid midfielder replaces Brendan... Full storySOCCERLINE
Vilanova targets defensive signings Tito Vilanova said Barcelona were looking to land two players to strengthen their defence at his official presentation, after signing a two-year contract to... Full storyWe lack condition not character: Prandelli
