Italy look to extend German finals pain
Germany bid to end Italy curse after years of hurt
From the 1970 ‘match of the century’ to the 2006 summer fairy tale, tournament clashes between Italy and Germany have become part of folklore and their Euro 2012 semi-final clash on Thursday promises to be no... Full storyKamal must wait till Oct to know his ICC fate
Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal may have to wait a little longer to know his fate as International Cricket Council vice-president candidate as the issue is unlikely come up... Full storyMohammedan pile more misery on Arambag
Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Arambagh Krira Sagha 1-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. A spectacular goal by Mohammedan’s young forward... Full storyBFF to probe Jamal-BU match
The Bangladesh Football Federation’s professional league committee will investigate Tuesday’s Bangladesh Premier League match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Brothers Union. Full storySonali Bank humble Police
Ajit Kumar Ghosh scored a hat-trick as Sonali Bank humbled Bangladesh Police 11-0 in the Green Delta Dhaka Premier Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. Full storyNadal, Murray win
Two-time winner Rafael Nadal and British hope Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday, but Australia’s men slumped to their country’s worst performance since 1938. Full storyMSC gets three new directors
Three sports organisers joined the Board of Directors of Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited when their rivals withdrew their candidatures ahead of Wednesday’s by-election. Full storySania fury at being used as ‘bait’
India’s top player Sania Mirza has lashed out at the country’s tennis chiefs, saying she was humiliated at being used as ‘bait’ in an Olympic selection row to pacify a disgruntled Leander Paes. Full storyICC rejects mandatory review technology
World cricket chiefs Wednesday rejected a new move to make decision review technology compulsory and put off talks on wide-ranging reforms following opposition from powerful India. Full storyI’m not good enough to win Ballon d’Or: Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo, exalted by the football world for his exploits at Euro 2012, does not believe he should win the FIFA Ballon d’Or this year because he does not score enough goals. Full storyGazzetta sorry over Balotelli King Kong cartoon
Top Italian daily newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has apologised for printing a cartoon portraying black Italy striker Mario Balotelli as King Kong. Media reports said Balotelli’s agent Mino Raiola had reacted with... Full storyGomez mining rich form
German striker Mario Gomez may be joint top scorer at Euro 2012 but he does not have fond memories either of Euro 2008 or the 2010 World Cup, scoring at neither event. Full storyRooney only understands Scottish, says Capello
Former England coach Fabio Capello refused to let his row with England striker Wayne Rooney die a death on Wednesday as he claimed the player performed much better for Manchester... Full storyBuffon set to face next pretender
Having already seen off one pretender to his throne, Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will face another as the Azzurri tackle Germany in the Euro 2012 semi-finals here today. Full storyLow tells Germany to forget past
