Abahani Limited came from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw in a thrilling last match against Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, securing their fourth Bangladesh Premier League title in five seasons on Tuesday.
Needing only a draw at the rain-soaked Bangabandhu National...Full story
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara smashed successive centuries against Pakistan to light up the rain-hit second Test in Colombo on Tuesday.
The hosts, replying to Pakistan’s first innings total...Full story
Abahani Limited’s coach Ali Akbar hailed the competitive spirit of opponents Muktijoddha Sangsad KC after his side secured the Bangladesh Premier League title with an exciting 2-2 draw...Full story
Bangladesh Sports Press Association named Muktijoddha Sangsad KC skipper Mamunul Islam as the best local player in the just concluded Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday.Full story
Andy Murray on Tuesday reached a fifth successive Wimbledon quarter-final where he will meet Spanish bulldozer David Ferrer who has made the last eight for the first time at the 10th attempt.Full story
Dashing cricketer Shahid Afridi is to front efforts to eradicate polio from Pakistan, going head-to-head with militants who have banned vaccinations in an Al-Qaeda-linked stronghold on the Afghan border.Full story
Pakistan’s cricket board has received an invitation from India for October’s Twenty20 Champions League, in a step towards reviving cricket ties between the arch-rivals which have been suspended since 2008.Full story
A Pakistani cricket committee has summoned wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal in a bid to clear him from suspicion of match-fixing and revive his derailed career, an official said Tuesday.Full story
Bangladesh Sporting Club posted their second win in the Green Delta Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League when they blanked Mariners Youngs Club by 2-0 goals...Full story
Roger Federer saluted the Wimbledon old boys club on Monday when five men aged over 30 featured in the fourth round, the highest number since 1975.
Federer, who turns 31 in August, defeated...Full story
Bonuses owed to the France team for having made the quarter-finals of the recently-concluded European Championships have been frozen, the French football federation announced on Tuesday.Full story
British Olympic football coach Stuart Pearce said no manager ‘picks on sentiment’ as he explained why David Beckham had been left out of his squad for the London 2012 Games.Full story
Manchester United defender Fabio da Silva has signed a season-long loan with Premier League rivals Queens Park Rangers, on the same day it was announced twin brother Rafael signed a...Full story
Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of Argentine international Ezequiel Lavezzi from Napoli on a four-year deal after he completed a medical on Monday, the French giants have announced.Full story
Poland star Robert Lewandowski is still eyeing a move from German champions Borussia Dortmund to England’s Premier League, but remains tied to the Bundesliga for now, the striker’s agent...Full story
Spain’s triumphant Euro 2012 heroes parted a red-and-yellow sea of fans in central Madrid on Monday in a giant, deafening national fiesta that swept aside all thoughts of economic crisis.
An open-top double-decker bus ferried the team like a small boat...Full story
Italy’s footballers were welcomed back by a small group of just a few dozen fans on Monday after defeat by Spain in the Euro 2012 final but said they were already looking forward to the World Cup in 2014.Full story
Four-time Grand Slam title winner Kim Clijsters said goodbye to Wimbledon for the final time on Monday, taking away a lifetime of memories from a tournament she likened to Disneyland.Full story
Andre Villas-Boas has signed a three-year contract as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The Portuguese replaces Harry Redknapp who was...Full story
Torres hails magical Kiev night
Fernando Torres hailed a ‘magical evening’ in Kiev after Spain thumped Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012 and he scored a goal to land the tournament’s golden boot award.Full story