Narrow defeat for hosts levels series
BCB XI down Barbados in curtailed T20
Bangladesh Cricket Board XI made a flying start in the four-nation invitational Twenty20 tournament when they beat Barbados by seven wickets in their opening game at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Thursday. Full storyBangladesh stumble at the start in SAFF
Bangladesh women’s football team were not able to change their poor record against India as they were handed a 3-0 thrashing by the defending champions in their opening game of the SAFF Women’s... Full storyBrilliant Djokovic through to semis
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Siddik springs back to form
Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman made a tremendous comeback in the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters as he jumped 41 places to end round three of the tournament in Malaysia at joint 11th place on Friday. Full storyBangladesh men’s team held, women win in Chess Olympiad
Bangladesh women’s team returned to the winning ways with a 3-1 points victory over Jordan on Thursday in the ninth round of the 40th Chess Olympiad being held in Istanbul. Full storyCancer survivor Yuvraj back for India
Indian all-rounder and World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh will don national colours for the first time since battling cancer when a two-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand starts today. Full storyBroad puts Pietersen absence to one side
England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad has insisted the absence of Kevin Pietersen will not overshadow the upcoming series with South Africa and the defence of their World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka. Full storyDel Potro plots his path back to the top
Juan Martin Del Potro, the only man to break the Grand Slam stranglehold of the world’s three top tennis stars since 2005, is closing the gap on the greats but still can’t find that championship form. Full storyWarwickshire win County title
Warwickshire won their first County Championship title since 2004 on Thursday after cruising to victory over Worcestershire at New Road. The Bears crushed Worcestershire by an innings and... Full storyICC moves Kenya matches to Namibia
The International Cricket Council have moved Kenya’s Intercontinental Cup and one-day series against Namibia from Mombasa to Windhoek due to insecurity in the East African nation, cricket officials said on Thursday. Full storyHingis among Hall of Fame nominees
Former World No 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis was among the nominees announced on Thursday for 2013 induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Full storyEx-England star Croft to retire
Former England spinner Robert Croft confirmed on Thursday that he plans to retire at the end of this season. Glamorgan veteran Croft played in 21 Test matches for England... Full storyLackluster Sweden beat China
Sweden beat China 1-0 on Thursday in a lacklustre warm-up match that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic sit out the second half ahead of the hosts’ World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan next week. Full storyKagawa seeks improvement after disappointing display
Manchester United’s Shinji Kagawa cut a forlorn figure after being substituted at halftime during Japan’s 1-0 friendly victory over the United Arab Emirates, having made little impact on the game. Full storyMoratti fingered in Vieri spying affair
A former security chief for a top Italian telecoms company claimed Friday that Inter Milan chief Massimo Moratti had given the order to spy on former Italy international Christian Vieri. Full story‘Old guys right for England’
Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson Friday backed current boss Roy Hodgson’s decision to stick with the country’s ‘old guys’ – saying he had no one better to replace them. Full storyFabregas insists he won’t quit Barcelona
Cesc Fabregas says he wants to end his career at Barcelona despite previously announcing that he was ‘unhappy’ with his role at the club, reports Daily Mail. The former Arsenal captain rejoined his... Full storyNo split with Liverpool owners: Rodgers
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted he is on the same wavelength as the club’s US-based owners despite problems during the recent transfer window. Full storyRoxburgh to stand down at UEFA
Andy Roxburgh, the former Scotland manager, is to stand down as UEFA technical director after nearly 20 years. Roxburgh, 69, who guided Scotland in the 1990 World Cup in Italy and Euro ‘92 in Sweden, was appointed in 1994 and will... Full storyBolt open to MU charity game
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt said he was open to playing a charity game for his favourite team Manchester United, following a statement to that effect by the Premier League club’s manager Alex Ferguson. Full storyEuro beats WC for entertainment: Wenger
Football’s World Cup is a ‘less spectacular’ competition than the European Championships, according to Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger. Speaking at a press conference after a UEFA-organised... Full storySpurs star Bentley joins Russia’s Rostov
Tottenham midfielder David Bentley made a surprise loan move to Russian club FC Rostov on Thursday. Bentley has been out of favour at White Hart Lane for much of the last two years and the former England international has been... Full storyRooney regrets transfer request
