Two international matches were abandoned on Monday following allegations of racial abuse. New Zealand said they refused to play the second half against Qatar after saying Michael Boxall was abused by a Qatari player during the first half. The Republic of Ireland Under-21s'

England bowler Moeen Ali has been fined for applying a spray to his bowling hand during the second day of the first Ashes Test on Saturday. Players use drying sprays to help reduce sweat but are not allowed to do so without approval from umpires. The incident was seen on TV cameras

Rory McIlroy's nine-year wait for a fifth major win goes on after he was beaten by one shot by American Wyndham Clark at the US Open in Los Angeles. Clark, 29, carded a level-par 70 to claim his first major on 10 under and the $3.6m (£2.8m) winner's cheque. "US

Croatia missed out on their first international trophy after losing on penalties to Spain in the Nations League final. Dani Carvajal calmly chipped home the winning effort to seal a 5-4 victory on spot-kicks after Unai Simon had saved from Bruno Petkovic. The contest in Rotterdam

Brazil played in an all-black kit for the first half of their win against Guinea in Spain as part of an anti-racism campaign. The South Americans abandoned their usual yellow colours for the 4-1 win at Espanyol's stadium in Barcelona. It follows Brazil forward Vinicius Jr being

Cristiano Ronaldo won his 199th Portugal cap as his side cruised past Bosnia-Herzegovina to maintain their winning streak in their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. Bruno Fernandes set up Bernardo Silva who opened the scoring with a chipped effort in the 44th minute. Fernandes added a

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad for the three-game ODI series against Afghanistan. Tamim Iqbal will lead the side for the three-match series, all set to begin from 5 July. The series also sees the return of star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.  Shakib

Ice Cream Inspired Walton Group Test Match  Bangladesh VS Afghanistan Played at SBNCS, Dhaka  Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 1st Innings 362 All Out (Nazmul Hossain Shanto 146, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 76, Mehidy Hasan Miraj 48, Mushfiqur Rahim 47 , Nijhat Masood 5/ 79) Bangladesh

Michael Jordan has agreed to sell his majority stake in the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, the basketball team announced. Details of the deal have not been disclosed, but ESPN report the Hornets are worth an estimated $3bn (£2bn). When the sale concludes, it will bring an end to

India Women Cricket Team will tour Bangladesh next month (June) for a white-ball series which includes three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.  The Indian women’s cricket team will play for the first time since their semifinal defeat by Australia at the ICC Women’s

Bangladesh recorded history during the one-off Test against Afghanistan by registering the largest margin win against the visitors at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur today (June 17). Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 546 runs which is also the third-highest margin win over any team

Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque hit centuries as Bangladesh declared its second innings on 425-4, setting Afghanistan a mammoth 662-run target to win the one-off Test. Najmul Hossain Shanto made team-high 124, his second century in this match which made him the only second

Najmul Hossain Shanto continued his rich vein of form as he brought up his second century in the match to put Bangladesh in a position from where they could sniff a victory in the one-off Test against Afghanistan. By doing so, Shanto became only Bangladeshi batter to hit century on

FIFA will create an anti-racism taskforce in which Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior will have a “prominent role,” the world football governing body said Thursday. Real Madrid winger Vinicius was racially abused by Valencia fans in May in an incident which provoked

Walton Test Series  Bangladesh Vs Afghanistan  Played at SBNCS Dhaka from 14-18 June 2023  Brief Scorecard at Stumps Day Two  Bangladesh 382 All Out (Najmul Hossain Shanto 146, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 76, Mehedi Miraj 48, Mushfiqur Rahim 47, Njaht Masood 5, Yamin

Bangladesh beat host Cambodia by 1-0 goal in the FIFA Tier-1 Int'l friendly match held today (Thursday) in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. In the proceeding, Mojibur Rahman Jony scored the decisive goal for Bangladesh in the 24th minute and winning side maintained the lead

Fast bowler Ebadot Hossain is keen to learn the art of setting up roaring, knowing that it's the only way to claim wickets regularly in the longer version format where grabbing cheap wickets is almost difficult. In Test cricket, batters tend to be stubborn, prompting the bowlers to

Lionel Messi delighted Argentina fans in Beijing when he scored the fastest goal of his international career, netting after 79 seconds as the world champions beat Australia 2-0 in a friendly at a raucous Workers' Stadium on Thursday. Fans immediately got their money's worth

Bangladesh Premier League champions Bashundhara Kings became the first and lone club of the country to have the license for AFC Champions League (ACL) from Asian Football Confederation. AFC published a list of ACL license holding clubs on Thursday. Kings are going to be the first team

Medium pacer Nijat Masood claimed 5-79 on his debut as Afghanistan bowled out Bangladesh for 382 in their first innings of the one-off Test in Dhaka on Thursday. Pacer Yamin Ahmadzai took two wickets in the morning to trigger a collapse by the hosts.  Bangladesh lost their last