Qatar was named host of the 2027 men’s Basketball World Cup on Friday, burgeoning its reputation for staging major global sports events. Germany will hold the women’s version in 2026, basketball’s governing body International Basketball Federation (FIBA) said.

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz survived a huge scare against Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori as his defence of the Madrid Open title began with a hard-fought comeback win. Spain's Alcaraz, who turns 20 next week, overcame a slow start to win 2-6 6-4 6-2 against the world number 41. There

Lucknow Super Giants made the second-highest total in Indian Premier League history as they thrashed Punjab Kings by 56 runs in Mohali. They posted 257-5 with Australia's Marcus Stoinis making 72 off 40 balls and West Indies' Kyle Mayers 54 off 24. It left them six short of

Kolkata Knight Riders’ wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das has travelled back to Bangladesh to attend a family emergency, the franchise confirmed on Friday. “Litton Das has had to return to Bangladesh earlier today (Friday 28 April) due to an urgent family medical emergency. Our

Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 32 runs and posted the highest runs total by an Indian Premier League team in Jaipur, reports BBC. Yashasvi Jaiswal and England's Jos Buttler built a partnership of 86 off 50 to help Rajasthan reach 202-5. Adam Zampa claimed 3-22,

After a twelve-day recess, three matches of Bangladesh Premier League football will be held today (April 28) at three separate venues across the country. League leaders Bashundhara Kings take on Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society at Bir Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in

Fiorentina are in the running for domestic and European trophies this season. The Tuscan squad eliminated Cremonese on Thursday to reach the Italian Cup final against Inter Milan and will also face Basel in the Europa Conference League semifinals next month. A 0-0 draw was enough

After scoring 10 goals in four days, Newcastle is closing in on Champions League qualification in some style — and quicker than the club’s Saudi ownership might have expected. A finish in the Premier League’s top four looks increasingly likely for Newcastle following

Chelsea lost their fifth successive game since the return of Frank Lampard as Brentford won at Stamford Bridge to strengthen their position in the Premier League's top 10. The visitors did not have a shot on target in the first half but took the lead midway through when Mathias

Inter Milan maintained their push for a trio of trophies as they beat Juventus 1-0 on Wednesday to reach their second straight Italian Cup final. Federico Dimarco scored the only goal of the match to help defending champions Inter advance 2-1 on aggregate. The Nerazzurri will play

It was an impressive performance as Bangladesh U-17 women's football team thrashed Turkmenistan by 6-0 goals in their opening group D match of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers held today (April 26) at Jahan Besar Stadium, Kallang in Singapore. In the proceeding, forward

A man has died shortly after completing the London Marathon in under three hours. Organisers of the event said Steve Shanks, 45, from Bingham, Nottinghamshire, died suddenly while travelling home on Sunday. Tributes have been paid to the runner, whose cause of death has not yet been

Aston Villa moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Fulham on Tuesday, as Leeds and Leicester played out a 1-1 draw in the battle to beat the drop. Villa are now unbeaten in 10 games as they make a late push for Europe thanks to a remarkable turnaround since Unai

Girona striker Valentin Castellanos scored four times as they recorded a resounding victory over reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid. Castellanos, on loan from New York City, headed the opener and then ran onto a long ball before slotting past Real's Andriy Lunin to make it 2-0.

Former tennis player Shovon Jamaly passed away in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday. He was 55. Shovon was a 3 times National Tennis Champion, 2 times National Doubles champion during the 80s. He represented Bangladesh in the Davis Cup, Junior US Open & Junior Wimbledon. He will

Victory, and a series win, felt within grasp for Pakistan but New Zealand and Mark Chapman had other ideas. The left-handed Chap­man smashed a magnificent 104 not out off 57 balls, hitting four sixes and 11 fours, launching a blistering counterattack to deliver a six-wicket victory

A bad few days for Al-Nassr and their star player, Cristiano Ronaldo, became much worse on Monday after a shock 1-0 loss to Al-Wehda in the semi-final of the King Cup. It means what might have been the Riyadh side’s best remaining chance of some silverware has slipped away, with

A plane carrying the Arsenal Women's team caught fire on the runway after a bird reportedly flew into one of the engines following their Champions League clash with Wolfsburg Women on Sunday. Jonas Eidevall's injury-riddled side came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with

Jason Roy's defiant 61 was not enough as Kolkata Knight Riders lost by 49 runs to Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. The England batter reached fifty in just 19 balls - the second-quickest of the tournament so far - but Knight Riders could only reach 186-8, well

Manchester United secured a date in the FA Cup final against Manchester City with a penalty shootout victory over Brighton on Sunday evening. Victor Lindelof sunk the decisive penalty at Wembley Stadium as United reached a record-equalling 21st FA Cup final. The first 12 spot-kicks of