Sourav Ganguly, a cricket legend and former president of Indian Cricket Control Board (BCCI), is due in Dhaka today (February 23). The objective of his arrival is to attend grand inauguration of DNCC Mayor Cup-2023 Season-2. Dhaka North City Corporation has organised the tournament

Substitute Romelu Lukaku scored the only goal as Inter Milan beat 10-man Porto in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. Lukaku converted a rebound after his first effort had bounced off the post in the 86th minute at the San Siro. Porto had a double chance at 0-0, but

Panama claimed the final place at football's Women's World Cup with a 1-0 win over Paraguay on Thursday in a qualifying tournament in New Zealand. Panama will be at their first Women's World Cup and go into Group F with France, Jamaica and Brazil. They face Brazil in

England made a record total and crushed Pakistan by 114 runs to secure top place in their Women’s T20 World Cup group at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday. Danni Wyatt and Nat Sciver-Brunt hit half-centuries and Amy Jones made 47 as England powered their way to 213 for five.

Haiti qualified for football's Women's World Cup for the first time in their history with a 2-1 win over Chile on Wednesday at a play-off tournament in New Zealand. They join England, Denmark and China in Group D of the World Cup, co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.

Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid produced another stunning Champions League fightback from 2-0 down to thrash Liverpool 5-2 in the first leg of their last 16 tie at Anfield on Tuesday. Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah had given the hosts a perfect start in a

Australia opener David Warner will return home from India and miss the last two Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy after an elbow fracture and concussion, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. It is the second injury blow in two days for struggling Australia, who are 0-2 down in the

Liverpool owner John Henry says he is not selling the Premier League club, but does expect some investment. Henry's Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which bought Liverpool in 2010, said in November it "would consider new shareholders" in the Reds. FSG chairman Tom Werner

New Zealand kept their hopes of reaching the Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals alive with a dominant 102-run win over Sri Lanka. Amelia Kerr hit 66 from 48 balls and Suzie Bates added 56 from 49 as New Zealand posted 162-3 in Paarl. Sri Lanka crumbled to 60 all out in reply to

Neymar was carried off on a stretcher before Lionel Messi scored a 95th-minute winner as Paris St-Germain gained an incredible win over Lille. PSG had been 2-0 ahead and 3-2 behind after goals from Lille's Bafode Diakite, Jonathan David and Jonathan Bamba transformed the match.

Barcelona re-established their eight-point lead at the top of La Liga thanks to a routine win over struggling Cadiz. Sergi Roberto gave Barca the lead late in the first half from a rebound after Robert Lewandowski had a header cleared off the line. Three minutes later Lewandowski

Star India batter Virat Kohli completed 25,000 runs in international cricket on Sunday, becoming only the sixth batter to touch the landmark and the fastest player to do so. Virat reached this landmark during the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in front of

Liverpool's pursuit of a top-four Premier League finish gathered further momentum at the expense of Newcastle United's similar ambitions with a crucial win at St James' Park. Jurgen Klopp's side, who secured their first league win of 2023 in the Merseyside derby against

England completed a resounding 267-run win over the Black Caps in the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Sunday, powering to their first win in New Zealand for 15 years. The tourists snared the required five wickets in the opening session of day four, dismissing the Black Caps for 126

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra split point with Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society as their match ended in a 1-1 goal draw in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) football held today (Saturday) at Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city.   In the day's match, Congolese forward

The word “gimmick” has been doing the rounds among the England camp regarding day-night Test cricket but as Stuart Broad set off on one his trademark surges, sending zing bails flying in the darkness and New Zealanders on their way, there was a sense the format might be

The body of former Ghana international Christian Atsu has been found after a huge earthquake in Turkey, local media reported Saturday, quoting his manager. Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing more than 43,000 people in

Cristiano Ronaldo has gone from goal scorer to chance creator, proving two assists, which included a simply stunning through-ball, to help Al-Nassr defeat Al-Taawoun 2-1 in the Saudi Pro League on Friday night.  Despite having scored five goals in his last two matches, the

Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, a son of Qatar’s former prime minister, has launched a bid to buy the United Kingdom’s Premier League club Manchester United, whose United States-based owners launched a formal sale process late last year. A deal for United is expected to

Abahani Limited Dhaka tasted their first defeat in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League football when they suffered a 1-2 goal defeat to defending champions Bashundhara Kings held today (Friday) at Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla. In the day's match, Brazilian