Brief scores: South Africa 367 and 204 Bangladesh 298 and 53 (K. Maharaj 7-32, S. Harmer 3-21) Result: South Africa won by 220 runs Series: South Africa lead the two-match series 1-0 South African spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer sent Bangladesh crashing to a 220-run defeat

Kylian Mbappe scored twice and provided three assists as Paris St-Germain kept their 12-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 with victory over lowly Lorient. Neymar stroked in the opener and PSG's fifth, both from Mbappe through-balls. Mbappe coolly drilled home in the first half

Pedri scored a brilliant second-half goal as Barcelona beat Sevilla to move up to second in La Liga and keep their title hopes alive. After a goalless first half, the 19-year-old midfielder showed great composure on the edge of the box to thump a shot into the bottom corner. Sevilla

South Africa VS Bangladesh Test Series  1st Test Played at Durban (31 March-4 April 2022)  Brief Score Card at Stumps Day four   South Africa 1st Innings 367 All Out (Temba Bavuma 93, Dean Elgar 67, Simon Harmer 38*, Khaled Ahmed 4/92, Mehedy Hasan Miraj 4/94, Ebadat

Iga Swiatek maintained her dominant form in 2022 by beating Japan's Naomi Osaka in the Miami Open final. The Pole already knew she will become the world number one on Monday and came to Florida after winning back-to-back titles at Doha and Indian Wells. And the 2020 French Open

Man Manchester City kept their cool under pressure on Saturday, cruising past Burnley 2-0 after Liverpool briefly replaced the long-time Premier League leaders at the top of the table. Elsewhere, Christian Eriksen scored as Brentford came from behind to beat Chelsea 4-1 — their

Australia underlined their status as the premier international sports team on the planet by outclassing England to win the Women's World Cup. The Australians shattered records in Christchurch on their way to adding the 50-over title to the T20 World Cup and Ashes crowns they

South Africa VS Bangladesh Test Series  1st Test Played at Durban (31 March-4 April 2022)  Brief Score Card at Stumps Day Three  South Africa 1st Innings 367 All Out (Temba Bavuma 93, Dean Elgar 67, Simon Harmer 38* , Khaled Ahmed 4/92, Mehedy Hasan Miraj 4/94 , Ebadat

Pakistan Australia ODI Series  3rd Match Played at Lahore on 2 April 2022  Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 214/1 in 37.5 Overs (Babar Azam 105* , Imam Ul Haq 89* ) beat  Australia 210 All Out in 41.5 Overs (Alex Carey 56, Sean Abbott 49, Ben McDermott 36, Cameron Green 34,

Opener Mahmudul Hasan joy has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a century in Tests against South Africa.  It was his maiden international hundred and also the second one by a Bangladeshi in South Africa in any format.  Joy reached the three-figure mark by

Match schedule for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from November 21-December 18 (Times in GMT): Group stage    Monday, Nov 21    1000: Senegal v Netherlands (Group A), Al-Thumama Stadium (Doha)    1300: England v Iran (Group B), Khalifa International

South Africa VS Bangladesh Test Series  1st Test Played at Durban (31 March-4 April 2022)  Brief Score Card at Stumps Day Two South Africa 1st Innings 367 All Out (Temba Bavuma 93, Dean Elgar 67, Simon Harmer 38*, Khaled Ahmed 4/92, Mehedy Hasan Miraj 4/94, Ebadat Hossain

Pakistan Australia ODI Series  2nd Match Played at Lahore on 31st March 2022  Pakistan 349/4 in 49 Overs (Babar Azam 114, Imam Ul Haq 106, Fakhar Zaman 67, Khushdil Shah 27*, Mohammad Rizwan 23)  beat  Australia 348/8 (Ben McDermott 104, Travis Head 89, Marnus

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first against South Africa in the two-match Test series opener at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday (March 31). Tamim is out of squad due to a stomach ache this morning. He is in the hotel, being attended by a doctor. Besides, Shoriful Islam is

England will meet Australia in Sunday's World Cup final after recording a convincing 137-run victory over South Africa in the second semi-final in Christchurch. More to follow... BDST: 1342 HRS, MAR 31, 2022 SMS

Germany's eight-match winning start under Hansi Flick came to an end as substitute Steven Bergwijn earned the Netherlands a draw in Amsterdam. Thomas Muller fired four-time world champions Germany into the lead in the friendly before Bergwijn levelled. The hosts thought they had

Poland are through to the World Cup in Qatar after Robert Lewandowski and Piotr Zielinski's goals gave them a play-off final win over Sweden. Lewandowski's penalty early in the second half, after a foul on Grzegorz Krychowiak, broke the deadlock. Zielinski took advantage of

Bruno Fernandes sent Portugal to the World Cup with a double in their play-off final win over North Macedonia. Fernandes won the ball in midfield, played a one-two with Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo and fired home from the edge of the box to open the scoring in Porto.

Australia waltzed into the final of the Women's World Cup with a 157-run dismantling of West Indies in Wellington. The tournament favourites made light of the green pitch and damp weather - morning rain reduced the game to 45 overs a side - to rack up 305-3. Alyssa Healy

An almost full-strength Bangladesh cricket team (only Shakib for personal reasons not there) takes on an IPL 2022 depleted South African cricket team for a two matches test series from day of tomorrow at Durban. We are aware that Bangladesh far lost all previous tests played between two