DHAKA: Serena and Venus Williams lost for the first time in an Olympics doubles match as their hopes of winning a fourth successive title were surprisingly ended in the first round at Rio 2016. The American top seeds lost 6-3 6-4 to Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora

DHAKA: Russian athletes have been banned from competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics following the country’s doping scandal. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had opened suspension proceedings following the McLaren report, and has now confirmed the ban, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman will undergo shoulder surgery on August 11 in London. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee director Jalal Yunus said Andrew Wallace of London’s Fortius Clinic will conduct the surgery. He further said BCB is confident

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Lance Naik Nur Hossain won gold medal in International Karate-2016 held in India. BGB public relations officer (PRO) Mohsin Reza confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday (August 6). Nur Hossain will attend two more events on Sunday (August

DHAKA: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed on Friday to sell soccer team AC Milan to a consortium of Chinese investors, ending his three decades of ownership of the seven-times European champions. Berlusconi’s Fininvest family holding said on Friday it had signed a

DHAKA: The 31st edition of the Greatest Show on Earth, Summer Rio Olympics 2016, was inaugurated at Maracana soccer stadium of Brazil on Saturday (August 6) Bangladesh Time. Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer declared the Games open, the first to be held in South America. A lot

DHAKA: Russia will have 271 athletes eligible to compete at the Rio Games, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a doping

DHAKA: Anurag Thakur, President of Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI), has spoken out against the ‘two-tier’ Test system. He said neither he nor his board supports the proposed idea, reports cricketcountry.com on Wednesday (August 3). Stating “a need to protect

DHAKA: Finally, Bangladesh national cricket team is scheduled to visit India for one-off Test match in February next year. This will be Bangladesh’s first bilateral tour to the neighbouring country since its Test status in 2000. BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke said, “India will play

DHAKA: Sri Lanka beat visiting Australia by 106-run in the first test at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in the city of Kandy on Saturday (July 30). Young Kusal Mendis set the tempo in the second innings by scoring a blazing 176-run helping Sri Lanka set 268-run target after

DHAKA: Ravichandran Ashwin completed a splendid all-round performance with seven wickets to bowl India to a crushing victory by an innings and 92 runs on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua on Sunday. His haul of seven for 83 off 25 overs followed his

DHAKA: Perhaps “Veni, Vici, Vidi” is the most appropriate expression for Mustafizur Rahman, the magic youngster from Bangladesh. A virtually unknown boy from a place adjacent to World Heritage, The Sundarbans - the abode of iconic Royal Bengal Tiger, rocked the cricket world in his

DHAKA: Bangladeshi bowling sensation pacer Mustafizur Rahman has flew for England finally on Wednesday (July 20, 2016) to play in County Cricket there. He started journey on a flight of Bangladesh Biman at 10:30am.  He is likely to make his county debut against Essex at County

Pakistan 339 All Out (Misbah Ul Huq 114, Asad Shafiq 73, Mohammad Hafiz 40, Younis Khan 33, Chris Woakes 6/70, Chris Broad 3/71) and 215 (Asad Shafiq 49, Sarfraz Ahmed 45, Chris Woakes 5/32, SCJ Broad 3/38)  beat England 272 (AN Cook 81, JE Root 48, C Woakes 35*, Yasir Shah 6/72) and 215

DHAKA: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is undoubtedly the best captain in Bangladesh Cricket history. The recognition has now crossed the territory as he secured place into the list of world’s best One Day International (ODI) captains of all time. Bangladesh Tigers played in ICC Champions

DHAKA: Carlo Ancelotti said that there is little chance Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Real Madrid for Bayern Munich. Ancelotti enjoyed a close relationship with the Portugal international during their time together at the Santiago Bernabeu, but the Italian believes Ronaldo would not

DHAKA: The federal government in Brazil says it is releasing additional funding to beef up security ahead of next month’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani said the armed forces would get an extra $24m (£18m) to help them meet security needs. The

DHAKA: Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova will miss the Rio Olympics after her doping appeal was postponed until September by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). She was given a two-year suspension in June after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium, BBC

DHAKA: Britain’s Andy Murray became Wimbledon champion for the second time with a superb performance against Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic in the final. The Scot, 29, dismantled the Raonic serve in a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) victory to repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third

DHAKA: Portugal beat host France in the Euro 2016 final and win their first major tournament thanks to substitute Eder’s superb extra-time strike. They overcame the early loss of captain Cristiano Ronaldo. The Madrid forward Ronaldo was carried off in tears in the 25th minute at