DHAKA: Argentina had a panic when Lionel Messi had to be substituted after incurring a back injury during a 1-0 win over strong Honduras in a Copa America Centenario warm-up friendly on Friday (May 27). Messi walked off in pain in the 64th minute in San Juan after a fight with Honduras

DHAKA: Olympic chiefs have announced 23 competitors at the London 2012 Games have failed retrospective doping tests. Those athletes are from five different sports and six different countries, reports the BBC. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested 454 selected doping

DHAKA: Jose Mourinho has officially been confirmed as Manchester United manager and has signed a three-year contract. He replaced Dutchman Louis van Van Gaal, who was dismissed on Monday; two days after the club's FA Cup win, BBC reports on Friday (May 27). United executive

DHAKA: Rafael Benitez is staying as Newcastle United manager after signing a new three-year contract following their relegation from the Premier League. The 56-year-old Spaniard was appointed in March following Steve McClaren’s sacking but failed to keep the Magpies in the top

DHAKA: World number two Andy Murray had to fight back to beat wildcard Mathias Bourgue in five sets and secure his place in the French Open third round. The British number one lost eight consecutive games to drop the second and then the third sets to the inspired 22-year-old Grand Slam

DHAKA: Louis van Gaal has been sacked as manager of Manchester United, with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho set to be named as his replacement. Van Gaal, 64, leaves after two years of a three-year contract and is currently discussing separation conditions, BBC reports in Monday (May

DHAKA: Ten-man Barcelona completed the Spanish league and cup double as two goals in extra time clinched the Copa del Rey. Luis Enrique's side claimed the trophy for the 28th time despite having Javier Mascherano sent off in the first half. Jordi Alba and Neymar scored for

DHAKA: Pep Guardiola has proffered auf wiedersehen to Bayern Munich as his side defeated Borussia Dortmund on penalties to win the DFB Pokal final in Berlin on Saturday (May 21). Douglas Costa scored the winning spot-kick for Bayern after Sven Bender and Sokratis Papastathopoulos

DHAKA: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur has been elected as the president in a special general meeting on Sunday (May 22). He has been elected after Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post to take up the International Cricket Council (ICC)

DHAKA: Sevilla achieved a remarkable hat-trick as it became the first club to win three successive Europa League titles with victory over Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool Wednesday. The Spanish club came from behind to defeat its English opponent 3-1 at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel,

DHAKA: Britain’s Andy Murray gave himself the perfect birthday present as he won his first Italian Open title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Novak Djokovic. It was a first win on clay against Djokovic in five attempts for the Scot, who turned 29 on Sunday. He broke serve once in the

DHAKA: Barcelona have protected their Liga title after a hat-trick from Luis Suarez secured a 3-0 victory over Granada on Saturday. Real Madrid's victory away to Deportivo La Coruna was not enough as Barca sealed a comfortable victory to achieve a final points tally of 91 - one

DHAKA: FIFA’s head of auditing and compliance, Domenico Scala, has resigned in protest at reforms at the governing body of world football. Scala is angry the new FIFA council will have the ability to appoint and sack those in charge of its committees, including auditing, ethics and

DHAKA: World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal for the seventh time in a row, winning 7-5 7-6 (7-4). The defending champion will meet Japan's Kei Nishikori after the sixth seed beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3 7-5 in one hour and 39 minutes, BBC reports on

DHAKA: Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa’s first female secretary general to succeed Jerome Valcke. Samoura, 54, spent 21 years working for the United Nations and will start at football's governing body in June, BBC reports on Saturday (May 14). Fifa

DHAKA: Former Indian cricket board president Shashank Manohar has been elected as independent chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) for two-year term.  ICC made the declaration on Thursday (May 12) a day after Shashanka stepped down from his post with BCCI. Earlier on

DHAKA: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it sees no need to cancel, delay or move the Rio Olympic Games because of the Zika virus threat. However, IOC medical director Richard Budgett said that it would continue to monitor the situation closely, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: An injury-time header from substitute Christian Benteke cancelled out a stunning goal from Eden Hazard as Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday. Benteke made the most of an error from visiting goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to grab Liverpool an unlikely

DHAKA: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world football governing body, will decide in October whether to implement President Gianni Infantino’s plans to expand the World Cup to 40 teams by 2026. Infantino pledged to increase the number of nations

DHAKA: Shashank Manohar has resigned as the president of Indian Cricket Board a week before the International Cricket Council (ICC) set to begin a secret ballot to elect its first independent chairman. He took over the position following the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya in September 2015.