Kyren Wilson held his nerve on Monday as he overcame an impressive fightback from qualifier Zak Jones to win snooker’s World Championship title for the first time. A clearly emotional Wilson eventually triumphed 18-14 in the final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre in northern

The BFF U-16 Football league 2023-24 with the participation of ABG Bashundhara Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) 2023-24 outfits will begin on June 25.   Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) disclosed it in a press release on Sunday, though the fixture and venue are yet to be

César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died, the Argentine Football Association said Sunday. He was 85. “Goodbye, dear Flaco!” the association's statement added, using Menotti’s nickname which

Bangladesh elected to field first against Zimbabwe after winning the toss in the second T20I of the five-match series in Chattogram today.  Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto opted to field first against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe made three changes, with visiting captain

A delegation of Bangladesh women cricketers, who are taking part in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup-2024, today (May 5) met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka. Youth and Sports Minister Nazmul Hassan, MP, Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey John

Bangladesh registered a brilliant eight-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in the first T20I of the five-match series in Chattogram.  It was a complete team performance by the hosts with both the bat and ball, which never really allowed the visitors to enter the match.  Both

A Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Saturday that they have shortlisted 20 young wrist spinners for a long-term programme. The BCB game development earlier selected 80 wrist-spinners after conducting a talent-hunting programme across the country and on Saturday, they finalized

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth hat-trick of the Saudi Pro League season on Saturday as Al-Nassr thrashed Al-Wehda 6-0. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner now has 32 league goals this season, two short of Abderrazak Hamdallah's record tally of 34 back in the 2018-19 campaign,

World number one Iga Swiatek saved three championship points to beat world number two Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 4-6 7-6 (9-7) and win her first Madrid Open title. The Pole had been a break down early in the third set but held her nerve down the stretch to gain revenge for defeat by Sabalenka

Inter Miami star Lionel Messi set multiple MLS single-game records on Saturday night, registering five assists and a goal to lead Miami to a 6-2 win over the New York Red Bulls. Messi’s five assists, all of which came in the second half, set a new single-game record for assists

Faf du Plessis scores 64 before Dinesh Karthik rescues Bengaluru from batting implosion to defeat Gujarat by 4 wickets Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis went hell for leather in a 148-run chase before Josh Little struck back with 4 wickets at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on

Girona booked their place in next season's Champions League for the first time and wrapped up the La Liga title for Real Madrid by coming from behind to beat Barcelona in a pulsating Catalan derby. Andreas Christensen opened the scoring in stunning fashion inside three minutes for

Erling Haaland's first four-goal haul in the Premier League left Manchester City three wins away from a historic fourth successive English league title. With no margin for error following Arsenal's earlier victory over Bournemouth, City delivered the perfect response. City

Bashundhara Kings moved one step closer to their fifth successive league title after they beat Abahani Limited Dhaka by 2-1 goals in the crucial ABG Bashundhara Bangladesh Premier League 2023-24 match at the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Saturday. Kings have now 37 points from 14 matches

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka produced a stunning comeback against Elena Rybakina to set up a Madrid Open final with Iga Swiatek. The Belarusian second seed fought back from a set and a break down to win 1-6 7-5 7-6 (7-5). A two-time winner in the Spanish capital, Sabalenka

Seventh seed Andrey Rublev will play Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final of the Madrid Open. The Russian beat Taylor Fritz of the United States 6-4 6-3 to reach his second final of the year. He will face world number 35 Auger-Aliassime after 30th seed Jiri Lehecka was

Former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson has been named in the United States squad for the T20 World Cup in June. The 33-year-old made his debut for the USA last month, having qualified for the World Cup co-hosts after emigrating to the country. Anderson played 93 times for New

Mitchell Starc’s four wickets and spin magic from Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 24 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday Earlier, Venkatesh Iyer’s heroics have taken Kolkata Knight Riders to 169. Nuwan Thushara and

Football campaign group Fair Game has issued five demands to reform the FA Cup following the decision to scrap replays in the competition. The body, which represents 34 men's professional clubs, has called for an amendment to the upcoming Football Governance Bill that would mean

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto put Zimbabwe into bat first after winning the toss in the five-match T20 International series opening game today (May 3) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Tanzid Hasan Tamim made a T20 debut after playing 15 ODIs for Bangladesh.