Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat became the first Bangladeshi umpire to be named in the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires following the International Cricket Council’s annual review and selection process today (March 28). Saikat was elevated from the Emirates ICC International

In-form pace bowler Kasun Rajitha is out of the second Test against Bangladesh because of a back injury, Sri Lanka Cricket said. The second and final Test begins in Chittagong on Saturday with tourists Sri Lanka leading 1-0 after their 328-run win in the opening match in Sylhet.

Spanish prosecutors want the ex-head of the country's football federation to be jailed for two-and-a-half years, after he kissed a female footballer against her will at Spain's World Cup victory. Luis Rubiales is facing charges of sexual assault and coercion after he grabbed

Chelsea booked their place in the Women's Champions League semi-finals for a second season running with a comfortable aggregate victory over Ajax. Emma Hayes' side, who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3-0 lead from the first leg and only needed to complete the job

Sunrisers Hyderabad smashed 277-3 - the highest total in Indian Premier League history - in a record-breaking 31-run victory against Mumbai Indians. Opener Travis Head hit 62 from 24 balls, Abhishek Sharma a 23-ball 63 and Heinrich Klaasen 80 not out from 34. They took Sunrisers

Australia continued their domination over Bangladesh in the Women’s ODI series, part of the ICC Championship, with another sensational win in the third and final game. The contest, which unfolded at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, saw Aussie bowlers leading the

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the Miami Open quarter-finals with an efficient straight-set win over Italy's Lorenzo Musetti. Spaniard Alcaraz, 20, won 6-3 6-3 and will play Poland's Hubert Hurkacz or Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next. Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner

The Test match in the 2025 Women's Ashes in Australia will be a day-night game at the 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Test returns to a four-day match after it was extended to five days during the 2023 series in England. The pink-ball game, which starts on 30

Jude Bellingham's last-gasp equaliser spared England a second successive Wembley defeat after defensive errors threatened to cost them dearly in the friendly against Belgium. Having lost at home to Brazil, Gareth Southgate's reshuffled side were a mixed bag. They showed

West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta scored a late penalty as Brazil drew 3-3 with Spain in a friendly at Real Madrid's Bernabeu. Rodri scored from the penalty spot before Dani Olmo doubled Spain's lead with a brilliant solo effort. Rodrygo pulled one back for Brazil just

Michael Termanini scored a goal in the dying moment as Bangladesh suffered a heart breaking 1-0 goal defeat to strong Palestine in their second match of FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers held at Bashundhara Kings Arena on Tuesday. The defeat, the first in this venue for Bangladesh, saw

Australia's top-order will get another opportunity to test themselves in challenging conditions when the third and final ODI is played on Wednesday. Ellyse Perry is relishing her crash course in Bangladesh conditions, as she and her teammates continue a fact-finding mission they

Bangladesh have made two changes to their 15-member squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram. In a big boost to Bangladesh’s hopes of drawing the Test series against Sri Lanka as Shakib Al Hasan makes a comeback to the squad for the second match, starting 30

Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was released from prison Monday after paying 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in bail to be set free while appealing a rape conviction, a Spanish court said. The former Barcelona player also handed over his passports, with prosecutors having argued

The Indian Premier League 2024 will conclude on May 26, a week before the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in North America, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) says. The 10-week tournament is scheduled to end at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, home of reigning champions

Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 328 runs in the first Test of the two-match series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today (March 25). Mominul remained unbeaten on 87 as the hosts got bundled out for 182 in their chase for an improbable 511-run target on Day 4. This marks

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir will miss the start of the season with Derbyshire to return to international cricket. Amir, 31, had signed to play for Derbyshire for the first half of the Championship season and all the T20 Blast group games. But he will only be available for six

Australia women have won the ODI series after beating the second match by 6 wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today (March 24). Earlier in the match, Bangladesh won the toss and lost all wickets to score 97 runs, with Nahida Akter, batting at number nine,

A half-century by Dimuth Karunaratne helped Sri Lanka secure a 211-run lead at the end of day two of the first Test against Bangladesh at Sylhet on Saturday. Sri Lanka ended the day at 119/5, with Dhananjay de Silva (23*) and Vishwa Fernando (2*) unbeaten. Bangladesh started day two

Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia in the second of the three-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today (March 24).  Australia have made one change to the side that cruised to a 118-run