A Spanish court has ruled that ex-Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves can be conditionally released from jail after serving about a quarter of his sentence for rape. Alves, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison last month, will be released on a €1m

Australia's all-conquering women's cricketers will have a tour left off TV for the first time this decade after networks were unable to secure the broadcast rights to their Bangladesh tour. Alyssa Healy's side will play Bangladesh in the first of three one-day

Mushfiqur Rahim has been ruled out of the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka due to a thumb injury. Bangladesh received a huge blow ahead of the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, when 36-year-old Mushfiqur was ruled out. The experienced player sustained a thumb injury

Real Madrid have filed a complaint against the referee who took charge of Saturday's win at Osasuna for omitting alleged racist abuse towards forward Vinicius Jr from his match report. The club say the "insults and vexatious shouts" were "deliberately" not

Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been suspended for Bangladesh's two-Test series against Bangladesh, shortly after announcing his decision to return to Test cricket having retired from the format last year. During the third ODI in the recently-concluded series against

England cruised to a comfortable 27-run victory over New Zealand in the first T20 in Dunedin. Captain Heather Knight's classy 63 from just 39 balls led the visitors to 160-4 after losing the toss, supported by Maia Bouchier's unbeaten 43. White Ferns skipper Suzie Bates

Australia have withdrawn from their men's T20 series against Afghanistan in August because of continued restrictions on women and girls in the country under the ruling Taliban. The three-match series was scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates. Cricket Australia (CA)

Bangladesh won the 3-match ODI series after beating Sri Lanka in the third and final match by four wickets in Chattogram today (March 18). Earlier the visitors were all out for 235 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. in response, the Tigers reached 237 for 6 while

Sri Lanka were all out for 235 in the third and final match of the ODI series against Bangladesh, setting a target of 236 for the hosts. Opener Pathum Nissanka’s dismissal was a big blow to the Sri Lankan side as the centurion from the last game was LBW out with the score 1/1.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh in the third and final ODI of the three-match day-night series, which is leveled at 1-1. The match is being played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Monday (March 18). Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Pathum

Barcelona loanee Joao Felix scored to consign parent club Atletico Madrid to their first home loss in La Liga this season. The forward rounded off a neat passing move in the 38th minute, just before manager Xavi was sent off for dissent. Robert Lewandowski doubled Barcelona's

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as Paris St-Germain thrashed Montpellier to move 12 points in Ligue 1. Vitinha opened the scoring before Mbappe swept home his first from a tight angle. Arnaud Nordin scored for the hosts and Teji Savanier drew them level. The France striker's

Manchester United kept their trophy hopes alive for this season and ended Liverpool's quest for four trophies with a dramatic extra-time victory in an FA Cup quarter-final classic at Old Trafford. In an incident-packed encounter, it was substitute Amad Diallo who sent Erik ten

Poland's Iga Swiatek claimed another dominant win over Maria Sakkari to clinch her second Indian Wells title. In a repeat of the 2022 final, the world number one produced an almost identical score, beating Greece's Sakkari 6-4 6-0 in 69 minutes. That secured a 19th career

World number two Carlos Alcaraz defended his Indian Wells title with a straight-set win over Daniil Medvedev in a repeat of last year's final. Alcaraz, 20, beat the Russian world number four 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 to claim his first title since Wimbledon in July. The Spaniard was

More injury news has emerged from Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh, and this time it's the hosts who have suffered a setback. Young pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib will not participate in the final and deciding ODI against Sri Lanka after experiencing pain and discomfort in his right

Australia's women's cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Sunday for a historic bilateral series against Bangladesh, marking the first time these two teams will compete in such a series ahead of the T20 World Cup. The Australian squad is bringing a formidable lineup as they gear up

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced that fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka will not take part further in the ongoing Bangladesh tour. Issuing a statement on Sunday (17), SLC said the player will return to Sri Lanka in order to start rehabilitation after suffering an injury during the 2nd

Luis Suárez scored the go-ahead goal in the 72nd minute and added another in the 85th minute, lifting Inter-Miami to a 3-1 victory over DC United on Saturday, despite the absence of Lionel Messi. Messi was held out of Sunday’s 3-2 MLS loss to Montreal and was subbed off

Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid moved 10 points clear at the top of La Liga with victory over Osasuna. The Brazilian put Real ahead after just four minutes but Ante Budimir levelled for Osasuna shortly after. Dani Carvajal made it 2-1 to Real, finishing into the top left