Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal in 2023 as Al-Nassr beat rivals Al-Shabab 5-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Saudi King Cup. The former Real Madrid and Manchester United forward got his side's fourth in the second half. That took his tally for the current season to 26

Turkish football bosses suspended all leagues after a referee was punched to the ground by a club president following a top-flight game on Monday. Halil Umut Meler was struck by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca, who ran on to the pitch after his team conceded a 97th-minute equaliser

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will start on January 19 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.   BPL first match will take place between with defending champions Comilla Victorians taking on Durdanto Dhaka. The first match day falls on a Friday (December 11) which will

Bangladeshi left-arm spinner Nahida Akter has won the ICC Women's Player of the Month for November.  She became the first-ever Bangladeshi woman to win the award. Nahida beat compatriot Fargana Hoque and Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal to win the award and was thrilled to

Everton claimed three consecutive Premier League victories for the first time since 2021 as they saw off Chelsea at Goodison Park. Abdoulaye Doucoure and substitute Lewis Dobbin both fired home first-time efforts in the second half as Sean Dyche's side moved four points clear of

Anthony Davis scored 41 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers to victory against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA's first in-season tournament final. Davis also registered 20 rebounds, five assists and four blocks, while team-mate LeBron James added 24 points and 11 rebounds in a

Girona underlined their La Liga title credentials with a famous victory at Barcelona to move top of the table. Goals from Artem Dovbyk, Miguel Gutierrez, Valery Fernandez and Cristhian Stuani gave the visitors a deserved first ever league win over their Catalan rivals. Robert

Aston Villa moved to within two points of the summit of the Premier League with a narrow win over Arsenal, who missed out on a chance to go top. Villa took the lead at Villa Park through skipper John McGinn, who brought Leon Bailey's cross under control before hammering the ball

Mohamed Salah scored his 200th Liverpool goal as Jurgen Klopp's side produced a late comeback against 10-man Crystal Palace to move top of the Premier League and increase the pressure on former boss Roy Hodgson. Salah became only the fifth player to reach that landmark for the

West Indies got over the line in a nervy chase to beat England by four wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-shortened third one-day international in Barbados. When play began two hours later than scheduled, seamer Matthew Forde quickly took three wickets on his

New Zealand -Bangladesh Test Series  2nd Match Played at SBNCS, Meerpoor, Dhaka from 6-9 December 2023  Bangladesh 1st Innings 172 All Out (Mushfiqur Rahim 35, Shahadat Hossein Dipu 31, Mehidy Hasan Miraj 20, Glen Philips 3/31, Mitchel Santnar 3/65, Aijaz Patel 2/54) 

Mushfiqur Rahim has sent a legal notice to a local TV channel after it published a report that linked Rahim's obstructing the field dismissal to match-fixing.  The report demanded Ekattor TV to delete the report from all social media and digital platforms, a telecast of a

Bangladesh 172 and 144 (Zakir Hasan 5nd9; Ajaz Patel 6-57, Mitchell Santner 3-51) lost to New Zealand 180 and 139-6 (Glenn Phillips 40 not out, Mitchell Santner 36no, Tom Latham 26; Mehidy Hasan Miraz 3-51, Taijul Islam 2-58) by four wickets.  A superb match double from Glenn

Bangladesh were all out for 144 runs in their second innings Saturday (December 9) to set New Zealand a target of 137 to win the second Test in Dhaka. Zakir Hasan top-scored with 59 runs for Bangladesh while Ajaz Patel took 6-57 for the tourists. Ajaz Patel broke the 33-run stand

Russian and Belarusian athletes who have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be allowed to participate as neutrals, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed. The conditions of their inclusion include competing without flags, emblems or anthems of their country.

Federico Gatti scored the only goal as Juventus edged defending champions Napoli to move top of Serie A. The defender scored a late winner last Friday against Monza and followed that up with another decisive strike, heading home in the 51st minute. Napoli had the better of the first

Cristiano Ronaldo marked the 1,200th professional match of his career by scoring one goal and assisting another for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr. The 38-year-old tapped in Sadio Mane's cross and later set up team-mate Otavio in a 4-1 win over Al-Riyadh. Ronaldo thanked all those

Glenn Phillips hit 87 to give New Zealand an eight-run lead as Bangladesh bowled the tourists out for 180 on day three of the rain-hit second Test on Friday. Play resumed after four sessions were washed out because of rain in Dhaka with New Zealand on 55-5, trailing Bangladesh by 117

The Bashundhara Cup Golf Tournament-2023 is underway amid festivity at Bhatiary Golf and Country Club (BGCC) in Chattogram. ABG Bashundhara Director Mostafa Azad Mohiuddin inaugurated the colourful tournament by releasing balloons on Friday morning. 7ADA Brigade Commander Brigadier

The weather again held up play Friday on the third day of the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Stumps were called on Thursday without a ball being bowled after a day of rain and there was more overnight. The wet outfield