Unvaccinated tennis stars are unlikely to get visas to play in the Australian Open, a local official warned Tuesday, throwing defending champion Novak Djokovic's participation into serious doubt.

Skipper Zeeshan Maqsood returned bowling figures of 4-20 to set up a 10-wicket win for hosts Oman in the Twenty20 World Cup opener against debutants Papua New Guinea today.

Dependable centre-back Tapu Barman has been offered to play in the Indian Super League’s (ISL) for NorthEast United FC, which finished third among 11 teams in India’s top-flight football last season. However, the Bangladesh national team defender is seemingly in hesitation over the offer.

A goalkeeper in the Northern Ireland league was sent off Saturday for hitting one of his own players.

The trophy and logo of the DNCC Mayor Cup was unveiled in a colourful programme at the Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka on Saturday evening.

A five-day long Butthan Martial art training camp, organised by Satyapon Janaa Shikshasram, was held from October 10 to 14 in Panchagarh.

According to Scotland skipper Kyle Coetzer, Bangladesh’s premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan could be the best bowler in the T20 World Cup, set to begin tomorrow with the qualifier stage matches in Oman.

Only a solitary fifty came from the bat of Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s batting mainstay, in his last 25 T20Is. The experienced batsman, who is trying to find his usual rhythm in this format, has also had a torrid time in three practise matches ahead of the T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin tomorrow with Bangladesh taking on Scotland in Muscat.

Kylian Mbappe converted a soft late VAR penalty award to give a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Lionel Messi and Neymar a 2-1 win over Angers in Ligue 1 on Friday.

For someone who had just tuned in yesterday to watch the ongoing SAFF Championship’s virtual semi-final match between Bangladesh and Nepal at the dying seconds of the 78thminute, the move from the left that resulted in the sending off of goalkeeperAnisur Rahman Zico would seem like a great through-ball created by the Himalayan nation behind Bangladesh's defensive high-line . Although in reality, it was Rakib Hossain, whose atrocious back-pass towards the direction of his central defenders had Bangladesh on a slippery slope from then on at Maldives National Stadium in Male.

After Columbia ended Brazil's nine-match winning run in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup Finals with a 0-0 draw last Sunday, Neymar and co. will look to bounce back to winning ways as they face Uruguay in front of the home crowd on Friday morning.

A batting collapse while chasing a commendable total saw Bangladesh suffer a comprehensive 33-run defeat against Ireland in their second and final official T20 World Cup warm-up game at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi today.

Ireland batter Gareth Delany smashed an unbeaten 88 to help his side to a challenging 177 for three against Bangladesh in their second and final official T20 World Cup warm-up game at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi today.

‘Fortune favours the brave’ as they say, and when a team play the beautiful game as if they are a man down before actually becoming one, it is akin to playing with fire, especially on the big stages like the virtual semifinal match that was played between Bangladesh and Nepal in the National Stadium of Maldives in Male yesterday.

Mexico claimed a 2-0 win at El Salvador on Wednesday while Canada thrashed Panama 4-1 at home as both teams remained unbeaten in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

Cricketer Mosharraf Hossain Rubel, who has been battling a brain tumor for a long time, has been kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital in the capital after his condition deteriorated.

Ireland have won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the Tigers' second and final official warm-up game at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi today.

India added pace bowler Shardul Thakur to their Twenty20 World Cup squad while all-rounder Axar Patel dropped out of the 15-man side and into a list of stand-by players, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Ten-man Bangladesh failed to hold on to a slender lead as an 88th-minute penalty by Anjan Bista saw Nepal bounce back and eke out a 1-1 draw today in their final SAFF Championship group stage game in Male, denying the men in red and green a chance to make it into the final of the regional championship for the first time in 16 years. 

Denmark became the second team to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals when they beat Austria by a single goal on Tuesday as England were frustrated by Hungary at Wembley.