With an impish smile on his face, Shakib Al Hasan said, “Has anyone else done it?” when told he was the first Bangladeshi to have scored 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in T20Is during the presentation ceremony after Bangladesh’s thumping 60-run win over Australia in the fifth and final T20I in Mirpur today.

Shakib Al Hasan became the only player to have scalped 100 wickets and score more than 1000 runs in T20Is when he scalped the wicket of Australia’s Ashton Turner during Bangladesh’s fifth and final T20I against the Aussies at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Shakib Al Hasan picked up four wickets and also reached a unique milestone as Bangladesh bundled out Australia for their lowest total ever in T20Is to win the fifth and final T20I by 60 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. 

Prior to the start of the five-match T20I series against Australia, there were not many who would have thought that Bangladesh could go on to win the series with two games in hand despite the fact that the visitors were without some of their top batsmen.

Even amidst the most bizarre realities in football, it just does not get any more bizarre than this. With the world watching, the press conference that transpired at the Camp Nou yesterday, was about to puncture hopes -- the last shred of it anyway -- and leave Barcelona fans with a gaping vacuum with nowhere to escape.

Lionel Messi will travel to Paris on Sunday for medical tests with Paris Saint-Germain either later in the evening or early on Monday, the L’Equipe newspaper reported.

A tearful Lionel Messi confirmed on Sunday he was leaving FC Barcelona after the club said it could no longer afford paying the Argentine's high wages, adding he was in negotiations with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move.

Today is the third death anniversary of noted industrialist and sports organiser Afzalur Rahman Sinha.

About 30 kilometres into the men's marathon in Sapporo on Sunday, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge pulled away from the pack and began running his own race, chasing immortality.

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a late penalty against his old club as FA Cup winners Leicester City beat Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 in the Community Shield curtain-raiser to the season on Saturday.

England captain Joe Root hit his 21st test century but India maintained slight upper hand going into what promises to be an enthralling final day of the opening test on Sunday.

Batting proved to be Bangladesh’s downfall as the Tigers lost the fourth T20I against Australia by three wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday, giving up their rare chance of completing a first-ever clean series sweep against the Aussies.

Mustafizur Rahman may have gone wicketless in the third T20I between Bangladesh and Australia on Friday, but the wily left-arm pacer was the player that took control of the most important stage of the game.

After Bangladesh managed to secure the five-match T20I series against Australia with two games in hand, it was expected that the hosts would make some changes to the team to test and test their depth in the fourth game. Instead, the Tigers went for the will and kept the winning combination intact.

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the fourth T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Bangladesh required something extraordinary to earn a victory in the third T20I against Australia in defence of a small 127-run total and the Tigers did it in style to re-write history at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

A splendid penultimate over from Mustafizur Rahman helped Bangladesh defend a low total and win the third T20I against Australia by 10 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. 

Barcelona joined rivals Real Madrid on Thursday in denouncing a proposed multi-billion-dollar investment and revenue-sharing deal between Spain's top soccer league, La Liga, and private equity firm CVC.

Manchester City on Thursday announced the signing of "natural talent" Jack Grealish on a six-year deal from Aston Villa for a British record fee reported to be £100 million ($139 million).

Barcelona's shock announcement on Thursday that superstar Lionel Messi would be leaving the club is a "bombshell" of global proportions, according to Argentine media.