Villarreal coach Unai Emery praised his “impeccable” players for their dedication after claiming the club’s first major trophy by beating Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday.

Mahmudullah Riyad said that he is ‘certain’ that premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has been struggling with form of late, will turn up with a better performance in the final ODI against Sri Lanka today.

Bangladesh football team are set to fly out for Qatar today to take part in next month’s World Cup and Asia Cup Qualifiers following a fighting display against Sheikh Jamal DC in the sole practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

Despite registering a first-ever bilateral ODI series win over Sri Lanka with a game in hand, Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal stated that they were lucky in getting past the hurdles without playing to their best in the first two games of the three-match series.

Zinedine Zidane has stepped down as Real Madrid coach with immediate effect five days after his team were pipped to the La Liga title by city rivals Atletico Madrid, the Spanish club said on Thursday.

Despite losing the three-match ODI series against hosts Bangladesh 2-0 with a game in hand, Sri Lanka head coach Mickey Arthur remained optimistic about winning the final game of the series tomorrow as he refused to claim the match to be a dead-rubber.

Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad said that he is ‘certain’ that premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has been struggling for form recently, will turn up with a better performance in the final ODI against Sri Lanka in Mirpur tomorrow.

Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will once again be playing for Jamaica Tallawahs in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL), announced the T20 league on Twitter today.

Zinedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect, according to media reports, just days after the club were beaten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said he has been subjected to "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following Wednesday's defeat by Villarreal in the Europa League final.

Villarreal defeated Manchester United 11-10 on penalties on Wednesday to win their first major trophy after a 1-1 draw in the Europa League final as goalkeeper David de Gea missed the decisive spot-kick in a remarkable shootout.

Former Sri Lanka skipper Sanath Jayasuriya urged his countrymen to ‘fight to the last’ in order to salvage some pride and win the final ODI against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.

Bangladesh Shooting Sport Federation (BSSF) yesterday appointed South Korean coach Kim Il Young as the pistol coach of the national shooters for up to 2024 Paris Olympics at a programme at the BSSF Shooting Complex in Gulshan.

Former world number six Carla Suarez Navarro has confirmed her participation at the French Open, which starts on Sunday, a month after she said she had been cured of cancer.

The process of preparing a future captain starts by grooming the relatively younger players into leadership roles, often as vice-captains, and train them to share responsibilities side by side with the experienced, senior cricketers so that they may evolve into future leaders.

After displaying her potential in her inaugural tournament by grabbing a gold medal, archer Diya Siddique went AWOL in both domestic and international meets over the past two years before again bursting into the limelight by winning a silver medal from the Archery World Cup in Switzerland along with Bangladesh’s top archer, Ruman Sana.

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema said he’s targeting a trophy with France after he was recalled to their provisional Euro 2020 squad following a controversial, six-year international exile.

Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz has become only the third bowler from Bangladesh to be ranked among the top two of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after a fine showing in the first two matches of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh on Tuesday prevailed through a looming threat of cyclone and registered a thumping 103-run victory over Sri Lanka in Mirpur.

Bangladesh Football Team skipper Jamal Bhuiyan has been retained as the brand ambassador of Sprint Active, an athleisure brand from the house of Apex, for the second year in a row, said a press release issued by the company on Tuesday.