There is a new hope regarding staging of Premier Division Hockey League as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to donate Tk 1 crore to Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF).

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane admitted he was relieved to finish Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea with his side still in the tie following a 1-1 draw after being outplayed for large parts of the game.

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel said his side should have wrapped up their Champions League semi-final first leg with Real Madrid in the first half on Tuesday and rued missed chances in the 1-1 draw that could have put the game beyond their opponents.

There were questions over Bangladesh’s approach and attitude towards Test cricket over the years with the fear of losing always forcing the team management to go for a rather defensive mindset.

After the Pallekele pitch offered very little help to the bowlers in the first Test which ended in a draw, hosts Sri Lanka will be looking for a different approach when they take on Bangladesh in the second and final Test at the same venue from today.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has awarded the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy a single demerit point after match referee Ranjan Madugalle of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh rated the pitch as ‘below average’, ICC informed in a press release today.

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema scored an acrobatic goal to cancel out an earlier strike from Chelsea's Christian Pulisic as Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg ended 1-1 to keep the tie delicately balanced.

Two continental giants-- Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, lock horns in the first leg of their semi-final at the Parc des Princes tonight.

A new coronavirus wave hitting Sri Lanka has halted a cricket match between two of the country’s top schools that has been played for 141 years, continuing even through world wars.

“This was the first time that I was in the squad of a Test team. So it was really exciting for me. Test cricket is very interesting and I never felt I was out of the playing eleven.

There could be no argument that the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium was a dull affair.

Abahani has officially proposed the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the rights to host Club Eagles in AFC Cup playoff match in Dhaka between May 5 and 7 after Maldives expressed its inability to host two playoff matches among Abahani, Eagles and Bengaluru FC on May 8 and 11.

India’s cricket board, the BCCI, on Tuesday told players it will ensure their safe return home once the ongoing Twenty20 tournament is completed, in a charm offensive as the COVID-19 pandemic grips the country, local media reported.

Following knee surgery in Kolkata on April 17, national football team striker Nabib Newaj Jibon is counting the days ahead of his return to Dhaka to fully start his rehabilitation process.

Bayern Munich have signed RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann to take over from Hansi Flick next season on a five-year contract, the club said on Tuesday.

Young pacer Shoriful Islam is keeping himself prepared for giving his best in Test cricket while taking in the experience of being in the Test squad for the time being.

Born and brought up in a gritty Paris suburb, Riyad Mahrez has gone on to become one of the leading players of his generation and returns to the French capital with Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals this week.

Batsman Chris Lynn has asked Australia's cricket board to arrange a charter flight to bring players home at the end of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as India battles a surge in COVID-19 infections.

Two Australian cricketers became the latest stars to pull out of the Indian Premier League on Monday as top bowler Pat Cummins said the tournament was being kept open to distract attention from the growing coronavirus toll on the country.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said the team with the most mental strength will prevail in La Liga’s title race, which remained on a knife edge after his side were beaten 2-1 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.