UEFA is set to announce major changes to the Champions League next week but the make-up of this season’s semi-finalists confirms the extent to which elite club football in Europe has already been transformed over the last decade.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has asked six-time Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani to check whether they can play their AFC Cup play-off match against Eagles Club of Maldives in India.

Shooting was one of the major goldmines for Bangladesh in the South Asian Games, but the country saw its shooters return home with only wooden spoons from the last edition of the SA Games in Nepal -- only the second times in Bangladesh’s shooting history that they ended the regional showpiece without a gold medal in the discipline.

Liton Das has been around in national colours for almost six years now, but everybody is still hoping that the 26-year old batsman grabs his chances as best as he can.

Former Bangladesh cricketer and current BCB Cricket Operations Chairman Akran Khan has been hospitalized today. The former Bangladesh captain had tested positive for coronavirus last Friday.

Even though players end up blaming 'clearness of the sky' for poor fielding after a series or talk about 'lack of preparation time' following completion of abysmal away tours, Bangladesh players, however, very rarely have any kinds of problems ahead of any series.

A senior Japanese politician said cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility on Thursday, as a surge in cases renews concerns about the Games with less than 100 days to go.

India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli was reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) code of conduct during their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, the IPL mentioned in a statement.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row. The all-rounder is also the first English cricketer to win the accolade twice since its inception in 2004.

Merseyside Police said they have launched an investigation after the bus carrying Real Madrid players was damaged as it arrived at Anfield for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Liverpool.

Babar Azam gave a batting masterclass to lead Pakistan to a nine-wicket win in the third Twenty20 international against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.

Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore edged out Sunrisers Hyderabad by six runs for their second successive victory of this Indian Premier League season on Wednesday.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made the bizarre claim that Manchester United's inconsistent home form can be blamed on the red stadium wrap at Old Trafford.

Novak Djokovic swept past promising Italian teenager Jannik Sinner 6-4, 6-2 in Monte Carlo on Wednesday on the Serbian world number one's first appearance since claiming the Australian Open in February.

Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak was on Wednesday banned for eight years on corruption charges, the International Cricket Council announced.

Chelsea reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2014 despite a 1-0 defeat against Porto in Tuesday's quarter-final second leg in Seville.

Paris St Germain reached the Champions League semi-finals despite a 1-0 home defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday as the title holders bowed out on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate result.

Five members of South Africa Women’s Emerging team boarded a flight back home from Dhaka on Tuesday evening after returning negative results in their second Covid-19 tests conducted in the capital earlier in the day.

The son of Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has weighed in on his father’s spat with Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho after the Norwegian coach said he wouldn’t feed his son if he simulated an injury.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won his fourth Sir Richard Hadlee medal for excelling across formats and was also adjudged the ‘Test Player of the Year’ in the country’s annual cricket awards on Tuesday.