Ash Barty dismissed suggestions that she had unfairly held on to the top ranking while opting not to compete on the WTA Tour for most of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh’s fastest woman Shirin Akter finally showed improvement as she created a national record in the 200m sprint in the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games yesterday.

Real Madrid forwards Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema struck to give their side a 2-0 win at home to Eibar in La Liga on Saturday, keeping up the pressure on leaders Atletico Madrid ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Liverpool.

The Tigers returned to Bangladesh yesterday after a disastrous tour in New Zealand, where they continued a dismal run by being whitewashed in both the three-match ODI and T20I series. In doing so, they kept alive the embarrassing record of never having won a match in the nation against the hosts in 32 games across all formats.

Bangladesh Women’s Emerging team players celebrate after a comfortable 54-run victory over visiting South Africa Women’s emerging team in the

Bangladesh cricket team quietly returned to Dhaka this morning from their 40-day tour of New Zealand, where they were whitewashed in both ODIs and T20s.

Bangladesh Olympic Association's secretary general Syed Shahed Reza today told media that the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games will continue as planned during the nationwide lockdown.

Manchester City moved closer to the Premier League title as the runaway leaders won 2-0 at Leicester, while lowly West Bromwich Albion handed Thomas Tuchel the first defeat of his Chelsea reign with a stunning 5-2 victory on Saturday.

Neymar was sent off late on as a limping Jonathan David scored the only goal to give Lille a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in their Ligue 1 title showdown on Saturday, a result that moves them three points clear at the top.

Mikel Oyarzabal scored the penalty that won Real Sociedad the delayed 2020 Copa del Rey on Saturday before dedicating their victory to the fans unable to attend an historic final against Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao.

All football competitions in the country might remain suspended in light of the imposition of a weeklong lockdown in the country, according to Bangladesh Football Federation officials.

Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin has publicly expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the national team and its head coach Jamie Day in the recently-concluded Three Nations Cup in Nepal, where Bangladesh finished as runners-up.

Major headlines were made on Thursday when the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided that the Bangladesh women’s team were to be awarded Test status.

There were records set in various disciplines while sprint king and queen consolidated their thrones on the third day of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games yesterday, but all the joy and thrill were overshadowed by the impending restrictions on proceedings following a government declaration of nationwide lockdown.

Spin star Axar Patel has tested positive for coronavirus and been put into isolation, his team said Saturday as the Indian Premier League battles new pandemic fears days ahead of its start.

The ongoing Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games will continue according to its original schedule till April 4, informed Games' steering committee chairman Bashir Ahmed Mamun today.

Sri Lanka's top-order batting held firm to ensure a draw and a drawn series against the West Indies on the last day of the second and final Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday.

The captain’s armband that Cristiano Ronaldo flung to the ground in disgust after Portugal were denied an injury-time winner against Serbia was sold at a charity auction for 64,000 euros to an anonymous bidder.

RB Leipzig hope to capitalise on the absence of Robert Lewandowski in a top-of-the-table clash against Bayern Munich, while title rivals Paris Saint-Germain and Lille face off in France and there’s an all-Basque Copa del Rey final... almost a year later than planned. Here are some of the standout action in Europe this weekend:

Abysmal failure in all three departments -- batting, bowling and especially fielding – has come to the fore more vividly than ever during Bangladesh’s recently-concluded New Zealand tour. Bangladesh were whitewashed in both T20Is and ODIs. And the thumping losses were only a reflection of Bangladesh’s failure as a unit.