Pakistan leg spinner Shadab Khan said that he will be praying for former India skipper Virat Kohli to regain his form and even score a century, albeit not against Pakistan, in the Asia Cup.

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Wasim Jnr. has been ruled out of the Asia Cup due to a side strain, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement on Friday.

Top seed Daniil Medvedev will open his U.S. Open title defence onMonday against American Stefan Kozlov but faces major hurdles on the path to a second Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows, including in-form Australian Nick Kyrgios.

The Bangladesh team have played three finals in the last four editions of the Asia Cup. This time the Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan hopes for a new champion outside of India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka.

Despite a long-standing problem when it comes to scoring goals, Bangladesh coach Javier Cabrera has pinned his hopes on inexperienced strikers for the two FIFA-sanctioned friendlies next month and excluded Nabib Newaj Jibon, the country's most experienced forward.

Bangladesh practiced at ICC Academy in Dubai yesterday, hoping to get a good feel of their new way of doing things under newly-appointed technical consultant Sridharan Sriram and acclimatising to the conditions in the UAE.

Tickets for two games featuring Lionel Messi's Argentina have been the top attractions for fans at this year's World Cup in Qatar, according to the chief organiser.

German great Lothar Matthäus brought back the jersey Diego Maradona wore in the 1986 World Cup final in Argentina on Thursday. 

Bangladesh head coach, Javier Cabrera, announced a 27-member preliminary squad for the two upcoming FIFA international friendly matches without country’s top striker Nabib Newaj Jibon.

Premier all-rounder and Bangladesh Test and T20I captain, Shakib Al Hasan, has been chosen as Bangla Tigers’ Icon Player for the forthcoming season of The Abu Dhabi T10.

“There is no truth to the fact that I have sent a letter to resign to the Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB],” Bangladesh national cricket team coach, Russell Domingo, clarified his position after news of the South African’s resignation had recently circulated in parts of the media.

The fate of the 1986 Austral-Asia Cup final was almost in India's hands. Even until the last ball, the balance was in their favor. However, Pakistan won the match by hitting an extraordinary six in the last ball – an uncommon feat back in that era. India’s then captain, Kapil Dev, reveals he still can't sleep when he recalls that match.

Bangladesh emerged group champions to progress through to the next round -- featuring the top 12 teams -- of the 21st Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship despite suffering a nail-biting defeat to Australia in their pool’s second and final match in Riffa, Bahrain tonight.

The spat began around March 06, the time of the final of the 2016 Asia Cup between India and Bangladesh. India was favoured to beat the smaller country, but the Bangladesh Tigers have been playing well recently, and were hoping for an upset.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) provided the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) a 40-seater bus for both men and women footballers of the BFF Elite Academy today.

Bangladesh head coach, Russell Domingo, said that he considered not taking Mahmudullah Riyad initially for the Zimbabwe T20s was the wrong thing to do.

Young leg-spinner Rishad Hossain will be joining the Bangladesh squad in Dubai ahead of the Asia Cup, scheduled to begin on August 27 in the UAE. 

India's football association has asked world governing body FIFA to lift the suspension imposed on it after the mandate of a court-appointed committee to govern the sport in the country was terminated this week.

The similarities were uncanny, the possibilities either too cruel or poetically just. The actor and his nemesis were the same, as were the stage and situation, give or take a wicket here and a run there.

England's white-ball captain Jos Buttler said he is hopeful he can fully recover from a calf injury and hit top gear in time for this year's Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.