Tearful Ok dedicates breakthrough win to dad

Rising home star Ok Tae-hoon won for the first time in his professional career as he held his nerve to triumph in the $1.5 million International Series Korea on Sunday.
21 August 2022, 11:27 AM

Ex-refugee Ali becomes women's boxing trailbazer

Britain's Ramla Ali said she sometimes felt she was dreaming after her journey from Somali refugee to trailblazing women's boxer took a big leap forward in Saudi Arabia.
21 August 2022, 09:16 AM

Ancelotti hails 'immortal' Modric

Carlo Ancelotti described Luka Modric as "immortal" after his outstanding display in Real Madrid's 4-1 LaLiga win over Celta Vigo on Saturday.
21 August 2022, 06:43 AM

Rain ruins Soumya's patient effort

Discarded national team opener Soumya Sarkar played a patient knock of 42-ball 30 before rain put an end to the third and decisive unofficial one-dayer between Bangladesh A and West Indies A in Gros Islet yesterday.
21 August 2022, 05:27 AM

Modric pulls the strings as Real breeze past Celta 

Modric pulls the strings as Real breeze past Celta Champions Real Madrid got their second consecutive win of the new LaLiga season with a comfortable 4-1 victory at Celta Vigo on Saturday.
20 August 2022, 21:53 PM

'LuLa' sets the tone in Inter’s 3-0 win against Spezia

Inter Milan made it two from two in Serie A with Saturday's comfortable 3-0 win over Spezia on Romelu Lukaku's return to the San Siro.
20 August 2022, 21:30 PM

Odegaard double as Arsenal maintain perfect start

Martin Odegaard scored twice in the opening 11 minutes as Arsenal outclassed newly-promoted Bournemouth for a 3-0 victory to move top of the Premier League on Saturday.
20 August 2022, 20:08 PM

‘Last minutes of pure emotion and madness’ as Dortmund suffer ‘brutal’ defeat

Werder Bremen fought back from two goals down in the 89th minute to claim a remarkable 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, with Scottish forward Oliver Burke scoring the winner.
20 August 2022, 18:16 PM

The BCB's philosophical paradox

Three years after appointing Russell Domingo as head coach and one year since handing him a contract till 2023, the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB's) abrupt realisation that the South African's philosophy does "not suit the Bangladeshi brand of cricket" certainly raised a lot of questions.
20 August 2022, 18:03 PM

India cruise to ODI series win against Zimbabwe

Seamer Shardul Thakur took 3-38 as India completed a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe to claim victory in their three-match One-Day International series with a game to spare at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
20 August 2022, 14:01 PM

Kane's landmark goal fires Spurs to victory

Harry Kane set a Premier League record for the most goals with a single club as the Tottenham striker sealed a 1-0 win against Wolves on Saturday.
20 August 2022, 13:59 PM

‘Slim chance’ for women’s friendlies before SAFF

Bangladesh women’s football team might go to the SAFF Women’s Championship early next month without a preparation match as United Arab Emirates declined to come here for two friendly matches later this month.
20 August 2022, 13:34 PM

Domingo will take Sriram’s inclusion positively, believes Sujon

Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon said that ‘positive human being’ Russell Domingo will take former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram's inclusion in the Tigers’ coaching panel in a positive manner.
20 August 2022, 10:10 AM

Brazil to play Ghana, Tunisia in pre-World Cup friendlies

Brazil will face Ghana and Tunisia next month in Europe as part of their final preparations for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this year.
20 August 2022, 08:18 AM

Kroos, Modric bid adieu to Casemiro with emotional letters

As Casemiro leaves for ‘a new challenge’, both Kroos and Modric left him emotional letters, published by Spanish national daily sports newspaper Marca. Both letters are shared here for the readers of The Daily Star:
20 August 2022, 07:52 AM

S Africa hand England innings defeat inside three days

South Africa skittled England out for 149 on Friday to win the first Test by an innings and 12 runs inside three days at Lord's and go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
19 August 2022, 15:13 PM

Dortmund rule out move for Ronaldo

Borussia Dortmund chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke on Friday quashed speculation linking the Bundesliga club with Cristiano Ronaldo, saying there was "no contact at all" between the parties.
19 August 2022, 15:05 PM

Ashraful proud to play a charity T20 game for Lashings World XI

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful is set to feature for the Lashings World XI alongside former international cricketers in a charity T20 game against Letchworth Garden City Cricket Club in England today.
19 August 2022, 14:57 PM

Ten Hag demands attitude change from Man Utd

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag lambasted the attitude of his players in an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Brentford last weekend as he demanded a response in Monday's clash with Liverpool.
19 August 2022, 14:55 PM

India pleads for Gokulam, Mohun Bagan to be allowed in AFC competitions

India today said it has urged FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to allow two Indian clubs -- Sree Gokulam Kerala FC and ATK Mohun Bagan -- to compete in the AFC competitions as scheduled.
19 August 2022, 12:16 PM