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Cricket: Australia unchanged for day-night Test against Pakistan

Australia named an unchanged squad on Thursday for the first Test against Pakistan next week, which will be the first day-night Test held at Brisbane's Gabba.
8 December 2016, 05:16 AM

Police held by Kawran Bazar

Bangladesh Police FC played out a goalless draw against Karwan Bazar SC in their Marcel Bangladesh Championship League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Kushtia stay alive

Kushtia kept their hopes of a last four berth in the JFA U-14 Women's National Championship alive after a 3-0 win over Khagrachari at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday.
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Football: Lewandowski's Bayern goal ends perfect Atletico record

Robert Lewandowski scored a brilliant free kick to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in their last Champions League Group D outing on Tuesday, ending the 100 percent record of their opponents.
7 December 2016, 08:56 AM

Football: Messi or Ronaldo? No thanks, says Leipzig boss

Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo would be considered fresh enough at youthful Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig, says sports director Ralf Rangnick.
7 December 2016, 08:33 AM

Pyongyang welcomes back women's soccer world champions

North Korea's under-20 women's soccer team paraded through the streets of Pyongyang in a flower-covered vehicle on Tuesday, celebrating their World Cup win upon their return to the isolated nation's capital.
7 December 2016, 08:20 AM

Football: Plane tragedy overshadows Club World Cup

Atletico Nacional will play through their grief over the Chapecoense plane tragedy when they tackle the Club World Cup in Japan -- just days after their Copa Sudamericana final opponents were wiped out.
7 December 2016, 05:51 AM

Football: Real Madrid demand respect for 'exemplary' Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid launched a staunch defence of star forward Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday, demanding respect for the three-time World Player of the Year amid allegations he hid millions of euros earned from image rights in tax havens.
7 December 2016, 05:38 AM

Football: Brazil invite Colombia to play in Chapecoense charity match

Brazil have invited Colombia to play a friendly match next month with proceeds from the game going to families of the Chapecoense players and staff killed in the Medellin air crash, a Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) spokesman told Reuters on Monday.
6 December 2016, 07:26 AM

Football: Middlesbrough edge Hull thanks to Ramirez header

Middlesbrough moved away from the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over fellow strugglers Hull City thanks to a second-half header from midfielder Gaston Ramirez in the Premier League on Monday.
6 December 2016, 06:51 AM

Football: Dortmund's hot-shots eye goal record at Real Madrid

Borussia Dortmund can set a new Champions League goal record at Real Madrid on Wednesday if the likes of Marco Reus, Ousmane Dembele or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang score at the Bernabeu.
6 December 2016, 06:15 AM

Cricket: Eoin Morgan returns to captain One Day team in India

Eoin Morgan returns to captain England in both the One Day International and Twenty20 series with India after opting out of the Bangladesh part of the tour over security fears.
6 December 2016, 05:42 AM

Football: FIFA loses the man who led fight against match-fixing

The man who was leading FIFA's fight against match-fixing has left his post, soccer's world governing body said on Monday.
6 December 2016, 05:31 AM

Football: Man City, Chelsea charged with failing to control players

Manchester City and Chelsea have been charged with failing to control their players during Saturday's Premier League match, the FA said on Monday.
6 December 2016, 05:16 AM

And then there were four

42 matches and one month later the Bangladesh Premier League's fourth season has finally come to its final leg.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Football: Sevilla gets Nasri boost ahead of Lyon game

Sevilla midfielder Samir Nasri has returned to training and is a step closer to making his comeback when his team plays at Olympique Lyon in Wednesday's Champions League game, the Spanish club have announced.
5 December 2016, 09:37 AM

Football: Five things we learned from La Liga

Real Madrid remain six points clear at the top of La Liga after Sergio Ramos's late leveller earned a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in El Clasico on a weekend in which none of the top six won.
5 December 2016, 08:11 AM

Fidel Castro interred in rock, closing last chapter of historic life

Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro's ashes were encased in a large granite boulder on Sunday in a ceremony that capped nine days of public mourning and aimed to literally set in stone the legacy of one of the 20th century's most influential characters.
5 December 2016, 07:59 AM

Cricket: Maxwell may miss again as Australia look to rebuild confidence

Controversial all-rounder Glenn Maxwell could still find himself on the outer in Australia's second one-day international against New Zealand on Tuesday.
5 December 2016, 06:42 AM

Football: Five things we learned in the Premier League

Manchester City lost their cool in a damaging defeat against title rivals Chelsea, Liverpool surrendered ground on the leaders after an incredible collapse at Bournemouth, while Alexis Sanchez kept Arsenal firmly in the hunt.
5 December 2016, 06:24 AM