Legspinner Rumana Ahmed's hat-trick, the first in international cricket by a Bangladesh Women's cricketer helps her side defend 106 and beat Ireland Women by 10 runs in the third ODI to claim the series 1-0.

England's players have been given assurances about the scale of the security operation which will see them put on 'lock down' in Bangladesh with snipers positioned at the team hotels and tanks parked outside them.

Mario Balotelli reportedly tries to win over his new OGC Nice teammates by giving them €15,000 worth of gifts.

Is England one-day captain Eoin Morgan risking his international career by refusing to tour Bangladesh on security fears?

A Test Championship playoff along with ODI and Twenty20 league structures may be adopted by member countries at the next ICC Board meeting in October, after the two-tier Test system was abandoned this week.

Child marriage is illegal in Nepal, yet the impoverished Himalayan nation has failed to put in place policies to curb the practice with almost 40 percent of girls married before the age of 18.

Top of the charts in Tests, but floundering at number nine in one-dayers, Pakistan's dilemma emphasises the growing differences in skills needed to succeed across cricket's various formats.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he and Jose Mourinho share a winning mentality which will bring success to Manchester United.

Eoin Morgan says two previous security scares in the sub-continent made him wary of ever again jeopardising his personal safety, as he outlines why he remains deeply concerned about touring Bangladesh.

Whose team is Real Madrid's now: Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale?

Formula One enters a new era as US billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media agrees a takeover that values the motorsport at $8 billion.

US swimmer Ryan Lochte is slapped with a 10-month suspension following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Olympics.

Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka outlasts tiring former champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open.

Tim Cahill comes off the bench to score with only his second touch as Australia edge the United Arab Emirates 1-0.

Bangladesh men's chess team drops 25 places to 51st position after losing by 05-3.5 points against Germany.

With Cristiano Ronaldo still missing due to injury, European champions Portugal begin their bid to qualify for the 2018 World

Despite six of the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) members being in favour of a two-tier Test Championship, the plan

It was yesterday reported by a television channel that some of the girls of the Bangladesh under-16 women's football team,

Messi junior will be one of the first to take part in Barcelona's pilot programme aimed towards the 3-5 year age bracket.

Miffed at being snubbed by the International Cricket Committee (ICC) over various recent decisions, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is mulling at the possibility of pulling out of next year's Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in England.