Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will put his efforts to carve out a football career on hold for a week to fulfil a "previously planned" overseas commitment, the A-League's Central Coast Mariners said on Saturday.

As the stage in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium is all set to draw the curtains over another hair-raising World Cup season, we prepare ourselves to bid farewell to the festivity that came along with it. With just a few games left to be played, let's look at the things that we will surely miss as we wait four more years for the curtains to be unravelled once again in Qatar.

They may lack the glitz and glamour of the World Cup, but football clubs for stateless Rohingya refugees in Malaysia offer something more.

“I have had my turn and, to be honest, I am tired.” On Wednesday, the world of cricket suffered a great loss. That was when AB de Villiers announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

While everyone is busy with UEFA Champions League hype as it draws to a close, cricket fans have their own Indian Premier League (IPL) to be excited about. Featuring some of the best players in international and domestic cricket, the games are always exciting and a good way to spend your evenings.

Back in 1996, when a French individual with the look of a college professor was appointed as Arsenal's next manager, the football world was confused to say the least. A man with a surface-level recognition

Another year, another edition of the UEFA Champions League. And of course, it means singing "...THE CHAMPIOOOOOOONS!" and readying your meme game to roast your poor buddy whose team is gonna get knocked out all the while praying your team doesn't.What if such teams were like us people? What would be their stereotypes? Let's find out.

Street badminton is a dog-eat-dog sport. There's no referee, no reviews, and most importantly, no mercy. There is more to the game than just hitting a shuttlecock and winning points.

Now that BPL is back, many of you will be setting foot inside a cricket stadium for the first time. If you're a part of this lucky bunch, read on for the do's and don't's of a cricket stadium, young padawan.

The match starts pretty well, with our bowlers keeping a check on the runs. Mashrafe does what he does best (being economical), and even Taskin manages to bowl a few decent overs.

An India-Pakistan fixture, regardless of the sport and the venue, is always a big attraction -- both for the local crowd as well as broadcasters. Hence it is needless to say that today's India versus Pakistan fixture of the Hero Asia Cup in Dhaka is the centre of attention of the group stages of this tenth edition of this continental competition.

I have been quite sombre for the past few days. It pains to watch you lose in the semis. So close, yet so far.

South Asian (SA) Games double gold-medallist swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila will take to the pool on the first day of

Hosts Bangladesh are trying to bring one of the participating teams for a few practice matches ahead of the Hockey World League Round-

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha said he was extremely disappointed with the second-innings batting collapse in the Tigers’ first Test against New Zealand, but refused to blame it on careless shot selection from his senior batsmen.

After two seasons of success at home, Team Bangladesh will have its work cut out in 2017. Success will be vital to take our cricket to the next level, as all our confirmed games in the first half of the year are away from home including a couple of unconfirmed ones scheduled in the Future Tour Plan.

From 8th to 2nd, what is so special about this formation? 5 wins, 16 goals, 0 conceded straight from a 3-0 defeat to now a 4th placed Arsenal. What exactly, has changed?

With the Fantasy Premier League entering Gameweek 12 coming Saturday after a "never-ending" international break, let us take a look at our runaway leaders.

Gameweek 8 and 9 have not been the most ideal for Fantasy Premier League managers, as our most priced assets fetched sorry figures. But one good week for you may turn the leaderboard upside down and hey, what is an FPL manager without hope? Let's see how things might turn in the coming weeks.

Gameweek 8 was one of those weeks when all your big guns fail to shine and you be happy with a lowly score. Most captained Sergio Aguero and in-form Christian Benteke both missed penalties and provided a sorry -1 each, but Junior Stanislas scored twice and assisted two to bag 21 points.