Where once excitement reached a fever pitch, there is hardly any anticipation now ahead of today's Bangladesh Premier League encounter between traditional rivals Abahani and Mohammedan SC -- the first of the season between the once bitter foes.

Indian pace bowler Ishant Sharma was Tuesday ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand after contracting the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya.

Hosts Bangladesh will have their eyes on the final of the 4th Boys' U-18 Asia Cup when the seven-nation hockey tournament gets underway at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Saturday.

Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev will be among the icons celebrating India's 500th Test in Kanpur this week as Virat Kohli's team begin their quest to regain the top spot in the world rankings against a dangerous New Zealand.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri hopes Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante will be given a warm reception when he returns to his old stomping ground for the first time since leaving the English champions.

Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev will be among the icons celebrating India's 500th Test in Kanpur this week as Virat Kohli's team begin their quest to regain the top spot in the world rankings against a dangerous New Zealand.

The under-16 national women's football team have expressed their gratitude towards the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)

Winger Leroy Sane is likely to make his first start for Manchester City in their league cup game against Swansea City on Wednesday, manager Pep Guardiola says.

James Rodriguez hails Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane as his "idol" after making a goalscoring return to the starting line-up in the European champions' 2-0 win at Espanyol.

Rio on Sunday closes a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but which turned into a triumph, though marred in the final hours by the death of an Iranian cyclist.

There is an interesting similarity between the two teams ever since their last meeting in a World Cup match in Adelaide in

The sports fraternity is shaken by the news that Shakib narrowly escaped a tragic incident when the chopper that dropped him off earlier, crashed in Ukhia upazila of Cox's Bazar.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) name their Test and One-Day International (ODI) squads for the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh, starting in October.

Australia's leading fast bowler Mitchell Starc is in hospital following surgery on a leg wound which required 30 stitches.

Cristiano Ronaldo warns Real Madrid will be punished if they don't improve on their performance in an edgy 2-1 win over Sporting Lisbon to start their Champions League defence.

Preparations are being taken to make the eighth and ninth rounds of the JB Bangladesh Premier League in Sylhet a success, organisers inform at a press conference in the capital.

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.

England, when they finally reach Bangladesh on the last day of this month after all the discussions and hesitations over security, will find that their hosts’ cricket has vastly improved since England’s last Test tour in 2010.

Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich strike late goals in Bayern Munich's 2-0 win at Schalke in the Bundesliga.