The Tigers’ nightmare had come true Sunday evening as they lost the first game convincingly by 45 runs in their second ever meeting against Afghanistan in the format Bangladesh will look to save their skin when they take on designated home side Afghanistan in the second game of the three-match T20I series at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun Tuesday. Bangladesh will be desperate to play their hearts ...details

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named in Egypt's World Cup squad despite being injured in the Champions League final. Salah, 25, will not meet up with his team-mates until 9 June as he continues his recovery from a shoulder injury, his national team said. Egypt's opening World Cup fixture is against Uruguay on 15 June. They meet hosts Russia on 19 June and conclude their campaign in Group A against Saudi Arabia ...details

Morocco's bid to host the 2026 World Cup has passed a Fifa inspection - but is deemed "high risk" in three areas. The North African country will compete with a joint United States, Canada and Mexico bid in a vote on 13 June. Morocco scored 2.7 out of five in Fifa's test while the joint bid scored four, with no "high risk" areas. Fifa said of the 14 stadiums submitted by Morocco, nine ...details

On Wednesday, Zinedine Zidane said, "No mas." He walks away from the biggest job in world football and the opportunity to become the first manager to win four straight European Cups. And he does it less than four days after leading Real Madrid to their third consecutive Champions League crown. He used the word "desgaste" -- the same choice of terms used by Pep Guardiola when he left the Camp Nou ...details

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on Thursday announced that he was leaving the Spanish giants though his contract yet to be finished. His sudden decision came just days after winning the Champions League for the third year in a row. “I have taken the decision to not continue next year as Real Madrid coach,” the Frenchman told a hastily convened press conference, before adding he was not looking for another club to ...details

Mosaddek Hossain was rated as one of the brightest prospects in Bangladesh cricket even before he made his international debut, and in the intervening two years the batting all-rounder has already seen both sides of the coin. Since sustaining an eye injury after the ICC Champions Trophy last year, the 22-year-old was unable to regain his rhythm and despite making a comeback to the Test team earlier this year in the ...details

The AFC reported that Bangladesh had a few runs that could have led to a goal, but their lack of competitive experience gave Malaysia enough time to react defensively Bangladesh’s debut in the AFC Women’s Futsal Championship ended in disappointment as they conceded a 7-1 defeat against Malaysia in their first Group B match in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday. Bangladesh women footballers, who had never participated in any futsal tournament before except Sabina ...details

Zidane insists the grit his team have shown to overcome Paris Saint-Germain, Juve, and now Bayern, should not be underestimated Real Madrid scrapped their way into a third consecutive Champions League final on Tuesday and coach Zinedine Zidane said he would not have wanted it any other way. After their last-gasp win over Juventus in the quarter-finals, Real were left hanging on against Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu as Karim Benzema’s ...details

Bangladesh have retained their seventh spot and lead Sri Lanka by sixteen points in the latest ICC cricket ODI team rankings. The tigers have gained three points and are now on 93 points, but its gap over eighth-ranked Sri Lanka has increased to 16 points. England have overtaken India to seize the top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings following the annual update while Nepal have rejoined ...details

The newly elected committee of the Bangladesh Amateur Boxing Federation (BABF) is planning to introduce the Club Cup Boxing tournament in a latter part of this year, with the participation of the country's traditional sporting clubs such as Abahani, Mohammedan, Victoria and Dhaka Wanderers. These clubs are well known in the sports arena, especially in football, cricket and hockey, but have never taken part in any boxing event organised by the ...details