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Prince Ali bin al Hussein, who led a challenge against FIFA president Sepp Blatter this year, said Monday that world football leaders must have known about the corruption that has rocked the governing body. But the former FIFA vice president from Jordan is still not saying whether he will take on UEFA leader Michel Platini and South Korean tycoon Chung ...

Hosts Bangladesh suffered 2nd consecutive defeat in the ICRC T20 International Cricket Tournament for Physically Disabled after conceding a three wicket defeat against Afghanistan at BKSP ground-3 in Savar on Monday. Bangladesh made a good start beating England by 14 runs in the opening match, but lost to Pakistan by 20 runs in the next match, UNB reports. In the ...

Serena Williams, chasing a calendar Grand Slam, advanced to a dramatic US Open quarter-final showdown with sister Venus on Sunday while a concussion forced Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard out of the tournament. World number one Serena served well in moving within three match victories of a 2015 sweep of major titles by defeating US 19th seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-3. Serena, ...

Novak Djokovic tipped his hat to Serena and Venus Williams ahead of their 27th career meeting but admitted Sunday he would find it impossible to play his own brother. Novak Djokovic,  tipped,  Venus Williams, younger brothers The world number one has two tennis-playing younger brothers — 24-year-old Marko and Djorde, who’s 20. Both play on the sport’s lower-level tours, which ...

Having matched Bobby Charlton’s England goal-scoring record against San Marino, Wayne Rooney plans to set a new mark in front of a home crowd against Switzerland at Wembley on Tuesday. Rooney’s penalty opener in Saturday’s 6-0 win in San Marino, which secured a place at Euro 2016, was his 49th international goal and left him needing one more to become ...

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif can return to cricket this week following five-year spot-fixing bans, but age and public hostility mean the pair face a hard road to redemption. On Wednesday they will join left-arm quick Mohammad Amir, whose own ban was relaxed by the International Cricket Council six months ago, in being free to ...

The Socceroos have been dealt another injury blow on the eve of their World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Tajikistan, with star goalkeeper Mat Ryan the latest player to be ruled out. Ryan picked up the minor knee injury during the 1-1 draw and will not make the last minute dash to Perth for the match against Bangladesh. His place ...

Captain of Bangladesh T20 and ODI team Mashrafe Mortaza and India’s ex skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had something in common in their childhood. In their school-boy’s dreams, they both wanted to be an active member of the armed forces, a daring and dashing hero in uniform! MS Dhoni got his wish fulfilled when he received the rank of honourary lieutenant ...

The logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games has been scrapped after allegations that it was plagiarised. The Games organising committee said there were too many doubts over the emblem for it to be used. A Belgian artist had complained that his design was stolen. Logo designer Kenjiro Sano had admitted copying online material for a previous project, Japanese media ...

Bangladesh National Football Team reached Perth, Australia from Malaysia on Sunday to play FIFA World Cup/AFC Cup Qualifiers against Asian champions and four times World Cup playing Australia on September 3 at NIB Stadium in Perth. The Bangladesh team left Kuala Lumpur at 9:30 am Malaysia time and reached Perth at 3:30 pm (Australian time). In a FIFA International Friendly ...