Just like the fourth day, incessant rain in the port-city washed out the fifth and final day’s play as the first of two Test matches between Bangladesh and South Africa at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium ended in a disappointing draw yesterday. Not a single ball was bowled on the penultimate day and the theme was repeated yesterday with persistent rain ...

Dutee Chand was suspended by the IAAF due to high testosterone levels Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has been allowed to compete again after being cleared following the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling on gender testing guidelines. The Lausanne-based court suspended the governing International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) regulations regarding hyperandrogenism, a condition which produces high testosterone levels, ...

Russian president backs FIFA chief amid corruption scandal engulfing football’s governing body FIFA chief Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize for his stewardship of the football governing body, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Football’s governing body was thrown into further turmoil in May when 14 sports marketing executives and officials, including several from FIFA, were indicted in the US ...

Bangladesh’s rain-hit first Test against South Africa that ended in a tame draw is considered as the country’s giant stride towards a high point in the longer version cricket, a format in which they often found them in wanting. The Chittagong Test was delicately poised before the rain washed out the last two days to bring a tame end of ...

Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam has died at the age of 83. Mr Kalam served as India’s 11th president from 2002 to 2007 and was popularly known as “Missile Man” after pioneering the country’s military missile programme. He died on Monday after collapsing as he delivered a scientific lecture. India has declared seven days of national mourning. The former ...

China’s central bank said it would continue to inject funds into the stock market, a move aimed at stabilising stocks after a major sell-off. Chinese equities were again in negative territory on Tuesday after falling 8.5% the previous day. The decline put an end to three weeks of relative calm for the market after a 30% drop in June which ...

Ankara says alliance may have “duty” to become more involved, days after Ankara launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq. NATO has offered political support for Turkey’s campaign against fighters in Syria and Iraq at a rare meeting in Brussels, as Ankara said the alliance may have a “duty” to become more involved. The extraordinary meeting at the NATO headquarters on ...

US President Barack Obama has warned that Africa could not advance if its leaders refused to step down when their terms ended. He also called for an end to the “cancer of corruption”, saying it took money away from development . Mr Obama made the comments in the first ever address by a US leader to the 54-member AU at ...

Singer Bobby Brown has paid tribute to his daughter Bobbi Kristina, describing her as “an angel”. Bobbi Kristina, 22, died on Sunday. She had been in a coma since being found face down and unresponsive in a bath at her home on 31 January. Initial tests have found no significant injuries and no obvious underlying cause of death, according to ...

The Turkish president has said that Turkey cannot continue the peace process with the Kurds amid attacks by Kurdish militants on Turkish targets. It came as Nato discussed Turkish campaigns against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants. Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks – including 32 killed by IS-linked militants in the Kurdish-majority town of ...