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Pressure is on India not Bangladesh: Ashraful, Bashar

The semi-final line-up has sprung some surprises. By 1979, still dealing with many issues of post-war reconstruction, Bangladesh entered their first worldwi...

Murray, Wawrinka, Halep to QFs, Monfils Out

Austria's Dominic Thiem , who knocked out Djokovic in the quarter-finals, faces nine-time victor Rafael Nadal in the other semi-final. Thiem may have the fir...

Durant Stars As Warriors Beat Cavaliers In NBA Finals

The Warriors' victory on Monday night peaked with 29.5 million viewers and was an increase of 20 percent from the 20.9 million who watched Game 5 previous yea...

Mental strength will be key against India: Ex-Bangladesh skipper

Bashar is the former captain and now a national selector of Bangladesh's cricket team, which will be taking part in the biggest game in its history on Thursda...

NASCAR Cup Series tackles Pocono Sunday

Ryan Blaney is fourth, followed by fellow Ford drivers Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski . Looking for a new spin on the standard telecast, Fox used eight a...

Golden State Warriors fans go wild after NBA Championship win

The Cavs narrowed the gap slightly in the third but the Warriors were able to keep their opponents at arm's length to wrap up a second title in three years....

Aaron Judge Hits 495-foot Home Run at Yankee Stadium

Rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent NY romping past Baltimor...

National Basketball Association champions Golden State Warriors' comeback year in memes

Golden State finished the 2017 postseason 16-1, the best mark by any team in National Basketball Association history . This is a mantra that Silver has bee...

Lindelof arrives in Manchester for United medical

Vasteras agreed to sell Lindelof to Benfica in 2011, with the transfer taking place the following summer. We are pleased to announce we have reached agree...

Self-described 'dumb redneck' has charges dropped for tossing a catfish

The Pekka Rinne we all watched stop 38 of 41 shots against the Anaheim Ducks in the series clinching win in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final hasn't ...

Mohammad Amir suffers back spasm ahead of England clash

It seemed the Pakistan batsmen were in a hurry to get to the total as the duo helped the team touch the three-figure mark in the next seven overs before Ali t...

Sessions defiant in Senate panel testimony

Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Richard Burr (R-NC) asked Sessions if Trump's campaign's foreign policy team ever met. Th...

US House postpones most work in wake of baseball field shooting

He said he learned the suspect volunteered for his presidential campaign, and he is sickened by the "despicable act". Rep. Mo Brooks , an Alabama Republic...

LeBron James: Cavs didn't fail against Warriors in NBA Finals

I just wanted to lay it all out there", Durant told ABC's Doris Burke in a postgame interview. WD: The only thing that I said to him was, "Play your game "...

Durant puts up 39 as Warriors clinch NBA title

The win also means that the Warriors lead the series in the trilogy thus far at 2-1. Kerr missed 11 games during the Warriors' 2017 playoff run because of...

Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian GP for record sixth time

Hamilton and Vettel's razor-sharp competitiveness has lifted performance levels to such a high that veteran paddock observers were left stunned at the Canadia...

Ratings for Predators - Penguins Stanley Cup Final peak in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby was named the playoff MVP. Bonino revealed after Sunday's Game 6 victory that broke his leg in the first period of Game 2,...

Kane scores late in England's 2-2 draw vs Scotland

After substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had given the Three Lions the lead at Hampden Park, Scotland appeared to be on the brink of securing what would hav...

ICC Champions Trophy, Pakistan must sort out middle order batting: Sarfraz Ahmed

England have come a long way in a short space of time since a humiliating first-round exit at the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand . Pakista...

Congressman Shot at Congressional Baseball Practice, Suspect Dead

Scalise is the No. 3 House Republican leader. The senator noted that at first they weren't sure who opened fire from behind the group as they tried to tak...

Arizona Senator describes scene of shooting at softball practice

Reports state that two of the wounded are in critical condition. Rep. Scalise is reported to be stable condition and police have confirmed that the shooter...

Champions Trophy: VVS Laxman is confident of India's win over Pakistan

India will look for the historic first title which will it first team to win it thrice. In ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Star Sports launched an ad campaig...

Penguins early favorites to repeat again as Stanley Cup winners

Team captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smyth trophy as Most Valuable Player of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs - the second time he has claimed th...

State of Origin: Queensland v New South Wales preview

It's understood Beveridge joined the Queensland camp as early as Monday night. And while Cronk will be humbled to join their number, he believes his achie...

Why the Penguins' back-to-back Cups are good for the National Hockey League

Hornqvist scored off Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne's left elbow, the former Predator silencing the raucous crowd that had stood for long minutes and flung ...

Premier League fixtures: Revenge on Tottenham's early agenda

The visit to the North East will be followed by Wembley's first Premier League game as Spurs host Chelsea and Dier is eager to get the new season underway...

Arsenal to host Leicester on opening day

Tottenham's first Premier League game at Wembley will be an early test of their title credentials as they take on defending champions Chelsea . Play-off...

It is Simona Halep vs Jelena Ostapenko in French Open Women's final

Halep advanced to the final with a similarly gritty 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory against Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova to reach her second French Open final. The...

Nadal moves through to quarter-finals at French Open

Suzanne Lenglen Court had given its backing to Mladenovic. He will face another Spaniard, Pablo Carreno Busta , in the last eight. Two weeks past his 21st ...

Champions Trophy semi-finals: Here's why India should fear Bangladesh

He guided his side home against Sri Lanka with an unbeaten 61 and captain Sarfraz Ahmed will be key again for Pakistan . The ground holds just over 14,000...

England go down to 10 men France

Who shone and who flopped for England against France? "But clearly even with video not every decision will be 100 (per cent) - you won't get every single ...

Tactics Board: How Pakistan can beat England

England on the other hand have won three out of three in their group, topping it eventually. "So we even set up on the spot ticket sales for matches like New ...

Unseeded Latvian teen knocks out Wozniacki on rain-hit day

Timea Bacsinszky , who turned 28 on the day of the semi-final, would have known what to expect when she took to Philippe-Chatrier, but knowing what was going to...

Sarfraz Ahmed was trolled on Twitter for reviewing a dropped catch

Sarfraz rescued Pakistan from a precarious position of 162/7 while chasing 237, to set up a semi-final date against England . "Over the last four years we...

French Open Day 10: Three things to watch out for today

The Dane is a twice year-end world number one-ranked tennis player who has never won a grand slam. Mladenovic next will face Bacsinszky, and Wozniacki mee...