Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 192 runs to sweep Test series 2-0
Bangladesh’s batting faltered as they lost both Tests by big margins against their regional rivals.
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China hands down terms of life to 8 years for sports officials convicted of taking bribes
BEIJING (AP) — The former president of the Chinese Football Association has been sentenced to life in prison amid a wide-ranging crackdown on sports corruption.
Goals not guns: How a girls football team in India’s Manipur beats violence
The team keeps up its training amid the ethnic violence that has rocked the northeastern Indian state.
North Korea won't host World Cup qualifier against Japan, Kyodo reports
TOKYO — North Korea will not host a World Cup qualifier with Japan that was scheduled to be held in Pyongyang next week, Kyodo news agency reported late Thursday (March 21), citing the president of the Japan Football Association (JFA).
Nike shouldn't mess with England flag, UK PM says after new soccer kit design
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday said Nike was wrong to "mess with" the design of the flag on the England soccer team's new shirt, as a controversy that began on social media broadened into the political sphere.
Sikandar Raza: The Pakistan-born cricketer who rules Zimbabwean hearts
A delayed plunge into the game has not curbed Raza’s enthusiasm to be one of the greatest ever cricketers from Zimbabwe, his adopted homeland.
Success, not returns: Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe on his sole focus for the soccer club
New Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said Friday that return on investment had nothing to do with his decision to invest in the English soccer giant.