Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Serie A hat-trick as Juventus beat Cagliari. Ronaldo took advantage of a Ragnar Klavan error early in the second half to give the champions the lead, before scoring a penalty after Marko Rog fouled Paulo Dybala. Portugal legend Ronaldo then set up

The 77th Golden Globes will kick off awards season in Los Angeles, California on Sunday evening. Here's what you need to know about Hollywood's golden night, brought to you by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, to honor the best in film and television. Who's

DHAKA: Bashundhara Kings have clinched Federation Cup Football Tournament title by beating Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society 2-1 in the final of the thirty-first edition on Sunday (January 5). The match was played at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital. Bashundhara Kings

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2019-2020 Bangabandhu BPL and took exclusive responsibility of owning and managing the event. Organized in the heavily engaged period of international cricket BPL 2019 failed to attract the heavyweight glamour players of

DHAKA: Football legend Diego Maradona will visit Dhaka to attend Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebrations. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin confirmed this to media on Tuesday (Dec 31). He said: "Maradona is expected

Clive Lloyd, whose West Indies side dominated international cricket, has been knighted in the New Year Honours. The Guyana-born batsman, now 75, has been honoured for his service to the game. He captained the West Indies from 1974 until 1985 and played for Lancashire from 1968 until

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said that most of the players, coaching staff were not willing to visit Pakistan for playing cricket in January. “Coaching staff and many cricketers do not want to go to Pakistan. Their families are also worried

Robert Lewandowski is set to finish 2019 as the top scorer at the elite level of world football. The Bayern Munich striker has netted 54 goals in 58 matches with his club and the Polish national team since January 1. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated this crown in

Blockbuster TV contracts and soaring endorsement deals from battling shoe giants Nike and Adidas were a boon to the earnings of the world’s elite athletes over the past decade. Before the decade began, Tiger Woods was the only athlete on the planet to earn more than $80 million during

Barcelona and Real Madrid played out a goalless and largely uneventful El Clasico at the Nou Camp. Gareth Bale's disallowed goal was the closest either side came to scoring, but Real left-back Ferland Mendy was judged to be offside in the build-up. The result sees defending

Real Madrid visits Barcelona on Wednesday in a match pitting the top two teams in Spain with first place on the line.  This match should have taken place back in October, but was postponed due to the violent protests in the Catalan region. Both teams are off to a hot start with 35

Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St-Germain eased past 10-man Saint-Etienne to go seven points clear at the top of Ligue 1. Leandro Paredes' volley gave the French champions an early lead, and Saint-Etienne were a man down when Jean-Eudes Aholou was sent off after 25 minutes.

England cricketer Ben Stokes has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019. The all-rounder was man of the match as England won the World Cup for the first time with a dramatic super over victory against New Zealand at Lord's. Stokes, 28, also hit an unbeaten 135 in the

DHAKA: Chattogram Challengers on Wednesday (Dec 11) registered their first win over the Sylhet Thunder in the first T20 match of Bangabandhu BPL (Bangladesh Premier League) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The Thunder had to bat first after losing the toss and posted a

DHAKA: Chattogram Challengers won the toss and opted to field first against Sylhet Thunder in the opening match of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Wednesday (Dec 11). The match kicks off at 1.30pm. The seventh

DHAKA: The new edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which is rebranded as Bangabandhu BPL marking the 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will begin on Wednesday (Dec 11). Chattogram Challengers and Sylhet Thunder will face each other in the

Pakistan's decade-long isolation from hosting Test cricket ends tomorrow (Dec 11) when Sri Lanka will play at Pindi Cricket Stadium. The second Test will be in Karachi from December 19-23. The series is part of the world test championship. Sri Lanka's cricket team arrived in

Lionel Messi has been left out of Barcelona's squad to face Inter Milan on Tuesday night as Ernesto Valverde opts to rest his star man in a much-changed line-up. Messi scored a hat-trick against Mallorca on Saturday night and will now have a week to rest, with the first Clasico of

It means the Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and football's 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But athletes who can prove they are untainted by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag. Wada's executive

DHAKA: Bangladesh men’s under-23 team win gold medal beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets in South Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition at Kirtipur in Nepal. Earlier on Monday (Dec 09), Bangladesh skipper Shanto sent Sri Lanka to bat first after winning the toss in the final.