DHAKA: Tennis great Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are engaged. A spokesperson for Ohanian confirmed that he popped the question while the two were vacationing in Rome. Williams first announced the news herself in a Reddit post on its “r/isaidyes” forum.

New Zealand 251 All Out (N Broom 109, Mashrafe 3/49) beat Bangladesh 184 All Out (Imrul Kayes 59, K Williamson 3/12) by 67 Runs. DHAKA: Bangladesh lost back to back ODIs at Hagley Oval, Christchurch and Saxton Oval, Nelson in New Zealand. The three-match ODI series is now 2-0 in favour

DHAKA: Former world number one and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has retired from tennis at the age of 29. The Serb has been out with injury since August and dropped to 63 in the world rankings, having won just 15 matches in 2016 - the most recent in June. “I can only

DHAKA: Host New Zealand won the three-match one day international (ODI) series in advance by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Bangladesh. The blackcaps beat the visiting Bangladesh by 67 runs in the second match at Saxton Oval, Nelson on Thursday (December 29). Batting first,

DHAKA: Host New Zealand batsmen have scored 251-run losing all wickets in their 50-over quota against Bangladesh in the second match of three-match one day international (ODI) series at Saxton Oval, Nelson on Thursday (December 29). Neil Broom scored a well-made 109-run while L Ronchi,

DHAKA: Russian officials have for the first time admitted the existence of a doping operation which affected some of the world's major competitions. A report on December 9 claimed more than 1,000 Russians benefited from a doping cover-up between 2011 and 2015, reports BBC. In

DHAKA: The hamstring injury that had forced Mushfiqur Rahim to leave field during batting in the first one day international against host New Zeland have ruled him out for the rest two matches of the series. The 28-year-old will play no part against the Black Caps at Nelson’s Saxton

DHAKA: Host New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 77-run in the first match and took 1-0 lead in the three-match One Day International (ODI) series at Hagley Oval, Christchurch on Monday (December 26). Batting first, Kiwis scored a massive 341-run against the visiting Bangladesh thanks to

DHAKA: Host New Zealand batsmen have scored a massive 341-run against the visiting Bangladesh in the first match of three-match One Day International series at Hagley Oval, Christchurch on Monday (December 26). Kiwi opener Tom Latham hit a blazing knock of 137-run off 121-ball with the

DHAKA: Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. In the period under consideration, Mustafizur played three ODIs and took eight wickets, while he yielded 19 wickets in 10 T20Is. He is the first Bangladesh cricketer to win an

DHAKA: New Zealand XI beat Bangladesh by three wickets in the tour match at Cobham Oval, Whangarei on Thursday. In response to Bangladesh-set a 246-run target, the host scored 247 runs for seven wickets with 8 balls remaining.   BS Smith scored 50, Bharat Popli 45 and BJ Horne took

DHAKA: Bangladesh set a 246-run target in the tour match with New Zealand at Cobham Oval, Whangarei on Thursday.  Earlier Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and opted to bat first. Imrul Kayes scored 36, Soumya Sarkar 40, Mahmudullah    43 (retired), Shakib Al

DHAKA: Bangladesh Under-19s batsmen are facing the bowlers of host Sri Lanka Under-19s in the 2nd semi-final match of Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup tournament at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Wednesday (December 21). Bangladesh U-19 captain Saif Hassan* won the toss and

DHAKA: Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team will lock horns with host Sri Lanka in the second semi-final of the Youth Asia Cup tournament at Premadasa Stadium on December 21. Defending champion India will play against Afghanistan in the first semi-final scheduled to be held at the same

DHAKA: Mabia Akhter and Zahura Akhter Reshma have won gold medals in Weight Lifting in the 4th Qatar International Cup on Friday (December 16). Mabia won the gold in 63-kg category while Reshma won the laurel in 53-kg category. This was Mabia’s second gold in 2016 as she earned

DHAKA: Hosts New Zealand has announced 13-man team for the upcoming Australia-New Zealand One day International (ANZ ODI) cricket series against Bangladesh.   Tigers are currently staying in Australia to adjust the foreign weather before facing Kiwi side in the final series.  

DHAKA: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat rival Lionel Messi to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for a fourth time. The 31-year-old is now one behind Barcelona's Messi, who took the honour for a fifth time last year, reports BBC. Atletico Madrid's French

DHAKA: Indomitable banglanews24.com cricket team on Monday (December 12) sealed quarter-final spot in the DSEC media cup cricket tournament by beating Mohona TV by 40 runs at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka. For the first time, Dhaka Sub-Editors Council (DSEC) has organized

The Indian cricket team scored a comprehensive inning and 36-run victory over England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday to claim the five-Test series with an unassailable 3-0 lead. Resuming the day at 182/6, England showed no resistance and were bowled out for 195 to hand the

DHAKA: Banglanews24.com, country’s leading online news-portal has defeated Prothom Alo cricket team by 79-run in Jago News-DSEC Media Cup Tournament at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in city. Banglanews team bat first and scored 94 in six-over while Prothom Alo face all-out