DHAKA: Atletico Madrid produced a stunning attacking display to stun Real Madrid 4-0 at the Vicente Calderon and cut the gap between the two sides to just four points at the top of La Liga.Diego Simeone's men would have fallen 10 points behind Real with defeat at the Vicente Calderon,

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Sohag Gazi and Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal can resume bowling in international cricket, after the ICC cleared their bowling actions following remedial work and retests. At the retests, it was revealed that the amount of elbow extensions in both the offspinners' bowling

DHAKA: Bangladesh reached Final of Bangabandhu Gold Cup tournament beating Thailand by 1-0 goal in the semi-final on Friday.Bangladesh will face Malaysia in a race to be the champion of the tournament at same venue Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 8.Nasir Chowdhury netted the

DHAKA: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 provides a great opportunity for Bangladesh to make strides in its performance in Australia and New Zealand. Bangladesh has played 12 One-Day Internationals combined in both countries, without tasting victory so far. The fact that its yet to win a

DHAKA: Nasir Chowdhury netted the ball from a corner at the 38th minute of the game, leading Bangladesh by 1-0 goal against Thailand in the second semi final match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup on Friday evening. The both sides are engaged in battle now at Bangabandhu National Stadium with

Cricket fever started gripping the cricket world as another version of ICC World Cup starts knocking at door. Australia and New Zealand are two of the most beautiful countries of the world. For many these are tourists delight. Some of venues are among the world’s best. It is any

DHAKA: Australia XI beat Bangladesh by 6-wicket with more than 8-over remaining in the second unofficial practice match at Brisbane in Australia on Thursday.Michael Clarke had scored 34 before Mushfiqur took the catch behind the stumps.Bangladesh bowlers Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Al

DHAKA: Australia XI are chasing Bangladesh-set 194-run target in the second unofficial practice match at Brisbane in Australia on Thursday.Earlier in the day, Tigers were all out for 193 runs in 44-over while Nasir Hossain was top scorer with 52 runs.Wickets fell in pairs throughout the

DHAKA: Manchester United avoided a potential FA Cup banana skin with a 3-0 victory over Cambridge United in their fourth-round replay on Tuesday.Goals from Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo and substitute James Wilson were enough to seal a place in the next round for the 11-time winners, who had

DHAKA: Bangladesh needed to draw the match against Sri Lanka only at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday to qualify for the semifinal of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup but they finished the match with a better result.They beat Sri Lanka by one goal to nil. Winger Hemant Vincent netted the

DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan has regained the No. 1 position of ICC ODI Player Rankings for ODI All-rounders on Monday.Sri Lankan Mathews previously held the position, but now he is in second place.The matter was disclosed in the latest Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings.BDST: 1544 HRS, FEB 02, 2015

DHAKA: Australia ranked No.1 ODI team ahead of World Cup following their undefeated performance in the tri-series against England and India.Australia holds a six-point lead over India on the standings after defeating England by 112 runs in the tri-series final in Perth on Sunday.South

DHAKA: Bangladesh, who have not visited Australia or New Zealand in four years, are set to play Australia, Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand in the group stages of upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup.Both host countries, as well as Sri Lanka, are strong contenders for the title, while England

DHAKA: Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique says Neymar will struggle to ever replicate Lionel Messi's achievements at the club. The Brazil captain, 22, has shone for the Catalans this season with 21 goals in all competitions in his second campaign at the club after joining from Santos in

DHAKA: Karim Benzema starred in the absence of the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring twice in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday.Ronaldo received a two-match ban after lashing out at Cordoba's Edimar in Real's last league outing, but the leaders marched without

DHAKA: Serena Williams thought she had won the Australian Open with an ace out wide. "Let," called out chair umpire Alison Hughes.Williams, racket already dropped to the ground as she prepared to celebrate, picked up her racket, gathered herself at the baseline again and stepped up,

DHAKA: New Zealand won the first ODI of the two-match series against Pakistan by seven wickets chasing an easy total of 211 runs on Saturday with more than 10 overs remaining at Wellington.Grant Elliott scored 64 not out and took 3-26 in an all-round performance, which led black caps to

DHAKA: Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies allrounder, has announced his retirement from Test cricket, but wants to continue representing the side in limited-overs games.  Bravo had not played Tests since December 2010, and his decision comes after he lost the ODI captaincy to Jason Holder

DHAKA: The importance of allrounders in one-day cricket and World Cups cannot be undermined. Most teams in the modern era give particular emphasis on having more players who can do well with both bat and ball. While giving depth to the batting and bringing in variety to bowling attack,

DHAKA: Joyraz Sheik's century lit up the final day of the first Youth Test between Bangladesh Under-19s and Sri Lanka Under-19s that ended in a draw.  The visitors led by 73 runs at the end of the third and final day in Dambulla on Thursday. Opting to bat first, the home side was