Two contemporary great batsmen and great ambassadors of the game Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and Michael John Clarke of Australia are poised for bowing out of cricket scene soon after appearing in their last tests in Sri Lanka and England. For their batting skills they

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the SAFF Football U-16 Championship title with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over India on Tuesday.The hosts clinched a 4-2 shoot-out victory when the game ended 1-1 goal within the stipulated 90 minute time at Sylhet District Stadium. BDST: 1946 HRS, Aug 18,

DHAKA: Andy Murray has ended his drought against the world No1 Novak Djokovic by winning the Rogers Cup in Montreal.The British No1 needed five championship points and three hours to see off the Serbian 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in a tense final, snapping an eight-match losing streak against Djokovic

DHAKA: Bangladesh confirmed SAFF Football U-16 Championship final by beating Afghanistan 1-0 at Sylhet District Stadium on Sunday.Skipper Saad Uddin scored the sole goal for Bangladesh in the 54th minute.Bangladesh is the first finalist to play the final match at the same ground on August

DHAKA: The opening ceremony of the third edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a franchise-based T20 competition, is underway at through colourful programs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in city.Mou spread her magic among the spectators at the cultural gala in the opening

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat in the final and third One Day International at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur Wednesday. The day-night match will begin at 1:00am (Bangladesh time)This is the first time Mashrafe had won the toss this series. Both sides are

DHAKA: Having won the second one-dayer, Bangladesh wants to achieve 3-0 series whitewash against Zimbabwe when the last match starts on Wednesday afternoon. The third and final ODI at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, to begin at 1:00pm, is possibly the last such game in Bangladesh

DHAKA: A 15-member strong Bangladesh A team leaves Dhaka today for playing three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against India A team. They will play two three-day matches one each against India A and Ranji Trophy Champions Karnataka also on this tour. Expectations of tiger fans are sky

DHAKA: Wimbledon champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza captured their second consecutive Grand Slam women's doubles crown Sunday, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final. Indian Sania and Swiss veteran Hingis did not drop a set in becoming the

DHAKA: Zimbabwean pacer Heath Streak, the bowling coach Bangladesh national cricket team, has been appointed as A team coach for the India tour.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday declared his appointment in new post.Bangladesh A are set to leave Dhaka for India on Sunday for a

DHAKA: Barcelona's defensive frailties were once again evident as the treble winners were humiliatingly thrashed 4-0 by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana on Friday, Aritz Aduriz netting a hat-trick.Luis Enrique's men surrendered a three-goal lead against Sevilla

DHAKA: Australia captain Michael Clarke has confirmed he will retire from international cricket at the end of ongoing Ashes series.“I’ll have one more Test and that will be the end of my career,” Clarke told Channel Nine after the loss, reports espncricinfo.“I’m retiring from

England 391 for 9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Starc 6-111) beat Australia 60 (Broad 8-15) and 253 (Warner 64, Rogers 52, Voges 51*, Stokes 6-36) by an innings and 78 runsEngland regained the Ashes 10.2 overs into the third day at Trent Bridge as they completed a thumping win by an innings

DHAKA: Robert Lewandowski scored a late winner as Bayern Munich defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in the final of the Audi Cup at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday.The Poland international stole a march in the penalty box and tapped home Douglas Costa's free-kick from out wide with two minutes left

DHAKA: Bangladesh team reached home wining 54 medals, including 18 gold medals, in ‘Special Olympic Summer World Games-2015’ held in Los Angeles of USA.The 80-member Bangladesh team also won 22 silver medals, 14 bronze. In Athletics, Bangladesh won six gold medals, five silvers and

DHAKA: Under pressure FIFA leader Sepp Blatter on Monday gave up his International Olympic Committee seat because he will soon end his reign in charge of world football. Blatter, whose organisation is embroiled in a corruption scandal, was among a group of eight IOC members who should

DHAKA: The Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa ended in a draw after rain had washed out plays both of its Chittagong and Dhaka matches.After the three successive washed-out days, the final day was also called off Monday before the scheduled start of play due to a wet outfield

DHAKA: Australia are set to arrive Bangladesh in October for their first Test series against the Tigers in over nine years.The Aussies will arrive on September 28 to play a three-day warm-up match against the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s XI at Fatullah outside the capital.Bangladesh is

DHAKA: After three successive washed-out days, the second Test match between the Bangladesh and South Africa played in Mirpur was called off due to wet outfield caused by couple of days’ rain.As the outfield has taken too much water and has been rendered unfit for play, umpires decided

DHAKA: Heavy rain forced the fourth day's play to be abandoned without a ball being bowled in the second Test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur on Sunday.Earlier, the second and third days’ play at the Shere Bangla National Stadium have also been called off due to rain with