DHAKA: James Alexander Gordon, who read out the football results on BBC radio for 40 years and had one of the most recognisable voices in broadcasting, has died at the age of 78.‘James was an iconic radio voice who turned the classified football results into a national

DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan regained his position as the best Test all-rounder beating Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin.The Bangladeshi left-hander, though facing a six-moth ban, bagged 364 rating points to regain the ICC Player Rankings’ top position.The 27-year-old has also become

DHAKA: Bangladesh beat Grenada by 95 runs in an ODI match at Progress Park, St Andrew's on August 17.Grenada managed to score 227 runs losing nine wickets in the stipulated over in response to Bangladesh-set 323-run target. Tigers scored 322 run losing 6 wickets in 50-over.  Tamim

DHAKA: Neymar won't be heralded as a true footballing star until he wins the World Cup, believes newly-appointed Brazil coach Dunga. The 22-year-old forward was the poster boy of the five-time World Cup winners' ambitions to triumph on home soil this summer. He scored four goals in five

DHAKA: Louis van Gaal's first competitive game as Manchester United manager ended in a historic home defeat at the hands of Swansea City.A day that began with the Dutch manager receiving a rapturous welcome from the Old Trafford fans as he walked out before kick-off ended with his

DHAKA: Luis Suarez was thrilled to have trained with his new Barcelona team-mates for the first time on Friday and says it is time to forget the past two months.On Thursday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decreed that Suarez's four-month ban from all football-based activity

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday has finalized the male squad for the Asian Games, scheduled to be started from September 19 at Incheon of South Korea.Tigers are going to face the event without Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim.Regular Captain Mushfiqur Rahim slipped

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday has picked up the women's squad for the upcoming Asian Games, scheduled to be started from September 19 in Incheon of South Korea.BCB is yet to announce the name of the captain of the 15-member squad.Earlier in 2010, Bangladesh National

DHAKA: The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday that athletes from the Ebola-affected region will be prohibited from participating in certain events at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, which begin next day.   Athletes from West Africa will not be allowed to

DHAKA: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic was upset by Tommy Robredo 7-6 (6), 7-5, in the round of 16 at the Western & Southern Open on Thursday.The 16th-seeded Spaniard beat a top-ranked player for the second time in his career. The first time, he edged Lleyton Hewitt in the 2003 French

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has assigned Richard Halsall as National Team fielding consultant for the away series against the West Indies which starts next week. Halsall, 46, agreed to the BCB’s offer to undertake the responsibility of a fielding specialist for the

DHAKA: Italy have appointed former Juventus boss Antonio Conte as their new coach until 2016.Cesare Prandelli resigned as Azzurri coach after they were knocked out in the World Cup group stage.Former Italy midfielder Conte, 45, quit as Juventus boss last month, having won the Serie A

DHAKA: At a time when Team India team is struggling and trailing 2-1 in the five-match Test series against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recommended the names of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and out-of-form Virat Kohli for Padma Bhushan and

DHAKA: Real Madrid claimed the Uefa Super Cup after two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo sealed a 2-0 win over Sevilla on Tuesday.Gareth Bale – playing in his hometown of Cardiff – and new signing James Rodriguez had been the poster boys in the build-up to this fixture, but Ronaldo

DHAKA: Following a week of exercising alone, Neymar joined his Barcelona teammates at the Ciutat Esportiva on Monday in what was his first team training session since a reckless challenge from Juan Camilo Zúñiga left him with a fractured vertebra in the World Cup quarter-finals. Neymar

DHAKA: Veteran Germany striker Miroslav Klose has called time on his international career at the age of 36, with the iconic forward having become the all-time World Cup top scorer in Brazil earlier this year.The Lazio attacker played a key role in Germany's successful World Cup

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Cricket Team Captain Mushfiqur Rahim invited vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor Dr Farzana Islam on his wedding scheduled to be held on September 27.Mushfiq went to the VC office to invite her and she also accepted the invitation.Mushfiq

DHAKA: The West Indies Cricket Board declared West Indies a 13-man squad to face touring Bangladesh at the upcoming three-match ODI series, beginning from August 20.The list consists of 13 men, reports the News Now on early Monday.The Caribbean SquadDwayne Bravo (captain), Darren

DHAKA: After Bangladesh chess Grand Master (GM) Niaz Murshed’s beating Lee Qing Aun of Singapore in the 6th round matches of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, the whole men’s team have turned around in the tournament. Different media early Monday reports that

DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants to see some of his out-of-form team-mates step up in the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, who is serving a six-month suspension.Tigers’ captain, about West Indies tour, said that he is hopeful to play a competitive and better series, at a