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

SYLHET: Thailand’s captain Pakorn Prempak netted the ball in last end of the second half ensuring his country to defeat Singapore by 3-2 goal in a match of Bangabandhu Gold Cup at Sylhet District Stadium Friday evening.Thailand went ahead scoring two goals in the first half.

DHAKA: Bangladesh golfer Siddiqur Rahman will fly for Malaysia Sunday to participate in Malaysian Open to be started on February 5. He, however, has recently recovered the back injury which curtailed his participation in several tours last year. As a result, Siddiq had lost his spot in

DHAKA: Neymar has criticised the Atletico Madrid fans who booed him during Barcelona's 3-2 Copa del Rey win on Wednesday, reports Goal.com on Friday.The attacker netted twice for his side as they twice came from behind to win the ill-tempered game and make it 4-2 on aggregate as they

DHAKA: International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday, in a Board Meeting, decided that the ICC U-19 cricket World Cup 2016 will be held in Bangladesh.ICC Chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan, Chief Executive David Richardson, and President Mustafa Kamal attended the meeting.In its first

SYLHET: Visiting Malaysia’s Safwan scored a goal in the second half of the match providing his country an important win in the opening match of Bangabandhu Gold Cup at Sylhet District Stadium Thursday evening.The first half was goalless though Bangladesh created several chances but to

SYLHET: The six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament has been kicked off at Sylhet District Stadium on Thursday afternoon.Host Bangladesh is playing against Malaysia in the opening match of the tournament here.Earlier, finance minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council Board in its first meeting in Dubai on Wednesday, reinstated the use of a Super Over in the event of a tie in the ICC World Cup 2015 final. This now replicates the arrangements for the World Cup 2011 final and other recent ICC events where a winner

SYLHET: The six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament is scheduled to kick off at the Sylhet District Stadium on Thursday afternoon.Hosts Bangladesh will play Malaysia in the opening match of the tournament in Sylhet at 5:00pm after a colorful inaugural

DHAKA: Barcelona came from a goal down to beat nine-man Atletico Madrid 3-2 in a lively Copa del Rey quarter-final second-leg clash at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday.Fernando Torres opened the scoring for the hosts in the first minute with a low strike that went in off the post

DHAKA: In another tragic incident on the field, 18-year-old Zeeshan Mohammed died after being struck on the chest by a cricket ball, reports The Hindu.Doctors at the Orangi Town General Hospital said that Mohammed died from a heart seizure after he was struck by the cricket ball

DHAKA: Bangladesh will need a dramatic turn in fortunes to ensure another World Cup does not cause more misery after the Tigers endured a morale-sapping year in which they slumped from one defeat to another.Bangladesh failed to register wins for most of 2014 till fellow wooden-spooners

DHAKA: Tigers’ Under-19s beat Sri Lanka Under-19s by 14 runs in the fifth and final one-dayer on Sunday to seal a remarkable 3-2 series victory. Junior tigers were trailing 2-0 before winning the final three games of the series.Nazmul Hossain Shanto continued his superb form with his