DHAKA: Seamer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will lead the Tigers’ ICC Cricket World Cup-2015 mission in Australia and New Zealand with the help of all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as vice captain. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the 15-member squad making Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Shakib

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh skipper Mohammad Ashraful who is currently serving a five-year ban for match fixing has confessed to match fixing in the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), reports Daily Mirror. Ashraful had made a witness statement on May 23 of 2013 to the Anti Corruption and

Year 2014 was a year of ups and downs. A year of great hope and huge disappointment for Bangladesh cricket > Bangladesh hosted Asia Cup, World T20 , played an away series against West Indies and appeared in the home series against Zimbabwe.  After a year of steady progress over year

DHAKA: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retired from Test cricket with immediate effect. The decision comes after India drew the third Test in Melbourne on Tuesday. Out of the 90 Tests he played, Dhoni led India in 60 matches.� A BCCI statement said: “One of India's greatest Test captains

DHAKA: MCG on only very rare occasion witnessed such a brilliant batting partnership from overseas batsmen. Virat Kohli and Ajinka Rahane produced wonderful display of scintillating stroke play. Awful India looked down and out after punishing innings of Australian captain Steve Smith

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore started work on Sunday as the new Zimbabwe cricket coach ahead of the 2015 World Cup.Zimbabwe Cricket announced the former Sri Lanka and will be in charge of the African side at the tournament, which starts mid-February, after Stephen

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) selection committee will declare the final team for ICC World Cup-2015 within a week after getting the fitness report on January 2.BCB selector Minhazul Abedin Nannu came up with the assertion while talking to reporters at BCB office in Mirpur

DHAKA: All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the brand ambassador of Runner Automobiles Limited (RAL) for the second term to campaign for motorcycles of the company. Shakib signed a 2-year contract with RAL at Kurmitola Golf Club in the city on Saturday evening. Runner Group’s chairman

Australia 530 All Out (SPD Smith 192, RJ Harris 74, CH Rogers 57, BJ Haddin 55, SR Watson 52 , Mohammad Shami 4/138 , UT Yadav 3/130, R Ashwin 3/134  )  India 108 /1 ( Murali Vijay 55* , S Dhawan 28 and  Chetashwar Pujara 25*)The feature of the second day Boxing Day Test was

DHAKA: Chelsea retained their place at the top of the English Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over West Ham. John Terry and Diego Costa grabbed the goals in an impressive display as the fourth-placed visitors were brushed aside at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea's maddening lack of

Australia 259/7 [SPD Smith 72*, CR Rogers 57, SR Watson 52,SR Marsh 32 , Mohammad Sami 2/55 , UT Yadav 2/69 ] Boxing Day test is festival at iconic MCG. Every year almost capacity cricket admirers make it a special event gathering at MCG in numbers .This year it was no different. This

DHAKA: After twice finishing runner-up, Ronaldo has won the arm-wrestle between the two best players on the planet to overtake Messi as the Guardian’s No1. After the slow reveal, the final flutter of the veil to the floor. The Guardian’s top 100 footballer’s in the world 2014 is

DHAKA: Former Barcelona striker David Villa believes Lionel Messi will be remembered as the greatest player of all time. Villa is holidaying back in Spain ahead of the 2015 MLS season, where he will play for New York City FC. He spoke at an Audi event in Gijon and was asked about his

DHAKA: Melbourne Renegades have signed the world’s No.1-ranked Twenty20 allrounder Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh for the second half of the KFC T20 Big Bash League season.A left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner, Shakib is not stranger to the BBL, having represented Adelaide briefly

DHAKA: Melbourne Renegades have signed the world’s No.1-ranked Twenty20 allrounder Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh for the second half of the KFC T20 Big Bash League season. A left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner, Shakib is not stranger to the BBL, having represented Adelaide briefly

The endangered species in the Sundarban mangrove forest Gorgeous Royal Bengal Tigers and Irrawaddy Dolphins are in a bit of bother at this moment for oil spills. But Bangladesh Cricketers the roaring Royal Bengals are getting battle ready for a Safari Down under. On January 24,

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Sachin Tendulkar as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador. It will be the second successive time that the India maestro will be the Ambassador of ICC’s pinnacle tournament, after he fulfilled the role in the previous event,

DHAKA: Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced on Sunday he would retire from one-day cricket after World Cup 2015.The allrounder will continue to play T20 cricket, the format in which he leads Pakistan, and wants to win the 2016 World T20 in India before quitting international

DHAKA: Former Barcelona and France defender Eric Abidal retired from professional football after 14 seasons. Abidal, 35, joined Greek side Olympiakos in the summer and concluded his career on Saturday in a league match against Kalloni AEL. He has been offered coaching roles from both

DHAKA: Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was hospitalized Saturday morning with a mild case of pneumonia, a family spokesman said. Bob Gunnell told the Associated Press that the 72-year-old was being treated by his team of doctors and is in stable condition. He did not