Monday, 23 Dec, 2024

Sports

Kolkata win inaugural ISL title

DHAKA: Atletico de Kolkata were crowned the winners of the inaugural Indian Super League on Saturday after beating Kerala Blasters 1-0 in a final featuring two teams owned by former India cricket captains.Kerala, co-owned by cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, dominated the match but

Real Madrid win Club World Cup title

DHAKA: Real Madrid have won the Club World Cup after a 2-0 victory over San Lorenzo in Marrakech on Saturday.Carlo Ancelotti's side have enjoyed a stellar last 12 months that has also seen them lift the Champions League, Copa del Rey and Uefa Super Cup, reports goal.comVictory on

Mangongo sacked as Zimbabwe coach

DHAKA: Stephen Mangongo has been fired as Zimbabwe's coach just eight weeks before the World Cup. Mangongo's dismissal comes after the team lost all eight fixtures on their recent Bangladesh tour, which included three tests and five ODIs.The board announced Mangongo's departure on

Tigers for ICC World Cup

What will be the Bangladesh team for ICC World Cup 2015? The recent comprehensive test and ODI series whitewash have seen emergence of few match winners. Though world cup will be all together a different ball game yet Bangladesh can dream about brighter performance in the challenging

Real Madrid reach Club World Cup final

DHAKA: Real Madrid made light work of Cruz Azul by smashing them 4-0 Tuesday night local time in Marrakech to reach the Club World Cup final.Sergio Ramos' headed opener in the 15th minute set the tone for what was to come, with Karim Benzema adding a second nine minutes before

Cricketer Rubel gets anticipatory bail

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Bangladesh national team cricketer Rubel Hossain for four-week in a case filed by actress Naznin Akter Happy under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.An HC bench comprising Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq and Justice

Sachin holds 19 Guinness World Records

DHAKA: Sachin Tendulkar, whose career spanned over 24 years, was honoured by Guinness World Records (GWR).  He played 200 Tests and scored 15,921 runs along with 463 One-Day Internationals (ODIs), scoring 18,426 runs. To commemorate 60 years of the GWR, Tendulkar was honoured along

Actress sues cricketer Rubel

DHAKA: A case was filed with Mirpur Thana on Saturday against Rubel Hossain, a player of national cricket team of Bangladesh, under the Women Prevention and Child Repression Act.Naznin Akter Happy, a 19-year old girl and actress of Bengali film, filed the case with the thana around

Pakistan win warm-up match

DHAKA: Pakistan won the warm-up match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 against Bangladesh in Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney of Australia on Monday.They scored 247-run loosing seven wickets while chasing down 246-run target set by Bangladesh.Sohaib Maqsood played a vital role to win

Tigers set Pakistan 247-run target

DHAKA: Bangladesh set 247-run target for Pakistan in their first warm-up match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney of Australia on Monday morning.Tigers lost all wickets to score 246 runs with outstanding innings of Tamim Iqbal (81) and Mahmudullah

Can Perennial Chokers Redeem?

If a team ever deserved to win at least once the world cup for sheer talent and quality of their players it has to be South Africa. But ironically off the six world cups they have played after returning to crickets’ premier body ICC they could not win any, could not even advance to the

Incredible AB De Villiers created another sensation!

South Africa Played Against West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 18 January 2015South Africa 439/2 (Hashim Amla 153*, AB Devilliers 149, RR Rossouw 128, JE Taylor 1/95, JO Holder 0/91) beat West Indies 291/7 (DR Smith 64, D Ramadin 57, MN Samuels 40, JL Carter 40) by

Real head to Club World Cup after 20th win

DHAKA: Real Madrid beat Almeria 4-1 away from home to stay on top of La Liga and make it 20 wins in a row in all competitions. Perfect preparation for the Club World Cup, but a tougher test than they would have wanted. Madrid fly out to Morocco on Sunday looking to add a world

US House passes $1.1tn budget bill

DHAKA: The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1 trillion budget, hours before government was due to shut down at midnight on Thursday. The Republican measure was passed by 219 votes to 206 after President Barack Obama had urged Democrats to support the budget. It will fund most

Barcelona beat PSG 3-1 to top Group F

DHAKA: Barcelona avenged their September defeat in the French capital by beating Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 at Camp Nou to claim top spot in Champions League Group F.PSG's home victory over the Catalan giants saw them take control of the pool for the rest of the autumn but Barca seized

Sad Episodes of Cricket Bangladesh

Any sensible and plain thinking admirers of Bangladesh Cricket have reasons to get concerned and anxious at the recent unhealthy and unwarranted developments in domestic cricket of Bangladesh. Controversial club official made very indecorous remarks alleging the integrity and

Badal banned for life

DHAKA: Lutfar Rahman Badal, the owner of Premier Division Cricket League club Legends of Rupganj, has been banned from all sorts of cricket activities taken by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). BCB disciplinary committee, in a meeting held on Tuesday night, took the decision for

WI announce primary squad for WC

DHAKA: The West Indies Cricket Board Selection Panel on Tuesday announced the 30-man provisional squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup to be played in Australia and New Zealand in February and March, 2015. The squad includes several players who are yet to play at the One-Day International

Tributes for Hughes at first Test

DHAKA: Australia are playing India in the first Test in Adelaide - in an emotion-charged game following the death of Phillip Hughes. The Australian players entered the ground wearing Hughes' Test cap No 408 on their shirts and black armbands to honour their former teammate. Spectators

Messi scores 3rd hat trick in 4-match

DHAKA: With his third hat trick in four matches, Lionel Messi reached yet another scoring milestone for Barcelona on Sunday.The Argentina star passed the 400-goal mark for his club with three goals in its 5-1 comeback victory over derby rival Espanyol, keeping Barcelona second in the