DHAKA: Eminent hockey player Jummon Lusai, and also the former captain of Bangladesh Hockey Team, passed away at a city hospital on Sunday.He was 59.Sources told banglanews that he breathed last at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 3:00pm.He was kept on

My grandfather used to tell me stories. He used to tell me, “When you grow up, you will become so big that everyone in the world will know you. When you come to your home town, people will stand and clap you.” DHAKA: There’s a certain irony to the predictions made by Shakib Al

DHAKA: Actress Naznin Akter Happy filed a petition with the High Court (HC) on Sunday seeking cancellation bail to cricketer Rubel Hossain in a rape case.Happy’s move came some three days after a Dhaka court granted appeal of Rubel, a member of Tigers’ squad for World Cup 2015,

DHAKA: The Walton Media Cup Badminton Tournament-2015 is set to kick off in Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium of the city’s Mirpur on Sunday.A total of 80 shuttlers from 20 different media houses are taking part in the tournament, which is a knockout game with a total of Tk 1 lakh

Australia has glorious past proven records in World Cup Cricket. They are the only team to win four times and the only to win three in a row – 1999 beating Pakistan, 2003 beating India and 2011 beating Sri Lanka. They also featured in inaugural World Cup final at Lords in 1975 and

DHAKA: Fernando Torres struck twice to reaffirm his place in Atletico Madrid hearts and send arch-rivals Real Madrid crashing out of the Copa del Rey 4-2 on aggregate.The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker scored his first two goals since rejoining his boyhood club as Atleti claimed a

It just happened. There was no reason to preview Zimbabwe team’s prospect at ICC World Cup 2015 at the end. It just happened with no particular sequence in mind. Zimbabwe in the recent past got a comprehensive white wash from Bangladesh. We must not judge their strength and opportunity

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has introduced two new committees on Thursday.The committees are Technical Committee and High-Performance Committee.BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon, in the night, made the disclosure of the new committees after 10th meeting of the board at a city

DHAKA: Former captain of Bangladesh cricket team Naimur Rahman Durjoy has been appointed as the operations committee chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in place of Akram Khan.Akram Khan has been moved to tournament committee as chairman.Another former all-rounder Khaled Mahmud

DHAKA: The Board of Control for Cricket in India unveiled the new official Team India jersey at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of the tri-series and the World Cup. The defending world champions will be involved in a tri-nation ODI tournament with England and World Cup co-hosts

DHAKA: Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after a 20-year career.The 38-year-old stopped playing internationally in July 2012, but had been a Twenty20 regular, both in the Indian Premier League and in domestic competition in

England is never a very strong cricket team for winning a major tournament .But they are also not a team not to take into account. Thrice in the past they were bride mates in the party of World Cup final. But three times they were pepped for the post – first by legendary West Indian

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court on Wednesday granted cricketer Rubel Hossain to play abroad exempting him from physical appearance before the court in case filed by actress Naznin Aktar Happy.Therefore, Rubel has no legal bar to play for World Cup to be begun in Australia and New Zealand on February

Amidst series of controversies West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced its 15 member Squad for ICC world Cup 2015. The young West Indian fast bowler Jason Holder has been nominated as the Captain and the 15 members’ squad has excluded immediate past Captain Dwayne Bravo and

DHAKA: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year award for the second year in a row, report BBC on Tuesday. The Portugal captain beat Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to the award. Ronaldo

DHAKA: Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took himself into the cricket history becoming the top all-rounder in all formats of cricket.He achieved the top spot in Test, ODI (One Day International) and Twenty20 formats at the same time, according to International Cricket Council

DHAKA: Barcelona's superstar attacking trident of Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi inflicted revenge for being beaten to La Liga on the final day of last season with a 3-1 victory at Camp Nou on Sunday, putting a week of turmoil behind them.Head coach Luis Enrique was criticised

Australia has featured in six of the past ten Cricket world cups winning it four times including three in a row on 1999, 2003 and 2007. World cup 2015 is in its backyard and at this moment Australia is on top of ICC ranking. In all analysis Australia is tipped among the top favorites

South African Golden Generation which could compete well with all conquering West Indian team of 1970s and 1980s were banned by ICC from international cricket for apartheid policy. When they returned they in no time proved competitive at world level producing many top cricketers They were

Kiwis are a tiny nation in a beautiful land down under. There you find more sheep than people. But they are a very strong sporting nation as far as Ruby and Football are concerned. Black Caps are fare some team in rugby and Kiwis are admired as competitive cricketers at all format of