DHAKA: India  295 ( A Rahane 103 , B Kumar 36,C Pujara 28 , V Kohli 26 ,J.M Anderson 4/60 ,S Broad 2/79,) & 342 ( M Vijay 95,R A Jadeja 68 , B Kumar 52,C Pujara 43 , B A Stokes 3/ 51, L Plunket 3/ 65 ) beat England 319 ( GS Ballanace 112, L Plunket 55* , M Ali 32 ,B Kumar 6/82 , Jadeja

DHAKA: Walking off the 18th green as the British Open champion, Rory McIlroy kept gazing at all the greats on golf's oldest trophy.On the claret jug, his name is etched in silver below Phil Mickelson.In the record book, he is listed behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the youngest

DHAKA: England crumbled to a 95-run defeat by India in the second Test at Lord's to extend their winless run to 10 matches and increase the pressure on captain Alastair Cook. The hosts collapsed after lunch to a series of reckless shots and were bowled out for 223 to hand the tourists a

The hotly debated BCB hurried and according to many harsh actions against Bangladesh Cricket all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan is taking twists and turns. BCB with plutonic speed announced actions against Shakib following his alleged departure for West Indies for playing in CPL without

DHAKA: The chief of Germany's football association (DFB) has revealed that one of the team's triumphant players has damaged their World Cup trophy. Joachim Low's men defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final after extra-time to win the inter-continental tournament for the fourth time in their

DHAKA: Pacemen Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel took four second innings wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Sri Lanka in the first Test of a two-match series. Sri Lanka were set 370 to win in Galle but they struggled with the bat, with South Africa winning by 153 runs. Steyn removed

DHAKA: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and Wadhawan Group have christened their side ‘FC Pune City’, Goal can reveal. The owners of the Pune club requested the Pune District Football Association (PDFA) to register them and it is learnt that the process has been completed. “They

DHAKA: World top all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has been suspended for six months, came to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to appeal for withdrawal of the suspension on him.After he talked to Bangladesh Cricket Operations Committee before the appeal, he appealed against the ban from

DHAKA: Cricket all rounder Shakib-al-Hasan appealed against his suspension for six months from all types of domestic and international cricket awarded by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Following the matter, Shakib sat on a meeting with Bangladesh Cricket operations. Earlier, BCB

DHAKA: Thierry Henry believes that his former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is untouchable in terms of pure talent, even from Cristiano Ronaldo.The Camp Nou star was unseated as Ballon d'Or holder earlier this year by the Real Madrid forward, but he starred in the World Cup as

DHAKA: Brazil star Neymar has slammed the country's training mentality, insisting the nation lags well behind Germany and Spain. Last summer the Selecao defeated Spain 3-0 in the Confederations Cup and were the favourites heading into the World Cup, but they were humiliated in the

DHAKA: Football governing body FIFA on Friday lifted the suspension of Nigeria from international competition over "government interference" in the game. The suspension of the Nigerian Football Federation was imposed on July 9 just after the national team were beaten in the last 16 at

DHAKA: The ICC has announced that it will appeal, along with the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the verdict of the anti-corruption tribunal set up by the BCB to look into allegations of wrongdoing in the Bangladesh Premier League 2013.  The BCB had set up the tribunal after the ICC's

DHAKA: Germany captain Philipp Lahm has quit international soccer just days after leading his side to World Cup victory in Brazil.“It is the right time for me. I have totally enjoyed my time with the national team,” the 30-year-old was quoted as saying on Sky Sport Deutschland’s

The euphoria has died down. The football world is slowly getting over worldwide soccer mania. No more sleepless nights waiting in anxiousness and wishing for the favorite teams and players. Now all will wait for World Cup 2018 and only few and fewer people will keep track of the Europa,

DHAKA: Germany’s charge to claim Sunday’s World Cup title has seen them return to the top of FIFA’s world rankings for the first time in around 20 years.Besides, Bangladesh has gained four and placed on 163rd in the latest rankings. The latest list, published on Thursday, has

DHAKA: Mesut Ozil has not given his World Cup bonus money to the children of Gaza as he was funding sick children in Brazil to undergo surgery. Ozil was part of the Germany side that defeated Argentina in the World Cup final thanks to Mario Gotze’s extra-time winner, handing the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will reconsider the punishment awarded to the all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan if he regrets for his deeds. Regarding the matter, National Cricket coach Chandika Hathurusingha will talk to BCB chairman Nazmul Hasan on Thursday.  BCB sources confirmed

DHAKA: An ex-girlfriend of legendary footballer Diego Maradona was arrested on Wednesday at a Buenos Aires airport for allegedly stealing from him in Dubai, police said. "Rocio Oliva was arrested by Interpol agents when she arrived at the (Ezeiza International) terminal around 7:20 pm

We know a person, who jokes, if he is not in Dhaka, either he is in Faridpur or in Singapore. Singapore was the first country I had ever made a foreign trip to 15 years back. The SQ flight had touched the Changi airport very early in the morning. Still the sun did not rise when we had