Tuesday, 24 Dec, 2024

Sports

BD enrolls in 10 disciplines

DHAKA: Bangladesh will participate in a record 10 disciplines at the upcoming Commonwealth Games which will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014.The Bangladesh lineup will include two swimmers, who have already proved themselves as better than earlier events,

‘I would be happier if Messi got goal’

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina watched the final match of FIFA World Cup Football-2014 on Sunday night though her favorite team Brazil slipped out from the tournament earlier.Moreover, after watching the match she also regret for the Argentine ‘trump’ Lionel Messi that if he

Brazil sack Scolari as coach

DHAKA: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked after the national team’s disastrous in the World Cup campaign ended in a knockout and new humiliation, reports IBN live.            Brazil's football confederation (CBF) will not renew national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's

Brazil World Cup best-X1 performers

DHAKA: Goal.com, the largest football website in the world, has selected best-X1 players in the Brazil world cup for their outstanding performance including five players from winners Germany.      Golden Ball winner Lionel Messi, Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez, Dutch star Robben,

Pogba receives Young Player award

DHAKA: French midfielder Paul Pagba has been selected the best young player in the Brazil World Cup.                          The Juventus midfielder played a key role in les Bleus' run to the quarter-final, impressing in the group stages before putting in a man of the match

Neuer wins Golden Glove award

DHAKA: German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was already considered by many to be the best goalkeeper in the world.   Now, he can officially be considered the best goalkeeper at the 2014 World Cup after winning the Golden Glove award. Coming into the tournament, many would have pegged the

Mourinho eyes Van Gaal best coach in WC

DHAKA: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes Netherlands Coach Louis van Gaal has been the best coach at the World Cup.The 62-year-old was able to guide Netherlands out of a tricky group containing Spain and Chile to third place in the tournament, following a comfortable 3-0 victory over

What Brazil World Cup Left Behind?

Curtain dropped on the “Greatest Show on Earth” FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. Beautiful Country of “Joga Bonito” Brazil presented a wonderfully attractive Football world which for many reasons will be remembered for a long time in to the future. Germany won the World Cup their

Rodriguez wins Golden Boot for 6 goals

DHAKA: Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez has won 2014 World Cup Golden Boot after none of his main rivals managed to score during Germany’s 1-0 extra-time win in the final against Argentina.                           Rodriguez scored his all-important sixth goals from

Enigmatic Germany buried Argentine dreams

Germany won the World Cup 2014. Germany is the champions for the fourth time. They created a new record winning it first time in South America as no team other than the team from the continent had won it before. Germany blasted host out of the tournament in the semifinal with a

Messi blames World Cup defeat on strikers

DHAKA: Lionel Messi blamed Argentina's 1-0 World Cup final defeat to Germany on their forwards for being wasteful in front of goal.The 27-year-old was a peripheral figure on the night and fired wide a golden opportunity to give his side the lead in the second half after Gonzalo

The pain will be with us for life: Mascherano

DHAKA: Javier Mascherano has described the "immense" pain he and his Argentina team-mates are suffering following their World Cup final defeat to Germany, insisting it will stay with them forever.Mario Gotze's extra-time volley settled the contest in the Germans' favour at the

Messi wins Golden Ball

DHAKA: Lionel Messi earned the 2014 World Cup Golden Ball as FIFA named the Argentinian star the tournament's top player.Although he was held scoreless in the knockout rounds, he scored four group stage goals and guided his team all the way to the World Cup finals, where it ultimately

Germany win World Cup

DHAKA: Mario Gotze's 113th-minute volley fired Germany to World Cup glory with a 1-0 win over Argentina at the Maracana.The tournament's outstanding team failed to repeat the fluency and brilliance of their 7-1 semi-final romp against Brazil but Joachim Low's team found one more

World Cup final begins

DHAKA: Germany and Argentina have engaged in the much-waited 2014 Fifa World Cup final match at Estadio do Maracana on Rio De Janeiro on Monday.The game kicked off at 1:00am BDST.Both teams look to win their first World Cup title since 1990 and 1986 respectively.Germany are favorites

Why I Differ With Experts?

I am not an expert but I am simple sports enthusiast and very keen learner. Still I strongly differ with some soccer pundits and experts dismissing Argentina Completely from today’s final. I rather believe and strong reasons for that the teams are evenly matched and team that appears

German Science Up Against Argentine Arts

DHAKA: Germans have advanced tiki taka – the modern science of soccer and Argentina is beholding the art and artistry of the Beautiful Game.  When European Power House Germany will lock horns tonight against South American Superpower Power Argentina in dream World Cup Final it will be

This is the match of our lives: Messi

DHAKA: Lionel Messi has sounded a warning to highly-fancied Germany, and issued a stirring rally cry for Argentina, by referring to Sunday’s mouth-watering FIFA World Cup final as “the game of our lives”. Rio de Janeiro’s famous Maracana is the setting as Messi attempts to

Germany vs Argentina

DHAKA: One of the greatest World Cups in history comes down to a final between two countries with mixed memories of playing against each other for the biggest sporting prize on the planet. In 1986, Argentina beat Germany in the final in Mexico. Four years later, Germany were crowned

Brazil Humbled Yet Again

Netherland 3 [Van Persie 1 (3*), Blind 1 (17*), Wijnaldum.90* ] : Brazil 0 Host Brazil got hammered and humbled again. Very matured Netherland playing skilfull attacking football sunk Brazilian pride further. They caused further   misery for a miserable Brazil beating those3 -0. Even