DHAKA: Roger Federer's 2013 narrative went something like this: He was too old. He was too stubborn. He couldn't beat his top rivals back-to-back, especially in best-of-five sets.Fatherhood and Father Time had reeled him in."He was on holiday this time last year," said Tim Henman, the

Germany scored early in the match and managed hold on in dispatching an underperformed France team to move into semifinal. The match promised to be a high scoring one but ended with barest of margin. The high voltage match of the two top football playing nation to be exact failed to live

DHAKA: The centre-back scored his second goal of the tournament to send Joachim Low's men into the last four. A first half header from Mats Hummels fired Germany into the semi-finals of the World Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over France. The Borussia Dortmund defender missed the last-16

DHAKA: France is facing Germany in the quarter final match of FIFA World Cup 2014 at Estadio do Maracana Stadium of Rio De Janeiro Friday. Today's referee is Argentina's Nestor Pitana. Both of the teams are fighting their best to sustain in a must win match. GERMANY AT THIS WORLD CUP:

DHAKA: Former captain of national hockey team of Bangladesh Shabbir Yusuf passed away in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore at 3:20am Wednesday (local time). He was 67. His body will be brought back to country by airplane on Friday night and will be buried at Faridpur after the second

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to return home immediately as supposedly he is yet to get no-Objection Certificate from the BCB to participate in the West Indies league.  Shakib left Dhaka on Wednesday to Barbados to participate in the

Brazil is the only country whose national flag bears football. A huge country with distinct culture has two classes of population –very rich and extremely poor. But one thing is very common. That is their love and passion.  Brazilians are fun loving and playing and watching football

DHAKA: The top goal scorers of their teams in this World Cup, Karim Benzema with 3 goals for Les Bleus and Thomas Müller with 4 goals for Die Mannschaft, are the key players in the attack when the teams meet for the quarter finals on Friday. Karim Benzema The word ‘phenomenon’ was

DHAKA: Brazil talisman Neymar has described Colombia's James Rodriguez as a "great player" but hopes he and his team will overshadow the Monaco star in the World Cup quarter-final. Both players have shone for their respective sides in the tournament so far, with James currently sitting

Germany and France were in rival fronts in two world Wars. Now they are major partners in NATO and EU. But when it comes to football arena they are formidable opponents. Honours are even in terms of recent meetings with France claiming a 2-1 win in Bremen in February 2012, while Germany

DHAKA: The hosts will take on their in-form South American rivals in the World Cup quarter-final in Fortaleza on Friday late night. After their dramatic penalty shoot-out success against Chile in the round of 16, Brazil face perhaps their sternest challenge yet on the road to World Cup

In this very open FIFA World Cup we can find hardly much different among Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, France, Germany, Colombia, Costa Rica and Belgium now ready to fight out which four of them will move further. Like any other person of flesh and blood we cannot claim to be 100%

DHAKA: At least two persons were killed after a flyover has collapsed onto vehicles in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte early Friday.The concrete and steel bridge, which was under construction, fell onto traffic on a busy highway, reports The BBC.The report includes

DHAKA: Just few hours before of Friday's World Cup quarter-final against France, Coach Joachim Low informed media that seven of German players are suffering from flu.On Thursday he said that one third of his team were complaining about a sore throat, reports The BBC while Joachim Low

DHAKA: The upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup trophy will arrive in Bangladesh on July 25.A press release on Thursday said that the prestigious silverware will be displayed here for two days and during its stay, the trophy will feature at a number of

DHAKA: A member of FIFA is the source of illegal World Cup ticket sales, Brazilian police said Thursday.Police commissioner Fabio Barucke told reporters that "someone from FIFA" and "an intermediary from Match Hospitality", FIFA's ticket agency, controlled the thousands of tickets

DHAKA: He may be regarded as cricket’s ‘God’ and the world may see him the best-ever batsman of his generation, but Sachin Tendulkar is still an ‘unknown’ quantity in the world of sports. That cricket’s global ‘appeal’ is rather limited is well illustrated by the fact

DHAKA: France and Germany are the two top European football power house which impressed world football arena in the recent past. They have also glorious world cup tradition and history. These two nations along with Italy, Spain and Netherlands are Europes Challenge to South American

DHAKA: Even the staunchest of Brazil supporter can't be assured that the HEXA mission of Brazil in World 2014 is moving smoothly like a well-oiled machined yet. Scholari brigade have got through four of the seven step required to climb to the heaven. But the samba rhyme that makes

DHAKA: Diego Maradona has expressed his rage at Argentina's performances in the tournament, placing the blame firmly at the feet of Alejandro Sabella. La Albiceleste progressed to the last eight of the competition on Tuesday following a narrow 1-0 extra-time win over Switzerland, with