DHAKA: Argentina captain Lionel Messi believes coach Alejandro Sabella has to back his side's attacking capabilities and include him among a front three when they face Iran on Saturday in Belo Horizonte. Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain is expected to return to Sabella's starting line-up

DHAKA: Argentina will be looking to seal its place in the knockout stages of the World Cup with a match to spare when Lionel Messi and his teammates face Iran on Saturday night. Alejandro Sabella’s side stand alone at the top of Group F following their 2-1 victory over Bosnia and

Costa Rica knocked out one world Champion England without playing them and put two others Uruguay and Italy on the age. The team of the Group of Death D which no one in the widest of dream thought of advancing has caused major surprise beating Uruguay and Italy back to back. Italy is just

DHAKA: Costa Rica produced their second stunning upset in a week to beat a poor Italy side and confirm England's exit from the 2014 World Cup.  The Central Americans fully warranted their win at Arena Pernambuco, which was sealed by a Bryan Ruiz header shortly before half-time, reports

DHAKA: Enner Valencia's brace led Ecuador to a 2-1 win over Honduras to keep their World Cup chances alive on Saturday. Valencia continued his fine form for his country as he scored for the sixth straight international game to see Reinaldo Rueda's men to an important win in Group E.

DHAKA: France produced a scintillating display to rout a sorry Switzerland side 5-2 and all but secure a second-round spot at the World Cup, reported goal.com          Having survived a physical Honduras side in their Group E opener, Didier Deschamps' men faced a seemingly more

DHAKA: A family in Brazil believes counting on one hand can bring good luck to the country's soccer team during this World Cup - because each member has an extra finger, reports Daily Mirror. All members of the Silva family, from suburban Brasilia, were born with an extra digit on each

DHAKA: The ninth day of FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil is trimmed with three important matches among Italy-Costa Rica, Switzerland-France and Honduras-Ecuador. The first match will kick off at 10:00pm (local time) Friday at Arena Pernambuco, Recife. England's slim chances of progressing

The just concluded Bangladesh-India three matches ODI serious has left behind many questions about the quality and commitment of Bangladeshi Cricketers. Bangladesh lost the rain affected series 2-0 with the third match being washed out. India sent an experimental side resting 8 of

After Champion Spain it appears that another former Champion England is going to bite the dust after back to back loses by identical margins against two previous champions Italy and Uruguay. The battle of survival in the group of death triggered with England losing a keenly contested

DHAKA: Despite playing over half the match with a man advantage, Japan couldn't find a way to solve Greece's defense, and were forced to settle for a scoreless draw in Natal.  The Samurai Blue certainly had their chances to grab three points, but poor finishing doomed them in the end.

DHAKA: Luis Suarez scored twice to give Uruguay a 2-1 victory over England at the World Cup on Thursday, making an instant impact on his return from injury.The striker lashed in the winner in the 85th minute in the Group D match after seeing his first-half opener canceled out by

DHAKA: Colombia moved top of World Cup Group B with a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast at Estádio Nacional de Brasilia in Brazil on day eight.  Second-half goals from Manchester United-linked James Rodriguez and Juan Quintero gave Colombia a two-goal lead, rendering Gervinho’s fine individual

DHAKA: The third and final One Day International (ODI) match between visiting India and host Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of the city on Thursday has been abandoned due to incessant raining. Before the rain started, India scored 119-run for nine wickets after

DHAKA: Host Bangladesh have fallen visiting Indian into pressure by taking two wickets before reaching the double figure in the third One Day International (ODI) at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of the city on Thursday. India scored 11 runs by losing two wickets in seven overs.

DHAKA: The first week of the much awaited Soccer Bonanza –FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil has already witnessed some dramas, some upsets, spectacular matches and competitive soccer. Spain the defending champions bade farewell to Brazil World Cup losing back to back matches.  Two other

DHAKA: Bangladesh national cricket team is in dire need of spirit-lifting win against visiting India. Tigers will play third match and the last of the series against India at 1:00pm. To boost up the fans, Shakib, Tamim, Mushfiq need to come out victorious in the last match as they faced

DHAKA: Nike is trying to cash it on Brazil’s poster boy as they will be releasing a special edition boot “Hypervenom Golden Dream”.  This boot will be released after the group stages matches has been played and Neymar will first wear this boot in the knockout stage game of Round

DHAKA: Croatia thrashed toothless Cameroon by 4-0 goals on Wednesday taking a fighting chance of reaching the World Cup knockout phase for the first time since 1998. Evergreen striker Ivica Olic put Croatia ahead after 11 minutes and Cameroon, who cannot now qualify from Group A after

DHAKA: The reigning world and European champions have exited the competition at the group stage after being stunned by their South American opponents World Cup holders Spain crashed out of the tournament after they were stunned 2-0 by a brilliant Chile side on Wednesday night.  After a