DHAKA: A first-half goal from Karim Benzema guided Real Madrid to a 1-0 win at Espanyol in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal on Tuesday. Record signing Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo started alongside Benzema in a strong Madrid line-up.Bale provided the assist for

DHAKA: Record Grand Slam champion Roger Federer ended Andy Murray`s Australian Open hopes with a dramatic win in the quarter-finals.The tennis maestro, 32, won 6-3 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 in three hours and 20 minutes to set up a semi-final against world number one Rafael Nadal, the BBC

DHAKA: India on Wednesday were dethroned as the number one  ODI team after they suffered an agonizing 15-run defeat in a rain-truncated second ODI against New Zealand, who have now taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. India, who desperately needed a win to retain their top spot,

DHAKA: Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka is out of the Australian Open after she was beaten in a thrilling quarter-final by Agnieszka Radwanska.The second seed had won her previous 12 sets against Radwanska but the Pole started superbly, racing into a 5-0 lead before taking

DHAKA: Manchester City eased into their first League Cup final in 38 years with a record 9-0 aggregate victory against semi-final opponents West Ham.Holding a seemingly impregnable 6-0 first-leg lead, City strikers Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero combined to complete the formalities at

DHAKA: Stanislas Wawrinka finished the sway by trouncing four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic with a stunning quarter-final victory on Tuesday.The Swiss eighth seed won 2-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 9-7 to set up a semi-final against Tomas Berdych, and gain revenge for an epic five-set

DHAKA: Sri Lankan cricket team will arrive in Bangladesh on January 24 to play in two test matches, two T20I’s and three ODI games.The tour will commence with the test series and the first game will start on January 27.The match will be played out at the Sher-e-Bangla national stadium

DHAKA: New Zealand cricketers are reportedly waiting for a security expert to give the green light for their visit to Bangladesh for the ICC World T-20 tournament, to be held in Bangladesh in March and April.A high-powered security meeting is scheduled for Dhaka where senior officials of

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) Sunday approved 13 development projects involving Tk 7,735 crore, including decoration of the capital city ahead upcoming T-20 World Cup Cricket.The meeting held at the NEC conference room in city’s Sher-e-Banglanagar

DHAKA:  St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda: Defending champions the West Indies on Saturday announced a provisional 30-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20, which will take place in Bangladesh in March and April.The Windies, who won the 2012 title with victory against hosts Sri Lanka in

DHAKA: The full hearing into the alleged match-fixing and spot-fixing scandal in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League is set to begin in Dhaka on Sunday. All nine individuals charged are expected to participate in the proceedings, which will last nearly three weeks, reports

DHAKA: Serena Williams went out of the Australian Open as a back injury hindered the five-time champion against a rampant Ana Ivanovic.The Serb came back from a set down to win 4-6 6-3 6-3 - her first ever victory over Williams in five attempts.There had been reports before the match that

DHAKA: Michael Schumacher remains in stable condition following a skiing accident that left the Formula One great with severe head injuries and in a coma since Dec. 29, his manager said on Friday.The statement from manager Sabine Kehm does not mention the word “critical” for the first

DHAKA: Had life not blossomed on the pitch, Sachin Tendulkar - described as the `God of cricket` - would have perhaps been busy with operations and patients at a hospital.The cricketer, who was in the city yesterday for a private school function, revealed, "If cricket had not happened,

DHAKA: Organisers of cricket`s Asia Cup insisted the tournament would go ahead in troubled Bangladesh next month, even if one of the teams pulled out on safety grounds, as they unveiled the schedule on Thursday.Defending champions Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka in the opening match of

DHAKA: Sri Lanka is to go ahead with a tour to Bangladesh later in January after carrying out their own security assessment, cricket board officials said on Wednesday."We are very positive about playing in Bangladesh," Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said. "We look

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council will meet key stakeholders in the World Twenty20, to be held in Bangladesh in March-April, to discuss security-related concerns following the spate of violence in the country over the past few months. The meeting will be held in Dhaka on January

DHAKA: Extreme heat has forced organisers to suspend play at the Australian Open Thursday.Temperatures hit 42 degrees on day four of the grand slam, with tournament referee Wayne McEwen deeming conditions unsafe for players, Sydney Morning Herald ‎reported.The announcement came at

DHAKA: Sergio Aguero scored within a minute of returning from injury as Manchester City thrashed Blackburn to book an FA Cup fourth-round tie against Watford.The Argentine striker has been out with a calf problem but came off the bench in the second half to turn and fire in, reports

DHAKA: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly would be conferred with an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree by the prestigious Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU), Shibpur, for his great contribution to Indian cricket."Sourav Ganguly has made great contribution to Indian