“What I always say is that only three people have ever been able to silence the Maracana: the Pope, Frank Sinatra and me” said Alcides Ghiggia, the Uruguayan hero whose surprise goal put paid to Brazilian dream of winning first world cup in 1950 in front of adoring home fans. Sixty

DHAKA: Cricket Fiji has appointed Australian Shane Jurgensen as their national coach. The 38 year-old spent two and a half years as Bangladesh national coach before resigning last month. Cricket Fiji's General Manager, Inoke Lesuma, says it is a remarkable coup to have someone of

If Spain and Holland are rated as the fancied European teams for the championship in Brazil World Cup 2014, highly talented France cannot also be just written off.  France was one the fancied team in World Cup 2010. But the soccer world witnessed a major debacle as France performed like

DHAKA: Rio Ferdinand is to leave Manchester United in the summer after the defender was not offered a new contract.         The 35-year-old's departure will bring to an end a 12-year stay at the club, for whom he has made 454 appearances, scoring eight goals.                

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DHAKA: After the two-month long Indian Premier League 2014, India will travel to Bangladesh for a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series in mid-June. Bangladesh will host India on June 15, 17 and 19 for three ODIs ahead of India's departure to England on June 22 for five Tests,

The land of Tulip threatened to take away final glory in style on a couple of occasions in the past. Netherlands meaning “never land” mostly reclaimed from sea is protected by dykes all around. The country is meters below the mean sea level thrive in technology and natural resources.

DHAKA: Rafael Nadal won his first title of the European clay-court season as a back injury forced Japan's Kei Nishikori to retire during the final in Madrid.  The world number one led 2-6 6-4 3-0 when a hobbling Nishikori - who had led by a set and a break - pulled out. Nadal, 27,

DHAKA: Manchester City won a second Premier League title in three years as goals from Samir Nasri and captain Vincent Kompany secured victory over West Ham.  The Sky Blues, needing a draw to guarantee being English champions for the fourth time, dominated before Nasri fired in off the

South American giant Uruguay has a glorious soccer history which many of the present generation may not know. Two times World Champion Uruguay shocked the home team Brazil at the historic Maracana stadium in 1950. Who knows whether history will not repeat? But if Uruguay somehow manages

DHAKA: Back playing in familiar Indian surroundings, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is looking at the possibility of winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) a second time. He realises that it is not going to be easy for a team that won only three matches of the eight it has

English sports journalists and critics may see fancy possibilities for the England. But in neutral analysis English team does not possess the class, quality and bench strength to play consistently well in advancing to business segment of the world cup. Even going beyond the group stage

DHAKA: Official regional sanctioning body for professional golf in Asia, The Asian Tour revealed on Friday some interesting and unknown facts of the Bangladeshi golf Pride Siddikur Rahman. Mentioning ‘60 seconds with Siddikur Rahman’ The Asian Tour said there “in latest series of

DHAKA: World number one Rafael Nadal remained on course to retain his Madrid Masters title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 win over Finland's Jarkko Nieminen on Thursday. Nadal had come into the tournament looking to dispel doubts after suffering shock defeats to David Ferrer and Nicolas

DHAKA: Germany coach Joachim Low has announced his 30-man provisional squad for this summer's World Cup-2014 in Brazil, with Fiorentina striker Mario Gomez as one of the most notable absentees.        The former Bayern Munich star has been plagued by injury this term and Low has

DHAKA: Brazilian head coach Felipe Scolari has announced the 23-man squad for the World Cup. Brazil will play in the opening game of the World Cup on June 12 against Croatia, after having arranged friendlies against Panama And Serbia prior to the start of the event. There were few

DHAKA: Portugal's Helena Costa is to be the highest-profile female manager of a European men's team after being named head coach of Clermont Foot in France. Costa, a former scout for Scottish Premiership side Celtic, has coached the Iran women's team since 2012. The 36-year-old, who has

DHAKA: Manchester City took a giant stride towards their second Premier League title in three years as a second-half rout of Aston Villa moved them top of the table with one game left to play. City had spent only 11 days at the summit all season, but now lead Liverpool by two points with

The group of four which comprises the past three cup winners__ Uruguay, England, Italy__ and very difficult team Costa Rica is expected to see a keen contest for progressing to knock out round. England, Italy and Uruguay has potential to reach even beyond quarter finals. Some critics may

DHAKA: Real Madrid's treble ambitions appear to be over as a late equaliser for struggling Real Valladolid dented their hopes of winning the Spanish title. Defender Sergio Ramos put Madrid ahead with a powerful 25-yard free-kick into the roof of the home net, BBC reported.  But without