DHAKA: Chelsea blew open the race for the Premier League title by ending leaders Liverpool's 11-game winning streak with a deserved victory at Anfield.   Demba Ba gave the Blues the lead at the end of the first half after Steven Gerrard's slip and Willian capped the win with a

DHAKA: Lionel Messi’s late winner kept Barcelona in the Spanish title race as they marked their first match since ex-coach Tito Vilanova's death with a superb comeback win at Villarreal.   The hosts held a 2-0 lead through Cani's precise finish and a powerful 15-yard header from Manu

DHAKA: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been named as the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year at an awards ceremony in London on Sunday.   The Uruguayan, 27, travelled down to the ceremony after the Reds' 2-0 defeat at home to Chelsea earlier in the day.   

DHAKA: Manchester United manager Ryan Giggs enjoyed a winning start to his Old Trafford reign as goals from Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata saw off Norwich.Giggs, in temporary charge after the sacking of David Moyes, watched Rooney score a penalty and curling effort either side of

DHAKA: Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a humiliating six-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here Saturday. Veteran spinner Pravin Tambe (4-20) along with Australian pacer Kane Richardson (2-18) were the main

DHAKA: Sandeep Sharma took three crucial wickets as Kings XI Punjab produced a disciplined bowling display to compensate for their batting failure and notch up a comfortable 23-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match at Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Asked to take

DHAKA: Bangladesh trainer David Dwyer has stepped down from his position after 14 months on the job. Akram Khan, the BCB`s Cricket Operations Committee Chairman, confirmed the receipt of the resignation letter two days ago.Dwyer is understood to have asked for immediate release. He joined

DHAKA: ‘The older the wine the better it gets’ the quote best suited for batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who will be celebrating his 41st birthday on Thursday. He has retired from international cricket and there is hardly anything left which this veteran hadn`t achieved in his

DHAKA: Glenn Maxwell produced yet another blistering knock of 43-ball 95 before Lakshmipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab notched up a crushing 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their third IPL-7 match here on Tuesday.After scoring 95 and 89 in his last

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) might have dealt with crores of taka business. But, it’s a poor organization in terms of paying electricity bills.The poverty made BCB an electricity bill defaulter compelling Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) Monday to cut the line of

DHAKA: Roquibul Hasan, an all-time great Bangladeshi cricketer, has rightly suggested engaging home grown Bangladeshi coach cum cricket development official of Asian Cricket Conference (ACC) Aminul Islam Bulbul for the Bangladesh team.                        

DHAKA: Stanislas Wawrinka won his first Masters 1000 title and denied Roger Federer a maiden Monte Carlo victory with a three-set final win.Wawrinka, 29, came through 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 to claim only a second win in 15 matches against his fellow Swiss.Federer, 32, had looked on course to

DHAKA: A group of Bangladeshi former cricketers are now visiting Canada.They reached Montreal Saturday on an invitation of former cricketer Halim Shah.Among the former cricket stars are BCB’s chief selector Faruk Ahmed and selector Habibul Bashar Sumon.The formers, who went to Canada

DHAKA: Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory in the Chinese Grand Prix to win three consecutive races for the first time in his career.Hamilton`s Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg took second, fighting back to beat Ferrari`s Fernando Alonso after a poor start left him sixth on Lap

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman beat Indian Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta in the second round of 13th Asian Continental Chess championship at Sharjah Chess Club on Saturday.Abhijeet blew up a good position obtained with black pieces. The Indian faced the Trompovsky opening by

DHAKA: JP Duminy played a thrilling innings to take Delhi Daredevils to a four-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Saturday. Chasing a challenging target of 167, the South African played a

CHITTAGONG: The money of Chittagong Divisional Krira Sangstha has gone to personal account of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director Akran Khan violating existing rules of money transaction.       As per the rules, the money of tournament organizing from BCB is supposed to deposit

DHAKA: Peter Moores is to be named England`s new head coach, BBC Sport understands.It will be the 51-year-old`s second spell in charge of the national cricket side after an ill-fated reign between 2007 and 2009.He replaces Andy Flower after being chosen ahead of England`s current one-day

DHAKA: Kings XI Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here Friday. Kings XI achieved the target of 206 runs losing four wickets and with seven balls to spare after Glenn Maxwell struck a magnificent 43-ball

DHAKA: A patient half-century by Ajinkya Rahane and a composed effort from Stuart Binny (48 not out) after some disciplined bowling display helped Rajasthan Royal notch up a comfortable four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Rahane shared a