DHAKA: Gareth Bale`s stunning individual goal five minutes from time won the Copa del Rey final for Real Madrid at the expense of arch-rivals Barcelona.The Wales forward outsprinted Barca defender Marc Bartra from the halfway line before coolly converting past keeper Jose Manuel Pinto.
DHAKA: The seventh Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked with an emphatic 41-run win for Kolkata Knight Riders over Mumbai Indians, as the evergreen Jacques Kallis set the tone with a 46-ball 72 before Sunil Narine completed the task with four wickets. Opting to bat, KKR rode on Kallis and
Banglanews: Former Indian cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar bagged the franchisee rights for Kochi in the eight-team based inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) football.His rival will be Sourav Ganguly who got the right for Kolkata, beating Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan.Other Bollywood
DHAKA: Associate teams will have the opportunity to play Test cricket, with the ICC Board approving an ICC Test Challenge, which will take place every four years between the lowest-ranked Test team and the winner of the ICC Intercontinental Cup. According to the new proposal, the side
DHAKA: Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson will head the field in Tiger Woods`s absence when the 78th Masters gets under way at the Augusta National on Thursday.Woods is missing after having back surgery, but the world number one has not won at Augusta since 2005 and the tournament is
DHAKA: Atletico Madrid knocked Spanish rivals Barcelona out of the Champions League as Koke`s early goal gave them a 2-1 aggregate win over the Catalan giants.The midfielder`s close-range shot put the Spanish league leaders into the semi-finals following the 1-1 draw in Barcelona last
DHAKA: Manchester United`s hopes of redeeming a poor season with a surprise Champions League semi-final place were ended as holders Bayern Munich fought back to record a dominant second-leg win.David Moyes`s side had held Bayern to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and stunned the hosts when
DHAKA: Federation International of Football Association announced its official Theme Song for the FIFA World Cup-2014."We Are One (Ole Ola)" – titled this song has been sung in both English and Spanish where Rapper Pitbull, Cláudia Leitte and Jennifer Lopez teamed up for the official
DHAKA: Demba Ba scored in the 87th minute to cap a comeback from a two-goal aggregate deficit, and Chelsea defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 tonight to reach the Champions League semi-finals on away goals.After a 3-1 Chelsea loss in the French capital last Wednesday, Andre Schuerrle began
DHAKA: Salma Khatun, captain of Bangladesh women team’s captain, has been listed in the ICC World Twenty20 women’s team for her excellent performance in just-concluded Women World T20 in Bangladesh.ICC World Twenty20, 2014 was debut for Bangladesh women’s Team. Host Bangladesh
DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the men’s team for the World Twenty20, where no Bangladeshi player was listed. The list of team was made considering the performance in the last ICC World T20, held in Bangladesh and Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni will
DHAKA: Sri Lanka has won the trophy of ICC World T20 beating India by six wickets in the final match of the tournament at Mirpur Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka Sunday.Chasing 131-run target, set by India, Sri Lanka reached the target scoring 132-run in 17.5 over losing four wickets.Earlier,
Bangladesh cricket at home condition is matured enough of competing against all opposition at least in limited version of the game. Over the last few years Bangladesh has developed infrastructures, playing facilities, players incentives almost to highest standards. Though the domestic
DHAKA: India set a target of 131-run for Sri Lankan batsmen in the final match of ICC World T20 in the capital on Sunday evening.India scored 130-run losing four wickets in their stipulated 20-over.Virat Kohli scored 77-run while RG Sharma gathered 29-run.KMDN Kulasekara, AD Mathews and
DHAKA: In the battle of snatching the ICC World T20 trophy, India will face Sri Lanka in the final match in the capital on Sunday evening.The match will kick off at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium of Mirpur at 7:00pm.India might be coming in as the stronger side into the final, but Sri
DHAKA: Australia women are now the hat-trick champion of World T20 as they beat English by 6 wickets in the final match of Women World T-20, 2014 in Dhaka Sunday.Earlier, Australia Women won the toss and invited England to bat first at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the capital.
DHAKA: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was at his pragmatic best on the eve of the World T20 final against Sri Lanka as he said ‘controversies are big part in Indian cricket’ and his name was associated with almost every good or bad thing that happens in Indian cricket.‘Over the
DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked management and coach of Bangladesh cricket team to report within one week explaining reasons for poor performance in ICC World T20.BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon came up with this assertion after an urgent meeting of the board on Saturday
DHAKA: The head of Qatar’s World Cup organizing committee has categorically denied the country bought the 2022 tournament.Hassan Al Thawadi broke his silence following a Daily Telegraph investigation that uncovered the first hard evidence that the Qatar’s most senior football official
DHAKA: Two Asian giants Indian and Sri Lanka will fight for ICC World T20-2014 trophy at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National stadium at 7:00pm Sunday.On Friday night, former champions India upstaged South Africa by six wickets in the second semi-final in Dhaka to cruise into the final. Chasing