DHAKA: Australia has won the opening Ashes test by 381 runs in Brisbane, dismissing England for 179 late on day four.Rain delays in the final session threatened to send the test into a final day, but the hosts have come back onto the field twice to take a step towards winning back the

DHAKA:  Bayern Munich routed Borussia Dortmund by 3-nil on Saturday’s Bundesliga high voltage.Substitute Mario Gotze scored in the 56th minute for Bayern Munich preserved their four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga, reports the BBC.Two goals in two minutes from Arjen Robben and

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in Real Madrid`s thumping La Liga victory over hosts Almeria before limping off with what he described as "a knock".Ronaldo touched in from Isco`s cross in the third minute, but hobbled off at the start of the second half.Real boss Carlo

DHAKA: Football legend Pele has said Lionel Messi does not yet deserve to be rated ahead of former France midfielder Zinedine Zidane.Speaking during an event in Sao Paulo on Thursday, the three-time World Cup winner claimed the 26-year-old Argentine had benefited from playing alongside

DHAKA: Siddikur Rahman will be looking for a result worthy of his status as Bangladesh`s number one golfer when he steps up to the tee at the $1.3 million Hong Kong Open which returns to the spectacular Hong Kong Golf Club Dec 5-8.The 29-year-old holds the distinction of having achieved

DHAKA: Magnus Carlsen is the new world chess champion. After game No. 10 of the world championship ended in a draw in Chennai on Friday, the 22-year-old Norwegian got the required half-a-point needed to reach 6.5 points and dethrone India`s super Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. The world

DHAKA: West Indies` poor run on their Indian tour continued as India thrashed them by six wickets in the first ODI in Kochi on Thursday evening. Needing to score 212 for a win, Virat Kohli slammed an 84-ball 86 in his 120th game to become the joint fastest with Vivian Richards to score

DHAKA: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi praised arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo`s goal-scoring prowess in an interview published Thursday as speculation mounted that the Portuguese international could be picked as World Player of the Year.A day after picking up a Golden Boot award for

DHAKA: Sri Lanka`s tour of Bangladesh, which was scheduled for February 2014, has been advanced by a few days to allow the Asia Cup to kick off on February 24. Bangladesh will now host Sri Lanka for two Tests starting on January 27, a week after Sri Lanka`s Test series against Pakistan in

DHAKA: Bangladesh`s anti-corruption tribunal`s preliminary hearing to look into allegations of match-fixing and spot-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League will begin on November 24. Justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid, chairman of BCB`s disciplinary panel, has appointed three members to

DHAKA: Bangladesh continues to be a cricketing pariah for the BCCI.Thirteen years after an Indian ensured that the neighbouring country got the Test status, Bangladesh is yet to play a Test match in India, and it will not play one until at least March 2017.As per the Indian team`s

DHAKA: Mamadou Sakho scored and claimed another as France reached the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil after a 3-0 win over Ukraine on Wednesday night. The Liverpool center-back was recalled to the starting XI after the first leg 2-0 defeat, and produced an inspirational display.

DHAKA: The irrepressible Cristiano Ronaldo scored a dazzling hat trick to send Portugal into the 2014 World Cup finals at the expense of Zlatan Ibrahimovic`s Sweden on Tuesday, while France advanced by conjuring a remarkable turnaround against Ukraine.There was disappointment in the

DHAKA: The Manchester City striker scored in both halves triumphed Argentina to a 2-nil victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday.The match made Alejandro Sabella`s team notched just their second victory since they secured World Cup qualification.Argentina qualified for Brazil 2014 in

DHAKA: Brazil continued their Global Tour with a 5-0 thrashing of Honduras in Miami on Saturday night.Luiz Felipe Scolari`s men were growing in confidence as they prepare for the World Cup and they showed off their team spirit at the Sun Life stadium in Florida.Chelsea star Willian bagged

DHAKA: Tickets sale for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 has started from Sunday morning. Tickets is available via the ICC website and at nearly 100 official ticket sales counters/booths located in MoneyGram outlets in designated branches of National Credit & Commerce (NCC) and

DHAKA: Hours after Sachin Tendulkar retired from his long cricketing career, the Indian government has conferred him with the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award.Eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao is the other recipient of the Bharat Ratna, reports .intoday.in.The decision

DHAKA: The "god of cricket" will not play for India again as Sachin Tendulkar’s final and 200th Test match ended with victory over West Indies on Saturday.India defeated the visitors on Day 3 of the second and final Test by 126 runs and an innings at the Wankhede Stadium in

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo 1, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 0.In a World Cup playoff billed as a duel between two of Europe`s top players, Ronaldo stole the show in the first leg with a late goal that gave Portugal a 1-0 win over visiting Sweden on Friday.After a muted performance in Lisbon,

DHAKA: Master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar drew the end line of his test career Friday scoring 74 runs in 200th and last Test match of magnificent cricket tenure.It was 2nd Test match against West Indies in Mumbai when the legend ended his cricket career.Sachin Tendulkar has been the most