DHAKA: India legend Sachin Tendulkar scored 38 not out on the first day of his 200th and final Test match.Arriving at the crease in his home city of Mumbai with India 77 for 2, the 40-year-old took the hosts to 157 in response to 182 runs, the outcome of West Indies’ first innings.Fans

DHAKA: The tickets for the ICC World Cup 2015, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will go on sale from February 14, 2014 and more than two third of them have been priced at USD 50 or less.The organisers are expecting more than a million people to attend matches and more

DHAKA: Barcelona must do without the services of four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi for between six to eight weeks, the club said Monday.The Argentina ace limped off after 19 minutes of Barcelona`s win at Real Betis Sunday and the worst fears of the fans were confimed by a

DHAKA: A Russian space capsule carrying the Sochi Olympic torch and three astronauts returned to Earth on Monday from the International Space Station in a flawless landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan.The Soyuz capsule landed at 8:49 local time (0249 GMT), about three and a half hours

DHAKA: Novak Djokovic beat Stanislas Wawrinka at the World Tour Finals to take his winning run to 21 matches and set up a final against Rafael Nadal.The defending champion outplayed finals debutant Wawrinka to win the second semi-final 6-3 6-3 in London.Djokovic did not hit a winner until

DHAKA: Egypt`s Al Ahly won an eighth African Champions League trophy when they beat Orlando Pirates of South Africa 2-0 in the second leg of the final in Cairo on Sunday.Ahly, who clinched the trophy last year for a seventh time, won 3-1 on aggregate.There were reports of some clashes

DHAKA: Bangladeshi golf player Mohammad Siddikur has overcome a late-round collapse to win the Indian Open by one-stroke, with Australia`s Unho Park doing well to finish eighth.Siddikur looked to be cruising to a comfortable victory at the Delhi Golf Club on Sunday as he had a four-shot

DHAKA: Two Russian cosmonauts will take the torch for the Sochi Winter Olympics on its first historic spacewalk, as part of efforts to showcase next year’s games in Russia.Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky are scheduled to take the unlit version of the torch on a spacewalk at 1430 GMT,

DHAKA: The West Indies Cricket Board on Friday announced details for the upcoming tour by the West Indies Under-19 Team to Bangladesh. The Windies will play seven 50-over matches against the Bangladesh Under-19 Team.The squad will leave the Caribbean on November 30 and return on December

DHAKA: Mohammad Siddikur of Bangladesh shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Thursday to share the lead with five others after the first round of the Indian Open Golf.Siddikur, who won the Brunei Open in 2010 for his only Asian Tour title, was tied with the Thai pair of Pariya Junhasavasdikul

DHAKA: Tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 will now go on sale from 17 November, instead of 10 November as announced earlier. The process has been delayed by a week to further analyse and streamline the technicalities in order to ensure more convenience and access to

DHAKA: Defending champion Novak Djokovic beat Juan Martin Del Potro to become the second player to reach the last four at the ATP World Tour Finals.The Serb joined world number one Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals with a 6-3 3-6 6-3 victory in London.It was a 19th consecutive win for

DHAKA: A Soyuz rocket carrying the torch for the Sochi Winter Olympics has docked with the International Space Station, as part of efforts to showcase next year’s games in Russia.On Saturday, two Russian cosmonauts will take it on a historic first spacewalk. The torch will not be

DHAKA: Lionel Messi netted a brace to send Barcelona into the second round as they beat AC Milan 3-1 at the Camp Nou.Barca took the lead when Ignazio Abate was judged to have bundled over Neymar in the area, and Messi powered the penalty past Christian Abbiati to end his three-game goal

DHAKA: The Welshman continued his magnificent scoring form to secure three points for the Gunners in a tight clash at the Westfalenstadion.Goalscoring hero Aaron Ramsey hailed Arsenal`s performance in their 1-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion.The Welshman claimed

DHAKA: Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer for the second time in three days to get his ATP World Tour Finals defence off to a solid start.Djokovic started the defense of his ATP World Tour Finals title with a 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-2 win on Tuesday.Djokovic had triumphed when the two old rivals

DHAKA: New Zealand won the only T20 match by beating Bangladesh by 15 runs in Mirpur Shere Bangla National Stadium. The host side lost all wickets to score 189 runs in response to visitors-set 205-run target.Captain Musfiqur Rahim scored the highest 50 run. Earlier in the day, the

DHAKA: Gareth Bale scored his first Champions League goal for Real Madrid as they drew with Juventus to move closer to qualifying for the knockout stages.Arturo Vidal`s penalty put the Italians ahead, before Cristiano Ronaldo equalised from Karim Benzema`s pass.Bale, 24, who was signed

DHAKA: Borussia Dortmund`s heavy metal-loving coach Jurgen Klopp has said he wants his team to make another loud statement in Wednesday`s Champions League at home to Arsenal.Dortmund pulled off an impressive 2-1 win over the Gunners at London`s Emirates Stadium a fortnight ago with Poland

DHAKA: There is no known connection between eating chicken nuggets and winning Olympic medals. World`s fastest man Usain Bolt however, may differ in his opinion. After all, he did eat no less than 1000 of these golden delights during the course of his three-gold winning Beijing campaign