DHAKA: Footballers should be removed from play if they lose consciousness, say the world players` union Fifpro and the Professional Footballers` Association.Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris was allowed to carry on after being knocked out in Sunday`s 0-0 draw with Everton."If anyone suffers

DHAKA: Serbia`s Novak Djokovic defeated defending champion David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 7-5 Sunday in the Paris Masters final.The victory allowed Djokovic, who won the title in Paris in 2009, to keep alive his hopes of edging Spanish star Rafael Nadal for the No. 1 spot in the rankings,

DHAKA: Monday morning, it was not about the Virat Kohlis and Shikhar Dhawans at Eden Gardens. Sachin Tendulkar grabbed the spotlight as the Master Blaster walked in to train ahead of his 199th and penultimate Test match. The 40-year-old, who has several memories of the hallowed stadium,

DHAKA: Arsenal extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points with victory over Liverpool at Emirates Stadium.This game began as a meeting between the top two sides in the table and Arsenal showed resilience and quality to maintain their fine start to the season and

DHAKA: Bangladesh whitewashed New Zealand in the 3-match ODI series beating the visitors by 4 wickets in the final match at Fatullah in Narayanganj Sunday.Tigers for the second time clinched the all-win triumph over the Kiwis, a Test major, in a tourney. In response to New Zealand-set

DHAKA: Bangladesh decided to bowl first after winning the toss of third OID match against New Zealand in Fatullah of Narayanganj city Sunday.The match is set to start at 9:15am at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah.On October 31, Bangladesh won the ODI (One Day International)

DHAKA: Rohit Sharma went into the history books by hitting a double ton against Australia in the final ODI on Saturday. His second hundred came off just 42 balls to give India the advantage in the series decider.Opening the innings with Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit was content in playing

DHAKA: Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi and paceman Mohammad Irfan shared six wickets as Pakistan thumped South Africa by 66 runs in the second day-night international in Dubai on Friday.Afridi took 3-26 and Irfan finished with 3-53 as Pakistan defended a low total of 209 to square the

DHAKA: Barcelona extended their lead at the top of the Liga table to four points as Alexis Sanchez grabbed a second-half goal to complete an unconvincing 1-0 victory over rivals Espanyol.A devastating through ball from Neymar found the Chilean poaching at the back post to poke home the

DHAKA: Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari Thursday named AC Milan forward Robinho for Brazil`s squad to face Honduras and Chile in friendlies next month. Robinho, who has scored 28 goals in 84 games for Brazil, was recalled after a two-year absence and will travel to North America for

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the ODI (One Day International) series against New Zealand for the second time in the home with one match to go of three-match series by 40 runs.Tiger started facing Kiwis in their second match Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur in the capital.The

DHAKA: One of the biggest tournaments in the ICC’s Associate and Affiliate Members (AM) calendars gets underway on15 November when the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2013 (WT20Q) commences. Sixteen teams will compete for the six available places in the tournament proper, to be staged

DHAKA: South Africa staged a remarkable comeback to beat Pakistan by one run in the first day-night international in Sharjah on Wednesday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.Pakistan bowled South Africa out for 183 and were cruising along nicely at 165-4 before losing their last

DHAKA: Tiger set 248-run target for Kiwis in their second match of the 3-day ODI (One Day International) series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur in the capital.They lost all wickets to score 247 after the over of 49.Before going back to pavilion opener Shamsur Rahman scored 25,

DHAKA: Sachin Tendulkar notched up his 115th first-class fifty in his final Ranji Trophy innings for versus Haryana on Tuesday. This is also his 19th half-century in Ranji Trophy. Walking in to a rapturous welcome at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Tendulkar looked slightly

DHAKA: The three-match Twenty-20 Challenge series between Bangladesh National Cricket team and Bangladesh A team will starts on Wednesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.The series is scheduled as part of their preparations for the ICC World T20 to be hosted by

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

DHAKA: Pakistan held on for a close six-run win in the second Twenty20 on Friday to end a six-game losing streak to South Africa in limited-over games.Shahid Afridi’s 3-28 backed up earlier half-centuries by Umar Akmal and captain Mohammad Hafeez as Pakistan successfully defended its

DHAKA: One of the biggest tournaments in the ICC’s Associate and Affiliate Members’ (AM) calendars gets underway Friday (November 15) when the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2013 (WT20Q) commences.Sixteen teams will compete for the six available places in the tournament proper, to

DHAKA: Bangladeshi pacer Rubel Hossain’s six wicket haul including a hat-trick destroyed the Kiwi batting line-up as the Blackcaps were struggling to score another 46 runs from 23 balls in the first one-day-international of the three-ODI series at Sher-e Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on