Dhaka- Cricket Australia has scheduled day-night test matches against South Africa and Pakistan in a revamped southern summer that will break with tradition by starting in Perth.CA on Wednesday released a program including a three-test series against South Africa, opening…
Dhaka – Dhaka Abahani Ltd dropped important points again in the Group B of the KFC Independence Cup Football after playing 2-2 draw with Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.After the 2nd consecutive draw in their…
Dhaka – Abdus Salam Murshedy has been elected unopposed as Senior Vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) again. Chief Election Commissioner of the BFF election 2016, Misbah Uddin informed to press that as the three other aspirants — Manjur…
Dhaka – Dhaka University and National University emerged joints champions in the Inter-University Football Championship that concluded at the Dhaka University central playground on Tuesday.
Dhaka – The three-day Brac Chicken 2nd National Surfing Championship, organised by Bangladesh Surfing Association (BSA) begins Thursday at the Laboni point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach.A record 150 surfers from across the country will compete in three categories of…
Berlin, Apr 19 (AP) – Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won the Laureus awards as the top athletes in the world in 2015. Djokovic won for the second straight year and third time overall and Williams picked up her fourth…
Chittagong – Bandarban District tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the Chittagong Divisional phase of the 36th National Cricket Championship beating Cox’s Bazar by three wickets at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Monday.Earlier, Bandarban conceded an…
Dhaka – Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic beat Kiki Bertens and Richel Hogenkamp 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a decisive doubles match on Sunday as France rallied from 2-1 down against the Netherlands to win 3-2 and reach its first Fed…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is glad he won a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title the hard way, after defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in an error-strewn final Sunday.Normally, having to face 47 break points in five matches to…
Dhaka – Juventus continued its march toward a fifth successive Serie A title as it beat relegation-threatened Palermo 4-0 to move nine points clear on Sunday.Second-place Napoli lost 2-0 at Inter Milan on Saturday. There are five rounds left.The only…
Dhaka – Greek league champion Olympiakos routed last-place Kalloni 5-0 to complete a record-setting season on Sunday.Costas Fortounis and David Fuster gave Olympiakos a 2-0 lead, both with free-kicks, and Pajtim Kasami, Omar Elabdellaoui and Brown Ideye added goals after…
South Africa’s former Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a Pretoria court where a judge scheduled five days in June to determine his sentence for the conviction of murdering his girlfriend. The sentencing hearing for Pistorius will be…
Dhaka – Michael Phelps led wire-to-wire in winning the 200m individual medley at the Mesa Pro Swim on Saturday, his time of 1min 57.90 the third-fastest in the world this year.Phelps, and 18-time Olympic gold medallist aiming for one last…
Dhaka – Sri Lanka cricket authorities on Sunday warned injured fast bowler Lasith Malinga against playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League without clearance from them.Malinga, suffering a knee injury that forced him out of the World Twenty20, is in…
Dhaka – Any slim hope Napoli had of snatching the Serie A title evaporated as it lost 2-0 at Inter Milan, which boosted its chances of qualifying for the Champions League on Saturday.Napoli remained second but league leader Juventus can…
Dhaka – Levante fought back to beat Espanyol 2-1 at home on Friday to boost its hopes of avoiding relegation from the Spanish league.Hernan Perez gave the visitors the lead in the seventh minute after controlling Victor Sanchez’s pass.Giuseppe Rossi…
Dhaka – What the Europa League lacks in glamor it more than made up for in late drama on Thursday. Sevilla’s pursuit of a hat trick of titles was kept alive with a shootout success and Liverpool reached the semifinals…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal was prepared for pain. Roger Federer hoped to avoid pain.They got what they wished for and reached the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals on Thursday.Eight-time champion Nadal saved 15 of 17 break points, scampering all over the…
Dhaka – Chittagong Abahani Limited maintained their all-win record in the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament outplaying Brothers Union Club by 3-0 goals in a Group A match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.With the day feat, the Port…
Dhaka – Cristiano Ronaldo came through for Real Madrid again, scoring a hat trick to lead his team back to the semifinals of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg on Tuesday.Ronaldo netted goals in the 16th and…
Dhaka – FIFA says Gordon Derrick, the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, has failed an integrity check and won’t be allowed to run for president of CONCACAF, the sport’s regional governing body for North and Central…
Dhaka- As Manchester City has slipped down the Premier League, it has progressed further than ever in the Champions League.Though only fourth-best in England this season, City is now among the top four in Europe’s most elite competition.City qualified for…
Dhaka – Muktijoddha Sangsad KC earned the 2nd victory in their 3rd Group A match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 2-1 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday.After the day’s match,…
Dhaka – Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman made his debut in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first in…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League Champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club suffered 4th consecutive defeat in four-team Group E of the AFC Cup’ 2016 losing to hosts Selangor FA in the away match at Selayan Municipal Council Stadium in Malaysia on…
Dhaka – Team BJMC shared points with Arambagh KS as the Group B match of the KFC Independence Cup Football between them ended in a goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.After the match, Team BJMC have secured…
Dhaka- Cameron McEvoy has zoomed into gold medal calculations for the 100-metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics with the third fastest time in history at the Australian Championships in Adelaide.The 21-year-old physics student overpowered a strong field to win the…
Dhaka – Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain will look to their superstar strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in desperate bids to clinch Champions League semi-final berths against Wolfsburg and Manchester City on Tuesday.The Parisians were held 2-2 at the…
Dhaka – Argentina’s Juan Monaco took advantage of defending champion Jack Sock’s aching shoulder and leg cramps to rally for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory Sunday, winning his second U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship nine months after major wrist surgery.”It’s…
Dhaka – Off-cutter sensation Mustafizur Rahman is expected to play for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Tuesday. The 4th match of the 9th edition T20 format IPL…