DHAKA: A Spanish court has dismissed a fraud and corruption case against football superstar Neymar and his father. The case had been brought by the Brazilian investment fund DIS, which formerly owned the transfer rights to the 24-year-old forward. The company claimed it was

DHAKA: Barcelona football star Lionel Messi and his father will appeal against a Spanish court decision to sentence them each to 21 months in jail for tax fraud. The player’s lawyers say, reports the BBC. Argentine Messi, aged 29, was also fined €2m euros by the court in

DHAKA: Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud. Spanish media say, reports the BBC. His father, Jorge Messi, was also given a jail term for defrauding Spain of €4.1m between 2007 and 2009. During the trial,

DHAKA: Wales are preparing for the biggest game in their history when they play Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday (July 6) for a place in the final of Euro 2016. Chris Coleman’s side has already enjoyed a memorable run to reach their first semi-final at their only major tournament since

DHAKA: Andy Murray saw off the threat of Australian rising star Nick Kyrgios with a clinical performance to reach his ninth Wimbledon quarter-final. The Briton, seeded second, won 7-5 6-1 6-4 on Centre Court and will next face French 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Wednesday. After

DHAKA: France scored five to brutally extinguish the Iceland fairytale and set up an intriguing Euro 2016 semi-final against world champions Germany in Marseille on Thursday. There was almost a stunned disbelief around the Stade de France at the break as the host nation walked off with

DHAKA: Germany reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals after winning a breathtaking penalty shootout against Italy in Bordeaux. Joachim Low's World Cup holders looked on course for victory in normal time against a country they had never beaten at a major tournament when Mesut Ozil

DHAKA: Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has been cleared by athletics chiefs to run as a ‘neutral’ at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio. The decision, which must be approved by Olympic organizers, comes with the Russian athletics federation banned from

DHAKA: Portugal reached the semi-finals of the European Championship for the fourth time in five tournaments with a penalty shootout victory over Poland. Ricardo Quaresma scored the winning spot-kick after Jakub Blaszczykowski's effort was saved by Rui Patricio. Robert

DHAKA: Barcelona’s Neymar and Bayern Munich's Douglas Costa have been selected as over-age players in Brazil's Rio 2016 Olympics squad. The third permitted over-age player is Palmeiras goalkeeper Fernando Prass, BBC reports on Thursday (June 30). Gabriel Barbosa, the

DHAKA: A bronze statue of Argentine football star Lionel Messi has been unveiled in Buenos Aires just days after the player announced he was retiring from the national team. Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Larreta Rodriguez unveiled the statue on the shores of the River Plate, reports the

DHAKA: Andy Murray and defending champion Serena Williams confirmed the second round of Wimbledon Championship beating Liam Broady and Amra Sadikovic respectively in the opening round. Murray, seeded second, saw off the 22-year-old world number 235 from Stockport 6-2 6-3 6-4 on Centre

Two Tier Test Cricket format -the Three Musketeers India –England –Australia brokered and plotted strategy of ICC is set to get approval soon.  ICC has ten full members which play test cricket. Given the growing popularity it is considered wise to support the cricket development

DHAKA: World soccer has witnessed some very interesting turnaround in the last 24 hours. Chile winning the Copa America for the second time in succession almost in the similar manner against the same opposition favorite Argentina, in my opinion was not much of a surprise. They were

DHAKA: The England national cricket team is set to tour Bangladesh for the first time since 2010 for two Tests and three ODIs in October. The English are likely to arrive in Dhaka on September 30 for the third multi-format tour. The tour will begin with a warm-up one-day match in

DHAKA: Australia have beaten West Indies by 58-run in the triangular series final at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday (June 26). Winning the toss, Australia captain Steve Smith chose to bat first. M Wade, AJ Finch, S Smith and M Marsh scored 57, 47, 46 and 32 runs

DHAKA: Ace footballer Lionel Messi on Monday (June 27) announced retirement from International Football after Argentina’s loss in Copa America final. “For me the national team is over. I've done all I can, it hurts not to be a champion,” the 29-year-old Barcelona superstar

DHAKA: Chile have won the Copa America Centenario cup beating Argentina in the penalty shoot out by 4 goals to 2. The match progressed into the penalty shoot out as both the teams failed to score in the 120 minutes. Castillo Mora, Charles Mariano Aránguiz Sandoval, Jean André

Some very inconsistent and completely uncalled for statements of BCB President has recently appeared in different print media of Bangladesh.  Over the last few days he reacted very angrily to ongoing strong criticisms of some unfortunate incidents of DPL 2016 and controversial

DHAKA: India have appointed former captain and leg spinner Anil Kumble as their new head coach on a one-year deal. Kumble, 45, has no international or first-class coaching experience but is India's leading Test wicket taker with 619 wickets in 132 games. India have been without