Thursday, 25 Apr, 2024

Sports

Barcelona beat Ajax by 3-1

DHAKA: Goals from Neymar and Lionel Messi helped Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Ajax in the Champions League on Tuesday as the Spanish giant recovered their winning ways in Europe.Messi started an outstanding performance at Camp Nou by setting up Neymar in the seventh minute before

Will it Be Even Contest?

Pakistan with a raw bowling attack will face strong challenges of Australia in the scorching heat of Dubai in the first test of the series starting within few hours from now. Ace Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal a tormentor in UAE and leader of Pakistan attack is suspended for his suspect

Women's Cricket Cup to pay tribute to Malala

DHAKA: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday said it aims to hold a Women's Cricket Cup in the name of Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to pay tribute to her for the achievement.A PCB official said the chairman has thoughts to introduce a tournament named

“Messi must listen to Luis Enrique”

DHAKA: The Argentine international apparently refused to be substituted while chasing the all-time Liga goalscoring record in Saturday's Liga win over Eibar Frank de Boer says that just because Lionel Messi is the best player in the world, it does not mean that the Barcelona superstar

Reds snatch victory after dramatic final

DHAKA: Richard Dunne and Steven Caulker put through their own net as Liverpool won 3-2 against Queens Park Rangers (QPR) following remarkable late drama at Loftus Road.Caulker's inadvertent error in the sixth minute of injury time ultimately settled a pulsating Premier League clash in

Tigers for Tests

BCB announced Squad for the first test against visiting Zimbabwe includes one surprise selection uncapped teenager a leggie Jubair Hossain. The teenager impressed the selector with sterling performance against the visiting Zimbabwean under 19 team. He picked 11 wickets in two matches

Messi & Neymar dispatch Eibar

DHAKA: Lionel Messi edged one closer to La Liga's all-time goalscoring record as Barcelona easily beat Eibar 3-0 at Camp Nou on Saturday. The Argentina international went into the match needing just two goals to go level on 251 top-flight strikes with Athletic Bilbao legend Telmo Zarra,

Ronaldo scores twice in Blancos stroll

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo maintained his blistering scoring form with two goals as Real Madrid strolled to an impressive 5-0 victory over Levante in La Liga on Saturday. The forward has 15 netted times in the first eight league games and Real move up to second in the table, a point behind

Anamul, Nasir to miss Zimbabwe test

DHAKA: Anamul Haque and Nasir Hossain will be unavailable for the first Test against Zimbabwe, after they were both picked in a BCB XI side that will take part in the Acharya Memorial Trophy in Kolkata from October 25 to celebrate 150 years of the Eden Gardens.  Both players were part

Zimbabwe Team arrive in afternoon

DHAKA: The Zimbabwe Cricket Team has arrived in Bangladesh on Friday afternoon for a three-Test and five-ODI series.The squad reached at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:30pm.During the tour, Zimbabwe will play three Test matches and five one day internationals between October

Time for BCB Waking Up

Everyone is realizing that Bangladesh Cricket is on a rough ride now. For the last several months team has performed very poorly in all formats of international cricket raising credibility questions about its existence in ICC top league. The same team was doing so well in most part of

Late Ronaldo strike rescues Portugal

DHAKA: Fernando Santos' men looked set to drop points yet again in their quest to reach Euro 2016, until the Real Madrid forward headed home in the final minute of added time.Cristiano Ronaldo's 95th-minute header earned Portugal a dramatic 1-0 Group I Euro 2016 qualifying win in Denmark

Argentina’s easy win against Hong Kong

DHAKA: A host of fringe Argentina players laid their claim to a spot in Gerardo Martino's plans after waltzing to a 7-0 win over Hong Kong.Brazil took down a strong Argentina side 2-0 in Beijing at the weekend, but a string of replacements had a comfortable outing against a side

Brazil beat Japan as Neymar scores 4

DHAKA: Neymar scored four goals as the Barcelona forward starred in Brazil's 4-0 rout of Japan in their international football friendly at the Singapore Sports Hub on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old was the best player by a mile, as he tormented the Japanese defence throughout the match

Suarez scores twice in Uruguay win

DHAKA: Ex-Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored his first Uruguay goals since the World Cup finals and his suspension for biting in a 3-0 friendly win over Oman. Suarez, 27, is serving a nine-match international ban from competitive games after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, but can

Sachin in city

DHAKA: Sachin Tendulkar arrived at the city Tuesday morning on a day-visit upon the invitation of private sports club ‘Legends of Rupganj’ formerly known as Gazi Tank Cricketers. A special fight, carrying the little baluster, landed on Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at

Why Bangladesh Need Comprehensive Wins?

Bangladesh will soon host Zimbabwe in Tests, ODIs and T20. Given the present standing of Bangladesh in ICC ranking in different format of the game. Bangladesh must spare nothing unturned to win comprehensively Test and ODI series to elevate its standing at it now stands at the bottom of

Australia white washed Pakistan

DHAKA: Australia beat Pakistan in Third ODI by one run and clinched the series by 3-0 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Dubai of United Arab Emirates. Smith top-scored with 77 in Australia's 9 for 231 before Pakistan was bowled out for 230 after losing 2 for 0 in the 50th over in Abu

The Selecaos Outclassed the La Albiceleste

The yellow army of Neymar sparked like the “Charges of the Light Brigade” and hopped over Messi Squad at birds nest in Beijing much to the delight of their adoring fans all over the world. Two majestic goals from Diego Tardelli, his first and second in Brazil color got better of

Brazil 2-0 Argentina

DHAKA: Brazil have won against their arch-rival Argentina scoring two goals to nil in the friendly match at the famous birds nest stadium Beijing Saturday.The Selecao are victorious in the Superclasico de las Americas thanks to a Diego Tardelli double.Argentina lacked tempo in possession