DHAKA: The second-half substitute turned home after good work by Lionel Messi to seal a hard-fought three points for Luis Enrique's side Barcelona snatched a dramatic late victory over Villarreal on Sunday as second-half substitute Sandro scored in the final few minutes.Barca toiled

DHAKA: The home side were two goals down early in the first half but roared their way to an astounding victory against the European champions Real Madrid blew a two-goal lead against Real Sociedad as the home side sealed a sensational 4-2 win on Sunday.The European champions seemed

DHAKA: Zimbabwe have beaten Australia for the first time in 31 years as captain Elton Chigumbura's 52 not out led his team to a famous three-wicket win in the ODI triangular series.Chigumbura carried the tournament host to 211-7 on Sunday, overhauling Australia's below-par 209-9 on a

DHAKA: Bangladesh offspinner Sohag Gazi will return to Dhaka with the limited-overs contingent, skipping the three-day practice match against St Kitts & Nevis which starts Sunday.The BCB wants him to apply early for the UK visa as he has to go to the Cardiff Metropolitan University

DHAKA: Venus Williams was the first former champion to fall on Friday at the U.S. Open. The American lost an epic encounter with world No. 13 Sara Errani as the Italian came through 6-0 0-6 7-6. Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, also former winners at Flushing Meadows, hope to stay the

DHAKA: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders says the club is ‘so proud of’ Bangladeshi all-rounder ‘Shakib Al Hasan’ for his joining in the ‘Cricket Legends’.The cricket franchise, in its Facebook Official Page on Saturday, said, “We (KKR) are so

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Football Team is looking for a new coach as Lodewijk de Kruif has been dropped.Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin on Saturday confirmed media about the release of Kruif, as the head coach.Sources told banglanews that Salahuddin made

DHAKA: Sri Lanka have agreed to fill the void that has been created by West Indies abandoning their current tour of India because of a payment structure dispute between the players and the WICB and WIPA.Lankans will play a series of five ODIs in November, reports cricinfo.“In

DHAKA: Zimbabwe have brought back Craig Ervine and Tinashe Panyangara for the upcoming Tests and ODIs in Bangladesh and have named two uncapped players - Brian Chari and Wellington Masakadza - in the Test squad.While Panyangara was expelled for indiscipline in August, Ervine, who last

DHAKA: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday named world famous allrounder Shahid Afridi as its T20 captain until the ICC T20 World Cup 2016. However, Misbah-ul-Haq has been retained as captain for ODIs and Tests until the 2015 World Cup. Pakistan has three T20 matches lined-up in the

DHAKA: Neymar has been named Brazil captain by returning manager Dunga for Friday's friendly with Colombia, taking the armband from Thiago Silva.The Barcelona forward, 22, helped Brazil reach the latter stages at the World Cup, but a back injury curtailed his tournament before the

DHAKA: France has got the better of a new-look Spanish football team with a one-nil victory in their international friendly in Paris on Thursday.On the other hand, two goals in the first 10 minutes were enough to give Italy a 2-0 friendly victory over World Cup semi-finalists the

DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh all-rounder, will be unavailable for selection for Kolkata Knight Riders for the Champions League Twenty20. Even though the BCB this week relaxed the ban imposed on Shakib by allowing him to play domestic cricket from September, he still needed a

DHAKA: Bangladeshi cricket sensation and also one of the top all-rounders of the world Shakib Al Hasan is eligible to play in the upcoming 17th Asian Games as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has reduced his ban.He, however, has no more restriction to play in the upcoming Dhaka Premier

DHAKA: Nepal Under-23 managed a hard fought 1-0 win over Bangladesh U-23 in the second friendly football match in Sylhet District Stadium on Friday night.  Nepal midfielder Sushil K.C scored the only goal in the second half of the match. In spite of creating several chances during the

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as Uefa's Best Player in Europe for his Champions League-winning heroics with Real Madrid in 2013-14. The Portuguese, 29, scored a remarkable 17 goals in 11 European games as Carlo Ancelotti's stormed to the Decima and struck three times en route

DHAKA: Janak Gamage, the former Sri Lanka medium-pacer, has taken over as head coach of the Bangladesh women's team.  Gamage, who represented Sri Lanka in four ODIs, played in the Dhaka League between 1987 and 2000. He returned to the country to coach Mohammedan in the Dhaka Premier

DHAKA: West Indies selectors Friday named a 13-man squad to face Bangladesh in the opening Test starting at Arnos Vale in a week’s time.The side will be captained by Denesh Ramdin and includes rookies Jermaine Blackwood and Jason Holder, both of whom made their Test debuts against

DHAKA: Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that he does not have a bad relationship with Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. Ronaldo and Messi have dominated world football in recent years and are widely regarded as the two best current players in modern football, having shared

DHAKA: Batsman Aftab Ahmed has announced he will retire at the end of the 2014-15 season.  He said that his focus will turn to coaching and setting up an academy in his hometown of Chittagong. Aftab will play the upcoming season's Dhaka Premier League for Brothers Union after switching