DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Sachin Tendulkar as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador. It will be the second successive time that the India maestro will be the Ambassador of ICC’s pinnacle tournament, after he fulfilled the role in the previous event,

DHAKA: Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced on Sunday he would retire from one-day cricket after World Cup 2015.The allrounder will continue to play T20 cricket, the format in which he leads Pakistan, and wants to win the 2016 World T20 in India before quitting international

DHAKA: Former Barcelona and France defender Eric Abidal retired from professional football after 14 seasons. Abidal, 35, joined Greek side Olympiakos in the summer and concluded his career on Saturday in a league match against Kalloni AEL. He has been offered coaching roles from both

DHAKA: Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was hospitalized Saturday morning with a mild case of pneumonia, a family spokesman said. Bob Gunnell told the Associated Press that the 72-year-old was being treated by his team of doctors and is in stable condition. He did not

DHAKA: Atletico de Kolkata were crowned the winners of the inaugural Indian Super League on Saturday after beating Kerala Blasters 1-0 in a final featuring two teams owned by former India cricket captains.Kerala, co-owned by cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, dominated the match but

DHAKA: Real Madrid have won the Club World Cup after a 2-0 victory over San Lorenzo in Marrakech on Saturday.Carlo Ancelotti's side have enjoyed a stellar last 12 months that has also seen them lift the Champions League, Copa del Rey and Uefa Super Cup, reports goal.comVictory on

DHAKA: Stephen Mangongo has been fired as Zimbabwe's coach just eight weeks before the World Cup. Mangongo's dismissal comes after the team lost all eight fixtures on their recent Bangladesh tour, which included three tests and five ODIs.The board announced Mangongo's departure on

What will be the Bangladesh team for ICC World Cup 2015? The recent comprehensive test and ODI series whitewash have seen emergence of few match winners. Though world cup will be all together a different ball game yet Bangladesh can dream about brighter performance in the challenging

DHAKA: Real Madrid made light work of Cruz Azul by smashing them 4-0 Tuesday night local time in Marrakech to reach the Club World Cup final.Sergio Ramos' headed opener in the 15th minute set the tone for what was to come, with Karim Benzema adding a second nine minutes before

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Bangladesh national team cricketer Rubel Hossain for four-week in a case filed by actress Naznin Akter Happy under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.An HC bench comprising Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq and Justice

DHAKA: Sachin Tendulkar, whose career spanned over 24 years, was honoured by Guinness World Records (GWR).  He played 200 Tests and scored 15,921 runs along with 463 One-Day Internationals (ODIs), scoring 18,426 runs. To commemorate 60 years of the GWR, Tendulkar was honoured along

DHAKA: A case was filed with Mirpur Thana on Saturday against Rubel Hossain, a player of national cricket team of Bangladesh, under the Women Prevention and Child Repression Act.Naznin Akter Happy, a 19-year old girl and actress of Bengali film, filed the case with the thana around

DHAKA: Pakistan won the warm-up match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 against Bangladesh in Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney of Australia on Monday.They scored 247-run loosing seven wickets while chasing down 246-run target set by Bangladesh.Sohaib Maqsood played a vital role to win

DHAKA: Bangladesh set 247-run target for Pakistan in their first warm-up match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney of Australia on Monday morning.Tigers lost all wickets to score 246 runs with outstanding innings of Tamim Iqbal (81) and Mahmudullah

If a team ever deserved to win at least once the world cup for sheer talent and quality of their players it has to be South Africa. But ironically off the six world cups they have played after returning to crickets’ premier body ICC they could not win any, could not even advance to the

South Africa Played Against West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 18 January 2015South Africa 439/2 (Hashim Amla 153*, AB Devilliers 149, RR Rossouw 128, JE Taylor 1/95, JO Holder 0/91) beat West Indies 291/7 (DR Smith 64, D Ramadin 57, MN Samuels 40, JL Carter 40) by

DHAKA: Real Madrid beat Almeria 4-1 away from home to stay on top of La Liga and make it 20 wins in a row in all competitions. Perfect preparation for the Club World Cup, but a tougher test than they would have wanted. Madrid fly out to Morocco on Sunday looking to add a world

DHAKA: The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1 trillion budget, hours before government was due to shut down at midnight on Thursday. The Republican measure was passed by 219 votes to 206 after President Barack Obama had urged Democrats to support the budget. It will fund most

DHAKA: Barcelona avenged their September defeat in the French capital by beating Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 at Camp Nou to claim top spot in Champions League Group F.PSG's home victory over the Catalan giants saw them take control of the pool for the rest of the autumn but Barca seized

Any sensible and plain thinking admirers of Bangladesh Cricket have reasons to get concerned and anxious at the recent unhealthy and unwarranted developments in domestic cricket of Bangladesh. Controversial club official made very indecorous remarks alleging the integrity and