DHAKA: World Cup hosts Brazil strolled to a 4-0 win over Panama in their penultimate warm-up, goals from Neymar, Daniel Alves, Hulk and Willian securing the stroll. Brazil barely had to break out of third gear in seeing off limited opponents as Neymar, with his 31st international goal,

Asia-Oceania is not discussed in the same vein as Europe and South America in world soccer. Even African soccer is considered to be higher standard than of Asia. North Korea in 1966 showed a flash of brilliance. Then came South Korea and Japan to establish the credential of the region. 

DHAKA: Heath Hilton Streak, the newly appointed bowling coach of Bangladesh cricket team, pledged to make the team far better terming it a “challenge”.  He came up with disclosure while meeting journalists at BCB office at 2:00pm Tuesday.  Mentioning ‘there are good spinners in

DHAKA: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has altered her official Bengal tour schedule to felicitate Kolkata Knight Riders on their second Indian Premier League triumph, at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday. Team owner and Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will also be present. In a

DHAKA: Memories of the 2012 grand felicitation of Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata are set to be relived, with the West Bengal government and Cricket Association of Bengal having planned a similar programme at the same venue on Tuesday morning. All roads will lead to

DHAKA: Ashraful Islam, the former Bangladesh captain currently serving an indefinite suspension by the Bangladesh Cricket Board after confessing in June 2013 to being involved in corrupt activities during the Bangladesh Premier League, was recently allowed to participate in a tournament

DHAKA: Sports news website ESPNCricinfo has made its “well-balanced and dynamic” IPL-XI 2014 keeping the 6th most valuable IPL player–XI all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the 12th place. It is mentioned in the site’s latest write-up titled “The team of the tournament”. The

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Captain Mushfiqur Rahim congratulated all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for his recent performance and the victory of Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL final. He congratulates Shakib on his Facebook post saying, Shakib Al Hasan has played 2 full seasons for Kolkata

DHAKA: Sports news website ESPNCricinfo terms Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan “surprise package” in the Indian Premier League-7 that ended Sunday night with the victory of his team Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) over Kings XI Punjab. The site made the complement in its latest

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders principal owner Shah Rukh Khan dedicated the team’s second IPL triumph to his youngest son AbRam. After the finals, Shah Rukh as a goodwill gesture wore the Kings XI Punjab jersey, a custom prevalent among the footballers as he exchanged pleasantries with

DHAKA: Heath Hilton Streak, who has been appointed as new bowling coach for Bangladesh cricket team, is now on the way to the country. The former fast blower and captain of Zimbabwe cricket team will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of the capital around 8:00pm by an

DHAKA: You don’t need to teach Shah Rukh Khan how to celebrate. Just a few days back, he had got the crowd at Eden Gardens on their feet as he broke into a somersault with a few cameramen, after his side sealed a spot in the IPL 2014 Final. Apart from the somersault, on Sunday night,

DHAKA: Football took Fara Williams from budding starlet, bursting on to the international scene at just 17 years old in 2001, to seasoned old hand, where she is now just a handful of matches away from being England’s most-capped player ever. She has battled her way to becoming one of

DHAKA: Qatari organisers of soccer’s 2022 World Cup have ‘vehemently’ denied accusations their successful bid was corrupt, saying its lawyers were looking into claims made by a British Sunday newspaper. The Qataris issued the denial after Jim Boyce, a vice-president of football’s

DHAKA: Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan celebrates the IPL-7 Title with the 6th most valuable IPL player Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib’s wife Shishir also poses with the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) immediately after the victory over Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the final match at M

DHAKA: Bangladeshi all rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is currently holding position 3 in ICC world ranking, has became the 6th most valuable player in Indian Premier League (IPL) with 238.5 points. Besides, he is holding 35th position as batsman and 21st as bowler in IPL-7.Shakib scored

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched the title of Indian Premier League-7 beating Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets in the final match on Sunday night. Chasing a target of 200–run set by Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the final match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) reached the goal with

DHAKA: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is optimistic about its possible victory over King’s XI Punjab (KXIP) on Sunday night depending especially on its batsmen including Robin Uthappa and Shakib Al Hasan.    Depending also on bowlers –Shakib Al Hasan and Sunil Narine - KKR members

DHAKA: Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce says he would support a re-vote to find a new host for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 if corruption allegations can be proven. The Sunday Times alleges Fifa officials accepted payments totalling £3m in return for support of the Qatari bid. Fifa’s

DHAKA: Virender Sehwag kept the promise he made to his son when he blasted his way to a terrific 58-ball 122 which powered Kings XI Punjab to a mammoth 226 for six in the second IPL Qualifier. Moments after hitting only the second century of IPL VII, Sehwag revealed that he had told his