Mexico is the most successful national team of the CONACAF (North America and Central America). A patchy performance in the qualifying for the sixth consecutive world cup appearance might lull opponents into a false sense of security. But this Mexican side brimming with quality may

DHAKA: Lionel Messi’s Argentina cruised to a 3-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in a World Cup warm up at the Monumental on Wednesday.  Striker Rodrigo Palacio, midfielder Javier Mascherano with a tap-in after a Messi free kick came back off the post, and substitute Maxi

DHAKA: Qatari officials will be questioned by Fifa investigator Michael Garcia on Wednesday in the wake of damaging claims about the legality of the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup. The Sunday Times alleges Mohamed bin Hammam, a former vice-president of football’s world

DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan arrived in Dhaka with his spouse Shishir on Wednesday morning after ending another superb season with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL-7.  World’s top ranking all-rounder reached home a day later, than KKR winning IPL for the third time, for attending

DHAKA: Four top stars of Bangladesh Cricket Team Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain have millions of fans and followers in their social network site Facebook. But they are not operating Facebook pages of their own.   A group runs their facbook pages as

DHAKA: Sri Lanka eased to a six-wicket victory against England and clinched the one-day series 3-2 after a controversial encounter at Edgbaston. Lord's centurion Jos Buttler was run out backing up at the non-striker's end by bowler Sachithra Senanayake, but England's batting was

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