Friday, 29 Nov, 2024

Sports

Sunrisers beat RCB in IPL-2016 final

DHAKA: Sunrisers Hyderabad won their maiden IPL title by beating RoyaL Challengers Bangalore BY 8-run in the final at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday (May 29). Sunrisers showed their intent early by opting to bat against Royal Challengers at a venue where bigger scores were

Mustafiz Is Branding Bangladesh 

It rarely happens in any event of our day to day life that an unknown person from the remote test area of the country suddenly appears and instantly turns hero. It happened for one Bangladeshi. He is now branding Bangladesh in world sports. A virtually unknown young boy Mustafizur

CR7 fires Real Madrid to Champions League glory

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo scored the all important spot-kick after Juanfran crucially missed as Zinedine Zidane's charges claimed their 11th European Cup at the San Siro on Saturday (May 28). Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in

Messi worries Argentina with back injury in 1-0 win

DHAKA: Argentina had a panic when Lionel Messi had to be substituted after incurring a back injury during a 1-0 win over strong Honduras in a Copa America Centenario warm-up friendly on Friday (May 27). Messi walked off in pain in the 64th minute in San Juan after a fight with Honduras

23 Olympics competitors return positive drug tests

DHAKA: Olympic chiefs have announced 23 competitors at the London 2012 Games have failed retrospective doping tests. Those athletes are from five different sports and six different countries, reports the BBC. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested 454 selected doping

Man Utd confirm Mourinho as new manager

DHAKA: Jose Mourinho has officially been confirmed as Manchester United manager and has signed a three-year contract. He replaced Dutchman Louis van Van Gaal, who was dismissed on Monday; two days after the club's FA Cup win, BBC reports on Friday (May 27). United executive

Benitez stays as Newcastle United manager

DHAKA: Rafael Benitez is staying as Newcastle United manager after signing a new three-year contract following their relegation from the Premier League. The 56-year-old Spaniard was appointed in March following Steve McClaren’s sacking but failed to keep the Magpies in the top

Murray survives epic five-set battle

DHAKA: World number two Andy Murray had to fight back to beat wildcard Mathias Bourgue in five sets and secure his place in the French Open third round. The British number one lost eight consecutive games to drop the second and then the third sets to the inspired 22-year-old Grand Slam

Manchester United sack manager van Gaal 

DHAKA: Louis van Gaal has been sacked as manager of Manchester United, with former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho set to be named as his replacement. Van Gaal, 64, leaves after two years of a three-year contract and is currently discussing separation conditions, BBC reports in Monday (May

Barcelona win Copa del Rey for 28th time

DHAKA: Ten-man Barcelona completed the Spanish league and cup double as two goals in extra time clinched the Copa del Rey. Luis Enrique's side claimed the trophy for the 28th time despite having Javier Mascherano sent off in the first half. Jordi Alba and Neymar scored for

Bayern Munich defeats Borussia Dortmund

DHAKA: Pep Guardiola has proffered auf wiedersehen to Bayern Munich as his side defeated Borussia Dortmund on penalties to win the DFB Pokal final in Berlin on Saturday (May 21). Douglas Costa scored the winning spot-kick for Bayern after Sven Bender and Sokratis Papastathopoulos

Anurag Thakur elected as BCCI president

DHAKA: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur has been elected as the president in a special general meeting on Sunday (May 22). He has been elected after Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post to take up the International Cricket Council (ICC)

Sevilla win 3 successive Europa League titles

DHAKA: Sevilla achieved a remarkable hat-trick as it became the first club to win three successive Europa League titles with victory over Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool Wednesday. The Spanish club came from behind to defeat its English opponent 3-1 at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel,

Murray, Serena win Italian Open titles

DHAKA: Britain’s Andy Murray gave himself the perfect birthday present as he won his first Italian Open title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Novak Djokovic. It was a first win on clay against Djokovic in five attempts for the Scot, who turned 29 on Sunday. He broke serve once in the

Suarez hat-trick clinches La Liga title

DHAKA: Barcelona have protected their Liga title after a hat-trick from Luis Suarez secured a 3-0 victory over Granada on Saturday. Real Madrid's victory away to Deportivo La Coruna was not enough as Barca sealed a comfortable victory to achieve a final points tally of 91 - one

FIFA audit committee president resigns

DHAKA: FIFA’s head of auditing and compliance, Domenico Scala, has resigned in protest at reforms at the governing body of world football. Scala is angry the new FIFA council will have the ability to appoint and sack those in charge of its committees, including auditing, ethics and

Djokovic reaches Italian Open semis

DHAKA: World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal for the seventh time in a row, winning 7-5 7-6 (7-4). The defending champion will meet Japan's Kei Nishikori after the sixth seed beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3 7-5 in one hour and 39 minutes, BBC reports on

FIFA appoints first female secretary general 

DHAKA: Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa’s first female secretary general to succeed Jerome Valcke. Samoura, 54, spent 21 years working for the United Nations and will start at football's governing body in June, BBC reports on Saturday (May 14). Fifa

Shashank elected as ICC chairman

DHAKA: Former Indian cricket board president Shashank Manohar has been elected as independent chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) for two-year term.  ICC made the declaration on Thursday (May 12) a day after Shashanka stepped down from his post with BCCI. Earlier on

Zika won’t derail Rio Olympics, says IOC

DHAKA: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it sees no need to cancel, delay or move the Rio Olympic Games because of the Zika virus threat. However, IOC medical director Richard Budgett said that it would continue to monitor the situation closely, reports the BBC.