DHAKA: Real Madrid claimed the Uefa Super Cup after two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo sealed a 2-0 win over Sevilla on Tuesday.Gareth Bale – playing in his hometown of Cardiff – and new signing James Rodriguez had been the poster boys in the build-up to this fixture, but Ronaldo

DHAKA: Following a week of exercising alone, Neymar joined his Barcelona teammates at the Ciutat Esportiva on Monday in what was his first team training session since a reckless challenge from Juan Camilo Zúñiga left him with a fractured vertebra in the World Cup quarter-finals. Neymar

DHAKA: Veteran Germany striker Miroslav Klose has called time on his international career at the age of 36, with the iconic forward having become the all-time World Cup top scorer in Brazil earlier this year.The Lazio attacker played a key role in Germany's successful World Cup

DHAKA: Bangladesh National Cricket Team Captain Mushfiqur Rahim invited vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor Dr Farzana Islam on his wedding scheduled to be held on September 27.Mushfiq went to the VC office to invite her and she also accepted the invitation.Mushfiq

DHAKA: The West Indies Cricket Board declared West Indies a 13-man squad to face touring Bangladesh at the upcoming three-match ODI series, beginning from August 20.The list consists of 13 men, reports the News Now on early Monday.The Caribbean SquadDwayne Bravo (captain), Darren

DHAKA: After Bangladesh chess Grand Master (GM) Niaz Murshed’s beating Lee Qing Aun of Singapore in the 6th round matches of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, the whole men’s team have turned around in the tournament. Different media early Monday reports that

DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants to see some of his out-of-form team-mates step up in the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, who is serving a six-month suspension.Tigers’ captain, about West Indies tour, said that he is hopeful to play a competitive and better series, at a

DHAKA: Heading into a tour of the West Indies, Bangladesh National Cricket Team is going to leave the country on Wednesday.For this tour’s three-match ODI series, beginning from August 20, a 15-member Bangladesh squad has been fixed and they will fly on Wednesday night, reports the

DHAKA: Ruwan Kalpage, former acting assistant coach to Sri Lanka, has been made new Bangladesh fielding coach. Kalpage would be the fourth new member of Bangladesh's support staff after head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, bowling coach Heath Streak and trainer Mario Villavarayan joined

DHAKA: Bangladesh chess Grand Master (GM) Niaz Murshed on Saturday beat Lee Qing Aun of Singapore in the 6th round matches of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. Moreover, another GM Enamul Hossain Razib drew with WIM Gong Quinyun of Singapore on the day same, though, at the

Some people are born to serve. Everyone around them gets blessed, get extremely benefitted from their commitment but unfortunately most of them fail to reciprocate his/her noble gesture.  Let Ataul Haque Mallik the late all round personality of Bangladesh sports community was one such.

DHAKA: Cote d'Ivoire icon Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 36. The Chelsea striker represented the Elephants at this summer's World Cup in Brazil but has now decided to focus on his club career after scoring 65 times in 104 appearances

DHAKA: After conceding defeat in the 5th round matches of the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway -- both Bangladesh men’s and women’s teams are still in the war of intelligence. Bangladesh men’s (Open) team is going to play against Singapore while women’s team to face

DHAKA: Diego Maradona has suggested he should have been offered the chance to coach Argentina again - especially following Brazil's appointment of Dunga. The former midfielder, who led Brazil at the 2010 World Cup, replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari as Selecao head coach following their

DHAKA: Former Barcelona coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is on the verge of being confirmed as Argentina’s new coach, according to the general secretary of the country's football association (AFA). Martino left Camp Nou following a disappointing 2013-14 season that saw Barca miss out

DHAKA: With Carlos Puyol and Victor Valdes no longer at Barcelona, the upcoming campaign will see some changes at the Catalan club in regards to captaincy. Puyol and Valdes were the first captain and third captain last season, respectively, and following a vote between all the members of

DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim, the captain of Bangladesh National Cricket Team, is set to marry on September 27. Mushfiq’s father Mahbub Hamid confirmed the matter to banglanews. The name of his would be wife is Zannatul Ferdaus Mondi, a third year student of BBA at Prime University, also

DHAKA: Lionel Messi has made it clear that he is excited by the new challenges at Barcelona this season under Luis Enrique. The Catalans ended the 2013-14 campaign under Gerardo Martino without a major trophy and Messi went on to suffer World Cup final heartbreak as Argentina lost 1-0 to

DHAKA: Scoring 2-2 set, Bangladesh drew with Belgium in the third round of the 41st Chess Olympiad Tromso 2014 in Norway. Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman and International Master Minhaz Ahmed Sagor lost in their games but Grandmaster Abdullah Al Rakib beat Grandmaster Michel Burt.On the other

DHAKA: Indian men's hockey team will arrive here on August 5 for a three-match series starting August 6. The series is expected to provide international exposure to the young players just before the Asian Games in South Korea from September 19 to October 4. In this regard, the core