DHAKA: Former Argentina boss Diego Maradona claims that Lionel Messi played "five times better" for him than current national coach Alejandro Sabella. Sabella guided the Albiceleste to their first World Cup final in 24 years earlier in July, where they lost 1-0 to Germany. However,

DHAKA: The Cricket World Cup-2015 trophy is now in the country. Bangladesh is also in those 12 countries that will fight for the cup. Bangladesh cricket skipper on Friday also hoped for winning the World Cup title at one day. Bangladesh Cricket Team Captain Mushfiqur Rahim expressed his

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday saw the original ICC World Cup Trophy, which is now in Bangladesh as part of its world tour programme to 12 countries.  Sources told banglanews that the PM behold the trophy at that time after the International Cricket Council (ICC) and

DHAKA: The general visitors will get a chance of seeing the Cricket World Cup-2015 trophy on the ground floor at Bashundhara City Complex of the city from 12:00pm to 8:00pm Friday.The visitors also will get chances photo sessions standing by the trophy following regulations of the

DHAKA: An MP from India's ruling BJP party has questioned the appointment of tennis star Sania Mirza as brand ambassador of the newly-created state of Telangana because she is married to a Pakistani.K Laxman said Mirza’s marriage to cricketer Shoaib Malik had made her a

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the squad of the One Day International series during the Tigers’ Tour of West Indies 2014.Tigers will be on a month long visit in West Indies and are scheduled to reach on August 13. Bangladesh will play three ODI matches, a

DHAKA: The Cricket World Cup-2015 trophy is set to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon as it passes through countries that will participate in the tournament to be staged in Australia and New Zealand from February 14, 2015. Acting chief executive of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)

DHAKA: At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the men’s and women’s cricket competitions will feature ten teams respectively. The event will commence from the 19th of September, 2014.India will not be sending a team for the games.  Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the only

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council today confirmed that an independent analysis has found the bowling action of New Zealand off-spinner Kane Williamson to be illegal and, as such, the player has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect.  The

DHAKA: French centre-back Jeremy Mathieu has hailed Barcelona as "the best club in the world" after completing his move to Camp Nou.The Blaugrana were reportedly forced to part company with €20 million after weeks of tough negotiations with Valencia over the services of the

DHAKA: Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the 20th Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on Wednesday after a moving and colourful ceremony in front of a 40,000 capacity crowd. (CWG Opening ceremony pays tribute to MH17 victims)The Games will feature 17 sports across 11 days of

Bangladesh Cricket team under a new coaching team is getting ready for a month long West Indies tour scheduled to start with a ODI at St George’s on 20,August 2014.After a disastrous few of international cricket engagement at home it will be an acid test for the apparently demoralized

DHAKA: Lionel Messi weighed up a shock transfer to Arsenal before signing a new Barcelona deal just two months ago, according to reports in Spain.   The Argentina striker locked horns with the Spanish club in May as he demanded a new contract that would make him the best-paid player in

DHAKA: Real Madrid have announced on their official website that they have completed the transfer of James Rodriguez from Monaco for a reputed fee of €80 million. The Liga giants had been linked with a move for the creative midfielder ever since he impressed at the World Cup and the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon on Tuesday said the decision on the appeal of cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan may be considered after Eid vacation. The BCB president made the disclosure while talking to media during a reception arranged by BCB in

DHAKA: India  295 ( A Rahane 103 , B Kumar 36,C Pujara 28 , V Kohli 26 ,J.M Anderson 4/60 ,S Broad 2/79,) & 342 ( M Vijay 95,R A Jadeja 68 , B Kumar 52,C Pujara 43 , B A Stokes 3/ 51, L Plunket 3/ 65 ) beat England 319 ( GS Ballanace 112, L Plunket 55* , M Ali 32 ,B Kumar 6/82 , Jadeja

DHAKA: Walking off the 18th green as the British Open champion, Rory McIlroy kept gazing at all the greats on golf's oldest trophy.On the claret jug, his name is etched in silver below Phil Mickelson.In the record book, he is listed behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the youngest

DHAKA: England crumbled to a 95-run defeat by India in the second Test at Lord's to extend their winless run to 10 matches and increase the pressure on captain Alastair Cook. The hosts collapsed after lunch to a series of reckless shots and were bowled out for 223 to hand the tourists a

The hotly debated BCB hurried and according to many harsh actions against Bangladesh Cricket all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan is taking twists and turns. BCB with plutonic speed announced actions against Shakib following his alleged departure for West Indies for playing in CPL without

DHAKA: The chief of Germany's football association (DFB) has revealed that one of the team's triumphant players has damaged their World Cup trophy. Joachim Low's men defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final after extra-time to win the inter-continental tournament for the fourth time in their